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[email protected] nightshift.oxfordmusic.net Free every month NIGHTSHIFT Issue 215 June Oxford’s Music Magazine 2013 HEADCOUNTHEADCOUNT “The“The dayday wewe startstart beingbeing nicenice isis thethe timetime toto givegive up.”up.” Oxford’sOxford’s rockrock firebrandsfirebrands OXFORD DUPLICATION CENTRE [email protected] continuecontinue toto ragerage againstagainst Office: 01865 457000 Mobile: 07917 775477 Supporting Oxfordshire Bands with thethe machinemachine Affordable Professional CD Duplication FANTASTIC BAND RATES Also in this month’s issue: ON ALL SERVICES Professional Thermal Printed CDs Introducing LAC Full Colour/Black & White reviewed Silver or White Discs Oxford Punt Design Work Support Digital Printing All your local music and festival news Packaging Options plus Fulfilment Recommended by Matchbox Recordings Ltd, Poplar Jake, Undersmile, Desert Storm, Turan Audio Ltd, Nick Cope, Prospeckt, Paul Jeffries, Alvin five pages of Oxfordshire gigs. Roy, Pete The Temp, Evolution, Coozes, Blue Moon and many more... NIGHTSHIFT: PO Box 312, Kidlington, OX5 1ZU. Phone: 01865 372255 NEWS Nightshift: PO Box 312, Kidlington, OX5 1ZU Phone: 01865 372255 email: [email protected] Online: nightshift.oxfordmusic.net like Cut A Shine, The English Folk Dance & Song Society, Global Local, Green Note and Magpie’s Nest. Other acts confirmed for the stage include Ruu Campbell; Abi Wade; Rachael Dadd; Mary Epworth; Emily Barker & The Red HENRY DARTNALL has been talking to Nightshift about Young Clay Halo and Ichi. Knives’ Kickstarter campaign to fund their new album. `Sick Octave’ They join already confirmed is set to be released in September, with the band promising “undiluted ART OF BURNING WATER, headliners Empire of the Sun; Noah Young Knives” and quoting Kraftwerk, Blur, The Fall and 90s computer DETHSCALATOR AND DAVID & The Whale and Rodriguez over games as primary influences. THOMAS BROUGHTON are the weekend of the 9th-11th August Henry claims the Kickstarter campaign will allow Young Knives to among a host of new acts announced at Cornbury Park, near Charlbury. make the album they really want after feeling they compromised too for this year’s Supernormal Festival. Tickets for Wilderness, which mixes much on their last album, `Ornaments From The Silver Arcade’, under The decidedly leftfield three- live music with banquets, masked pressure from outside influences. day festival takes place over the balls, debates, outdoor activities, Fans donating to the campaign will be rewarded with everything from free weekend of the 9th-11th August at theatre and more, are on sale now, downloads to a ten-year guestlist place for all Young Knives gigs. Anyone Brazier’s Park, near Wallingford. priced £139 for adult tickets, from donating £5,000 can have the band come and play a set at their wedding. Other new acts on the bill include www.wildernessfestival.com. “We knew that we had to make this record ourselves,” said Henry, “the The Physics House Band; Dead Sea last record we made cost too much money and had too many outside Apes; Tomaga and Woodpecker BEARD MUSEUM look forward influences, and although we are proud of it we kind of had a band meeting Wooliams. They join the likes to a busy month in June with two and thought about what Young Knives was all about. Turns out we should of Shit & Shine; Hookworms; live shows in local churches, and the be making a racket and trying out everything. So we didn’t want to go cap Mugstar; Michael Chapman and release of the new We Aeronauts in hand to a label, there’s no point these days, we wanted to do it ourselves The Sontaron Experiment already single. The Oxford label/promoter and the Kickstarter idea just means we get fans to buy the album a few announced. Tickets for the event, hosts shows by Spring Offensive months before they normally would and we can sink that money straight priced £75 for adults and £50 for at St John the Evangelist on Iffley into making the record. I really liked the process of coming up with other teenagers, are on sale from www. Road on Saturday 15th June, and stuff to flog; I’ve seen some really cheesy begging projects and I didn’t supernormalfestival.co.uk, along The Epstein at St Alban’s Church want it to be like that so we just tried to make it about the music and a few with full festival line-up. on Thursday 27th. Spring Offensive cool extras that our fans would dig. It also means we own our music and launch their new single, `Speak’, don’t owe someone loads of money, which is nice.” ROB ST. JOHN, THE RALFE on the 15th and are joined over The album is preceded with an EP, `Oh Happiness’, out at the end of June. BAND AND RICHARD two stages by Peter & Kerry, Pixel The band posted a video of a new song, `Reproduction’, on their website Walters are among the names Fix, Salvation Bill, Adam Barnes in May, the track seemingly owing a significant musical debt to New York confirmed for the London Folk and poet The Ruby Kid, while synth pioneers Suicide. Guild stage at this year’s Wilderness Stornoway will be manning the “Yeah, `Reproduction’ was a song we have rewritten four or five times Festival. The Folk Guild stage decks all evening. The show, which in the last four years. In the end we just chucked it all away and brought showcases up and coming roots kicks off at 6pm will also feature a it down to a synth bass line. I knew it was a bit Suicide and we have acts from around the country from barbeque. always been fans, so we thought let’s just try it like that. I kind of saw the choices of folk club promoters The Epstein’s show.... cont’d over it as a homage to Suicide. I thought, well Springsteen did it with `State Trooper’, so we’re allowed to. It’s also the reason we put it on an EP; to Truck, and one day to long-time it kind of is too much of a sound-a-like for us to put on an album, but Truck Fest favourites. The veterans I think it’s okay to use style from someone you love as long as you include Thomas Truax; Luke Smith; bring something to it, which is what we try to do. Reproduction isn’t Fonda 500; Le Emu Tavern and like the rest of the album; it isn’t like the rest of the EP either. We have Edible 5ft Smiths, with the virgins made some very contrasting sounds on the record: some of the tracks yet to be announced. are machine-like and some are almost completely live, which is also Additionally Clubhouse Records will something which we weirdly haven’t done before on an album. be hosting the new Great Western “The real change with `Sick Octave’ has been producing ourselves, it Whisky Saloon & Blues Kitchen just means that no one can tinker with our sound and smooth off the TRUCK FESTIVAL has added stage. Acts announced include edges. If you are going to be a painter you don’t get someone else in new acts and two new stages to its Society; Redlands Palomino Co; The to apply the paint to the canvas. People look to us for our tastes and ever-expanding line-up this year. Epstein; The Dreaming Spires; Huck, we have found a confidence in doing it ourselves that has made this The Subways (pictured) are the and The Yarns. recording process the most fun since we made Nolens Volens, and I think latest band to be added to the main With more acts still to be added, that comes across in the music. stage bill, joining headliners The keep up to date with all the Truck “We’re obviously touring the record for a while at the end of the year Horrors and Spiritualized as well news at truckfestival.com. and into next year. I think we are just going to concentrate on playing th as Gaz Coombes; Dan le Sac Tickets for the 16 Truck, which live for a while, I haven’t thought about much beyond that, it’s not really & Scroobius Pip; Toy; The Joy takes place over the weekend of something we plan. That’s the beauty of this record; there is no plan. I th th Formidable and Rolo Tomassi. the 19 -20 July at Hill Farm in think I’m going to get back into idling again, it’s much better for making The two new stages on site are the Steventon, are on sale now, priced music and general mental health.” Virgins and Veterans stage, which £74 for adult camping tickets, on Visit www.facebook.com/youngknives to watch the `Reproduction’ will feature one day of bands new the festival website. video and find out more about the Kickstarter campaign. WIN TICKETS And while you’re there you can check out some to give away. Free. To you, our dear readers. Oh of the great live music they’ve got going on. This yes we do. year’s headliners are folk-pop hitmakers NOAH & All you need to do to win them is answer the NEWSto launch their new album, THE WHALE, Aussie electro-rockers EMPIRE OF THE following question: `Murmurations’, features supports SUN, playing their only UK festival show of the year, from The Dreaming Spires and and lost Detroit cult hero RODRIGUEZ. They’re RODRIGUEZ WAS THE SUBJECT OF WHICH FILM? Jordan O’Shea. Tickets for both joined by folkstress MARTHA WAINWRIGHT; rootsy events are on sale now from folk singer MICHAEL KIWANUKA; atmospheric Answers on a postcard to Wilderness Competition, wegottickets.com, with more info on rapper, singer and poet GHOSTPOET; soulful Nightshift, PO Box 312, Kidlington, OX5 1ZU, or both events available on Facebook.