[email protected] @NightshiftMag NightshiftMag nightshiftmag.co.uk Free every month NIGHTSHIFT Issue 267 October Oxford’s Music Magazine 2017 “Don’t expect us to write any breezy summer photo: Chris Blizzard bangers anytime soon.” CASSELS Chippy’s rock agitators talk politics, punk and avoiding predictability. Also in this issue SAVE THE CELLAR! Legendary venue under threat. Introducing DRORE LOW ISLAND talk plans and parties TOWERSEY reviewed plus All your Oxford music news, reviews, previews and seven pages of local gigs for October NIGHTSHIFT: PO Box 312, Kidlington, OX5 1ZU. Phone: 01865 372255 NEWS Nightshift: PO Box 312, Kidlington, OX5 1ZU Phone: 01865 372255 email:
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[email protected]. THE CELLAR will be fighting for its future when plans to turn the venue Substance’s Joe Truby is also into retail space in 2018 go to a council planning meeting in early October. teaming up with Andy Hill from However, there is real cause for optimism with a well-informed source Death of Hi-Fi for a fortnightly telling Nightshift the plans are likely to be rejected as they breach the City Sunday chill-out show on Witney Council’s planning policy on protecting music venues. Radio, focussing on chillout, The announcement at the beginning of September that Lush, who own downtempo hip hop, trip hop and the current leasehold on the building, will be relocating to the new electronica. The shows go out on the Westgate centre and the building’s owners, the St Michael & All Saints th nd th th 8 and 22 October and 5 and 19 charities, were looking to increase revenue by redeveloping the basement November.