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Manchester, drugs, bowl haircuts, fights between Fixers have started recording the singer and the guitarist, a tambourine, yet material for their second album, more drugs… No, Oasis aren’t back together, the follow up to We’ll be the Moon . but the original baggy popsters the Stone Roses Of the sessions, frontman Jack are, or at least were in 2012 (after a 16 year Goldstein told OMS “We got about split following a disastrous Reading festival forty demos together which we are performance – of which Blur’s Damon Albarn working on. It’s hard to describe commented ‘it ain’t over ‘til the flat laddie exactly how the next record is sings’). This is England director Shane Meadows going to sound at the moment but filmed the result. ‘With unprecedented access I want it to be a pop record, even to the band and previously unseen archive if it disguises itself as something footage, Made of Stone is a revealing journey through the life of one of the most revered and else!” Fixers had to release their influential bands in British music history’ says the blurb. And what a life. They formed in Manchester debut album on their own imprint VANVVA AN in 1983, but their eponymous breakthrough album – a modern classic of Byrds-type psychedelia Dolphin Love after their record delivered with a contemporary dance sensibility, heralded the beginning of Britpop and sliced label Mercury pulled out on the through a stale music scene in 1989. The rest is history… This should be well worth a watch. eve of its release last year.
The Phoenix Cinema in Jericho will have a special preview screening of Made of Stone The lineup for the next Wilderness MORMMORRISONMMORRISONOORORRRRRRIRIIISSSONOONN featuring a live satellite link up with the band and director who’ll be speaking live from Festival has been announced. IIMELDMELDE AA CHIPPINGC the Manchester premier after the the film on Thursday May 30. Preview tickets are The arts/music/food bonanza that available at picturehouses.co.uk/film/the_stone_roses_made_of_Stone. The film goes on took over the site at Cornbury NORTONO O general release on 5 June. Estate two years ago happens ALLSTARSS over the weekend of 8–11 August. MMAYAAY It’s as eclectic as they come with Empire of the Sun, Noah and the Last issue’s cover stars The Epstein celebrate the release of their second album Murmurations Whale, Martha Wainwright, BEBBEVEREVERVERRLEY with a launch night at St Albans Church on Charles Street, Oxford OX4 on 27 June. Support Michael Kiwanuka and Tom Odell comes from Dreaming Spires and Jordan O’Shea. Tickets are £10 and there will be a licensed booked for this year’s music KNIIGHGGHHT O RUCERUR CE bar. Read our review of Murmurations on page 20 in this issue. stage. There’s lots more – BO BRUCERUUCE for the full programme visit SSADIEADIE wildernessfestival.com AANDND THE Local dream folk outfit Flights of Helios have been selected to play national music magazine HHOTHEADSOTHEADS Artrocker ’s New Blood Festival. The festival happens over three nights at the Hoxton Bar & Grill The next Gathering Festival, the in East London featuring the best up and coming acts from around the country. FoH play on 13 DHP Promotions run, multi-venue June with Emperor Yes, Menace Beach and The Savage Nomads. Tickets are £5 for each night. East Oxford day/evening music NNELELLELLELLL BBRRYDENRYDENRYDEYDENN Flights will have an EP release over the summer – a double AA side of ‘Star’/‘Crows’. marathon will be on Saturday 19 October. Venues this year include FESTIVALFESTIVALL OF WORDS WITHWITHWIT QIQQI AND UNBOUNDU O2 Academy Oxford, Cowley Road AlanAlan DaviesDavies | HughHugh CornwellCornwell | JulieJulie Burchill | KatyKaty Brand | JohnJohn NivenNiven | RobertRobertobert LlewellynLlewellyn | SalenaSaleena GoddenGodden | Chris SullivanSullivan | GeorgeGeorge Chopping Methodist Church, The Bullingdon, Lovers of rare, second hand vinyl ought to check out In the Groove , the new shop in Henley on Port Mahon, Truck Store and St THETHE ABSOLUTEABBSOLUTESOLUTE RRADIOADIIO COMEDY EEMPORIUMMPORIUMORIUM HOSTEDHOSSTED BY EDED GAMBLE Thames. The shop has been going for some time as Henley Records but they’ve just moved into a John the Evangelist Church. AbandomanAbandoman | CComedyomedy Club 4 Kids | TheThe ShowstoppersShowstoppers | EdE d GambleGamble | LuisaLuisa Omielann | NishNish KumarKumar | Stuart GoldsmithGoldsmith much larger shop (with café) and increased the volume of records and CDs on sale. The new store Tickets are £20, a limited number | | | | is at 14 Reading Road, RG9 1AG. They will also buy/exchange. To get in touch go to henleyrecords.co.uk FinnFinn TaylorTaylorr JohnJohn RobbinsRobbins Silky Vikki Stone JonnyJonny & TheThe BaptistsBaptists of tickets for OX4 residents KIDS ZONE available at £15 from Truck Circus Skills | BBhangrahangra DanceDance | BollywoodBollywood DanceDance | BhangraBhangrahangra TotsTots | Indian MythicalMythiical DanceDance | Pirate PantomimePantomime Store. The lineup for this year’s | | | | Rising star, local singer/songwriter Lewis Watson has been confirmed as tour event hasn’t been announced KKidsids SongsSongs A JourneyJourneourney AroundAround Thee WorldWorld FromFrom The Fields ToTo The FeastFFeast ClayClay MakingMakking UnderUnder The CanopyCanopy Creations support for Benjamin Francis Leftwich. In May, he’ll be playing six dates FaceFace PaintingPainting | PaintingPainting and MakingMaking | FunkyFunky Puppet MakingMMaking | PinholePiinhole CamerasCameras but you can guarantee it’ll be including London, Glasgow, Leeds and Birmingham. After that, in June, he’ll chock-full of indie/electronic/ FairgroundFairgrairground | GourmetGourmeet CaterersCaterers | FestivalFestival Shops | Disco Shed | AmazingAmazinng VIP and GlampingGlamping be off on his own 17 date headline tour calling at the Academy Oxford on 20 folk/rock up and comers. Last June. He has a new EP ‘The Wild’ available now on iTunes, with accompanying year’s Gathering featured Spector, video for the song ‘It Could Be Better’. Dry the River and Bastille.
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Post rockers Listing Ships have released a 16 track remix album Ship of Oxford indie/folkers We Aeronauts Theseus which is available to download for free now at listingships. release their second single ‘The bandcamp.com. The album features reinterpretations of the band’s Hayling Don Valley EP’ soon. They’ll be Island Sessions by All We Are, Cineplexx and Karhide and Oxford acts After celebrating the release with a the Thought, Tiger Mendoza, Space Heroes of the People, Seb Reynolds and night at the Academy Oxford Manacles of Acid. on 8 June. Also on the bill are Salvation Bill, Dallas Don’t and Count Drachma – tickets are £5 Zenshit is a new Blessing Force-related bi-monthly club night being held at The Cellar in in advance. The EP is reviewed SATURDAY 1st JUNE Oxford. Each night will feature a local band and a touring act along with guest DJs. The first on page 21 in this issue. night in April had a stellar cast featuring Pet Moon, Kill Murray, Motherhood and Salvation Bill. O2 ACADEMY2 The next night is 27 June with Zenshit DJs and very special, yet-to-be-announced guests. For OXFORD Oxfordshire Music Scene is published announcements, go to their website – zenshit.co.uk by Back & to the Left. Box Oce: 0844 477 2000 Editor: Stewart Garden Buy online: Contact: [email protected] www.ticketweb.co.uk Spring Offensive will be curating and headlining a micro Beard Museum festival at St John the Design: Simon Minter at nineteenpoint.com Evangelist Church on Iffley Road, Oxford on 15 June. The bands picked by Spring Offensive for Thanks to all the contributors: their only local headline show of the summer are: Salvation Bill, The Ruby Kid, Adam Barnes, Leo Bowder, Andrew Grillo, Naomi Rose Steinberg, Rosie Bloom, Angus Burnett, Pixel Fix, Peter & Kerry and the Stornoway DJs also appear. There will be two stages, a bar and Marith Norodom, Tom McKibbin, Andrew a barbecue. Tickets are £12 from We Got Tickets, music starts 6pm. Fletcher, Caroline Corke, James Cunning, Dave Watson, Johnny Moto
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