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[email protected] @NightshiftMag NightshiftMag nightshiftmag.co.uk Free every month NIGHTSHIFT Issue 242 September Oxford’s Music Magazine 2015 photo:Pier Corona GIRL POWER “Too many bands in Oxford over-think things and try and play `intelligent’ music. We just wanna play dumb fast punk” Oxford’s hardcore heroes keep it fast and furious Also in this issue: Introducing VERA GRACE SUPERNORMAL reviewed Three pages of local releases and Five pages of local gigs 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: nightshiftmag.co.uk Meanwhile, local splatter-metallers Beelzebozo reform for one show to support Black Candy at the sold-out reunion show at the Wheatsheaf on the 5th of September. AGS CONNOLLY heads off on JOAL SHEARING celebrates 15 years promoting gigs at THE a co-headline tour of the UK and WHEATSHEAF this month and has been talking to Nightshift about his Ireland this month with Jack Grette. decade and a half running what has become one of the UK’s best-loved ONE NOTE FOREVER host a Witney’s Ameripolitan songsmith small venues. series of gigs at Modern Art Oxford has teamed up with Missouri ‘s Joal is marking the occasion by hosting reunion shows with two of the starting this month. The local record country, folk and honky tonk local bands who helped make the venue’s reputation back in the early- label and website have enticed rising musician Grette for the 18-date noughties. BLACK CANDY play an already sold-out show at the Sheaf indie-noise crew Sauna Youth to tour that kicks off in Ireland at the on Saturday 5th September, with support from metallers BEELZEBOZO, town for the first time on Friday 9th end of August before coming to who are also reforming for the event, while on Friday 18th, SEXY October, where they’ll be joined England at the Cellar in Oxford BREAKFAST reconvene for a one-off show. by Mutes, Poledo and Telegrapher. on Saturday 5th and finishing with “While I was studying in Nottingham my band at the time couldn’t get Before that, you can see Lowws, a hometown show at Fat Lil’s in gigs for love nor money,” explains Joal on his decision to start promoting Catalona and Kid Kin at MOA on Witney on Thursday 17th. Find out gigs, “so I decided to hire out a few venues and put on nights myself. When Tuesday 1st September and James more at agsconnolly.com. I moved to Oxford I fell into it again via Nick Moorbath of Zodiac fame, Blackshaw with Jali Fily Cissokho who trained me up and threw me into The Elm Tree. on Tuesday 22nd September. VANGOFFEY’S show at the O2 “I started at The Sheaf in 2000 after The Elm Tree was closed down but Advance tickets for all three shows Academy this month has been have been promoting on and off for about 20 years now. at on sale now from rearranged. The band, fronted “The highlight for me is seeing the venue still going strong 15 years later. www.modernartoxford.org. by former Supergrass drummer It was a crappy sports bar when I moved there and over the years I have uk, with the Sauna Youth show Danny Goffey, come to town on managed to turn it into a thriving music venue. There have been too many likely to sell out quickly. Go to Wednesday 2nd December. Tickets, great gigs here to pick a favourite, but among them would be Trans Am onenoteforever.com for more news priced £12, are on sale from the O2 with early Foals; Frank Turner’s two night sell out, and more recently on the gigs and loads more. box office. Raging Speedhorn’s reunion show. I tend to forget the bad gigs very quickly.” SWIM THE ATLANTIC are AUDIOSCOPE returns for its It hasn’t all been plain sailing for Joal at the venue, which has regularly the latest Oxford band to hit the fifteenth annual outing on Saturday been under threat of closure or transformation into something else over the comeback trail. The local rock trio, 21st November. The one-day years, but he feels the Sheaf is now safer than it’s ever been. led by Spike Holifield, who played festival in aid of homeless charity “We now have both an owner and a manager who understand the business bass for Sinead O’Connor and Shelter marks its anniversary with a and fully support live music, so as long as they are happy it will stay open. currently works as on tour soundman change of venue, taking place at the And I’ll carry on promoting until the cider runs dry. for Newton Faulkner and Hudson Bullingdon on Cowley Road. Last “Seeing both Black Candy and Sexy Breakfast again after so many years Taylor, spit up in 1998 and also year’s sold-out event featured sets just about tops it for me. Black Candy sold out in a week and I’m expecting featured future Little Fish drummer from Public Service Broadcasting, the same with Sexy Breakfast; both nights will be an absolute blast.” Neil Greenaway in their line-up. psychedelic legends Silver Apples They play a one-off charity show at and Wrangler, the new band formed th BLAKE REMIXED is a new evening, though they don’t say if The Wheatsheaf on Saturday 16 by Cabaret Voltaire’s Stephen original stage play from world you’re meant to go in Halloween January next year to mark the tenth Mallinder. To hear line-up news record holding beatboxer and rapper fancy dress or in a Mike Oldfield anniversary of the death of bass as soon as its announced join the Testament which comes to the North costume. player Steve Gore with all proceeds Audioscope mailing list at Wall in Summertown on Friday going to Sobell House. No advance www.audioscope.co.uk. tickets as yet, but it’s a fiver on the door. 2nd October. Made in collaboration AS EVER, don’t forget to tune into with Scratch DJ world champion BBC Oxford Introducing every KONE release a double a-side DJ Woody, the show mixes hip hop Saturday night between 8-9pm on single this month. `No Colour with the poetry of William Blake, 95.2fm. The dedicated local music World’ b/w `Bauhaus Table’ is incorporating live DJ-ing and show plays the best Oxford releases the debut release from the three- interactive video. More info and and demos as well as featuring piece band formed by former- tickets at www.thenorthwall.com interviews and sessions with local Youthmovies drummer Graeme acts. The show is available to stream Murray alongside singer/guitarist BLACKWELL’S host a special or download as a podcast at Alice Ream and bassist Jonny Halloween party on Saturday bbc.co.uk/oxford. Mundey. The single was produced 31st October featuring a full by Young Knives’ Henry Dartnoll quadraphonic play-back of Mike OXFORD GIGBOT provides a in his studio in Kirtlington. The Oldfield’s classic `Tubular Bells’ regular local gig listing update on band make their live Oxford debut album. Tickets are £5 from Twitter (@oxgigbot), bringing you with a gig at The Cellar on Friday Blackwell’s in Broad Street. The new gigs as soon as they go live. 2nd October. Watch and here them at event starts at 7pm and anyone in They also provide a free weekly www.interkone.com fancy dress gets half price beer all listings email. Follow them. A Quiet Word With up; I wouldn’t want be in a straight emergence of monthly free club – Shellac and Fugazi-influenced anger and not realising your down the line band.” night Smash Disco, which takes – but their new EP is pure straight- privilege. Pete came up with the Going back to that original place downstairs at The Library ahead blitzkrieg. Why’s that? title `We Are White Goods’ and I question about hardcore’s pub on Cowley Road and has Oli: “I’d say we’re mainly a fast came up with lyrics in response to apparently permanent place on hosted Girl Power regularly – a hardcore band, though we’ve people who blame foreigners for music’s furthest margins, do Girl suitably dark and intimate venue always had elements of the slower taking jobs. Perhaps they expect Power think this is inevitable? for the band’s underground stuff too, without overcomplicating some sort of loyalty from national Oli: “I’m by no means an expert hardcore. Oli was instrumental it. Our next stuff will continue industry and government, and GIRL POWERAgness Pike. Oli was part of but I think punk or hardcore punk is in starting the club along with a more of the same. We’ve got a think being British gives them Sextodecimo – the heaviest band an attitude or an ethic as opposed to bunch of friends who hankered for ton of new fast songs and the odd a privilege over outsiders. And Oxford has ever produced – and a prescribed sound. And that ethic the genuine DIY gig scene so long slower one. I’d say our songs are undoubtedly they’re struggling. also plays in quirky pop-punk is DIY and anti-establishment. So associated with punk and hardcore. getting less complicated – if that’s But the real reason they’re starlets Rainbow Reservoir, while no contracts, major labels, booking Smash Disco is tailor-made for possible – but more slick.” struggling is because the economic Steve fronted anarcho/crust punk- agents, no dickheads getting in the a band like Girl Power.