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[email protected] HELLO EVERYONE, Welcome to the last Nightshift of 2007. It’s no exaggeration to say it’s been an extraordinary year for the Oxford music scene. In May we bid farewell to the Zodiac, a venue that was pivotal in putting Oxford music on the map, and four months later welcomed the new Academy, the largest dedicated gig venue in the city and already host to some incredible gigs this year. Two of those gigs were by local acts: Foals, who have become one of the hippest acts on the planet in the course of the last twelve months, and Young Knives, who cemented their reputation with a Mercury Prize nomination for ‘Voices Of Animals and Men’. SUPERGRASS have confirmed two special gigs at Oxford Town Hall Radiohead, meanwhile, continued to lead the field in every respect, on Thursday 20th and Friday 21st December. releasing their new album, ‘In Rainbows’ as a download only, with fans Charlie Coombes, brother of singer Gaz and keyboard player Rob, able to pay what they wanted for it, sparking a huge debate on the value of and formely of local band Tumbleweed, will stand in for bassist Mick music in an age of piracy and free downloads and give-aways.