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email: [email protected] website: nightshift.oxfordmusic.net Free every month. NIGHTSHIFT Issue 147 October Oxford’s Music Magazine 2007 YOUTHMOVIESYOUTHMOVIES s inspirational musical Oxford’ interview inside chameleons - PlusPlus TruckTruck FestivalFestival review;review; CarlingCarling AcademyAcademy openingopening nightnight andand sevenseven pagespages ofof locallocal gigsgigs NIGHTSHIFT: PO Box 312, Kidlington, OX5 1ZU. Phone: 01865 372255 TRUCK RECORDS launches THE BULLINGDON hosts a new two new regular live music club weekly live bands club night every NEWNEWSS nights this autumn. Starting from Thursday from 4th October. this month, on Thursday 11th, is Project:disco is run by the same Nightshift: PO Box 312, Kidlington, OX5 1ZU Champions Of The World at the team who currently run Coo Coo Phone: 01865 372255 email: [email protected] Gladiator Social Club on Iffley Club at the Jericho Tavern. Bands Road. As well as a live set from and DJs interested in playing recent Magic Numbers support should contact Autumn at through; he’s a tough cookie”. act Danny Champion Of The [email protected], Surgeons have operated to repair World, there’ll be bingo, a cheese including MySpace links where two broken vertebrae and are auction and a disco. Meanwhile, possible. treating a smashed heel. Mickey is after being forced to move much of expected to make a full recovery, this year’s Truck Festival bill up THE THIEVES have split up. The although this may take several to Brookes University Union at band formed by Oxfordshire months. Commenting on the the last minute following the bothers Hal and Sam Stokes have cancellation of the show, Alan Day, floods, Truck have decided to go been resident in Los Angeles for the promoter for TCT Music, added, back with a once-a-term gig and past few years, constantly touring “We were really looking forward to club night. around the States and last month this gig, being the local heroes that The first Uni-Truck show is on played their biggest gigs to date, they are. It’s such a shame they Tuesday 27th November with a appearing at the Milwaukee won’t be playing the first weekend selection of bands playing over Summerfest alongside Black at our new venue, but we wish two stages. American narcotic- Crowes and Tool, and at Monolith Mick a speedy recovery and we rockers The Warlocks headline. Festival with Flaming Lips and SUPERGRASS’ homecoming gig will reschedule another date with Tickets are £8 in advance (£5 for Kings of Leon. at the Carling Academy Oxford was the band once he’s well enough.” students). The band were due to release a cancelled after bassist Mickey Supergrass had been enjoying a Truck is also continuing to go record through Bam Margera’s Quinn broke two vertebrae in his summer break after completing from strength to strength with its label, Filthy Note, and spend the back. Mickey had apparently fallen recording of their sixth album, due in-house recording studios which end of 2007 touring the record. from a first-floor window in the for release later this year. All of the have recently hosted Foals, Unfortunately, Filthy Note decided holiday villa he was staying at in band’s current plans are now on Electric Soft Parade and Chicks to pull the plug at the last minute. the south of France. In a press hold. On Speed. Local bands can take The band’s drummer Jamie has also statement, Supergrass singer Gaz Nightshift wishes Mickey a full advantage of a special deal until decided to get married later this Coombes said, “I hope the crazy and speedy recovery. the end of 2007: £150 per day. year, and wants to spend more fool gets back on his feet as soon as Refunds on gig tickets are available Contact Stewart or Genevieve at time in LA, to become an actor. possible. I’m sure he’ll pull from point of purchase. Truck on 01235 821262. Sam spoke to Nightshift about the split: “it’s is a real shame. We were Nov) and Pigeon Detectives (Tue really starting to build momentum 20th Nov) are both now sold out. and get somewhere out here, so bad Meanwhile, the Academy are timing really, seeing as we’ve been looking for street team members to slogging it out for so many years. distribute flyers and suchlike. In I’ve had a blast though, and seen return street teamers can get free and done things I would have never entry to Academy gigs. Anyone been able to do if I hadn’t been in interested should email the band, so no regrets at all. We’ve [email protected]. also been able to finish on a high by playing a festival at Red Rocks in SHACK precede their show at the Colorado, with great bands like Academy with an in-store gig at Flaming Lips, and Kings of Leon - HMV in Cornmarket Street at 5pm it was an absolute blast! I guess all on Tuesday 16th October. The band things must pass, and as one door will also be signing copies of their closes, another one opens. I’m new Album, ‘Time Machine’. hoping we will do one last Oxford show. I’m back in November and PLANS ARE AFOOT to organise KRAUTROCK LEGENDS MICHAEL ROTHER AND DIETER Jamie and Hal should be back a Ladyfest in Oxford in 2008. MÖEBIUS have been confirmed as the headline act for this year’s around Christmas time, so should be Organiser Joanna Whitehead is Audioscope festival. Rother was previously a member of Neu! as well as able to make it happen. Bloody well keen to hear from bands or artists Kraftwerk and Harmonia; Möebius was a founder member of Cluster hope so.” interested in performing, or anyone before joining Rother in Harmonia. who has ideas that might help the Audioscope takes place at the Carling Academy Oxford on Saturday 10th IAN BROWN is the latest big- event. Email Joanna at November. Also on this year’s bill are New Jersey hip hop weirdoes Dälek name act to be confirmed for the ladyfestoxford08@hotmail. as well as post-rockers The Sea and Cake - featuring former-Tortoise new Carling Academy Oxford. The co.uk. man John McEntire - Shit and Shine, Rothko and Birmingham’s awesome former-Stone Roses singer plays on krautrockers Einstellung. Local bands Witches and Sunnyvale Noise Sub- Tuesday 27th November in the DON’T FORGET TO TUNE IN Element also appear. main Academy venue. to The Download every Saturday The annual Audioscope festival raises money for homeless charity Other acts confirmed for the next night between 6-7pm on BBC Shelter. Last year’s event, headlined by Clinic, raises £2,200; since it few months include Black Rebel Radio Oxford 95.2fm. The long- began in 2001 Audioscope has raised over £15,000 for the charity. Motorcycle Club (Wed 14th Nov); running local music show, An Audioscope warm-up gig, featuring Portland’s psychedelic folk Scratch Perverts (Fri 16th); Hot presented by Tim Bearder and rockers Jackie O Muthafucker, former-Loop people Pumajaw and Hot Heat (Fri 16th) and Minus The David Gillyeat, plays the best new Oxford’s Keyboard Choir takes place at the Wheatsheaf on Tuesday 6th Bear (Sat 15th December). Oxford releases as well as featuring November. Tickets for Adioscope are available now, priced £14, from Prog supergroups Asia’s planned interviews with local acts and a wegottickets.com Check out www.audioscope.co.uk for full details December show has now been regular demo vote. The show is moved to Wednesday 12th March. available to listen to online all week The gigs by The Twang (Fri 2nd at bbc.co.uk/oxford. thethe portport mmahonahon OXJAM kicks off again this month with Oxfam hoping to raise over £1million from music events organised around the UK. Live Music in October Running throughout October Oxjam could be considered the biggest live music festival in the country if taken as a whole, with around 40,000 4th Port Mayhem presents 18th Permanent Vacation musicians and an audience of 300,000 expected to take part in over 3,000 Eddy Thompson + presents Alexander Thomas + events over the month. Last year’s inaugural Oxjam raised over £500,000. Horizontalice + One Dollar Euhedral + Joey Chainsaw In Oxford – home city of Oxfam – there are gigs, concerts, jam sessions Peep Show 19th Oxford Folk Club and live music karaoke virtually every night, kicking off with a planned 5th Oxford Folk Club 20th Poor Girl Noise presents st musical flashmob in the city centre on October 1 and ending with a 6th Quickfix presents Ivy’s That Fucking Tank + Hreda + rd multicultural musical finale at the Oxford Castle on November 3 . Itch + Cuckoos Nest Capeman! + Shield Your Eyes Most local Oxjam gigs are listed in Nightshift’s gig guide but with many 7th Swiss Concrete presents 21st Swiss Concrete presents events still to be finalised, visit oxjamoxford.co.uk for full details. Blazing Zoos + The Sub Pop Sunday + Vestibule + Messengers + Naomi Hates 13th Gauge Humans 22nd Peacemakers 11th Dirty Boys 23rd My Analog presents 12th Oxford Folk Club Francois + The Atlas 14th Swiss Concrete presents Mountains + Glas Nost Butcher Boy + Les Clochards 24th The Jones Radio + Collese Fall 25th Johnny Sexual Kitchen 15th Poetry Night with Paul 26th Oxford Folk Club Wyton + Adana Horouitz 28th Pindrop Performance 16th Oxfordbands.com in aid 5pm - 8pm of Oxjam - The Half Rabbits + 29th The Young Playthings Eduard Sounding Block + The 30th Toad + David K Frampton Winchell Riots + Theo + more 17th Oxfordbands.com in aid of 31st Joe Allen Oxjam - Witches + Harry Angel + Richard Walters + Mewgatz nightshift.oxfordmusic.net Book your band into play at Oxford’s best small music venue! a great place to start a fight 82 St Clements, Oxford.