email: [email protected] website: nightshift.oxfordmusic.net Free every month. NIGHTSHIFT Issue 124 November Oxford’s Music Magazine 2005 TwizzTwizzTwizz twangle &&& pppaaatststsyyy decline The method in their madness - interview inside Also inside - news, reviews and six pages of local gigs NIGHTSHIFT: PO Box 312, Kidlington, OX5 1ZU. Phone: 01865 372255 NEWNEWSS Nightshift: PO Box 312, Kidlington, OX5 1ZU Phone: 01865 372255 email: [email protected] SEXY BREAKFAST have split up. The band, who have been a mainstay of the local scene for almost ten years, bowed out with a gig at the Zodiac supporting The Paddingtons last month. Frontman Joe Swarbrick is set to form a new band; in the interim he will be playing a solo gig at the Port Mahon on Saturday 26th November. The Barn at The Red Lion, Witney THE EVENINGS head off on a UK tour Live Music November Programme this month to promote their new ‘Louder In the Dark’ EP on Brainlove Records. The Fri 4th RUBBER MONKEYS THE YOUNG KNIVES head out on their new EP is officially released on November th th Sat 5 SLEEPWALKER biggest ever UK tour this month to 7 ; the band play at the Cellar on th rd Sun 6 DEAD MEN’S SHOES promote new single, ‘The Decision’, on Thursday 3 November with support th Transgressive Records. The new single is a from Applicants, Open Mouth and Fri 11 THE WORRIED MEN th re-recording of 2004’s release on Hanging Napoleon III. The Evenings’ ‘Let’s Go Sat 12 GATOR HIGHWAY th Out With the Cool Kids, which topped Remixed’ album is now set to be released Sun 13 MICHAEL Nightshift’s end of year Top 20 chart. The early in 2006 on Freedom Records. SCHAEFFER Knives kick off their tour at the Zodiac on Fri 18th RIM Sunday 6th November with support from THE CITY TAVERN in Oxford city Sat 19th OCTANE The Rumblestrips. Tickets are on sale now centre is on the lookout for local bands Sun 20th LAURENCE from wegottickets.com. wanting to play in their newly-renamed Fri 25th 80s DISCO PARTY Charisma Bar. Bands or solo artists should Sat 26th WHO’S NEXT A MASSIVE CONCERT in aid of call Charis on 01865 248388 or send a th Children In Need is planned for Friday demo to him at The CityTavern, 8 Market Sun 27 ROB JAMES Every Mon – Karaoke. Every Wed – Quiz Night 11th November at RAF Brize Norton. The Street, Oxford, OX1 3EF. 15,000-capacity event will be free and is Opening times for the Barn – intended to be broadcast live as part of the DON’T FORGET to tune into the Fri & Sat: 10.45pm – 1.00am Sun: 5pm – 7pm BBC’s CIN night. Contrary to early press Download every Saturday at 6pm on BBC Monday nights are karaoke 11pm – 1.00am leaks, David Bowie is not confirmed to Radio Oxford 95.2fm. The local music Once a month on a Thursday is originals night: 9pm – 11pm. Details are available from our website play but several top names are being show, presented by Tim Bearder continues or by phoning 01993 703149 approached and at least two Oxford bands to give Oxford music a regular airing, will be joining them on stage, with BBC featuring interviews with local acts, new www.redlionwitney.co.uk Radio Oxford’s Tim Bearder charged with releases, demos and a gig and club guide. holding a local bands competition to decide the lucky acts. Check out bbc.co.uk/oxford JIM REID plays a rare solo show at the for more details as and when they emerge. Cellar this month (Thursday 10th November). The former-Jesus and Mary AVID RECORDS is set to close its doors Chain singer is set to release his debut solo for the last time on November 5th. The single, ‘Song For A Secret’, on long-established second-hand record shop Oxfordshire’s Transistor Records this near Gloucester Green is being forced to month. Reid has so far played only two close after being hit by a 50% rent hike solo shows so it’s a good chance to hear from the council, backdated three years. his new songs early on. The rent increase is expected to lead to other small, independent shops closing. Avid will continue to trade from its Bournemouth shop as well as online at www.avidrecords-uk.com. FELL CITY GIRL head off on a UK tour supporting Longview this month. The local favourites are currently attracting a huge amount of music industry interest and recently appeared at the Reading and Leeds Festivals despite being, as yet, unsigned. The Oxford date of the tour is at the Zodiac on Tuesday 1st November. Fell City Girl’s recent ‘Weaker Light’ single has now sold out, while their debut split-EP, with Swindon’s Latitude Blue, is set to be reissued, without Latitude Blue’s contribution, who have now split up. A Quiet Word With Twizz Twangle and Patsy Decline TWIZZ TWANGLE IS A MAN like ‘Love is a Raver’, and just plain who can divide a room like no other strange, like ‘Monkeydog’. Live, it in Oxford. For nigh on 13 years the tends to be haphazard, but on a good singing postman from East Oxford night we’ll improve the audience’s has been ploughing a most singular night. With our Patsy Decline band, of musical furrows, oblivious to and we haven’t actually played a full line untouched by the vagaries of fashion up gig yet, but with Andy Proper and and accepted ideas of musical Joe Chapman, from the Factory, we technique, style or performance. hope to have one soon.” Twizz Twangle is unique: a genuine PATSY: “I have a compulsive urge treasure but an eternal outsider, to redesign the entire world. It’s time hailed as a genius by his devout fans, people woke up and saw all the shit dismissed as a lunatic and a joke by and futility that we are surrounded unbelievers. Even Nightshift, his by. So I just like to make everything most enthusiastic supporters since he up as I go along, to get into peoples first appeared on the local scene, heads and shuffle things up. That’s have, on occasions, thrown our why Dan is good to work with hands up in despair at the aural because he’s totally open to causing carnage that he is capable of. No mayhem and muddle. Together we other local artist has made the leap have created an aesthetically from Demo of the Month to Demo pleasing Frankenstein’s monster and Dumper and back again, and the fact honestly, it wasn’t seriously planned; that Twizz Twangle managed it it was down to our spontaneous within the space of a year is all the vivacity. That’s why it’s going to be more remarkable and puzzling. good live – we don’t know what’s going to happen. There’s an edge TWIZZ TWANGLE’S REAL NAME when things go wrong and people is Dan Eisenhandler. Having lived for look uncomfortable, so we try to hit a time in New York during the them so they pay attention. The advent of punk and then got into “The Patsy Decline Band” - clockwise from top: Joe Chapman, Patsy stuff we’ve recorded is probably an music through is dad’s record Decline, Twizz Twangle, Andy Proper unlawful mixture of the Fall meets collection (Pink Floyd, Black Kim Wilde, only worse than that. Sabbath, 10cc) Dan first announced AFTER FINALLY WEARING Patsy Decline – real name Patsy Put it this way, we probably will his presence on the local scene with down Nightshift’s patience with a Brennan – first got involved in local never play the same way twice.” his band Oh Susannah Joanna! whose demo of home recordings apparently music when she played with Nought’s Dan, you’ve gone from Demo of utterly unhinged style of pop won done in his toilet, we consigned James Sedwards and Camp the Month to Demo Dumper back to them a rare five-star demo review in Twizz to the Demo Dumper in order Blackfoot’s Alex Ward, now a Demo of the Month (twice) again Nightshift’s predecessor, Curfew to stem the monthly tide of new and renowned improvisational musician. within the space of a few months - Magazine, and subsequent patronage increasingly unlistenable songs. Nine Inspired by everything from Blondie how did you feel about that? from Klub Kakofanney, eternal months later he was back with to The Beatles, Kraftwerk to The DAN: “I think both times I got the champions of the bizarre and crazy. ‘International Council Estate’, a Smiths, she has a captivating singing demo of the month I was on holiday Over the next decade, Dan demo of songs he’d recorded with voice: simultaneously soulful and abroad so it was a nice coming-home established himself as Oxford music’s various guest vocalists – Vigilance spaced-out. When she recorded present to find Nightshift shoved court jester, a lunatic savant with a Black Special’s Adam Clayton, long- ‘State Of Decline’ she simply made through my letterbox. I was too wholly unselfconscious approach to time friend and collaborator Mark all the lyrics up on the spot and scared to read the ‘Demo Dumper making simplistic but mind-boggling Bosley, and best of all, Patsy recorded her vocals in a single take. review, though it was funny to end lo-fi electro-folk music that Decline, a singer he’d met at the As well as her work with Twizz up in there! My only qualm is that somehow managed to combine both now-deceased Spotlight Acoustic Twangle Patsy is writing and one of my best songs, ‘Boyband,’ Frank Zappa and Frank Sidebottom Club at the Wheatsheaf.