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email: [email protected] website: nightshift.oxfordmusic.net Free every month. NIGHTSHIFT Issue 133 August Oxford’s Music Magazine 2006 The Half Rabbits Welcome to the dark side - interview inside plus TRUCK FESTIVAL Four-page review inside NIGHTSHIFT: PO Box 312, Kidlington, OX5 1ZU. Phone: 01865 372255 DR SHOTOVER NEWNEWSS A Cornball In Cornwall Nightshift: PO Box 312, Kidlington, OX5 1ZU I say, did you see Shack at the Zodiac the other month? Phone: 01865 372255 email: [email protected] Much West Coast 60s melodicism and top-quality harmony vocals... so inspired was I by their song ‘Cornish Town’ that I found myself heading to the THIS YEAR’S WITTSTOCK (South) West Coast for my last golfing holiday... a FESTIVAL takes place over the weekend splendid little place in the Duchy of Cornwall called (I kid you not) Rock. Apparently it’s twinned with a small of 18th – 20th August. The three-day French town called Role... but I digress. I played a hole or festival is free and features a wide two, then, having pushed some Young People over a cliff selection of local bands and singers and for wearing aims to raise money for Motor Neurone offensive Disease research through donations and wetsuits, I sales of programmes and raffle tickets. settled in at the Headline act on the Friday night are club bar and hardcore punk wackos Barry & The regaled the Beachcombers; Saturday’s main acts locals with a few include Mary’s Garden, Junkie Brush, choice stories Phyal, Smilex and Twizz Twangle, while about my Burma on Sunday Suitable Case For Treatment days. What with top the bill, joined by Lagrima, Mark the gin and the Bosley, The New Moon and more. Full The Divine Comedy play at Brookes sunstroke we line-up and details are online at University on Monday 30th October as were all soon www.wittstock.co.uk. You can book part of a UK tour to promote new album fast asleep... A camping places by calling Phil on 01865 `Victory For The Comic Muse’. Neil timely prod 739369. Hannon will be backed by a seven-piece from the band. Tickets are on sale now, priced steward’s favourite Mashie THE CITY TAVERN in Market Street has £17.50 from the box office (01865 Niblick now changed its name to The Market 484750). The Automatic appear at awakened me, Tavern with the upstairs venue now Brookes on Thursday 26th after selling out just in time for a The Duchy of (Hugh) Cornwell known as The Music Market. The venue the Zodiac last month. round of chotah continues to showcase new local and out pegs from the Club Secretary, a decent fellow called of town bands. Send demos to Charis at Tregadillick, and the evening began in earnest. I soon the pub or call her on 01865 248388. THIS TOWN NEEDS GUNS release discovered that getting sense out of a drunken their debut single, ‘Hippy Jam Fest’ on Cornishman is like attempting to buy a cocktail in CLINIC have been confirmed as Big Scary Monsters Records in September. Chittagong during Ramadan... it was not long before we headliners of this year’s Audioscope. The The 7” single comes with a free CD of the were joyriding a golf buggy around Polzeath beach whilst annual mini-festival takes place at the single for them what haven’t got record singing ‘Peaches’ by The Stranglers, pursued by some Zodiac on Saturday 28th October. Joining players. An unmastered version of the rather comely life-guardettes. Ah, the joys of the Clinic will be Magnetophone, Sonic Boom, single is available to hear at traditional British summer holiday... I’m Being Good, Kids In Tracksuits and www.myspace.com/thistownneedsguns. Next month: Newquay Brown Sunnyvale Noise Sub-Element, plus more acts to be announced. Audioscope raises THE EXETER HALL in Cowley is now money for homeless charity Shelter. closed for a major refurbishment until the T H E M U S I C M A R K E T Tickets for this year’s event will go on sale end of September. The popular local venue (formerly the Charisma Bar, City Tavern) Upstairs @ The Market Tavern 8 Market Street, off Cornmarket St as soon as the rest of the acts are is due to have an extension built as well as Tel: 01865 248388 Email: [email protected] announced. a new stage, bar and better soundproofed windows which will allow it to become an 3rd :GUNNBUNNY + MONDO CADA DIRTY EARTH BAND’s gig at the New even better home to live music. Doors open 9pm, £4 Entry Theatre has been expanded to include the 4tth : BLACK POWDER + Guests venue’s circle and balcony due to high YOUR SONG takes place on Saturday Doors open 8pm, £4 Entry demand for tickets. The popular local rock 19th August at the Zodiac. The legendary 10th: FOXES + guests th Doors open 8.30pm, £4 Entry covers band play at Oxford’s biggest live annual party, now in its 16 year features 17th: PRIMITIVE TIME MACHINE + Guests rd music venue on Sunday 3 September local luminaries playing merry hell with Doors open 8pm, £4 Entry along with The Corsairs and Warm Baby. classic and not-so classic covers in aid of 18th : HANGMANS JOE + MARY’S GARDEN + PHYAL The gig is in aid of local young people’s promoter Mac’s birthday. This year’s line- Doors open 8pm, £4 Entry 25th : LICKETY SPLITS + Guests charities Chox and Base 33. Tickets are on up features Beelzebozo, Witches, Sow, Doors open 8pm, £4 Entry sale now, priced £10 (£8 concessions) The Delta Frequency, Ally Craig, Delicious Music + Up ‘N’ Coming Entertainment . from www.getlive.co.uk/oxford or on 0870 Borderville, The Hero Story and Baby Presents every Saturday . Oxfords hottest musical acts 607 7484. Gravy, with all the makings of a classic 5th: SAHARA BOAT CLUB + STORNAWAY + FILIP SALEN night. 12th: BORDERVILLE + BLUE JUNK + SHE CRIES + JOE SATRIANI TRIBUTE 19th: THE IDEA + TRUE RUMOUR + CAPTAIN PYRATES + WE CURRENTLY HAVE a three-month HOLIDAY IN VIETNAM backlog of demos for review. If you’ve 26th: TONIC + NOT MY DAY + THE TURBULENCE sent a demo in in the past couple of 9.00pm through to 1am, £4.00 entry fee months, it’s probably in the pile waiting for the butcher’s knife. If you are worried Delicious Music Eclectic Jam Night All musicians welcome… come & have a jam! about the whereabouts of your demo or Every Sunday, doors open 6pm, FREE ENTRY. any of your relatives call our special freephone helpline. No but really, sorry, WANT TO PLAY HERE?? Just drop in a demo to the Market Tavern marked FAO there just ain’t been the space, innit? Charis with your band name & number on. A Quiet Word With The Half Rabbits THERE USED TO BE AN OLD Rabbits are shrouded in dense Half of The Half Rabbits. That’ll be a layers of guitar and bass but exude adage that if you wanted to know quarter rabbit, then. an almost psychedelic exuberance whether a band were goths or not Possibly the ears and of the kind early goth bands never you simply asked them and if they front paws. denied it they were goths. It had all got the credit for. the logic and justice of a medieval ducking stool but it did highlight THE HALF RABBITS WERE the apparent stigma attached to formed in 2002 by school friends being practitioners of music’s Michael Weatherburn (guitar and darker arts. Here’s what Half vocals), Alice Watanabe (bass) and Rabbits had to say when we put Chris Rant (guitar), with drummer the question to them: Sally Pelling joining them at the end Michael: “To say you’re a goth of that year. The band’s name came band would mean we start with a from Chris hazily remembering musical (and physical) template that finding half a rabbit in a field as a you have to conform to. We just youngster. Having made a bit of a play whatever music we like - the name for themselves on the Oxford of punk-funk and emo, it can sound rest. We aim to progress with what only rule we have is that we try to music scene over the last couple of like a record out of time. we are doing and I think that is make each song better than the last.” years, gigging regularly both locally Michael: “I’m really proud of it – reflected in the results that we Chris: “If I’m absolutely honest I and around the UK, including it’s probably my favourite three achieve. We are always working on personally don’t think we sound support slots to Editors, We Are songs that we play live at the new material. There is very little gothic at all: the guitars can be pretty Scientists and House Of Love. The moment. The main difference that we played a year ago that we heavy at times and Michael’s voice is Half Rabbits release a new EP this between this record and the last play now.” often compared to Jim Morrison but month, ‘Tiny Knives For Tiny one is that a lot more people know Being included on two of the does that make us gothic? In contrast Minds’, a three-track CD featuring the band now and so there was a ‘Public Service Broadcast’ series I think many of our songs are quite live favourites ‘These Rumours’, degree of expectation that’s not must have helped the band’s uplifting in parts. I wouldn’t be ‘Someone’s Coming’ and Playing been there before.