[email protected] nightshift.oxfordmusic.net Free every month NIGHTSHIFT Issue 210 January Oxford’s Music Magazine 2013 photo: Marc West DEATH OF HI-FI “We want to be a face- less production unit” Oxford’s sci-fi obsessed hip hop warriors beam down. Also inside Introducing FLOODED HALLWAYS plus all your local music news, reviews, previews and gig guide. NIGHTSHIFT: PO Box 312, Kidlington, OX5 1ZU. Phone: 01865 372255 DHP Concerts Presents TUE 26 FEB NEWS LINDI ORTEGA Nightshift: PO Box 312, Kidlington, OX5 1ZU £8.50 | 18+ Phone: 01865 372255 email: [email protected] TUE 29 JAN THE JERICHO Online: nightshift.oxfordmusic.net NADEAH THE OXFORD PUNT returns for another musical trip round town in May. The annual £8.50 ADV | 18+ WED 27 FEB showcase of unsigned Oxford talent takes place on Wednesday 8th May, featuring 16 acts at THE JERICHO The Purple Turtle, The Cellar, The Wheatsheaf, The Duke’s Cut and the newly-opened MAMA ROSIN White Rabbit in Friar’s Entry, off Gloucester Green. Bands or solo acts wanting to play at The Punt can submit demos, either by emailing links £10 | 18+ FRI 01 FEB to online music (no sound files, please) to [email protected], or sending CDs to THE JERICHO Nightshift, PO Box 312, Kidlington, OX5 1ZU. In both cases, please clearly mark your JIM LOCKEY & THE SOLEMN SUN demo PUNT and include both phone and email contact details and a brief biog of the band. Only acts from Oxfordshire may apply, you can’t apply if you played The Punt last year and, £7 ADV | 18+ due to the licensing conditions of all the venues, only bands aged over 18 will be eligible. BANDS! THE JERICHO SUN 17 MAR Deadline for demos is the 10th March, with the line-up announced on the 15th. WANT TO PLAY THE PUNT? As ever, a limited number of all-venue Punt passes will be on sale from the end of January. MARTIN HARLEY BAND Running since 1996, The Punt has previously given early exposure to bands such as Young Then why not try including your phone number when you apply, like it quite clearly asks for. £12.50 ADV | 18+ Knives, Stornoway, Fixers and Little Fish, as well as Yannis and Jack from Foals’ first band WED 06 FEB Elizabeth, and Hugo Manuel’s pre-Chad Valley and Jonquil band, The Modern. THE JERICHO It might save us the trouble of having to kick your useless fat arses up the street and back. LEDDRA CHAPMAN A BIG NIGHTSHIFT now be known as Candy Says, reflecting the £7 ADV | 18+ CONGRATULATIONS TO ELIZABETH change in musical style they have undergone THE JERICHO WED 20 MAR PRICE, who won the Turner Prize last in recent months, since the departure of month. Before becoming a renowned artist, original drummer Neil Greenaway. The band THE TRAVELLING BAND Liz was co-vocalist in Talulah Gosh, one of was joined by Californian author Miranda the pivotal bands in Oxford’s music history Ward for both shows, reading extracts from £8 ADV | 18+ WED 13 FEB and a major influence on both subsequent her book, Fuck The Radio, We’ve Got Apple THE JERICHO generations of local bands as well as the Juice, which was written alongside Little Fish riot grrl movement. Liz’s victory brought and deals with their trials and tribulations KODALINE renewed interest in Talulah Gosh, with The with the music industry and on the road, as £8.50 ADV | 18+ Independent running a feature on the band and well as musings on being in a band in the THE JERICHO FRI 22 MAR its high-achieving former members. Oxford modern age. Candy Says are set to release music is just the best, ain’t it? their debut single in late January. Visit www. BASTILLE littlefishmusic.co.uk for more details. £10 ADV | ALL AGES THE PEOPLE’S SUPERMARKET on Cowley Road are looking for local bands and AS EVER, don’t forget to tune into BBC THU 14 & FRI 15 FEB O 2 ACADEMY OXFORD musicians who would like their music played Oxford Introducing every Sunday night STORNOWAY in the store. The community-run shop is between 9-10pm on 95.2fm. The dedicated situated at 124 Cowley Road. You can email local music show plays the best Oxford £15 ADV | ALL AGES SAT 23 MAR links to downloads to [email protected] releases and demos as well as featuring OXFORD TOWN HALL or drop a CD off to the store between 8am and interviews and sessions with local acts. The RUARRI JOSEPH 10pm any day of the week. show is available as a podcast at bbc.co.uk/ oxford. £8.50 ADV | 18+ LITTLE FISH announced a change of band Regularly updated local music news is THU 21 FEB THE JERICHO name at their brace of sold-out shows at the available online at www.musicinoxford. JAKE BUGG Rotunda in Iffley in December. The band will co.uk. SOLD OUT | ALL AGES FRI 12 APR JAMES CULLING 1972-2012 O 2 ACADEMY OXFORD FOSSIL COLLECTIVE Oxford sadly lost another of its musical gifted songwriter, and a very lovely man sons at the end of November when who I will miss greatly.” £7 ADV | 18+ James Culling, guitarist in Veda Park and Nightshift’s condolences go out to James’ FRI 22 FEB THE JERICHO Zim Grady, passed away after battling wife Kirsty and sons Daniel and Luke as leukaemia. He was 39. well as all of his family and friends. DOG IS DEAD James joined Veda Park in 2001 and A memorial fund has been set up in James’ released two albums with them. After name at www.justgiving.com/jamesculling THE OXFORD RECORD £10 | ALL AGES THU 18 APR O 2 ACADEMY2 OXFORD his first recuperation from leukaemia, with money raised going towards leukaemia he formed Zim Grady with Veda Park and lymphoma research. DVD & CD FAIR KING CREOSOTE (DUO) bandmates Peter Madams and John £12 ADV | 18+ McManus and together they recorded an OXFORD TOWN HALL THE JERICHO album, `Balsam For Battered Souls’, which th featured guest appearances from Phil Saturday 5 January Freizinger and future Original Rabbit Foot 10am - 3.30pm Spasm Band member Richard Cotman, followed by a number of singles and EPs. Rock/pop/jazz/soul/reggae/indie/all other genres Talking about his friend and bandmate, Accessories/memoriabillia/books. Peter Madams said, “James was a multi- Brand new and back catalogue/Rare Vinyl W WW.GIGSINOXFORD.CO.UK talented musician, an under-rated and www.usrfairs.co.uk www.alt-tickets.co.uk / www.facebook.com/alttickets.co.uk / All shows 18+ unless stated otherwise a quiet word with MENTION OF THE BLOB of Oxford’s current crop, but the acts that could learn from Zahra.” the locals though. If they want it, it brings us neatly to one of Death presence of American MCs like Ugly Andy: “Zahra is the 5 of Megacity 5, will happen. It’s just a case of taking Of Hi-Fi’s favourite obsessions – Duckling’s Dizzy Dustin feels like a which is the biggest compliment I can that risk of going to see an act they’ve classic science fiction, references real coup for a pair of producers from pay her.” never heard of.” to which are littered throughout Witney. `Anthropocene’, from its central Dan: “Most are friends; Dizzy WITH SO MANY vocal COMING BACK to THE DEATH OF HI-FI concept to snatches of anything from Dustin, Mark Deez and Copywrite guests, how do Death Of Hi-Fi’s live concept of `Anthropocene’, how did cheesy blockbuster Independence are courtesy of Andy’s badgering. I shows pan out, compared to their the thematic ideas form? Does the Day to lost 1970s cult classic The knew AJ Mayhew from Swindon; recorded stuff? album have a particular narrative, or is Changes. he’d performed a lot with Beatbullyz Dan: “We started as an instrumental it a more nebulous concept that binds Dan: “It’s much of what we grew up and had a drum&bass group called act so our live shows can be done the album together? with. I used to love anything that was Verbal Destruction before that. Stella without vocalists but nowadays Dan: “We tried to imagine how an a bit dark, so Dr Who of course but Walton was the vocalist in a band that we tend to use the guest vocals on alien intelligence would interpret also Blake’s 7 was a great antidote to had come from Sepiatone. We asked backing track unless they’re available the transmissions from earth. the positive messages of Star Trek. her to sing on a track that ended up to come on stage with us. As we Philosophically this was hard, trying One of my favourite kid’s TV shows not making it to the album but when started without vocalists we used to imagine what it’s like to understand was The Tomorrow People and I she was recording she had a listen to projections to make the show visually nothing of earth, but create a picture liked weird things like Sapphire and `Painted Faces’ and she had something interesting, so now I think we can be from just snippets of sound and Steel as well. My dad was probably for it; I love the way that came out. She quite versatile, depending on what a vision. For that reason there’s no firm to blame for getting me into sci-fi; also did backing vocals on `So Over gig needs.” narrative, the listener is like the alien I seem to remember he was always You’.