email: [email protected] website: nightshift.oxfordmusic.net Free every month. NIGHTSHIFT Issue 202 May Oxford’s Music Magazine 2012 To infinity - and beyond! FIXERS FIXERSt-offt-off -- exclusiveexclusive interviewinterview insideinside PreparePrepare forfor liflif Also in this issue: OXFORD PUNT 2012 - four-page pull-out guide plus Introducing KILL MURRAY and all your local music news, reviews and previews. NIGHTSHIFT: PO Box 312, Kidlington, OX5 1ZU. Phone: 01865 372255 NEWNEWSS Nightshift: PO Box 312, Kidlington, OX5 1ZU Phone: 01865 372255 email: [email protected] Online: nightshift.oxfordmusic.net WITTSTOCK FESTIVAL returns been recorded with A Silent Film’s this month. The annual three-day Rob Stevenson. Visit free festival takes place at the www.pledgemusic.com/projects/ Railway Inn in Culham over the richardwalters to buy his stuff weekend of 4th / 6th May. and help the album come to Ian Staples headlines the opening fruition. evening, joined by Domes of FRANK TURNER returns to Oxford in November as part of an 18- Silence, Junkie Brush, Class FIXERS, TROPHY WIFE AND date UK tour. Following on from his sold-out show at Wembley Arena Dismissed, Skelfie and Mark Allen SECRET RIVALS all play at this last month, the honorary Oxfordian folk-punk troubadour, who counts Barnes. Saturday and Sunday year’s Liverpool Sound City. The Dive Dive members Tarrant Anderson, Ben Lloyd and Nigel Powell in feature a full day and night of three-day music festival takes place his backing band, plays the O2 Academy on Monday 26th November. music. Reservoir Cats top the from Thursday 17th May to Tickets, priced £18, went on sale late April and are likely to sell out fast. Saturday bill, alongside Steamroller, Saturday 19th. Professor Green, Following the chart success of 2011 album ‘England Keep My Bones’, Lost Dogs, Big Society, Zen Pigs, Yuck and White Denim are among Frank released a limited edition double a-side 7” single for National Stem, Superloose, The Scott the big name acts also set to play. Record Store Day, featuring the songs ‘I Still Believe’ and ‘Somebody Gordon Band, Blin’ Jonnie, Laima To Love’. Turner also won best live act and hardest working band at Bite, Thin Green Candles, Trevor PINDROP PERFORMANCES the 2011 AIM Awards. Williams and more, while The gear up for a busy couple of Graceful Slicks round off Sunday, months by announcing a new team- alongside Space Heroes Of The up with Club Fandango at the The Cooling Pearls, We Aeronauts directors as part of OxDox People, Phil Garvey, The New Buffalo Bar in Islington where they and My Crooked Teeth; on documentary festival this month. Moon, Billy Pure, Mark Bosley, will be hosting a monthly showcase Saturday 26th experimental freak- On Tuesday 15th May there will be Beaver Fuel, Rag Doll, The Shapes, of Oxford music. The opening night folkster Alexander Tucker headlines a Q&A with Jon Spira to tie in True Rumour and loads more. takes place on Tuesday 29th May Modern Art alongside Yaldabaoh with a screening of Oxford music A raffle, merchandise and and features The Family Machine, and Flights Of Helios, while scene film Anyone Can Play Guitar donations will all go towards Stornoway offshoot Count Sunday 27th finds orchestral at the UPP, plus some instore live raising money for local mental Drachma, and The Cooling Pearls. Danish-Icelandic folk-pop music. On Sunday 20th, a screening health charities Oxfordshire MIND May is also a busy month for ensemble Dad Rock heading a bill of National Record Store Day and Headway Oxfordshire. Pindrop in Oxford with a May that also features Robots With documentary Vinylmania at the You can follow Wittstock news on Morning show at Truck Store on Soul, Count Drachma and Rainbow UPP will be followed by a Q&A Facebook. Cowley Road. Flights Of Helios, Shark. Finally, moving into June, with the director at Truck Store. The Old Grinding Young and Cat Saturday 9th is a punky-reggae Other instore Truck Store events RICHARD WALTERS is selling Matador will be playing the new party with Dead Jerichos and this month include a May Morning off myriad exclusive items of music month in from 6.30am. Following Dubwiser at Modern Art. show at 6.30am on the 1st with and personal possessions on Pledge this on Friday 4th is the already Additionally, Pindrop continue to Flights of Helios, The Old Grinding Music in order to raise money to sold-out show from alt.country host their own Oxford-centric radio Young and Cat Matador; Canadian pay for his forthcoming album, legend Bonnie Prince Billy and show on Fake DIY every folk troubadour Dan Mangan on ‘Regret Less’. Along with signed Brit-folksters Trembling Bells at Wednesday at 8pm. You can hear it the 4th; Polly & The Billets Doux CDs and homemade artwork, the Bully; Sunday 13th sees at www.thisisfakediy.co.uk. on the 5th and Bristol’s Doughty & Richard is offering his favourite Canadian dream-pop collective The Wolf Chorus on the 12th. As guitar for sale and has already sold Slow Down, Molasses at the TRUCK STORE hosts a brace of ever, visit www.rapture- his spectacles. ‘Regret Less’ has Wheatsheaf, with support from in-store Q&A sessions with online.co.uk for times. TIM MINCHIN is a surprise addition to this year’s Truck Festival. The comedian and musician, most recently responsible for helping bring Roald Dahl’s Matilda to the West End, will perform on the main stage. Other new acts announced include Frightened Rabbit, Future Of The Left and Turbowolf, while the local contingent will feature Black Hats, Dubwiser, Spring Offensive, Dead Jerichos, Flights of Helios, Dreaming Spires and Poledo. They join the likes of Temper Trap, Mystery Jets, Villagers, British Sea Power, The Low Anthem, 65Daysofstatic, Get Cape, Wear Cape, Fly! and Guillemots over the 20th / 21st July at Hill Farm in Steventon. With Truck having been taken over by Derbyshire’s award- winning Y Not Festival, who are promising to take the event back to its roots, tickets are a modest £69 and on sale from www.truckfestival.com as well as Truck Store on Cowley Road and assorted other local outlets. AUDIOSCOPE hosts an evening his drone-rock solo project Robots of “quiet music” at the Old Boot With Soul. Factory on Saturday 19th May in aid of homeless charity Shelter. AS EVER, don’t forget to tune into Scholars, Richard Walters, Rome BBC Oxford Introducing every Pays Off and Phil McMinn will Sunday night at 9pm on 95.2fm. all perform alongside Sarah The dedicated local music show Mayhew’s art installation `The plays the best Oxford releases and Natural Course Of Things’, which demos as well as featuring Smilex photo: Johnny Moto is “an immersive installation interviews and live sessions with exploring the psychology of space local bands. The show is available through subconscious language and to download as a podcast at landmarks,” whatever the damn bbc.co.uk/oxford. hell that means in proper English. Regularly updated local music Anyway, great music and a great news is available online at cause. Go along. www.musicinoxford.co.uk. The site also features interactive THE ORIGINAL RABBIT reviews, interviews, podcasts, a FOOT SPASM BAND headline a photo gallery and occasional live SMILEX, ALPHABET BACKWARDS, BLACK HATS AND THE special Diamond Jubilee weekend sessions. EPSTEIN head the line-up for this summer’s Charlbury Riverside party at the Jericho Tavern, Nightshift’s online forum also th Festival. The free festival takes place over the weekend of the 16 / organised jointly by Oxfringe, features breaking local music news th 17 June. Other acts announced for the main stage over the weekend Back & To The Left, Coo as well as the chance to chat to include The DB Band, Tamara & The Martyrs, The Mighty Redox, Promotions and Pindrop. The other Oxford musicians and gig- The Inflatables, Deer Chicago, Blin’ Jonnie and Brickwork Lizards. Jubilee Jam runs over the Jubilee goers, advertise for bandmates or The Riverside second stage features sets from Undersmile, Hot Hooves, weekend of 2nd / 3rd June. Other simply have a bloody good row Von Braun, The Hawkhurst, Beard Of Destiny, Listing Ships, Matt acts already confirmed include We about something and nothing – visit Midgley, Colour Change For Camouflage, Superloose, Mogmatic, Aeronauts, The Yarns, Matt nightshift.oxfordmusic.net. Flights Of Helios, Lost Dogs, James Foley Band and King Terrible, Winkworth, The Old Grinding Oxfordshire Music Scene with more to be confirmed. Visit www.riversidefestival.charlbury.com Young, Deer Chicago, Black Hats, Magazine provides a quarterly for full line-up details and news. Dead Jerichos, Jess & Ness and overview of the local music scene, Flights of Helios. Tickets, priced while its sister publication, The THE RIVERSIDE STAGE AT CORNBURY FESTIVAL, meanwhile, £8 per day or £14 for the Sampler, provides more features a host of local acts. Cornbury takes place over the weekend of weekend, are on sale now from comprehensive coverage of th st June 29 / July 1 at Great Tew Country Park. Acts confirmed for Wegottickets.com. Oxford’s clubbing and electronica the Riverside stage include Charly Coombes, The Epstein, Steamroller, scene. Pick up copies of the latest Deer Chicago, The Jesters, Dead Like Harry, Fused, The Family PHANTOM THEORY have issues from local outlets or Machine, Brickwork Lizards, The Inflatables and Kris Dolimore. called a halt to proceedings. While download current and archive They join headliners James Morrison, Elvis Costello & The they insist they’re not splitting issues at Imposters and Jools Holland’s R&B Orchestra with Marc Almond up, merely going on indefinite www.oxfordmusicscene.co.uk. and Ruby Turner. hiatus, the duo are planning to Other acts already announced for Cornbury include The Waterboys, bow out with a final show at some A REMINDER PLEASE, that the Alison Moyet, Pixie Lott, Seasick Steve, Newton Faulkner, Hugh point in the next few weeks.
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