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We are looking for people to help us out – distributors, stockists, writers and photographers are always welcome round news here… Send news on gigs, clubs, tours, releases & updates to [email protected] Ute and Little Fish appear at a The Pegasus Theatre in Magdalen Road, Oxford has re-opened after a major refurbishment. new event, The Underground Highlights are a very stylish new café and the fantastic 200 seater auditorium. Their Reins Festival at The Guildhall night is a monthly showcase for under-21 year old musicians. They have a night of Urban MC (undergroundfestivaluk. & DJ sets from Silecta and Unique Soul on 15th October, and on 12th November there is an blogspot.com), just a short hop indie/rock night featuring The Vibe, Octopus Wire and David Speaking. Acts interested in away in Gloucester, on the appearing should visit www.pegasustheatre.org.uk for more details. weekend of 25 –26th September. An impressive lineup includes Pulled Apart By Horses, The Joy The Common Room is a two-day and night event at The Jericho Tavern, featuring mostly up-and- Formidable, Stagecoach, Talons coming Oxford bands and a sprinkling of out-of-towners on 4 –5 December. The Scholars, Ute and Islet. Ute have a new (pictured), Dead Jerichos, The Epstein, Minor Coles, Sonny Liston, Alphabet Backwards, Our single out in October. Visit Lost Infantry, Damn Vandals, Band of Hope, The Yarns, www.myspace.com/utetheband Mountain Parade, Samuel Zasada and Huck & the for more details. Handsome Fee are playing over the weekend with lots more to be announced. Extra entertainment includes Oxford Contemporary Music George Chopping’s Pub Quiz and Radiohead karaoke. have launched a free download Fifty ‘Early Bird’ discounted weekend tickets, priced and streaming section on their only £8, are on sale now at We Got Tickets. Glastonbury Emerging Talent website www.ocmevents.org so Winners 2010, Ellen and the you can get hold of a selection For those that like to go to the extremes of the pantheon we call the music world, have a look Escapades, the folk/poppers of recordings from their eclectic at Dr Slaggeleberry ’s You Tube Channel www.youtube.com/user/DrSlaggleberryUK. The band, from Leeds (www.myspace.com/ live events programme. There are described as a ‘brain bending, schizophrenic, instrumental ear cacophony’, are now managed ellenandtheescapades) appear Magic Numbers head to the O2 Academy on 8 October following a sold out show at the Jericho live tracks from the Nature Boy by a PR and management firm, Invisible Hippo, who specialise in all things extreme. The band at The Bullingdon Arms on Tavern late last year. Danny & The Champions of the World appear in support. OMS last spot - (worth the visit alone), Setsubun are working on a new release for Crash Records for 2011. Thursday 18 November. ted Romeo & Co. at the Glastonbury Festival, delivering an impassioned ‘Love Me Like You’ to Bean Unit who comprise three Support comes from Oxford’s a members of Bellowhead, and own emerging talents The sun-drenched crowd, so we’re looking forward to this date. The Numbers have a new album out, there is a set by local folk Yarns, with more acts TBA. The Runaway , and as a taster there’s a free download on their MySpace page (www.my - troubador Helen Pearson. Last Chance, who hail from Watch out for some entertaining The Epstein launch their new EP featuring the single ‘Held You Once’ on 16 October at The Bicester (www.facebook.com/ blogs on myspace and Facebook Jericho Tavern in Oxford. Support comes from Reid Morrison’s Treetop Flyers and Wallingford’s lastchancerock), a folkish rock from haunting, deep, dark Band of Hope. The tracks from their single are being mixed by Hugo Nicolson, who engineered band, reached the regional final of gospel and blues outfit Huck & Radiohead’s In Rainbows . They will also be appearing live on Bob Harris’s show on Radio 2 in the Surface Unsigned competition the Handsome Fee, who are October and will be playing shows up an down the country throughout October and November. (interested bands should visit embarking on their DIY six-week www.surfaceunsigned.co.uk), tour of the US. They’re blazing a and played the O2 Academy trail though Washington, The Scholars have recently finished shooting for a feature film called Turbulence , which was Birmingham. California, Arizona and Nevada named after their debut single. Chris Gillett from the band told OMS ‘it is an indie-comedy playing bars, clubs, cafes and (think Friends meets High Fidelity ), where our frontman, Adrian, plays one of the main charac - Oxford Music Blogs (OMB) is a barn dances. The band will ters, with his storyline heavily featuring the band and our music.’ You can find out more about new website that launched also try to hold their own in the movie at www.turbulencefilm.com. The band are auditioning for drummers and should be recently, with daily news, views, their spiritual home, New back to a full line-up soon. videos and interviews featuring Orleans. They’ll be back for local music and national tour - a homecoming show with Truck’s new SXSW-style multi-venue festival OX4 is back on Cowley Road on Saturday 9 Octo - Folk singer Kate Rusby , known as ‘The Barnsley ing acts coming to Oxford. It’s Borderville at The Wheatsheaf ber. Aiming to raise money and awareness for Oxfam, this year it features hip new Mancuni - Nightingale’, appears at the New Theatre on Sunday another addition to our thriving on Saturday 9 October. ans Everything Everything at the Academy, and US outfits Abe Vigoda (pictured) and Someone 26 September. A big date for folk-lovers, she was local infrastructure and you Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin, with Scratch Perverts scheduled for The Regal. Local bands play - named as one of the Top Ten Folk Voices of the Century should check them out at For the most up to date ing OX4, which starts at 2pm and runs til 3am are, Winchell Riots, Fixers, The Half Rabbits and and was nominated for 1999’s Mercury Music Prize for www.oxfordmusicblog.co.uk. and informative gig, club Hreda, with plenty more to be announced. ‘Early Bird’ tickets are on sale now priced £15 (going her second solo album ‘Sleepless’. Be sure to leave feedback on the and pub listings visit up to £20). Visit www.thisistruck.com for more details. articles for them. www.dailyinfo.co.uk. 2 / OXFORDSHIRE MUSIC SCENE / AUTUMN 2010 OXFORDSHIRE MUSIC SCENE / AUTUMN 2010 / 3 NEWS EQUIPMENT the oms equipment pages a r t o h l a M y n n club news o S r a e p DJ Nelly B Page’s S n e Trashy Top 10 B 1 Fatboy Slim – ‘Praise You’ 2 Reef – ‘Place Your Hands’ 3 The Strokes – ‘Reptilia’ 4 Kanye West feat. Jamie Foxx – ‘Gold Digger’ 5 Bombay Bicycle Club – keyboard choir ‘Always Like This’ 6 Lady Gaga – ‘Telephone’ What do you take with you exactly a classic, but its a matter of saving my of money, there’s a lot to 7 Vampire Weekend – to a typical gig? 1980s 4-operator FM pocket money and be said for buying a cheap ‘Cousins’ Yamaha DX21 synth, synthesis does have a harassing my parents until netbook computer and a 8 Plan B – ‘She Said’ Yamaha CS2X synth, unique character. It taught I finally got my hands on USB controller keyboard. 9 Roxy Music - ‘Let’s Stick Korg N364 synth, Korg me a lot about making my first keyboard. Together’ Big Ten Inch is Skylarkin’ Aidan Larkin’s rockin’ new bi-monthly session at The Cellar in Oxford Triton synth, Micro sounds. I still use one as my Where do you do your 10 The Contours – ‘Do You and The Book Club in London, with a wild music policy which he describes as ‘Whoopin’, Korg synths x3, Korg main synth, usually with Why keyboards and not shopping for gear? Love Me’ hollerin’, REAL rock ‘n’ roll, SCREAMIN’ r&b, 50’s jump-blues, swing, ska, skiffle, shuffle, DW8000 synth, Korg very liberal doses of FX. drums/bass/guitars? Seb: Oxford wins. We love handclap, gospel, jive, 60s beat and misbehaviour’. September 17 has Original Rabbit Foot MS2000R synth, Korg James: Mine was a Korg Seb: Drums and amps are the Music Box on the Spasm Band along with Greg Butler of the Shellac Collective who plays all original 10” 78s.