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Joining DANCING YEARS DENAI MOORE FINDLAY FYFE Dead’ is an eight-track, re-mastered Califone across the day are gothic GAVIN JAMES GOLD & YOUTH HUDSON TAYLOR compilation of all of Sevenchurch’s tribal-pop types Esben & The Witch; JAKE HART JAYMES YOUNG JAY BROWN JJ ROSA demo recordings. It includes the Blessing Force lynchpins Pet Moon; drums’n’electronics krautrockers KIMBERLY ANNE LAURA WELSH MT. WOLF classic ‘Nefarious’ demo, the rare ‘Old Truths, Ancient Magick’ and the Eat Lights Become Lights; Thrill NATHAN BALL PAWWS PYYRAMIDS PORT ISLA YOUNG KNIVES launch their new self-released album `Sick Octave’ previously unreleased ‘The Rubber Jockey’s psychedelic electro crew with a special low-key Oxford gig at The Cellar this month. The band, PYLO RYAN KEEN RHODES RUEN BROTHERS Room’ session, recorded shortly Grumbling Fur; riotous punk band who financed the new album with a fundraising auction on Kickstarter, will SPRING OFFENSIVE SWEET WILLIAM before the band split up. All tracks Sauna Youth; Truck faves Fonda return to the venue where they first made their name on the Oxford music TROUMACA WOLF ALICE have been re-mastered. ‘Stealing 500; Tomaga; Salvation Bill; Pye scene as Ponyclub over a decade ago, on Saturday 26th October, prior to From The Dead’ will be available for Corner Audio and Listing Ships. heading off on a UK tour. £4 at sevenchurch.bandcamp.com. Tickets, priced £14, are on sale now Young Knives frontman Henry Dartnall explained to Nightshift the idea to On the same day they also release from Wegottickets.com. Visit www. play such a low-key local gig: “We opted for The Cellar because we wanted ‘Festival Of The Spoons’, a re- audioscope.co.uk for more details. to have fun this time round and do something a bit more special. I always TICKETS SELLING FAST! imagined release of the long-lost feel that our hometown shows should be a bit of a party and the Cellar KLUB KAKOFANNEY celebrates O ACADEMY OXFORD // ST. JOHN THE EVANGELIST // THE BULLINGDON // PORT MAHON three-track EP featuring ‘Inavoid’, seemed like the perfect venue, plus we haven’t done it for yonks. We’ve 2 its 22nd birthday this month with EAST OXFORD COMMUNITY CENTRE // COWLEY ROAD METHODIST CHURCH // TRUCK STORE which runs for over 18 minutes. This made a kind of ‘fuck it’ record so the shows are going to reflect that to some will be available as a free download a weekend of live music at the extent and everyone can get a bit more involved there. from the band’s website at Wheatsheaf. The long-running club “The album was just a fun record to make. It was really hard to make SATURDAY 19TH OCTOBER // WWW.GATHERINGFESTIVAL.CO.UK www.sevenchurch.co.uk. night, which prides itself on its because when you get older you’ve got loads of other shit you have to do or ALL AGES, UNDER 14 TO BE ACCOMPANIED BY AN ADULT In a statement, Sevenchurch said, anything-goes approach to booking you will go to jail. We wrote a pop record last time and it’s not my favourite “After two decades of fans asking us bands, hosts two evenings and an one we’ve done. There were some real bullshit pressures to be a successful when this or that would be available, afternoon of music over the weekend band, which I think every band gets when things start going okay for th th we decided that it would be really of the 4 -6 October. On the Friday you. We’ve been kind of fighting that ever since it started because it’s got Tuesday 24th September Saturday 19th October Wednesday 6th November Thursday 21st November cool to celebrate the 20th anniversary the regular Klub Kakofanney night nothing to do with music. Some c**t gets a load of money to tell you what’s THE 1975 GATHERING WILLE & THE BANDITS TURIN BRAKES of the `Bleak Insight’ release by sees Black Hats, Listing Ships and wrong with your song, and even if they do it really nicely it’s your fucking giving our fans as much access to our Knights of Mentis performing. song. Painters don’t get a dude round to analyse their composition; the O2 ACADEMY | SOLD OUT VARIOUS VENUES THE BULLINGDON O2 ACADEMY2 archive material as possible. As well Saturday features an extended gig composition is the thing that makes your work stand out from the others, as these two releases we have also with Fuzzy Logic, Osprey, The so to try and make it more like the others is baffling but for some reason Thursday 26th September Thursday 24th October Saturday 9th November Thursday 28th November added live video clips to YouTube Mighty Redox, Mary’s Garden, this still goes on, and the reason behind it is money. So we made this one in MELANIE PAIN LANTERNS ON THE LAKE RUARRI JOSEPH PALMA VIOLETS and various other audio clips to our Charms Against The Evil Eye and my house, and a bit at a studio in Northleach. We just kept redoing bits and website and new Facebook page. Purple May, while Sunday sees the messing with bits and trying new songs out when the mood took us. The THE JERICHO THE BULLINGDON THE BULLINGDON O2 ACADEMY The other question we are constantly club decamp to the Sheaf’s downstairs result is that it’s a bit all over the shop and some of the recording is a bit asked, is when are Sevenchurch bar for a free afternoon of unplugged dodgy, but I think it’s possibly the most joyful record we have ever made, if Tuesday 8th October Sunday 27th October Sunday 10th November Thursday 5th December reforming? Well, never say never; music, including sets from Siobhan I’m allowed to say that.” FOSSIL COLLECTIVE ALUNAGEORGE BROTHER & BONES NIGHT BEDS if there’s a demand there we will Mclusky, Jeremy & Des Barkus, `Sick Octave’ is released on the 4th November. The Cellar gig will feature O ACADEMY2 O ACADEMY THE BULLINGDON O ACADEMY2 have to come up with some way of Beard Of Destiny, Maeve Bayton, a full run-through of the new album, followed by a set of old Young Knives 2 2 2 celebrating the next big anniversary!” Twizz Twangle and Mark Atherton. favourites. Visit www.young-knives.com for more news. Thursday 10th October Wednesday 30th October Sunday 10th November Saturday 22nd February PROSPEKT release their debut album next month. The local progressive tech-metallers launch KIDS IN GLASS HOUSES BEANS ON TOAST VILLAGERS LAUREN AQUILINA `The Colourless Sunrise’ with a headline show at the O2 Academy on Friday 15th November. O2 ACADEMY2 THE BULLINGDON O2 ACADEMY O2 ACADEMY2 The band, who featured as a Nightshift Introducing band back in 2011, have been hailed as one of the most technically gifted young bands in Oxford. Guitarist Lee Luland told Nightshift, “We’ve Friday 11th October Saturday 2nd November Tuesday 12th November been up to a lot in the last two years. We spent a lot of time working on the album, writing and recording. Recently we got signed to American label Sensory Records and are now currently JOHNNY FLYNN THE GROWLERS THE RIFLES preparing a video shoot and rehearsing for our up and coming shows in line for the album’s O2 ACADEMY2 THE BULLINGDON O2 ACADEMY2 release. Compared to the first EP this is in a different league. It’s nine tracks, clocking at just over 65 minutes and features all the qualities we look for in good music - melody, technicality and Monday 14th September Sunday 3rd November Thursday 21st November emotion. Sonically the album is far superior as well. We hired Jens Bogren to mix and master it. He’s a genius and has produced the likes of Symphony X, Opeth and Devin Townsend, so thanks SUPERFOOD MAD DOG MCREA MOULETTES to him we’ve never sounded better! THE BULLINGDON THE BULLINGDON THE JERICHO GIGSINOXFORD.CO.UK “ The launch show at the O2 will be a special occasion and we have a few treats lined up.