email: [email protected] website: nightshift.oxfordmusic.net Free every month. NIGHTSHIFT Issue 146 September Oxford’s Music Magazine 2007 Look out, there’s a rap man coming! Mr Shaodow Meet Oxford’s bright new hip hop star OXFORD ACADEMY OPENS! Win Free Entry for a whole month - inside NIGHTSHIFT: PO Box 312, Kidlington, OX5 1ZU. Phone: 01865 372255 NEWNEWSS Nightshift: PO Box 312, Kidlington, OX5 1ZU Phone: 01865 372255 email: [email protected] TRUCK FESTIVAL organiser Robin Bennett has spoken to Nightshift about the events that led to the cancellation of July’s event when the festival site was left under a metre of water following the heaviest rains to hit the UK in 40 years. Robin took the decision to postpone Truck Festival on the Friday afternoon, the day before it was due to take place, when a nearby brook burst its banks, deluging the field with water. Much of Steventon village was also flooded, including Robin’s family home. Despite the chaos and the devastating effect of the floods, the Truck organisers and a team of volunteers quickly moved to organise two nights of gigs up at Brookes University Union, featuring many of the acts due to play Goldrush - Robin Bennett far left at the festival, including headliners Garth and Maud Hudson and The Brian Jonestown Massacre. Those gigs also acted as an emergency fundraiser for was very surreal seeing people dancing in wellies to DJ Fresh at Brookes. the festival which might otherwise have been financially ruined, cancellation “Ninety percent or more of the original line-up will be playing on the new insurance having been unaffordable. dates, and we have also added some more favourites including Foals and Truck Festival now takes place over the weekend of the 22nd and 23rd Forward, Russia. We don’t yet know the long-term financial implications of September with the vast majority of the original line-up set to play. With the postponement. Needless to say, it’s hard to organise two events for the around 700 tickets returned there are expected to be some tickets now price of one and we may well lose money, which will in effect put us back to available for punters who missed out on the original dates. square one. Keep an eye on www.thisistruck.com for ticket news; there is Robin explained the events of the weekend: likely to be an extra ticket issue in September once we have counted all the “I think the people working in the festival field noticed the situation before returns and band members. If you read this in time, we are also having a we did in the office. We were convinced we could deal with it but suddenly BBQ at The Star on Rectory Road from 12 noon on Bank Holiday Monday, the brook burst its banks, leaving much of the farm under a torrent of water, 27th August, where we will also be selling tickets. As for where Truck goes and it was instantly clear we had to postpone. It only took a few moments from here, as R Crumb put it, Keep On Trucking. There is too much to decide on a new date. My parents didn’t realise ‘til a while later that their enthusiasm and passion to stop because of a bit of water.” house was also under a foot of water. “ It was very hard work to organise the Brookes gigs at such short notice Details of any available Truck tickets are online at www.thisistruck.com. A and special thanks to Toby Kidd for getting it together. It gave us all the benefit gig for the festival, featuring Mules and Emmy The Great, takes chance to have some fun, and the farmer got to sell some pasta salads! It place at the Port Mahon on Tuesday 18th September. THE CARLING ACADEMY is events nationally and raised over looking for experienced sound £1million for Oxfam. For details of OXFORD ACADEMY RE-OPENS engineers and lighting engineers. how to take part, email Kevin at KATE NASH is among the latest Anyone interested in working should [email protected] or visit crop of star names added to the email the new venue’s technical www.myspace.com/oxjamoxford. schedule for the new-look Oxford manager Spike at spike@oxford- Alternatively, bands can submit Academy which re-opens this academy.co.uk with info about demos to 21 The Paddox, Banbury month after a four-month, themselves, or call him on 07752 Road, Oxford, OX2 7PN. £2million refurbishment. 887737. Recent chart topper Kate appears A PAIR OF EXTREMELY RARE at the Academy’s new 1,020- JONQUIL release their new album, guitars were stolen from a local capacity main hall, which will st ‘Lions’, on 1 October on Try musician at the end of July from his become Oxford’s largest regular gig Harder Records, the follow-up to last house in Stratfield Street. The guitars venue, on Thursday 25th October. Last month Editors became the first band year’s critically acclaimed debut are a Rickenbacker 360 12 left- to sell out the new Academy, quickly followed by local heroes Supergrass and ‘Sunny Casinos’. The experimental handed 12-string in Sunburst finish, Madchester legends Happy Mondays. The Academy’s upstairs Zodiac venue folk/electro/pop troupe launch the modelled on George Harrison’s guitar; will have a flexible capacity of up to 436, with the venue’s total combined new album with a special concert at also a Gibson Les Paul ‘Black Beauty’ capacity up to 1,350 – up from its previous maximum of 750. Additionally the Jacqueline Du Pre Building on left-hand 1974 model. The guitars a smaller Academy Bar venue, with a capacity of 220, can be utilised for th Monday 17 September where they were stolen from the musician’s house local and unsigned bands. will be performing two sets. while it was undergoing building work The Oxford Academy is officially scheduled to open on Tuesday 18th Thereafter Jonquil head off on a and it is likely that although they are September, but as Nightshift went to press the line-up for that night was national tour with labelmates almost irreplaceable, the thief may unconfirmed. The first confirmed date at the venue is Thursday 20th Youthmovies and Adam Gnade. Visit well be unaware of their value. September, when New Young Pony Club headline. Other shows lined up this www.myspace.com/jonquiluk for full Anyone with any info should call PC month include Young Knives, Gallows, The Holloways, The Enemy and Ska tour dates and tracks. France at the Police Enquiry Centre Cubano. October will see gigs by Alabama 3, The Thrills, Decemberists, The on 0845 8 505 505. Cribs, Foals, Fightstar, Seth Lakeman, Super Furry Animals and THIS YEAR’S WALLINGFORD Youthmovies amongst others, while highlights of November include The BUNKFEST has been cancelled, due DON’T FORGET TO TUNE IN to Twang, Porcupine Tree, Digitalism, The Cardiacs, Black Rebel Motorcycle to a shortfall in grant funding and the The Download every Saturday night Club and Calvin Harris. Full gig listings for the Academy are online at after effects of the flooding the town between 6-7pm on BBC Radio Oxford www.oxford-academy.co.uk, along with booking information. suffered in July. The annual three-day 95.2fm. The local music show plays Academy Music Group spokesperson Louise Kovaks told Nightshift, festival, which features live acts, the best new Oxfordshire releases as “Oxford’s getting a fantastic new venue, whereby our increased capacity will ceildidhs and music workshops across well as featuring interviews with local bring larger and more high profile shows to the city such as Editors, The various venues in the town, was due acts and a regular demo vote. The Twang, The Coral and Kate Nash and the varying formats of Carling to run over the weekend of Friday show is available to listen to online Academy Oxford will allow us to showcase new artists and emerging talent. st nd 31 August – Sunday 2 September all week at bbc.co.uk/oxford. This is a £2 million development that will provide the facilities for these but organisers announced its artists to play in a professionally equipped venue and we’re looking forward cancellation at the beginning of NIGHTSHIFT was saddened to learn, to a bumper opening week, with a mixture of club nights and bands including August. Full refunds are being issued, as we went to press, of the death of local heroes Supergrass and the Young Knives”. while a benefit gig was being organised SUE KING at the end of August. Sue st for Saturday 1 September. was the first landlady of the Louise also offered one lucky Nightshift reader the chance to see every Hobgoblin on the Plain, which later single gig at the new Oxford Academy in September and October for free! RECENT NIGHTSHIFT COVER became The Pub Oxford. From the This fantastic prize could be yours if you can correctly answer the following STARS The Joff Winks Band will be very start Sue was a great supporter question: giving away a free copy of their debut of live music and was instrumental in album, ‘Songs for Days’, to the first helping Mac set up the Point venue Which band became the first act to sell out a gig at the new Oxford 50 punters at their gig at the upstairs in the pub, which became Academy? th Wheatsheaf on Wednesday 19 of legendary for, amongst other things, September. hosting the first UK gigs by The Answers on a postcard (no email entries) to: Oxford Academy Competition, Strokes and White Stripes.