ISSUE EIGHTEEN / APRIL 2012 / FREE @omsmagazine KILL MURRAY INSIDE: BLACK HATS, RECORD STORE DAY (21 APRIL), OXDOX FESTIVAL, BBC INTRODUCING LIVE REVIEWS: SPIRITUALIZED, SPECTOR, KILLING JOKE, LOS CAMPESINOS WELCOME nineteenpoint Exceptional quality graphic design for print and online. It looks like April and May are going to be busy months for Oxford music lovers if what’s in this issue is anything to go by. Oxdox, the documentary film festival is bringing a mouth – watering lineup of music documentaries for their 10th Anniversary year. Anyone that can bring Bob Marley (Marley ) and The Band ( The Last Waltz ) to the big screen in Oxford is alright in our book – read the preview on P24. It’s a chance to see Vinyl Mania too – a film about the resurgence of vinyl buying. Which brings us to the next event we’re excited about – Record Store Day at Truck Store (and Rapture, Witney) on 21 April. A great lineup of bands and lots of exclusive releases just for the day – read all about it on P12. Elsewhere, on a more downbeat note, the famous Hi Los on • Web design Cowley Road got into hot water recently because of complaints • Music packaging from the neighbours about the noise – they’re under threat from • Poster design the Council – you must sign the petition to keep them rockin’ – • Logos details on P4. • Print & editorial design Enjoy the issue – much love, Stewart & the OMScene Team xx • Design consultancy • Search engine optimisation • Competitive rates www.nineteenpoint.com SEE BACK ISSUES AT WWW.OXFORDMUSICSCENE.CO.UK OXFORDSHIRE MUSIC SCENE / APRIL 2012 / 1 NEWS NEWS We’d love to hear from you – just do a search on Facebook for Oxfordshire Music Scene and join our group, or drop us a line to [email protected]. 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] The lineup for this year’s Punt has – joining We Aeronauts will be been announced. The infamous Family Machine and Message To local music one-nighter takes Bears. Tickets are £9.50 from place at venues around the town www.kingsplace.co.uk centre on Wednesday 16 May. Meanwhile, there is a special 20 bands will be appearing at screening of the Anyone Can The Wheatsheaf, The Cellar, The Play Guitar film at the Social in Purple Turtle, Dukes Cut and The Little Portland Street. Director Junction throughout the evening Jon Spira will be DJing, with Mark and you can buy tickets for Gardener and Listing Ships playing either one venue or get a pass live. It’s on Tuesday 24 April and and visit them all. This year’s the night kicks off at 6.30pm. lineup includes Secret Rivals. Get tickets from We Got Tickets. Gunning For Tamar, Kill Murray, Deer Chicago and Long Insiders. Folk Weekend Oxford, which Tickets on sale now – online started life last year as a reaction from www.oxfordmusic.net or in to the cancellation of the Oxford person from Truck Store. Folk Festival, returns on 20 –22 April at the Old Fire Station in Last month’s OMS cover stars George Street and various Fixers have their debut album venues in Oxford. For full We’ll Be The Moon released on programme of shows go to Mercury on 14th May. The full www.folkweekendoxford.co.uk. JOY ORBISON tracklisting is ‘Majesties Ranch’, The full Oxford Folk Festival is ‘Floating Up’, ‘Iron Deer Dream’, looking to return next year too, STORNOWAY ‘Alexandra’, ‘World Of Beauty’, Since bursting onto the scene with ‘Hyph Mngo’ in 2009, Joy Orbison ’s releases have trickled possibly with events coming this out rather than satisfied the sense of anticipation that had already built for his first release. ‘Dais Flowers’, ‘Pink Light’, year. A statement from them ‘Crystals’, ‘Amsterdam’, ‘Really But his DJ schedule has, in contrast, been relentless ever since, so it’s somewhat of a surprise Stornoway (pictured) have announced two local appearances over this summer. The band reads “We are patiently rebuilding, Great World’ and ‘Good Night’. that this is his first visit to Oxford. Not so shocking is that it’s Simple who’ve seized his services are currently working on their next album, the follow up to Beachcombers Windowsill. On and you can expect a series of They headline Oxford O2 Academy for this pre-May Day evening, with residents Em Williams and James Weston amongst those on Tuesday 22 May, they’re playing a special acoustic set at the beautiful Holywell Music Rooms. concerts and fund-raising events on Thursday 17 May as part of the bill for one of the city’s biggest nights (and mornings) of the year. This is part of a night for the Oxdox Documentary Film Season which has reached its 10th in the months to come. There is their UK tour. See our album review Orbison’s sets – whether warming up for house stalwart Theo Parrish or playing with his con - anniversary – it’s a music panel discussion entitled DIY Mainstream, with representatives from unlikely to be a full-scale festival in the Local Releases pages. temporary Pearson Sound – have always been built around a rigid 4/4 house framework, and Sony Music, NME, Drowned In Sound, 4AD and Truck Store followed by Stornoway’s set. Read in 2012 – but we hope to be in this was a surprise given the 2-step fluidity of his own early releases on Hot Flush. That has an interview with Marie Wright who organises Oxdox on P24 in this issue. For more info Audioscope have an art exhibition full swing by 2013.” changed more recently, though, most notably with this year’s collaborative releases with visit www.oxdox.com and music night at the Old Boot Music in the Park, a one-day Boddika – ‘Swims’ is a surging techno beat and more furious than anything Orbison had Stornoway have also been confirmed to play at this year’s Wilderness Festival at Cornbury Factory on Saturday 19 May. The open air music festival, returns released before. It’s likely that he’ll work his way there during the course of his set, with a Park on 10 –12 August. Wilderness had a hugely successful first year last year bringing a high exhibition is 'The Natural Order for its second year at Elms Park generous serving of forthcoming releases and exclusives to both excite and intrigue the crowd. calibre of acts such as Toots & the Maytals, Dry the River, Mercury Rev, Gogol Bordello, of Things’ by artist Sarah in Thame, Oxfordshire on Sunday Joy Orbison, Simple at the Bullingdon 30th April. Tickets £12 from We Got Tickets. Laura Marling and Antony & the Johnsons to the County. This year’s lineup keeps up the high Mayhew, and providing the 13 May. More than 1,800 people standards they’ve set themselves and they’ve got Field Music, Spiritualized, Wilco, Rodrigo y sonic element will be Richard turned up for last year’s event. Gabriella, Lianne La Havas and Cloud Control appearing. Visit www.wildernessfestival.com for Walters, The Scholars, Rome Money raised from the festival OX105FM , Oxford’s new community radio station, has started broadcasting from its brand new all the details. Pays Off and Winchell Riots’ Phil goes to towards improving the studio headquarters in Blackbird Leys. You can tune in all day every day on FM all over Oxford McMinn. It’s £5 entry and all park itself and encouraging people on 105.1 for the latest urban sounds and Oxford community news and chat. Shows include the proceeds go to Shelter. Morning Show with Spex and Rowena every weekday morning from 7am, also Gary Smith, Oxfordshire Music Scene magazine has teamed up with local promoters Coo and Pindrop and to use it. Last year’s MITP raised Marlon Williams, Ollie East, Rob G, Constant Jamming and lots lots more. Look out for Dan Oxfringe Festival for two days of local music upstairs at the Jericho Tavern. The Jubilee Jam – There are a couple of special over £7,000. Original Rabbit Ofer’s amazing Bossaphonik show every Sunday at 8pm and for our own Leo B who presents the Oxfringe Live Music Summer Sessions happens over Saturday 2 and Sunday 3 June. Original London shows coming up with Foot Spasm Band are this year’s Campus Show every night from 7–9pm. See the full schedule at www.ox105fm.com and Rabbit Foot Spasm Band are confirmed as Sunday headliners with Dead Jerichos, The Yarns, a heavy Oxford interest. We headliners – there’s also a current playlist over the page in the Club News section. The station organisers are on the look Deer Chicago, Old Grinding Young, We Aeronauts, Jess & Ness, Flights of Helios, Matt Winkworth Aeronauts have picked the stage for local electronic and out for people to help maintain their website and also for more presenters, experienced or not. and Black Hats also appearing, with more acts TBA. Tickets are £8 per day or there are £14 early bands for a semi-acoustic show dance acts. Visit the website Contact details are on the website. bird weekend tickets available from We Got Tickets. on 1 June at the arts space www.musicinelmspark.co.uk for underneath the Guardian’s offices more info. 2 / OXFORDSHIRE MUSIC SCENE / APRIL 2012 DESIGNED BY NINETEENPOINT: WWW.NINETEENPOINT.COM SEE BACK ISSUES AT WWW.OXFORDMUSICSCENE.CO.UK OXFORDSHIRE MUSIC SCENE / APRIL 2012 / 3 NEWS club news with OX105FM playlist 1 Young Jeezy/Jay Z/Andre 3000 – I Do 2 Frank Ocean – Whip Appeal 3 Tyga & J Cole – Let It Show 4 Jay Z/Kanye West – Paris 5 T Pain/R Kelly/Bei Maejor – Centre Of The Stage 6 Disclosure – Tenderly 7 J Cole/Trey Songs – Can’t Get Enough 8 Chris Brown/Kevin McCall – Strip 9 Diggy/Jeremih Music – Do It Like You Undoubtedly, the show of the year so far goes to the Extra Curricular night at the Cellar, headlined by Rinse FM and dancehall scene-leaders The Heatwave.