Just hitting the shelves is the December 2011 edition of Oxfordshire Music Scene. This issue, number sixteen, includes an interview with Oxford popstrels Alphabet Backwards, as well as interviews with and features on DJ Shadow, Jon Spira (director of Oxfordmusichistorirockumentary Anyone Can Play Guitar), Bicester’s Tad Studios and Listing Ships. There are also lots of news, gig and record reviews and comment. The perfect Christmas present! And it’s free!

You can pick up a copy from a wide variety of Oxfordshire venues and locations – including PMT, Music Box, The Regal, The Academy, The Bullingdon, The Rusty Bicycle, The Magic Cafe, Old Bookbinders, Brittania pub (Headington), The Duke, Port Mahon, Hobgoblin, The Star, Pegasus Cafe, SS20, East Oxford Community Centre. It’ll also be available to download soon from the Oxfordshire Music Scene website.