A gig worthy of very much note takes place on Monday 19 August, as it’s promoted by MusicInOxford.co.uk! Last seen as an undisputed highlight of last year’s Audioscope festival, Baltimore’s Arbouretum will bring their blend of Americana and doomish noise to the Port Mahon in Oxford, with fantastic support from Listing Ships and Coma Wall. It’s a small venue, but it’s going to be a big gig.
The White Rabbit in central Oxford have their latest live music offering on Tuesday 20 August. The deliciously-named Sex Hands will be joined by the strangely-named Beta Blocker And The Body Clock and the excitedly-name Whoo-Ah! for an intimate show with, according to what we read here, free pizza. Oh, and it’s free entry too!
Towersey Festival takes place from Thursday 22 August to Monday 26 August. Located near Thame, Towersey’s annual shindig has been running for nearly fifty years (!) and this year – alongside all kinds of real ale, poetry, comedy and theatre – the musical entertainments will include sets from The Blockheads, The Unthanks, Spiers and Boden and Martin & Eliza Carthy.
Take your pick between two interesting-sounding gigs – and they’re not the only gigs that day – on Friday 30 August… first, a electronica-esque mixed bag at the latest gig from promotion Tertium Quid – with Blue On Blue (‘electronic/shoegaze’), After The Thought (‘ambient/electronica’), Kid Kin (‘piano/synthesizers’) and Lee Riley (aka LR/GW – ‘a pure art approach to soundscape’) at Port Mahon in Oxford. Also on the same night at Ashmolean in Oxford, country-tinged indie-pop type Piney Gir plays the latest LiveFriday event, topping off an evening of fashion-related shenanigans that promises to include photo shoots, runway shows and more…
Top-notch metal promoter Skeletor has a line-up entitled ‘The New Breed #2′ at O2 Academy 2, Oxford, on Saturday 31 August. It’s a showcase of some of the best new talent in the local metal/heavy scene, with Retribution, Ignite The Sky, Crows’ Reign, Mordecai, Minimata Convulsion and Evavoid. If you’re fired up by all of that you can even stay on for free to enjoy the Propaganda club until 2.00 am!
Full details of these and loads more gigs can be found in the events calendar.