Excellent noise will be afoot at The Jericho Tavern in Oxford on Wednesday 9 October – after their barnstorming performance at Supernormal festival, Comanechi bring their unhinged and out-there splatterpunk noise, supported by Female Smell. Apparently Comanechi bowed to much pressure to play this gig instead of taking a day off from touring, so make sure you’re there to show appreciation!

Oxjam-stuff on Thursday 10 October: Daisy Rodgers Music Promotion are running a special gig at St Aldates Tavern in Oxford, presenting Family Machine, The August List, Alphabet Backwards’ James and Ella Martini. They’ll be playing ‘in the round’, surrounded by listeners, completely unplugged.

The Oxjam Takeover main event takes place on Saturday 12 October. It’s a multi-venue event across Oxford with many, many Oxford bands in support of the cause. You can purchase a single ticket for access to all of the gigs, which run from 3.00 pm until 3.00 am!

On Monday 14 October you can catch the super cool Superfood who play The Bullingdon in Oxford – with a couple of top Oxford bands in support, in the form of Kill Murray and ArtClassSink.

More good stuff on Friday 18 October with a nifty local line-up including Dallas Don’t, X-1 and Spinner Fall at Oxford’s Port Mahon. “Oxford’s premier noiseniks under one small roof”, they say: can’t argue with that!

Another tasty option for Friday 18 October is the increasingly bigged-up Islet at Modern Art Oxford, at a gig that’ll also feature Flights Of Helios (who will have a brand new single out for the gig) and After The Thought.

On Saturday 19 October it’s Gathering festival, a massive multi-venue shindig with a huge list of the cool and the hip on offer. Running from three in the afternoon until three in the morning, across at least eight venues, one ticket will get you a wristband to see the whole lot, if you can manage it!

Full details of these and loads more gigs can be found in the events calendar.