A gig on Wednesday 23 October is worthy of mention if only because of the names of the bands involved. Described as “a night of apocalyptic extreme music”, get yourself down to The Wheatsheaf in Oxford and you can see Zatokrev, Galvano and (best of all) From The Bogs Of Augiska. Metal bands get the best names!
An independent music legend will be at the Jericho Tavern in Oxford on Friday 25 October. The Monochrome Set, one of the first wave of post-punk bands in the late 1970s, have been cited as influential and inspirational to a variety of bands and musicians including The Smiths, Graham Coxon and Franz Ferdinand. Completing the lineup will be two they’ll-be-legends-themselves-one-day-we-hope Oxford bands, Hot Hooves and Peerless Pirates.
A big gig takes place on Saturday 26 October at The Cellar in Oxford. Young Knives will be launching their new album Sick Octave with a special gig in advance of their national tour. The new album is great, the band are a joy to see play live, so this is going to be a good one.
Legend of modern psychedelia Robyn Hitchcock will play at Fat Lil’s in Witney on Wednesday 30 October. The former Soft Boys man, also known for his work as Robyn Hitchcock and The Egyptians and as a solo singer, has been channelling the whacked-out sounds of the late 60s for a long time, and this is a pretty small-size gig for him, so it promises to be special.
It’s the very last Oxford DJ set from The Legendary DJ Derek at O2 Academy 2 in Oxford on Saturday 2 November. The gig, which has been upgraded from The Cellar, also features one of the Caribbean’s best-loved singers, Susan Cadogan, rocksteady favourites The Sidewalk Doctors and local legend Count Skylarkin’. Get along there to say a fond farewell to DJ Derek!
Ol’ smoothie Bryan Ferry is at Oxford’s New Theatre on Sunday 3 November. It’s doubtful that his inept activist son Otis will be in attendance, so you’ll have to satisfy yourself with a selection of numbers that may include some Roxy Music classics, but are more likely to be from his recent crooner-ish albums.
Full details of these and loads more gigs can be found in the events calendar.