Thundering into 2014 with aplomb and vigour, the new edition of Nightshift is out now, and available both online and at pretty much all good places you can think of throughout Oxfordshire.

This month’s cover feature is an Oxford hip-hop special. There’s also the usual overview of news from the local music scene, and reviews of new releases from Smilex, Hot Hooves, Peerless Pirates, Free Chow, Tiger Mendoza, LR/GW, Bicycles With No Riders and Overlord. There are lots of gigs in the comprehensive gig guide, and you can read about what’s already happened with live reviews including Audioscope, The Goggenheim and lots more. There’s an introduction to Despicable Zee, a look back at what was going on in Oxford music five, ten and twenty years ago, and the usual two-page Demo reviews section. Demo of the month is from Jeff Wode, in the Demo Dumper is Little Haiti.

Download the January 2014 issue here, and find loads of back issues here.