Current ‘buzz band’ The 1975 are described as an ‘art-pop quartet’, which may get the goat of some muso types. Regardless, they seem to be on the up and up right now and so it might be a good time to catch the Mancunian genre-mixers at O2 Academy in Oxford. They’re playing there on Tuesday 24 September.

Good old Skeletor; the reliably excellent metal promoters have their latest showcase gig at O2 Academy 2 in Oxford on Saturday 28 September. Metal bands have some of the best names, so why not check out these bad boys: Aethara, Mask Of Judas, Fleisch, Lest We Forget, De’mask Thyself. Your entry ticket will also entitle you to free entry to Propaganda club after the gig, if you’re so inclined.

An alternative to the metal on Saturday 28 September is the latest gig from the equally reliable Gappy Tooth Industries. They’ll be at The Wheatsheaf in Oxford with a line-up that comprises Auctioneers (‘delicate indie folk’), The Push (‘dubstep and live drums’) and The Scholars (‘epic, windswept electro-dusted pop’). Eclectic as always!

It’s rather cool that The Wailers will be at O2 Academy Oxford on Wednesday 2 October, what with them being pretty much legends, and all. It’s also rather cool that at this gig they’ll be playing the Legend album, originally released in 1984 and compiling much of the bands’ best-loved songs, in its entirety.

Oxjam events are going from strength to strength in Oxford this year, and it seems like there are roughly twenty Oxjam-related musical happenings a week at the moment. Here’s one of them – on Saturday 5 October at the Jericho Tavern in Oxford there’s a rich diversity of Oxford music available. As the organisers describe: Vienna Ditto do ‘voodoo sci-fi pop’, The Trophy Cabinet do ‘jangly indie mellowdrama’, Matt Midgley does ‘percussive guitar magic’ and The Larks do ‘lark-like folkey loveliness’.

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