Get your doom on for this month’s Nightshift, which features some heavy heavy monster sound, alongside all and sundry that’s manifested itself in Oxford music over the past month. It’s free! Go get your copy! It’s available both online and at venues, shops and pubs throughout Oxfordshire.

This month’s cover feature is an interview with sludgemeisters Undersmile. There’s the usual news from the local music scene, as well as reviews of new releases from Glass Animals, Vienna Ditto, Elliot Fresh and Peerless Pirates. Sort your social life out for the month with a comprehensive gig guide, and read about what you did last month with live reviews covering Cornbury Festival, Truck Festival and loads more. There’s an introduction to Von Braun, 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 Poledo, in the Demo Dumper is The Bourbons.

Download the August 2012 issue here, and find loads of back issues here.