There’s a mini-showcase of Oxford bands on Thursday 13 September, with Cat Matador, Alphabet Backwards and Bethany Weimers playing at a curious location – the rooftop amphitheatre of Saïd Business School in Oxford. It’s part of this year’s Oxjam Oxford Takeover events, helping to raise money for Oxfam and hopefully contributing to their aim of raising £6,000 this year.
Audioscope, the long-running promoters who raise money for Shelter, are launching a new compilation album called Music For A Good Home 2 with a gig at The Wheatsheaf, Oxford on Friday 14 September. The beautiful Kranky Records artists Felix will be joined by The Cellar Family, The Half Rabbits and Karhide, who all appear on the compilation along with 36 further bands and musicians including Ride, Beak>, Wire and Karma To Burn. The download-only compilation is released on 1 October, but a special limited edition CD sampler (with a download code for the full album) will be on sale at this gig. Tickets are only £5 and all of the profits are donated directly to Shelter.
Art meets music and dance on Friday 21 September with White Rabbit at Oxford’s Old Fire Station. The event, run by artist Roxy Claxton and featuring music from Death Of Hi-fi, calls itself “a perfect storm of music, dance, art and photography”. Interesting stuff!
Spritely indie-pop-noise minstrels Secret Rivals are doing an instore at Truck Store, Oxford, on the afternoon of Saturday 22 September, before an evening gig at Oxford’s Wheatsheaf. The gig is the launch of their latest single, ‘Everything I’ve Lost’, and Secret Rivals will be supported by Hello Bear, Robots With Souls and Alphabet Backwards (the latter playing an acoustic set). An alternative outpouring of local talent can be found on the same night at the O2 Academy 2 in Oxford, where The Jess Hall Band, Mariana Magnavita, Empty White Circles, Gavroche and Praxis Bold play the latest in the regular series of ‘Upstairs in association with BBC Introducing in Oxford’ gigs. Decisions, decisions…
Full details of these and loads more gigs can be found in the events calendar.