Cor blimey, we’ve only just had time to digest all manner of ‘best of 2012′ lists and already Nightshift is striding confidently into 2013. The January issue is now out, providing hints’n’tips on who might be in the best of 2013 lists… It’s available both online and at venues, shops and pubs throughout Oxfordshire.

This month’s cover feature is an interview with supremo beats’n’bleeps technicians Death Of Hifi. There’s also lots of news from the local music scene, as well as reviews of new releases from Flooded Hallways, Trev Williams, Traps, Stem, Crysis, The Shaker Heights and Welcome To Peepworld. Plenty plenty things to do are listed in the comprehensive gig guide, and you can read about what you did last month with live reviews including Chad Valley, The Epstein and loads more. There’s an introduction to Flooded Hallways, 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 Mustard & The Monocle, in the Demo Dumper is Martin Ash.

Download the January 2013 issue here, and find loads of back issues here.