Nice songs in a nice setting – fancy a bit of that? Patrick Wolf is playing at St John The Evangelist Church in Oxford on Monday 4 February. The London singer-songwriter is celebrating ten years of creating music with a new album of sparse reworkings of earlier songs, and at this gig he’ll be accompanied by only a piano and string quartet.
More interesting stuff at St John The Evangelist Church in Oxford on Thursday 7 February, as the inventive people at Oxford Contemporary Music present Anda Union. They’re a Mongolian folk group who wowed the audience at last year’s Womad festival, and who interpret their region’s musical heritage with traditional instrumentation and vigorous energy!
The inventive, think-outside-the-box-ers The Original Rabbit Foot Spasm Band are launching their own cider brand – to be produced by the Cotswold Cider Company – on Saturday 9 February. To celebrate the occasion, they’ll be joined by Swindlestock on the launch date for a special gig at Oxford’s Big Bang restaurant.
Celebrate Truck Store’s second birthday by paying their Cowley Road shop a visit on Sunday 10 February. They’re marking the occasion with an afternoon of free in-store performances, and playing host to Trophy Wife, Rhosyn, Salvation Bill, New Carnival and Jordan O’Shea. Good music, great store!
A celebratory homecoming pair of shows for Stornoway on Thursday 14 February and Friday 15 February – they’ll be playing at Oxford Town Hall for the two nights running, providing an opportunity to either have a romantic Valentines’ experience or not, as you see fit. Expect tracks from their latest album Tales From Terra Firma, out in early February.
Get metallic and doomy on Friday 15 February with a showcase of some of Oxford’s finest heavy bands at The Wheatsheaf in Oxford: X-1, Undersmile and Agness Pike will bring the chaotic noise, doomy metal and bizarre post-punk in equal quantities.
Full details of these and loads more gigs can be found in the events calendar.
Tell us about gigs you’ll be checking out in the next two weeks in the comments!