Mark Gardener Q&A at Oxford screening of Creation Records documentaryUpside Down – The Creation Records Story is a feature-length movie covering the independent record label Creation. It documents the label’s journey from the early 1980s through to the early 2000s, taking in the Primal Scream, Jesus And Mary Chain and Oasis – the second two latterly featuring musicians from Oxford – along with legendary […]
There’s a group of plays, an example being Milton’s ‘Samson Agonistes’, that are said to have been “written for the study”, meaning that they were designed to be read at home for private edification, rather than put on stage. By analogy, this split EP contains a majority of pieces that seem to have been written […]
Zounds / Yorkshire Rats / Spinner Fall @ The Jericho Tavern, OxfordThe homecoming of legendary anarcho-punk / post-punk band Zounds. Originally formed in the late 1970s in Berkshire, the band could be found playing regularly in Oxford’s music venues at that time. They met up with fellow anarchists Crass when, legend has it, their van broke down on the road. They made their way to nearby […]
Flooded Hallways: Impervious To Hell’s FiresThis is the new album from Oxford’s Flooded Hallways, released on Illgotit Records a couple of days ago, free to stream or buyable as a pay-what-you-like download. Impervious To Hell’s Fires is the first Flooded Hallways to include guest artists, and as they describe, their featured artists “are friends we’ve met though hip hop and […]
Harleighblu @ The Cellar, Oxford, 21/02/14More than any other type of music, funk and soul requires tight musicianship. Without it you’ve got no grooves. Without groove, you’re dead in the water before you even start. To be fair to Harleighblu and her band, their van broke down on the motorway on the way to tonight’s gig, so they had no […]
Harleighblu / Red Light Brigade @ The Cellar, OxfordRecently signed to the fantastic Tru Thoughts record label, known for incredible signings like Alice Russell, Quantic and Bonobo, Harleighblu is their latest soul signing. Her debut album Forget Me Not dropped in October 2013. Since then Harleighblu has completed a string of sold-out album launch shows. Listen out for her freestyle caramel tones and […]