Alan McGee is the legendary founder of Creation Records, and responsible for bringing to the world’s attention such ground-breaking bands as The Jesus And Mary Chain, Primal Scream, Oasis and Oxford’s own hugely influential Ride. He’ll be discussing his autobiography Creation Stories: Riots, Raves and Running a Label with two of the founder members of […]
Adam Barnes is an Oxford born songwriter and performer, currently residing in the countryside that surrounds the city. He is a folk artist; a haunting songwriter and an honest performer waiting for some more people to take a step back and listen in. This small tour comes ahead of the release of his debut album […]
Naam: Formed in Brooklyn, NY by John Bundy, Ryan Lugar, and Eli Pizzuto, Naam released their first self-released EP Kingdom in early 2009. Many people took notice and NAAM was quickly signed to the renowned Tee Pee Records. In October of 2009, Naam released their debut self-titled LP via Tee Pee and proceeded to tour […]
New Owen Tromans EP featuring Joe Bennett, out FebruaryOwen Tromans, a musician who was once part of the band San Lorenzo before forging a solo career over the past few years, has a new EP, ‘For Haden’, released on 18 February. He’s not from Oxford, so why is this information being shared on a website that’s for and about Oxford music? Well, there […]
Free three-track single from Junkie BrushHere come Junkie Brush to dump a load of blackened snow all over your Christmas tree. A three-track single that they originally released in August has just been made available as a free download. The single includes ‘Placebo Perfecto’ and ‘Welcome To The Monkeysphere’, along with a remix of the latter by Space Heroes Of […]
Gigs of note for 10 September 2012-23 September 2012There’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 […]