Review: Florence + The Machine, Ceremonials
Round two for Florence + The Machine doesn’t disappoint. Phew.
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Interview: Noah And The Whale
Vincent Wild talks to Noah And The Whale’s frontman Charlie Fink about breaking America
Continue ReadingInterview: Submotion Orchestra
Rebecca Chapman talks to Submotion Orchestra’s drummer and songwriter Tommy Evans about dubstep, their influences and performing live
Continue ReadingReview: Laura Marling, at Gloucester Cathedral
The wafts of myrrh in Gloucester Cathedral were like an olfactory invitation to another world. As a music venue it’s both intimate and grand: the softest noises go soaring through the rich acoustics of the vaults, bouncing around the stone. Clever you, whoever devised Laura Marling’s ‘When the Bell Tolls Tour’, performed entirely in cathedrals. […]
Continue ReadingReview: Submotion Orchestra
Filing the room with a live fusion of dub, bass-driven grooves, ambient electronica, jazz and complex rhythms; Submotion Orchestra immerse the crowd with their unique and powerful sound. The stage is spread with a keyboard, trumpet, guitars and drums, encircling singer Ruby Wood, whose soft, soulful voice flows effortlessly over the dense textures and deep […]
Continue ReadingReview: Laura Marling, A Creature I Don’t Know
Jack Powell and Thomas Blackburn are here to explain why it’s worth getting to know this creature.
Continue ReadingReview: Those Ruffians
Something about their shiny new strings, the graphic t-shirts and the ambitiously open guitar case told me that the buskers playing a bar chorded version of “Valerie” on Turl Street were directing a feel-good movie starring themselves. I see it as a cross between Walk the Line and Superbad. In their head the movie would […]
Continue ReadingWhy haven’t you bought a ticket to see MF Doom?
Outraged to discover that MF Doom’s 10th November show in Oxford isn’t yet sold out, Rex Pester is here to tell you why you should be going.
Continue ReadingBeirut: The Rip Tide
Ashley Cooke and Tom Blackburn explore the latest folk/indie/gypsy/eastern-tinged/gibberish/whatever-you-want-to-call-it album from Brooklyn one-man-band Beirut.
Continue ReadingInterview: Wild Beasts
Amy Faulkner speaks to Ben Little of Wild Beasts about their rise to the beautiful darkness of their latest album, Smother
Continue ReadingOxide Award Winners
Best Factual Show Book Club Best Music Show The Jazz Show Best Light Entertainment Show Jonno and Dono Best Presenters Georgina Ascroft and Laura Connor (Jukebox Jury) Best Producers Alice Thomas for FilmOFF Best Interview Dave Gorman for Oxford Decides 2010 Best Jingle Sliced Bread Best Podcast Badly Engineered Best Minisite Lord Jones is Dead
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