Bands, gigs and music in Oxford and Oxfordshire

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Empire Safari in arty monochromeEmpire Safari in free demo CD frenzy

Empire Safari contacted the MusicInOxford.co.uk hotline to let us know that having just completed a new demo, they’re marking the event by playing a gig at the Wheatsheaf in Oxford. What’s more, you lucky punters, they’re giving … (more)

Latest gig review

Above Us The Waves illustrationAbove Us the Waves, The Cellar, 05/08/2010

I’d like to preface my first review for this site with a disclaimer: I am not a thoroughly miserable person! Underneath the gripes and reservations that follow, my feeling is that Above us the Waves is a good, strong band … (more)

Latest record review

South Parade's singer, AlexSouth Parade: EP

Apologies: I really should invest in a personal assistant. These days, MusicinOxford demos keep disappearing under sofas, behind glove compartments, into fridges, into the air, only to pop up months or even years later, like bastard sons. Local indie popsters … (more)

Latest podcast/interview

Utterly charming MusicInOxford.co.uk podcast imageMusicInOxford.co.uk podcast, 29 August 2010

Here’s the latest MusicInOxford.co.uk podcast, which we hope will delight, entertain and educate in equal measure. We had a bit of last-minute shenanigans almost bring this production to an unfortunate early halt, but things were pulled together at the final … (more)

Latest pictures

Gappy Tooth IndustriesThe Evenings and more at Gappy Tooth, 28/08/10

So, The Evenings played a gig for the first time in several years, and it was a reet barnstormer! We Are Ugly But We Have The Music and Anton Barbeau and the Egyptians played as support, and the whole evening … (more)

“Gappy - you, pedantic? Never!” – simonminter on The Evenings and more at Gappy Tooth, 28/08/10