Posted: 14 January 2010

The Black Hats: Magnets

I’m going to say it: you can make a case that The Black Hats are the closest Oxford has to Bon Jovi.

It’s not that Nick Breakspear’s ever more accomplished trio sound an awful lot like the New Jersey stadium … (more)

Posted: 11 January 2010

Borderville: Joy Through Work

No-one would have believed, in the last years of the twentieth century, that ornate, theatrical pop music would ever be seen again. Whilst Travis was paving the featureless yellow path that led to Coldplay’s ubiquity, the ears of the scene … (more)

Posted: 4 January 2010

Oxfordbands.com Favourite Records of 2009

Slightly belatedly, here is a non-scientific, but highly alphabetised selection of our favourite records from last year. If you don’t disagree vociferously on the Comments page, we’ll be highly insulted.

Contributors: David Murphy, Colin MacKinnon, Mark Wilden and Alex Lloyd.

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