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OXDOX logoIndustry panel, Stornoway and Kill Murray acoustic at OXDOX event

It was mentioned here a little while ago that part of this year’s OXDOX documentary film festival is a series of events that fall under a banner they’ve named ‘The Power Of Music’. You can read about that (more)

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Orange Goblin - photograph by Pier CoronaOrange Goblin / Grifter / Desert Storm / Komrad @ O2 Academy 2, Oxford, 14/04/2012

Last time Buried in Smoke and Pure Concentrated Evil brought Orange Goblin to Oxford it was in the grand and spacious expanses of the Regal, a venue that was perhaps too large to ever fill with Orange Goblin fans, especially … (more)

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Spiritualized - Songs In A And E artworkSpiritualized @ O2 Academy, Oxford, 20/03/2012

Here’s a lovely set of photographs that capture Spiritualized’s recent gig at the O2 Academy in Oxford. They were bringing their transcendental rock to town in support of their new album Sweet Heart Sweet Light, their first album since 2008′s … (more)

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Dick Valentine (acoustic) @ O2 Academy 2, Oxford (18:30-22:00)

£7. More information at http://www.o2academyoxford.co.uk/event/35674/dick-valentine-acoustic--tickets

Arve Henriksen and Trio Mediaeval @ Holywell Music Room, Oxford (20:00-23:00)

£14/£10 concessions. Tickets available from http://www.ocmevents.org/ocm/events/arvehenriksenandtriomediaeval. Presented by Oxford Contemporary Music

Punk's Not Dad / Natty Bo (Ska Cubano) / Count Skylarkin' @ The Cellar, Oxford (21:00-03:00)

£5. Presented by The Big Ten Inch

Troumaca / AlunaGeorge / DJ Mim @ Ashmolean Museum, Oxford (21:30-01:00)

£12. Tickets available from http://www.wegottickets.com/event/166500. More information at http://www.facebook.com/pages/Ashmolean-Late-Nights/161652440561896. The fourth Ashmolean Late Nights event, presented by The Ashmolean Museum and Notting Hill Arts Club

Martin Creed And His Band @ Modern Art Oxford, Oxford (19:00-23:00)

£10/£8. Turner prize-winner with band! Also includes a screening of Creed's video work 'Sick Film'. More information and tickets from http://www.modernartoxford.org.uk/whats-on/martin-creed-and-his-band/about

Latest comment on site... “Tal, it's just down to personal taste really - I won't bother saying more on the topic of Orange Goblin because let's just say that the review was a toned-down version of my true feelings but Ben Ward is certainly an imposing figure onstage. ” – Tom on Orange Goblin / Grifter / Desert Storm / Komrad @ O2 Academy 2, Oxford, 14/04/2012