Band Weblogs

Oxford’s Keyboard Choir play “legendary party boozer” The George Tavern in Whitechapel this Friday, April 18, 2008 to kick off a busy summer of touring and festivals …

Mark Cope has been around the Oxford music scene for awhile now. Most people here probably became familiar with him and his music when he played guitar in BritPop band The Candyskins …

Handsome Alcopoppers, meet Jamie, Jason, Darren and Neil from Oxford town - collectively known as The Family Machine. Mixing blissed-out melodic pop hits with indie-folk sensibilities, their particular brand of acoustic loveliness has been reported to have “made love to my ears in a sample infused urban folk dream” by one enthused onlooker …

The V Festival is almost here and the line up this year is one to impress. If you’re looking to buy tickets now, they seem to be close to selling out so you might want to start making plans ASAP! To check ticket availability go to http://www.seetickets.com/see/ or www.ticketmaster.co.uk
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Sometimes you just can’t predict these things, but unfortunately the unexpected and usually inevitable does happen: when one of the best local bands calls it a day. I say local band because Suitable Case For Treatment has been gigging here in Oxford for the last three years or so and then eventually they […]

After spending the day wandering around Summertown and then making our way back in to town centre on Saturday, Dave and I decided to hang around and wait to see who was playing at the Wheatsheaf in Oxford. Since we were early getting back into town we had a couple pints at The Bear pub […]

Featured music on Band Weblogs Podcast Show #21 is by Smilex (Oxford, England), Dave Tommo (Oxford, England) and A Beggar’s Opera (Reading, England).
Jenny and Dave talk about the World Cup, the Ronaldos and commentators Mick McCarthy and John Motson. They also discuss their experience at the BBC Studios in London watching Top of the Pops […]