By bandweblogs on Apr 17, 2009 in Albums, Featured, Press Releases, Videos | Tags: Bob Harris, Cambridge Folk Festival, Dan Auerbach, Devon Sproule, Liam Watson, Mark Lamarr, Pete Molinari, The Black Keys, Tour Dates, Truck Festival, youtube | 0 Comments

Medway’s finest takes a break from recording his follow up to ‘A Virtual Landslide’ (one of Mojo’s top 20 albums of 2008) at Toe Rag in London with producer Liam Watson for a series of dates in the UK and Europe …
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By Lindsey Davis on Feb 16, 2009 in Albums, Featured, New Releases, Reviews and Commentary | Tags: Emmy The Great, Laura Marling, Truck Festival | 0 Comments

The immodestly named Emmy the Great (I can just hear the detractors baying already) has been making waves on the festival circuit for a while now, and at long last she’s released a long player we can listen to in the comfort of our homes …
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By Lindsey Davis on Jul 28, 2008 in Bands, Music, Reviews and Commentary | Tags: Dodgy, Emmy The Great, Festivals, Laura Marling, Live Reviews, Magic Numbers, Music, Oxford, Oxford Bands, Romeo Stodart, Truck Festival | 0 Comments

Truck Festival – Photo: Gina Policelli. 2008 marked the eleventh Truck Festival in the normally sleepy Oxfordshire village of Steventon. Not to be mistaken for an event celebrating all things of the vehicular variety, Truck represents one of the precious few independent music festivals …
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By Guest Blogger on Nov 21, 2007 in Bands, Music, New Releases, Press Releases | Tags: Beard Museum, Courtyard Studio, Downloads, EPs, Ian Davenport, Music, Oxford, Oxford Bands, Radiohead, Record Companies, The Family Machine, The Young Knives, Truck Festival | 0 Comments

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 …
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