All Will Be Wired, The Library, 4/9/26 Ravers of a certain vintage might recall Trance Europe Express, a compilation series that surveyed the electronica sounds of the mid-nineties. BST, a new project from Ian โTiger Mendozaโ De Quadros, feels like bingeing on all of these comps at once, the set perfectly capturing a clutch of…
Scene legend and photographer extraordinaire I(a)n Hanham picks his photo of the the month, take it away Ian… I went to the National Coal Mining Museum recently. As I read a panel about the spoil tips that defined the landscape of the pit villages, I thought back to the Big Scary Monsters 25th Anniversary party…
Tuesday 1st The Space Lady + Yu Ching ้ป้จๆด + Zahra Haji Fath Ali Tehrani; A sure-to-be-miraculous show by legendary outsider, street musician and birdwatcher The Space Lady. A kind of Casio-wielding Moondog (helmet included), TSLโs songs transmit โmessages of peace and harmonyโ but with the faintly unsettling naivete of Joana Newsom or Mary Timony,…
OK we’re still workshopping titles. But this is Oxford scene legend/photographer Ian Hanham’s photo of the month. Take it away Ian… I already had Divine Schismโs gig at the Tap Social marked as my likely favourite of the month. Nathy SG, Jay Cavalier and the Band, Junk Whale, Aftercare and Z-X: thatโs a seriously stacked…
Saturday 1st Santa Carla + Rudy and The Bagpipes; Oxford’s Laima Bite-fronted Santa Carla celebrate the release of their debut album of pleasingly melodic, convincingly straightforward rock-pop songs. Not as goth-y as her other band MarysGarden, but still Cure-ish. Support from the misleadingly named folk-punk singer Rudy and The Bagpipes. The Bullingdon; 7:15pm Sunday 2nd…
Wednesday 1st Gong; The once-Daevid Allen fronted Canterbury Scene rockers were formed in 1967, but tonight’s lineup’s longest serving member joined in 2009. Still I’m sure they will be good. The Bullingdon; 7pm | Capsuna w/ Spaceman and the Spaceband; Slackers from Brussells w/ Slackers from Oxford. Little Bully; 7pm Thursday 2nd Pyjama + The…