The Longcut @ Oxford Zodiac

The Longcut @ Oxford Zodiac, Sat 15/07/2006 Remember that house party you went to? The one where you passed out on the beer soaked sofa after being sadistically rejected by a boy you loved? The Longcut are the band that should have slunk from the speakers in the early hours as you awoke, with your

Mumm-ra @ Oxford Zodiac

Mumm-ra @ Oxford Zodiac, Sat 15/07/2006   Three bars into the first song, Now or Never, Mumm-ra will mislead you into presuming a lo-fi indie-rock persuasion, but oh no! After a sweet acoustic intro, they rock out leaving behind any presuppositions of ‘golden touches’ from posh girls in wellies. Lead vocalist Noo (yes, apparently that

!!! @ Oxford Zodiac

!!! @ Oxford Zodiac, Thursday 13/07/2006 Warp Record Veterans were downsized from their Red Hot support slot but upgraded from dingy downstairs relegation at Oxford’s Zodiac club on Thursday. !!!, or chk chk chk as they are commonly known, have combined the resources of two Californian based bands, now boasting a mighty eight members. The

Shady Bard @ The Legion, Old Street

Shady Bard @ The Legion, Old Street, Weds 12/07/2006 The trepidatious trio packed up their instruments and headed off into the bright lights of the big city this week, to tease our temperate eardrums with their acoustic eloquence and folksy indie sound. The ‘bard’ refers to Will Shakespeare himself, but whether the ‘shady’ is a

Cansei de ser Sexy- CSS

Cansei de ser Sexy- CSS Release Date: 10/07/06 Label: Sub Pop Cansei der ser Sexy are the musical equivalent of dirty sex; they will have you frolicking around, so pissed that your knickers are around somebody’s head, round your ankles, basically anywhere other than where they should be, covering your nether regions. You’ll get back