NIGHTSHIFT MAGAZINE

February's Nightshift is online now at nightshiftmag.co.uk/2026/feb.pdf. MarysGarden bring seasonal darkness to the front page.

Thanks for playing - best I've seen you, even without Hannah. A LOT of people were singing your praises afterwards.

The perfect pressie to ruin Christmas for the football fan in your life. I put the Wycombe one up in our downstairs loo and no longer get any visitors, so there's an added bonus.

It's that time of year again, people. Nightshift's rundown of the best Oxford songs of the past 12 months. Who's number 1? It's a stronger line-up than Australia's batting order, that's for sure. Read it and all your Oxford music news and stuff at nightshiftmag.co.uk/2025/dec.pdf

Magnificent? They really are. The August List are on the cover of November's Nightshift, which is online now at nightshiftmag.co.uk/2025/nov.pdf

October's @nightshiftmag.bsky.social is online now at nightshiftmag.co.uk/2025/oct.pdf - read the interview with UNBELIEVABLE TRUTH on the comeback trail. Loads of other stuff, including a whopping SEVEN PAGES OF GIGS. And yes, I am shouting, but with good reason.

September's @nightshiftmag.bsky.social is online now at nightshiftmag.co.uk/2025/sep.pdf. Featuring The Bobo, Alto Alto, Count Skylarkin, Wychwood Folk & Acoustic Club, Truck Festival, Supernormal & 6 pages of gigs for the month ahead.

Knock knock - anyone still on here? If so, new issue of @nightshiftmag.bsky.social is up online at nightshiftmag.co.uk/2025/aug.pdf. South Arcade on the cover. They're playing Reading & Leeds festivals next month cos they're skill. Gig guide and gubbins all in there.

See also: Dr Who. Watch The Sun Makers from 1977. The Doctor is an actual Marxist.

I hadn't read that but as I listened to his song I did daydream about him engulfed in flames.

July's Nightshift is up online now at nightshiftmag.co.uk/2025/jul.pdf. Girl Like That & Shock Horror look forward to playing Truck + all the usual preview, review and listings gubbins. Gigs, yeah? Whoo!

Thanks for the reminder. Bang goes 30 years of trauma counselling.

SAVE SAC We only have until August 2025 to save a space that is so important to Summertown. Can you help?  Summertown United Reformed Church was built by Oxford builder Thomas Kingerlee in the 1890s with...

Summertown Arts Community is campaigning to secure the United Reformed Church in Summertown as a multi-use venue for creative arts, including music, before a 28 July funding deadline and they need leafletting volunteers.

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Free pizza tonight. A reminder that the third Oxfordshire music scene Social is tonight from 6:30pm til late at Common Ground, with free pizza (until its gone) courtesy of our sponsor Truck Store. If you haven’t registered, just turn up

It's our birthday. 12th June marks 1 year since Causing a Scene officially formed as a community owned Community Benefit Society.

If you love the Oxfordshire music scene, you can become a member and co-owner for just £1.

Sign up, join the mailing list, volunteer and donate at: CausingAScene.org

It's like a more prosaic version of the ending of Stark by Ben Elton where all the super rich men who've wrecked the planet and escaped into space start killing themselves when they realise all the other super rich men they're stuck with are unbearable.

June's Nightshift is online now at nightshiftmag.co.uk/2025/jun.pdf ft @pettwin.bsky.social @awbwrecords.bsky.social Baby Maker, The Samurai Seven & loads more. 5 pages of gigs for June + a bumper crop of gig reviews.

Gutted. Said to my to my son it would be settled by an own goal, but I'm not a betting man. Wish I was.

Your biscuits are essentially pieces of fruit now, so make sure you get your five a day. Subscribe for more Nightshift health tips.

Print copy of May's Nightshift is out now for those who prefer their gig listings old school. Delivering it made me melt so the least you can do is read it. Online here if you must: nightshiftmag.co.uk/2025/may.pdf

Is that Barry or Paul? I never knew which one was which.

Very sad news, but having seen him live in Brighton a good 10 years ago, he didn't look at all well even then. Phenomenal singer and performer though.

May's Nightshift is online now at nightshiftmag.co.uk/2025/may.pdf. Read what @thekokroachez.bsky.social have to say about the Apocalypse and more + Introducing Clucas, at work with Klub Kakofanney + six whopping great pages of whopping great gigs for the month ahead.

April's Nightshift is up online now at nightshiftmag.co.uk/2025/apr.pdf ft. In-Flight Movie @mystbisc.bsky.social Divine Schism + loads more.

And three gigs is not a tour.

Depends what baby's giving up - bathing, maybe?

You're more sonic cyborg than people, aren't you?

I remember you putting me onto this way back when. Need to go back to it. And talking of witch house reminds me what an incredible album Salem's 'King Night' was. Seriously malevolent.

People always seem surprised, even shocked, when I say I like Snow Patrol but those first 4 albums are great. After that, not so much.

A quick reminder that our second Oxfordshire music scene social is tomorow night. Hope to see lots of you there