| HEADLINE | Supergrass: Homecoming For The Homeless |
| NEWS | Old Gaol benefit gig for Notting Hill Housing Trust |
| OTHER NEWS | Oxstock, Oxford Venue License, ATL Manor Signing |
| LIVE REVIEWS | Candyskins/ATL, Cornershop, Supergrass/Echobelly, Perfume/Breaker, J-Didd |
| DEMO REVIEWS | Pretend Friends, Bad To The Bone, Dustbowl, Lustre, Scutler, Oceansize, Steam Radio, Passion Play |
| RECORD REVIEWS | Thurman - "She's A Man", Radiohead - "Just", Skydrive - "Brunt 45" |
| HEADLINE | They're Candyskins Mad Them Kids! |
| NEWS | One-day only Oxford release for 'Skins single |
| OTHER NEWS | Thurman & Dubwiser HMV in-stores. Oxstock delay. Muzictech |
| LIVE REVIEWS | Thurman/Draw, Bubbleman, Love Like Us/And. Strain, Stroppy, Harvey's Rabbit, Babe Rainbow, August |
| DEMO REVIEWS | Blue Kite, Feel Jung, Age of Bonsai, Mackating, Daytripper, Plan 3, Surge, Iris, The Cage |
| RECORD REVIEWS | Thurman - "Lux", Candyskins - "Mrs Hoover", Mystics - "Who's That Girl?", Dubwiser - "Seed EP" |
| HEADLINE | Zodiac Signs In |
| NEWS | Oxford Venue reopens with new name, The Zodiac |
| OTHER NEWS | Oxygen 107 on air, Hobgoblin & Bully increased capacities |
| LIVE REVIEWS | Wonderland, Bang Bang Machine/Iris, Stone Kings/Dustball/No Motive, Rub Ultra, Twist, Shuffle |
| DEMO REVIEWS | Ether, Hub, Dustball, August, The Relationships, Sonic Sound Reaction, J-Didd, Sourpuss |
| RECORD REVIEWS | Nubiles - "Tatjana", Silicon Drum - "Air Raider", The Egg - "Shopping EP" |
| HEADLINE | Return of the Prodigals |
| NEWS | Daisies back after 4 month American tour |
| OTHER NEWS | Venues update (Zodiac, Bullingdon Arms, Hobgoblin, Mr Blues, Swan, Black Bull) |
| LIVE REVIEWS | Fluke, Candyskins, Telstar Ponies/Borgnine, Beaker, Single Field/Ghandi Sizsters, Doppelgangers, Jackdaw Music/Jiggers With Attitude, High'n'Mighty |
| DEMO REVIEWS | Janey, Martin Hingley, The Magic House, Cab, Charlie Don't Surf, Kotut, Bluefields, Feline, The Alien, Jacob's Ladder, Universal Vagrant |
| RECORD REVIEWS | The Bigger The God - "Miss Pritchard/Shagged" |
| HEADLINE | OX 4-Close |
| NEWS | Ride split |
| OTHER NEWS | Hobgoblin name change, HMV local sales success, Pit charity gig, Pretend Friends stolen gear |
| LIVE REVIEWS | Nubiles/Janey/Daytripper, Understand/Joyrider/Ms45, ATL?/Daisies/August/Dustball, Mint 400, Human League |
| DEMO REVIEWS | Especial K, Feline, Catfish, Soulcraft, The Only, Sean Belcher |
| RECORD REVIEWS | Radiohead - "Street Spirit", Goldbug - "Whole Lotta Love", B So Global - "The World Is Covered In Windows", Omlo Vent - "Mild Landings", Charley Street - "People Junkies" |
| HEADLINE | NOW! That's what we call Oxford Music |
| NEWS | Announcement of OXCD |
| OTHER NEWS | Supergrass at the Apollo, TBTG instore, Loz-Twist, Green River closing, Zodiac Box Office |
| LIVE REVIEWS | Skydrive, Dubwiser, Passion Play, Gretschen Hofner, The Relationships |
| DEMO REVIEWS | Billy X, Stone Kings, The Nicotines, Arial, Store Horizontally, The Moth, The Hyphens, Colour Bolorac |
| RECORD REVIEWS | Supergrass - "Going Out", Ride - "Black Nite Crash", The Mystics - "Lucy's Factory", Sir Bald Diddley & the Wigouts - "Pie Go Mania" |
| HEADLINE | April Fool's Gold |
| NEWS | Full details of OXCD release |
| OTHER NEWS | Black Grape - Tribal Gathering, OUFC track, Egg sign to China, Blues festival, Pretend Friends split |
| LIVE REVIEWS | 60ft Dolls/Catatonia,Super Furry Animals/Bis, Northern Uproar, Feel Jung, Bob Cinatra, Dave Clarke, The Egg/Goosebump, Pulkas |
| DEMO REVIEWS | Lemon Fire Brigade, Borgnine, Medicine Train, Gross Domestic Product, Martin Hingley, White Knuckle Hush, Husky, Marchwiel |
| RECORD REVIEWS | Ride - "Tarantula" |
| HEADLINE | OXCD Treats Instore |
| NEWS | Full details of OXCD launch day |
| OTHER NEWS | Thames Valley FM radio show? Other local releases soon (Daisies, Candyskins, Mystics, TBTG) |
| LIVE REVIEWS | Stereolab/Tortoise, Dreadzone, Flow, Freestyle, Soulcraft, Twister, The Green Hornets, Memory Babe/Jude/Full English Breakfast |
| DEMO REVIEWS | Petrol, The Charged, Obsession, Grant, White Trash Nation, The Sound, Touched, Bosley, Mindsurfer |
| RECORD REVIEWS | OXCD/Eine Kleine Nightshiftmusik |
| HEADLINE | Tribal Gathering Cancelled |
| NEWS | Stop press news on the failure of the appeal |
| OTHER NEWS | TVFM Radio Show?, Oxford Sound City '97?, Daisies/OXCD in-store, Brookes venue opens |
| LIVE REVIEWS | Heavenly/ATL?/Greg Webster, Bluetones/Daisies,Scarfo/Linoleum/Scarper,Sir Bald Diddley,Spare Snare/Delgados,Fur/Tub/Sweet Diesel, Heavy Stereo/Geneva |
| DEMO REVIEWS | Indecision, Transfusion, Mook, Prag, Movie, Entropy, Earth Connection, Reka |
| RECORD REVIEWS | Gregory Webster - "My Wicked, Wicked Ways", The Daisies - "If I Was Barry White" |
| HEADLINE | New Date Set For Tribal Gathering |
| NEWS | Promoter is re-applying for the license to hold the event on |
| OTHER NEWS | TVFM monthly show, FoxFM charge for local listings, ABC tie-up, TBTG plus other local releases |
| LIVE REVIEWS | Longpigs/Octopus, Altan, The Fix/Glue/Mundaka, Quickspace Supersport/Penthouse/Soulcraft, Comet Gain, The Egg/Especial K, Nilon Bombers, Ninja Tunes Night, Red Sky Coven, Asian Dub Foundation, Reservoir Cats |
| DEMO REVIEWS | Dustball, Charlie Don't Surf, The Workhouse, My Black Twin, Husky, Drive, Less |
| RECORD REVIEWS | Candyskins - "Get On", TBTG - "Mum Steals Boyfriend", Heavenly - "Trophy Girlfriend", Talulah Gosh - "Backwash", Nubiles - " I Wanna Be Your Kunta Kinte", Comet Gain - "Say Yes", Hopper - "Bad Girl", Monk & Cantella - "I Can Water My Plants" |
| HEADLINE | Mystics See No Future With Fontana |
| NEWS | Mystics leave their Fontana deal |
| OTHER NEWS | The Egg "Album(en)" release. Radiohead Zodiac shows. Mathew Fletcher's death. |
| LIVE REVIEWS | Dustball, Nilon Bombers/Vitamin, John Digweed, Earth Machine, Dweeb, Bluefields/Swim The Atlantic/The Relationships/Phil's Animated Brain, Montrose Avenue, Universal Vagrant/Subcircus/Lustre, Pallet/Kick The Biscuit |
| DEMO REVIEWS | Ether, Papillon, Janus, The Thirteenth House, Techno Rock, Charley Street, The Changelings, Passion Play |
| RECORD REVIEWS | The Egg - "Albumen", Mr Big UK - "Rainbow Bridge", Frei Zinger - "Giselle" |
| HEADLINE | Radio Days |
| NEWS | Radiohead - Zodiac shows |
| OTHER NEWS | Sound City '97 moves closer, "Big Love" event scheduled, Mystics update |
| LIVE REVIEWS | Radiohead, Kinickie, Wonderland, The Frank & Walters/C Stripey, Sweeney, Papillon, Done Lying Down, Gluebound/Elvis Virus/Draw, Cable |
| DEMO REVIEWS | Blue Kite, Strain, Zen Arcade, Lynus, Zinc, Magic House, Draw, Floating Gemma, Squidillion, Sonic Sound Reaction, Aftershock |
| RECORD REVIEWS | Candyskins - "Circles", My Best Shirt - "The Wire", Flow - "Sense" |
| HEADLINE | Oxford Sound City '97 Confirmed |
| NEWS | Event confirmed but not exact dates |
| OTHER NEWS | Underworld headline "Big Love", PMT opens, Brewhouse re-fit, Bubbleman in-store |
| LIVE REVIEWS | Tricky, Fluffy/Sun, Charley Street/Victoria/Workhouse, B So Global/Chant, Gil Scott Heron, Dr Didg, Cropredy Festival, Zoe, Marcella Detroit |
| DEMO REVIEWS | Nickel Social, Doppelganger, Coconut, Kotut, Circus Life, Colour Bolorac, Manyeung, Monkfish, Thin Blue Wrists |
| RECORD REVIEWS | Bubbleman - "Sunshine Supergirl", Candyskins - "Mrs Hoover" |
| HEADLINE | Mystics Touch Down |
| NEWS | The Mystics play their first Oxford gig for over a year |
| OTHER NEWS | Sound City dates announced, My Life Story come to Brookes, Boo Radleys @ Virgin Megastore |
| LIVE REVIEWS | Tiger, Beaker, The Supernaturals/Botley, Nought/Coconut, Honky, Flatpig/Retrogen, Ultrasound, Lithium/Monkfish/Zzz, Kerbdog |
| DEMO REVIEWS | Earth Machine, Especial K, Mundaka, Thin Blue Wrists, No Motive, Free Spirit, Retrogen, Grant |
| RECORD REVIEWS | Heavenly - "Operation Heavenly", The Bigger The God - "Pentonville", The Arousers - "Bikini Jack Does The Monkey Stomp", Little Sister - "Something To Talk About" |
| HEADLINE | Variety Is The Spice Of Life |
| NEWS | TBTG album release and in-store |
| OTHER NEWS | Bis @ Zodiac, Oxford bands on Telly and in Charts, Kim (Beaker) drops |
| LIVE REVIEWS | Earl Brutus, Nut, Helen Love/Lois/Gilroy, Underworld/Big Love, The Fall/Nought, Space, Morcheeba, Candyskins, DJ Hixxy |
| DEMO REVIEWS | The Unbelievable Truth, Botley, Henry Maren's Ghost, The BLF, Iris, Lithium, Euphony, Lobieliaband |
| RECORD REVIEWS | TBTG - "Variety", As If - "Forget Me Not" |
| HEADLINE | Singles Club Sets The 'Ball Rolling |
| NEWS | Dustball single to be the first Shifty Disco release. |
| OTHER NEWS | Suede at the Apollo |
| LIVE REVIEWS | Gallon Drunk/Gretschen Hofner, My Life Story, Catatonia, Dent/The Unbelievable Truth, Bis/The Raincoats, Prolapse/Yummy Fur/Dick Johnson, Erasure/Dubstar, Urusei Yatsura |
| DEMO REVIEWS | The Relationships, Johnny Connell-Hinks, Maniacal, The Rivals, Wild, Holy Roman Empire, Strum, If You Want To lose Weight |
| RECORD REVIEWS | Daytripper - "Buzzsaw", NEro's Acolytes - "Albatrocity" |
| HEADLINE | Hurricane Set To Blow Sound City '97 Into Town |
| NEWS | Andy Bell's new band play first Sound City gig @ Zodiac |
| OTHER NEWS | The Unbelievable Truth and Mark Gardener set for next two Shifty Disco releases, Oxygen returns, Nicotines sign, Over The Bridge closes |
| LIVE REVIEWS | The Bigger The God, Charley Street, Cab, Stereolab/Broadcast, Suede, Dubwiser, Lynus |
| DEMO REVIEWS | Sale, Jinn, PMKCE, Mark James Sollis, Treefrog, Dent, Gap, Glue |
| RECORD REVIEWS | Dustball - "Senor Nachos", Candyskins - "Monday Morning" |
| HEADLINE | Super 8 Offers Alternative |
| NEWS | Oxygen FM returns |
| OTHER NEWS | Sound City Web Site, Dustball in-store report, Shifty Disco update, Sir Bald Diddley release & gigs |
| LIVE REVIEWS | Hurricane/The Unbelievable Truth, Mad Professor/Dubwiser, Stretch Princess, Mecca/Cresta, Pringles/Holy Roman Empire, Loopy/Anazuka, Lithium |
| DEMO REVIEWS | Soulcraft, Mink, Mook, Twentydead, Changelings, Payola, Delirou5?, Simple Harmonic Motion |
| RECORD REVIEWS | The Unbelievable Truth - "Building", OOOD - "Live", Loopy - "Dazzler" |
| HEADLINE | Supergrass get their dick out! |
| NEWS | New Supergrass single and album |
| OTHER NEWS | Unbelievable Truth and Montrose Avenue get signed, Candyskins in the charts, Delgados come to town |
| LIVE REVIEWS | Silver Sun/Grass Show, Pavement, PJ Harvey & John Parish, Peter Green, Thurman/Shuffle, Sidi Bou Said/Sterling, Diggers, Papillon |
| DEMO REVIEWS | Charley Street, Sandra McKenzie, Zinc, Dolly, Tobacco Breakfast, Jan, Moneypenny, Speakeasy, Mindsurfer |
| RECORD REVIEWS | Candyskins - "Sunday Morning Fever", Nicotines - "Mary Wana", Supergrass - "Richard III", Sir Bald Diddley - "Nitrous Peroxide", Nought - "Cough Cap Kitty Cat", V/A - "Cult Themes Of The 70s" |
| HEADLINE | Sound City Magical Mystery Tour |
| NEWS | Fringe Preview Night announced |
| OTHER NEWS | Impossible Music Force announced as next Shifty Disco release. Marianne Faithfull @ The Playhouse. Queen Mum takes out ad in Nightshift |
| LIVE REVIEWS | Beaker/Ultrasound, Camp Blackfoot, Sneaker Pimps, Lynus/Monkey, Mansun/Travis, Delgados/Arab Strap/Magoo, Redd Kross/Midget, Symposium |
| DEMO REVIEWS | Blue Kite, Ninety, Cab, Baby Grain, Commerical Suicide, My Brilliant Beast, Soma, Mover, Toshi Station |
| RECORD REVIEWS | Supergrass - "In It For The Money", Candyskins - "Hang Myself On You", Impossible Music Force - "Blah Na Na" |
| HEADLINE | Techno 'Head |
| NEWS | Radiohead new single and album |
| OTHER NEWS | Blues Festival, Hurricane single, Oxford bands do the festivals, TBTG at the Playhouse, Gut A&R Scout, Oxygen shows |
| LIVE REVIEWS | Prolapse, Preacher Boy, The Secret, Goldbalde/Gretschen Hofner, Marianne Faithfull, God Is My Co-Pilot/Camp Balckfoot, Geneva/Santa Cruz, Ebola Meltdown/Fleshworld, Mindsurfer/Spermyard, Wonderland, Oxford Punt |
| DEMO REVIEWS | Arctic Moss, Atkin, Colonel Tony Green, Harambe, Mecca, Canola, Cody, Alex, Mordant |
| RECORD REVIEWS | Hurricane #1 - "Step Into My World", Radiohead - "Paranoid Android", Dustball - "Let Me Lie", Thurman - "Never Bring Me Down", Nicotines - "Planet X", The Bigger The God - "When Martin Met Martine", Mackating - "Mr Politician", DJ Remould -"Teenage Kicks" |
| HEADLINE | Theatre Of The Gods |
| NEWS | TBTG play the Playhouse |
| OTHER NEWS | Nightshift 2nd Birthday Party, Ash @ Zodiac, Nicotines Single rescheduled, Shifty Disco - Gardener & Beaker confirmed, Kenickie cancel again |
| LIVE REVIEWS | The Bigger The God/Space Monkeys, Teenage Fanclub/Sam & Mark, Tribute To Nothing/Callous/Full Frontal Assualt, Swell/Garageland, Movie/Kick The Biscuit, Nubiles/King Prawn/Chewy, IMF/DJ Remould, Vex, Lynus/Crayola 6/Stretch Princess, My Life Story |
| DEMO REVIEWS | Samurai 7, White Trash Nation, Full English Breakfast, Choker, Baba Ghanoushi, Immerse, Black Candy, Ridge, Red Shift |
| RECORD REVIEWS | Radiohead - "OK Computer", Hurricane #1 - "Just Another Illusion", Supergrass - "Sun Hits The Sky", Idha - "Sorry Sorry" |
| HEADLINE | Sound Off City |
| NEWS | Public Open Meeting for Sound City announced |
| OTHER NEWS | Radiohead @ No.1, Zodiac Glastonbury warm-ups, OxMusic on the TV, Cropredy line-up, Hothouse compilation CD, Bloomin Arts photo competition |
| LIVE REVIEWS | Kenickie, Cody, Jaguar, Supernaturals/Victoria, Dr Didg, Napalm Death/dBh, Cable, Talvin Singh, Retrogen/Beaker/Camp Blackfoot/Dog's Prayer Day/Flatliners/Planeteria, Nicotines/Scarper/Mogmatic, Sweeney/Samurai 7 |
| DEMO REVIEWS | Charley Street, Daytripper, Full Frontal Assault, Planeteria, Riot of Tongues, Onomatopoeia, Spunkle, Dreamweaver |
| RECORD REVIEWS | Beaker - "Backgarden", Mark Gardener - "Magdalen Sky", Frei Zinger - "Seasons", Arousers - "Do The Arousal", V/A - "Helping You back To Work" |
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