Cornmarket, Oxford, 22 March. Represented are Easy Tiger, Nine Stone Cowboy, Asher Dust, Jessie Grace, Not My Day, Shakey and the lips, Space Heroes of the People, The Evenings, Toy #1, Echoes Echoes, Hreda, Borderville, Shirley, Smilex, The Black Hats, Desert Storm and Tar the dog (a Shirley fan).

A new compilation featuring several Oxford artists has just been released by French label Rabeat’s Cage, run by former Alesiachair member Jeremy Moors. The album, Premiere Evasion, includes Jonquil, Sunnyvale Noise Sub-element, Hreda and Cogwheel Dogs alongside several French artists, and is available for 12 euros here. The full tracklisting looks like this:

1. Jody Prewett - ‘An Ode to the Morning’
2. Eberg - ‘Antidote’
3. Jonquil - ‘Pattens’
4. Tam Rush - ‘Something to Wish’
5. Azad - ‘Je Ne Sais Pas Pour Qui Je Pleure’
6. Sarah W. Papsun - ‘Mouvement 2′
7. Cogwheel Dogs - ‘Cress’
8. Sunnyvale Noise Sub-element - ‘This Far and No Further’
9. Hreda - ‘Knowing How to Carry’
10. Neor - ‘Oneiros’

This week’s MP3 download is an unreleased track from local stars The Half Rabbits, which is currently only available to download from us. The track is called ‘Push Back’ and can be downloaded here.

An Oxford group of the national Love Music Hate Racism campaign has just been set up to promote music events in the city with an anti-racism message and to mobilise support for the national LMHR carnival in London on 27 April. The group are looking for local musicians to get involved with their work, and are holding two fundraising shows at The Ex on 11 and 25 April to run subsidised coaches to the national event. To find out more and get involved, visit the Oxford LMHR website.

Local band 1877 are looking for a new drummer. The band describe themselves as ‘a part instrumental alternative rock band with a love for effects pedals and minimal electronics’, and cite  Mogwai, Sigur Ros, Radiohead, Fugazi, Godspeed! You Black Emperor, Nirvana, Sonic Youth, Joy Division and Kraftwerk as their influences. Interested parties can have a listen and contact the band here.