Out To Graze Festival
Monday, May 5th, 2008News on a new festival: Out To Graze is a collaboration between Simple and Slide, Bassmentality and Skylarkin’ Soundsystem run over Friday 13 and Saturday 14 June at Rookery Farm, Shabbington Bucks, and features a mixture of live bands and DJs. On the bill are established Oxford acts including punk-popsters Baby Gravy, indie big-hitters International Jetsetters and Tunisian reggae outfit Raggasaurus. Tickets are £30 and available from Ryouki, St Ebbes and Baby Simple on the Cowley Road. Alternatively, tickets can be purchased from wegottickets.com. Proceeds go to the Oxford Wheels project, which aims to bring a new skate park to Oxford.




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
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 