Trickster Presents...

I have recently compiled a podcast/compilation of fantastic local bands as my new promoting alias TRICKSTER. The collection is called "Oxford: City of Sound Vol 1" and here is the press-release for it:

Trickster is proud to present
Oxford: City of Sound Vol 1

Oxford is a city with a rich musical heritage – world-famous acts including Radiohead, Ride, Supergrass and Foals have all helped to put Oxford on the map. But there are a host of fantastic local bands that remain relatively unknown, either because they've not had that “break” or because they make music that is just really, very unappealing to the majority of people.

Recent compilations and mixes such as Spires (put together by Aaron Delgado, formerly of Phantom Theory and currently in Kill Murray – both good local bands) and City of Screaming Spires (put together by Aethara and John Daniels aka Skeletor Promotions) have done a great job of promoting the current indie and technical metal scenes.

This compilation attempts to weave together and promote great left-field artists, past and present, with an emphasis on the extreme, the bizarre and the beautiful. This is by no means a complete compilation (at 2 hours long it had to stop somewhere) and the “Vol 1” attached to the title hopefully indicates that a “Vol 2” will be coming in the next few months, featuring a host of different, equally talented artists. While this volume is heavily leaning towards the doom metal, math rock, noise and stoner genres, future volumes will hopefully introduce some of the finest indie, electronic, hip hop, instrumental and miscellaneous/uncategorizable (sic) artists that Oxford has to offer. It will hopefully also dig even deeper into the vaults to find some true treasures from the past...

For now though, Trickster presents Oxford: City of Sound Vol 1 – because there's more to Oxford than punting and public-school buggery.

Part 1

Part 2

Download all the tracks by clicking here

Tracklisting

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SEXTODECIMO – Soundproof Mask

THE GRACEFUL SLICKS – Fire

THE CELLAR FAMILY – In the Garden

SEABUCKTHORN – Journeyed Road

D. GWALIA – Black Current

KOMRAD – Blowing Up a Rubber Doll Does Not Make You a Martyr

XMAS LIGHTS - You Wouldn't Have To Kill So Many Iraqi Children With Iranian Bullets If You Would Simply Reduce Oil Spending, Usage and Emissions Within Your Own Borders

HOLIDAY STABBINGS – Belly Ache

AGNESS PIKE – Rubber Love

CARAVAN OF WHORES – Drug Queen

MOTHER CORONA – Sunscope

-INTERMISSION-

IVY'S ITCH – Trophy

LISTING SHIPS – Mesuline Romance

OLID – Lights on the Lake

SUITABLE CASE FOR TREATMENT – Dead Pigeon Teachers

TAMARA PARSONS-BAKER – Lover

VON BRAUN – Cat Dog

DESERT STORM – Word to the Wise Man

UNDERSMILE – Mandrill

SEVENCHURCH – Perceptions

SEXTODECIMO

Legendary sludge metal band. Voted best metal band in Oxford history.

http://www.facebook.com/pages/SEXTODECIMO/34285975492

THE GRACEFUL SLICKS

Retro rock in a good, 13^th Floor Elevators kind of way.

http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Graceful-Slicks/104896709556567

THE CELLAR FAMILY

Nightmare punk racket. Insane.

http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Cellar-Family/199481533395218

SEABUCKTHORN

Evocative, atmospheric acoustic soundscapes taking you on a journey down dusty roads and ancient ruins. (Probably hates the phrase “soundscapes.”)

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Seabuckthorn/142975199094288

D. GWALIA

Enigmatic, dark folk singer-songwriter. Soundtrack to imaginary David Lynch film.

http://www.dgwalia.com/

KOMRAD

Shape-shifting prog-metal psychopaths who've not taken their ritalin.

http://www.facebook.com/komradband

XMAS LIGHTS

Math-screamo-rock assault. Righteous indignation at its finest.

http://www.blindsightrecords.co.uk/xmas_lights.htm

HOLIDAY STABBINGS

Brutal noise duo having a bad day. Letting it out on you.

http://www.last.fm/music/Holiday+Stabbings

AGNESS PIKE

Super tight sludge-punk-metal with the best frontman in town.

http://www.reverbnation.com/agnesspike

CARAVAN OF WHORES

Filthy, wig-out doom with Animal from the Muppets on drums. In the best possible way.

http://www.facebook.com/pages/COW/113587911991169

MOTHER CORONA

Oxford's very own desert-swept stoner-groove band. Like Kyuss with Billy Corgan on vox.

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Mother-Corona/193059974653?ref=ts

IVY'S ITCH

Abrasive, cathartic singer fronts twisted, complex post-grunge riot known as gloomcore.

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Ivys-Itch/22067802352

LISTING SHIPS

Nautically-themed krautrock with some post- and electro-rock thrown in for extra rock.

http://www.facebook.com/listingships

OLID

Smart-man's doom. Doom with moves.

http://olid.bandcamp.com/album/olid

SUITABLE CASE FOR TREATMENT

Restless musical chameleons – where metal meets New Orleans-jazz and gospel.

http://www.myspace.com/suitablecasefortreatment

TAMARA PARSONS-BAKER

Not-your-average female singer-songwriter. Very dark. Like a moonless night with stars.

http://www.facebook.com/tparsonsbakermusic

VON BRAUN

Some of the best song-writing in Oxford with Pixies-like angles. No bass needed.

http://www.facebook.com/vonbrauntheband

DESERT STORM

Southern rock Kings, they piss Whiskey and punch preachers for not preaching riffs.

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Desert-Storm/47917364717

UNDERSMILE

Hypnotic and soul-destroying sludge/funeral doom and haunting harmonies.

http://www.facebook.com/Undersmile

SEVENCHURCH

Epic doom legends. Nuff said.

http://www.sevenchurch.co.uk/