Art-rock
BUG PRENTICE
The Bullingdon, Oxford
Tonight
Tickets £4.50 from wegottickets.com

Yet another Oxford band demanding closer inspection, Bug Prentice are unlike anything you’ve seen. Not least because of singer-songwriter Ally Craig, who was born with Muscular Dystrophy and plays the guitar flat across his lap. His music has an experimental quality which comes from a love of Ivor Cutler, Robert Wyatt, Shellac and Thelonious Monk. Tonight his trio launch a new double A-side single, Nicholas Ray/Spoons. Support from David Tudor and Cogwheel.

Psychedelic banter
AN EVENING WITH ARTHUR BROWN 
The Cellar, Oxford
Tomorrow
Tickets from arthurbrownmusic.com

Fancy an evening with the God of Hellfire? What could go wrong? Arthur Brown unleashes his life story. See Soundbites

Rock
MIKE PETERS
O2 Academy, Oxford
Saturday
Tickets £16.87 inc fee from Ticketweb.co.uk

The underrated frontman of 1980s pop-punks The Alarm brings another one man band version of their albums — this time Strength — using performance and stories.

Singer-songwriter
JULIA MEIJER
The Library, Oxford
Tuesday
Free

Julia Meijer, a young Swede with a stunning voice, has quite a name in her adopted Oxford and we are lucky enough to still be able to catch her at intimate venues like this (the bar, not the place with books). Also Mt Crooked Teeth and Swindlestock-spin off Great Western Tears.

Singer-songwriter
DUKE SPECIAL
O2 Academy, Oxford
Tuesday
Tickets £15.75 from Ticketweb.co.uk

The Belfast singer plays tracks from his first album in three years. Expect quirky, intelligent, uplifting pop anth-ems.