Alt-rock
Palace
Bullingdon
Tonight
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Down to earth bunch of Essex boys channelling the spirit of Jeff Buckley, Radiohead and John Martyn. 
Their dreamy, spacey alternative-rock has won them the support of Radio 1’s Annie Mac and Huw Stephens and mate Jamie T. They come armed with second EP Chase The Light, featuring tunes Kiloran and Head Above Water.

Indie-pop
StarSailor
O2 Academy Oxford
Tonight
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James Walsh’s bunch of indie-pop sensitive souls follow up last year’s reformation with a 13-date tour. Expect tunes from their number-two albums Love is Here and Silence is Easy.

Indie-pop
Dance a la Plage
Jericho Tavern
Tomorrow
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The magnificent Dance a La Plage return for an almost-hometown show by the North Oxon lads. The show follows support slots for Little Comets, 1975, Professor Green, Stooshe and a string of banging festival sets. Expect chirpy, upbeat pop with funky swagger.

Indie-rock
Circa Waves
O2 Academy Oxford
Saturday
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Rousing crowd-pleasers Circa Waves have come from nowhere to one of the year’s biggest bands in no time at all. They bring feisty debut  album Young Chasers and a CV boasting pretty much every decent festival in the land.

Festival
Oxjam
Various venues
Witney and Oxford
Saturday
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An array of great bands line up to play for a worthy cause. See Soundbites. 

Blues-rock
The Mentulls
The Bullingdon, Oxford
Monday
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Amusingly-named prog-blues band promote new album reflections at the Haven Club at the Bully.

Folk
Chris While & Julie Matthews
Nettlebed Village Club 
Monday
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Nettlebed Folk Club play host to harmony duo While and Matthews – one of the best acoustic duos on the folk scene. They’ll be serving up their own tunes with trademark boundless energy.