Paul Weller @ Carling Academy

10:13am Tuesday 13th May 2008

"Strange Town" shouted one Jam loyalist from a sweaty, packed crowd gathered to greet Paul Weller at the Carling Academy.

Sia @ the Oxford Carling Academy

9:56am Tuesday 13th May 2008

Teddy bears adorn the stage and bizarrely shaped, loopy neon lights resembling cartoon trees offer the promise of a rather surreal performance.

Nizlopi - Zodiac@the Carling Academy Oxford

2:45pm Tuesday 6th May 2008

NIZLOPI may be best known for their ditty JCB, but the two neo-folksters sounded anything but industrial as they started their set acoustically - in the middle of the whooping crowd.

	Sugababes @ The New Theatre
	10:49am Wed 19 Mar 08
	Never has an audience been so diverse - from grown men leering hungrily in the wings, to six-year olds standing on their seats to get a better glimpse of the fab Sugababes.

	Foals @ The Oxford Carling Academy
	5:03pm Mon 17 Mar 08
	Few gigs have been as eagerly anticipated as this homecoming show by Oxford's hottest new band.

	Duffy @ The Oxford Carling Academy
	5:12pm Tue 11 Mar 08
	It's a Sunday night, and there is celebration in the air.

	Guillemots @ The Carling Aacdemy
	5:07pm Tue 11 Mar 08
	Some gigs you go to for a laugh, some for a sing-along, others for a curious gawp, and some for a good old mosh.

	Live review: Futureheads @ The Carling Academy
	10:53am Thu 6 Mar 08
	With the stage looking like we were in for a night of Top Gear re-runs (the drum kit was labelled Dave) and the venue pretty much filled, the spritely Futureheads came bounding onto the stage, ready for some good old fashioned fun.

	Live review: The NME Awards Tour @ The Carling Academy Oxford
	7:20pm Thu 21 Feb 08
	The Shockwaves NME Awards Tour has always been a good guide to what is happening in the world of indie-rock and this year's tour was no exception - with four must-see acts all vying to be a cut above the rest.

	Pan I Am @ The Cellar
	12:26pm Fri 15 Feb 08
	Emerging from the smoke-filled stage like a phoenix from the ashes, the slight silhouette of the boy who wouldn't grow up casts an eerie reverence throughout the subterranean surroundings.

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