BBC Introducing in Oxfordshire & Berkshire

Charms Against The Evil Eye + Niki Kini + Are You Listening? Festival

They named their band after a cabinet in Oxford's Pitt Rivers Museum, and once formed a band with Radiohead's Jonny Greenwood... this week on the BBC Introducing in Oxfordshire & Berkshire podcast, Dave catches up with Charms Against The Evil Eye. Plus, Lauren meets Niki Kini at her immersive headline show... but did she have a sweet or spicy experience?! And, Alex has a report from Reading's excellent Are You Listening? Festival with Lost Velvet and Puma Theory. Here's this week's track list: • The Race - Best Is Yet To Come Ace Clvrk - Heavenly Waters Folly Oh Yes - Zombie Of Silicon Valley Haints - Hollow Temples The Subtheory - Things that caught my attention Niki Kini - Murder You 1-800 GIRLS - sometimes [tipped by Jaguar at BBC Radio 1 Dance] The Afterword - An Illusion My Crooked Teeth - Stay At Home Twin Skeletons - Useless DRZ - Like U The Deadbeat Apostles - Keep it to Yourself Felix Ross - Everything's Changing Sofia and the Antoinettes - I Don't Know What I'm Doing on Earth, I Don't Know What on Earth I'm Doing [tipped by Jess Iszatt at BBC Radio 1] Charms Against The Evil Eye - Dark Matter Kelly Michaeli - Tephra Hey! This is Brad - Just Listen Frozemode - dirtyman [tipped by Alyx Holcombe at BBC Radio 1 Rock] Lost Velvet - Burnt Puma Theory - Hit & Run (Live at Farm Road Studios) Meli Foster-Turner - Serendipity Murds - Land Of Me Eva Gadd - Have It All • If you're making music in Oxfordshire and Berkshire, send us your tunes with the BBC Introducing Uploader: https://www.bbc.co.uk/introducing/uploader

The Samurai Seven + Danny Mellin + Natalie Gray

This week on the BBC Introducing in Oxfordshire & Berkshire podcast, Dave's joined by The Samurai Seven to talk about their brand new single Punching Down, their first release in 25 years! Plus Lauren meets Danny Mellin backstage at The Bullingdon in Oxford, and Alex speaks to Natalie Gray about her new music and headline gig at Wycombe Community Arts Centre. Here's this week's track list: • Tom Caro - Until Eventually Orchid - DRIP V.I.C - 40 Doors Almost Alice - Okay, Tomorrow Sebastian Croft - Better than ever Camille Baziadoly - Unlikely Places Felix Green - Forgot To Love You Gen and the Degenerates - Favourite Jumper [tipped by Alyx Holcombe at BBC Radio 1 Rock] Conor McLain - In My Nature (People Pleaser) TRASHCAT - GOSPEL Danny Mellin - Meet Me in the Afternoon Shiny Brain Crayons - So Alive Jess Tuthill - Until You Tell Me Not To The Samurai Seven - Bonnet The Samurai Seven - Punching Down Yung Toro - no regrets [tipped by Jess Iszatt at BBC Radio 1] The Covasettes - Honeymoon Forever Cherry Mint Koala - Slow Motion Nineteen Natalie Gray - Favourite Megan Wroe - Lovestep [tipped by Jaguar at BBC Radio 1 Dance] Civil Villains - Punching Down Benza - Back Down Memory Lane (feat. Swali) • If you're making music in Oxfordshire and Berkshire, send us your tunes with the BBC Introducing Uploader: https://www.bbc.co.uk/introducing/uploader

Josephine Illingworth

This week on the BBC Introducing in Oxfordshire & Berkshire podcast, Dave's joined by Josephine Illingworth to hear about her new EP 'Bright Things I Found In The Dark', plus she's playing live in session too - tap here for the full live video - https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0nhtljq Want to know what's planned at this years Are You Listening? festival - Alex West catches up with organiser Dave Maul. Here's this week's track list: • Octavia Freud - Platforms Kah'Nya - WELELE PLAIINS - Dirty Fish May Kolta - Tides Right Honey Grace B - First Day Of My Life Garfield & Nico - Find A Way Emily Francis Trio - Lydian Child Pixie McCann - Deja Vu [tipped by Jess Iszatt at BBC Radio 1] White Horses - One Step to Heaven i4M2 - Unwound (Radio edit) KalemGR - Everything GR Nolan Chenchery - Memori Josephine Illingworth - Old Holy Feeling Josephine Illingworth - The Mythical (live acoustic session) unpeople - clouds [tipped by Alyx Holcombe at BBC Radio 1 Rock] Rhi’N’B - Let You Know  Puma Theory - Telephone Man (Live at Farm Road Studios) Nicole Allan - Used To Be LAKE ACACIA - Tear You Down Stephen Caulfield - Blue Vessels Polly b Rose - the Drifter Ginja - Golden Henry Taylour - If I Only Knew • If you're making music in Oxfordshire and Berkshire, send us your tunes with the BBC Introducing Uploader: https://www.bbc.co.uk/introducing/uploader

Still Pigeon + f:sv

This week on the BBC Introducing in Oxfordshire & Berkshire podcast, Dave catches up with the energetic indie-pop band Still Pigeon to talk all about their brand-new self-titled EP. Plus, blending jazz, gospel and R&B, f:sv brought her distinctive sound to Reading’s South Street Arts Centre, where Alex joined her for a special listening party celebrating her debut EP GREEN TEARS. And Lauren dives into the story behind one of her favourite BBC Introducing musicians - this time it's alt-pop artist Mackenzie! Here's this week's track list: • Giant Party - Into The Never Age Big Fear - Anger Niki Kini - Murder You Hannah Jane Lewis - Riding in Cars with Boys SKINSHIP - I Make Me Wanna Go Dancing With Me Bevs - Break You Down Shock Horror - On TV Ivy Marcia - Who Am I To You? (Live from Bluebell Studios) VENUS GRRRLS - Eve Still Pigeon - Odd Sock Still Pigeon - Season 2 Mackenzie - Idiot Of The Decade Arkayla - Run Kid Mount St. Helen - Nineteen Beaker - 50 Men f:sv - Advocacy (feat. kiNOTES) Captain Kuppa T and the Zeppelin Crew - Crooks and Nannies DRIIA - Void Drawing Room - New World shanelle - somebody like me Denzil Grenade - Easy On Me Lily Beck - Free Bird • If you're making music in Oxfordshire and Berkshire, send us your tunes with the BBC Introducing Uploader: https://www.bbc.co.uk/introducing/uploader

Who Ate All the Crayons + Record Store Day

This week on the BBC Introducing in Oxfordshire & Berkshire podcast, Dave catches up with Who Ate All The Crayons before they release their second EP ‘Evergreen’. Plus, Lauren finds out what's happening at the Bullingdon in Oxford for Record Store Day, and what Truck Store's plans are for their 15th birthday. And, Alex meets Tyler from RG Records - to hear how they are supporting artists in Reading's music scene. Here's this week's track list: • Carty S x Fangol - Brilliant Gear Tilly Valentine - Undercover (feat. Meduulla) Baby Maker - Inguhlund Frannie B - Villain Jdeezy - Bigger Picture JAZ IMSKY - MAGICK (feat. Duppy) Maddie Ashman - Waterlilly Solar Culture - Another Evening homesick - u were here [tipped by Jaguar at BBC Radio 1 Dance] Willie J Healey - Heaven Now The Borough - Identification Roseanna - Help me Who Ate All the Crayons - Honest Talks Who Ate All the Crayons - Tree DEAR TASH - City of Angels [tpped by Alyx Holcombe at BBC Radio 1 Rock] Unbelievable Truth - Building Modeste - Queen Chloe August - antisocials Oscar Dunbar - Lucy (Alt) Natalie Gray - Favourite Stornoway - Zorbing (Radio 2 Sofa Session) The Mighty Redox - But Why Sion Whiley - Fragile We Are Girl Like That - flustered Elmiene - Reclusive • If you're making music in Oxfordshire and Berkshire, send us your tunes with the BBC Introducing Uploader: https://www.bbc.co.uk/introducing/uploader