Indie scene in Oxford

It has a big indie society (plus a newish but growing rock/metal society), and there are a few clubnights - Po Na Na on Thursdays, Love Bar on alternate Wednesdays, Zodiac on Saturdays, and stuff at the cellar too. Those societies run database things to try to get people who want to form bands together too. Personally I don't care much for the local music scene but I also probably haven't looked as hard as I could have, and there's definitely a load of stuff going on, see the music magazine Nightshift for gigs.

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kopi, ffs

Greatleysteg

I hope not.

Why? If there are clubs and cafés for the alternative, skinny jeaned, Interpol-listening types, at least it keeps them out of your hair :wink:

Reply 5

not the best. not the worst. i think the biggest problem is that there isn't a very good amount of interaction between gown and town. not enough students go out to gigs, which is a shame. there are some great venues out there; the jericho tavern and the wheatsheaf have bands on most nights, obviously there's the carling academy that has some horrible big gigs but some nice little ones too, and there's also the port mahon and the cellar who have bands on too.

in terms of clubnights, could be worse, could be better. as regards student nights, the indie music society puts on a clubnight two or three tuesdays a term at the cellar, three bands then djs, which is usually quite fun. there is narcissists on alternate wednesdays at babylove which is ok. leans a little towards electo kinda stuff but not bad i suppose. theres an OUSU night at po na na on thursdays too. i used to quite like it but i think its got even worse. i mean, its always been pretty much just pop-punk and commercial rock hits, but i think its got even worse. i just resent being in a room full of people who think that the killers/the arctic monkeys/green day represent some kind of alternative. c'est la vie. and they never play my requests, not even los campesinos. i mean, they're really poppy and everything! lame.

in terms of non student nights, there are some at the carling academy, though i'm not sure what they're like since it stopped being the zodiac, and there are quite a few at the cellar.

overall, its not bad. there are a lot of really good bands in oxford and some really great promoters, but students don't really tend to get involved with the local scene, which is a massive shame. so yeah. good scene, if you want to get involved. but fun can also be had within the university sort of 'confines'. whatever really i guess. but its worth going to plenty of local gigs. some awesome local bands, and some well put together line-ups.

Reply 6

Greatleysteg

I hope not.

you're a massive failure.

Reply 7

username138106

heliotrope

you're a massive failure.

Agree.

Reply 8

heliotrope

you're a massive failure.

I'm a massive failure just because I don't particularly want to see a huge indie scene? Grow up, loser.

I have nothing against indie people, apart from the fact that it's no longer to my taste, thus I don't want to see a predominantly indie scene. Most people who hang around calling themselves indie are just scene kids.

I hung up my skinny jeans when I was 16. It's Oxford Uni, not Hollyoaks.

Reply 9

AT82

If you want that kind of scene Manchester is the best place for it:- I mean just look at the indie/alternative bands from the area-

Oasis
The Verve
Buzzcocks
The Smiths
Stone Roses
Morrissey
Happy Mondays
Joy Division
Electronic
Ian Brown
The Corteeners
New Order
James
Badly Drawn Boy
The Doves
The Chemical Brothers
The Durriti Coloumn
The Fall
I am Kloot
Goldblade
Nine Black Alps
And loads others...

Sheffield and Liverpool also have indie scenes. Brighton also has a surprisingly large indie scene too :smile:

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Reply 10

Greatleysteg

I'm a massive failure just because I don't particularly want to see a huge indie scene? Grow up, loser.

I have nothing against indie people, apart from the fact that it's no longer to my taste, thus I don't want to see a predominantly indie scene. Most people who hang around calling themselves indie are just scene kids.

I hung up my skinny jeans when I was 16. It's Oxford Uni, not Hollyoaks.

yes. i'm well aware its oxford uni. i'm actually here, thanks. your post said you hoped there weren't people who liked indie music at oxford. that is just stupid. end of.

furthermore, your post suggests you know little to nothing about what indie is actually about.

in conclusion, stop being wrong.

Reply 11

heliotrope

yes. i'm well aware its oxford uni. i'm actually here, thanks. your post said you hoped there weren't people who liked indie music at oxford. that is just stupid. end of.

furthermore, your post suggests you know little to nothing about what indie is actually about.

in conclusion, stop being wrong.

Contrary to what you misread, I said I hoped there wasn't a large indie scene at Oxford (see OP).

Furthermore, I do know what indie is about. Excuse me while I pause my Morrissey CD and laugh at you. I just don't like it when there are large groups of overbearing people forcing an increasingly commercialised and stylistic sub-culture on others.

In conclusion, shut up. I expressed my opinion, just as other people did in this thread (see posts trashing various types of music)

Reply 12

omg morrissey the smiths you're so indie you just proved everything!!!!!1

the rest of your post is equally nonsensical and wound up in trivial semantics. further, what genre bashing? someone made a (presumably) self effacing joke. another expressed a dislike of bryan adams. i would hardly describe that as bashing various types of music.

eish, people.

Reply 13

heliotrope

omg morrissey the smiths you're so indie you just proved everything!!!!!1

Did I claim I was indie?

heliotrope

the rest of your post is equally nonsensical and wound up in trivial semantics.

Nonsensical? I apologise if you had difficulty understanding it, but it seems to make perfect sense. The indie scene is increasingly full of rich people who don't fit into any sort of clique, realise they can come across as cool and disinterested and jump on the bandwagon and start wearing band t-shirts. Thus it's increasingly commercialised (ever more indie oriented adverts and such) and stylised.

heliotrope

further, what genre bashing? someone made a (presumably) self effacing joke. another expressed a dislike of bryan adams. i would hardly describe that as bashing various types of music.

see the following:

heliotrope

i just resent being in a room full of people who think that the killers/the arctic monkeys/green day represent some kind of alternative. c'est la vie. and they never play my requests, not even los campesinos. i mean, they're really poppy and everything! lame.

This illustrates my point. Too many of these so called indies are fake and think a pair of skinny jeans constitutes indieness.

heliotrope

eish, people.

I know.

Reply 14

Greatleysteg

This illustrates my point. Too many of these so called indies are fake and think a pair of skinny jeans constitutes indieness.

that isnt a valid complaint against indie. none of your points are. they're complaints against idiots who misunderstand indie.

Reply 15

heliotrope

that isnt a valid complaint against indie. none of your points are. they're complaints against idiots who misunderstand indie.

See my earlier post. I have nothing against indie - I like indie music, I like the idea of it. I'd go as far as saying indie is great. Heck, I used to be just like you guys. I just think it's littered with fake people.

Hence my hope that there isn't an obscenely large indie following at Oxford - the bigger the number of Indies, a certain proportion of which will be fake, the bigger the number of fakes.

Are you finished?

Reply 16

kates:)

Right stupid argument, this.
You might not like Indie, Greatlesteg.
Other people do.
No need to get in a fuss over it people.

Reply 17

kates:)

Right stupid argument, this.
You might not like Indie, Greatlesteg.
Other people do.
No need to get in a fuss over it people.

oh my GOD.

Is there ANYONE on this website who actually reads things.

FOR LIKE THE FIFTH TIME, I LIKE INDE. I DO NOT LIKE INDIE POSERS, OF WHICH THERE ARE FAR TOO MANY.

AND THANKS FOR THE NEG HELIOTROPE, HOW IMMATURE.

Reply 18

CarneLevare

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Why **** brought up an 'obscenely large' scene? I'm sure a city like Oxford can quite happily accomodate a large scene without the average student really noticing.

Also, you're an idiot.

Reply 19

kates:)