vacuous pop presents

NB - If you need to contact me for any reason, I do prefer email to Myspace messages but apologise in advance if I don't reply, due to the amount of mails/messages received it's just impossible for me to keep up!


independent record label & live promotions

a: po box 289, oxford ox5 1we
w: www.vacuouspop.com
e: info at vacuouspop dot com


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vac•u•ous
adj.

1. Devoid of matter; empty.
2.
a. Lacking intelligence; stupid.
b. Devoid of substance or meaning; inane: a vacuous comment.
c. Devoid of expression; vacant.

3. Lacking serious purpose or occupation; idle.


pop
adj.

1. Of or for the general public; popular or popularized: pop culture; pop psychology.
2. Of, relating to, or specializing in popular music: a pop singer.
3. Of or suggestive of pop art: a pop style.

n.

1. Popular music.
2. Pop art.



Live Promotions

Aside from being a small indie record label, vacuous pop also promotes occasional live music shows in Oxford, a bit like these ones...

We run a regular night at The Cellar on the 3rd Saturday of every month, plus other occasional shows at various venues in Oxford should the right tour come along and routing wont fit the regular night.

As such, we don't run a venue or have a load of nights to fill so the emphasis is on quality rather than quantity with line ups that hopefully complement each other, rather than just slinging a bunch of random bands on together.

We urge you to arrive early to see the support bands too and enjoy the whole night.




The shows offer a chance to see some of the best underground/leftfield bands around - both national and international - and over the past 7 years the following quality acts have played, many of which were Oxford, or even UK debuts...


Alias
Animal Collective
Black Dice
Bloc Party
Dead Meadow
Efterklang
ENON
Errors
EX MODELS
Foals
Hella
Hot Chip
Jel
Joan of Arc
Kepler
Kid606
Knifehandchop
Magik Markers
Metronomy
The National
Noxagt
OXES
The Paper Chase
Part Chimp
Picastro
Polmo Polpo
Rolo Tomassi
So So Modern
Sunburned Hand of the Man Damo Suzuki
Swearing at Motorists
Thee More Shallows
Tunng
volcano!
65daysofstatic



All upcoming shows are listed below and see the ever changing top friends list for links to MySpace pages where you can check out some of the great bands playing future shows.

You can buy advance tickets from We Got Tickets.


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Our monthly night is held every 3rd Saturday of the month (excluding May, when it's on the 30th!) at:

The Cellar, Cornmarket St, Oxford
Doors 8.30pm - 3am / £various / 18+


Brought to you by the folks behind Abort, Retry, Fail? and vacuous pop...

There are no hard and fast rules, and we're not being pigeon holed by genre - as before we're mixing up the best live bands (previously the likes of Foals, Disco Drive, Fuck Buttons, Enon, Friendly Fires to name but a few) and DJs to provide the perfect weekend antidote to a shitty working week!

Playing what we like, when we like but nothing too self indulgent (the aim is still to get your dance on after all!) - expect a classic mix of rock, electro, indie, dance, breaks, beats, whatever... if it's good we'll play it, and we might even do requests if we have them!


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UPCOMING SHOWS
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vacuous pop presents...

Saturday 14 November
4 or 5 MAGICIANS, THE MUSCLE CLUB & SPRING OFFENSIVE
The Cellar, Cornmarket St, Oxford
8.30pm - 3am / £5 / 18+

Advance tickets: www.wegottickets.com

plus DJs playing a mix of treats and beats to make your ears smile and your feet bleed til 3am

quick links:
www.myspace.com/4or5magicians
www.myspace.com/themuscleclub
www.myspace.com/springoffensive


4 OR 5 MAGICIANS
A four or five piece alternative rock outfit from Brighton, taking most obvious influence from the golden era of American indie rock … Guided By Voices, REM, The Replacements, Sebadoh, Dinosaur Jr, Pavement, Pixies, Built To Spill, and early Weezer and Everclear, but could probably write a list longer than your arm of bands who have influenced them.

The band have released two singles to date, both of which were awarded 'Single Of The Week' status by Steve Lamacq, as well as picking up a stack of glowing reviews in all areas of the press, not least the NME who featured the band as one of their tips for 2009, and have since labelled the songwriting of frontman Dan Ormsby as "simply magnificent".

www.myspace.com/4or5magicians


THE MUSCLE CLUB
Hailing from Cardiff in South Wales, this young quartet make light work of crafting genuinely melodic, uncompromising and jangly indie pop tunes. Having formed a little over 12 months ago, co front men Matthew Hitt and Michael Bateson-Hill deliver often heartfelt lyrics with a raw passion that belies their tender years and bring to mind the likes of Fugazi and At The Drive In.

Having spent the past 6 months or so touring, playing with the likes of Cursive, Johnny Foreigner, Dananananaykroyd, Black Lips and recording a live session at BBC's Maida Vale, the young Welsh outfit are set to hit the road again this autumn with Brighton indie upstarts 4 or 5 Magicians.

www.myspace.com/themuscleclub


SPRING OFFENSIVE
The band released their debut EP this summer and have been working like madmen since, selling out of copies of their record and sharing a stage with the likes of Talons and The Kabeedies along the way.

First noticed and played by BBC 6 Music's Tom Robinson, who had them in for an interview, Spring Offensive are building up speed in the local scene and beyond with their brand of melodic, danceable, anthemic alt-indie and accomplished live show.

www.myspace.com/springoffensive



NB - Sorry but all shows are 18+ unless indicated otherwise.

Details are subject to change due to circumstances beyond our control, generally by the management of the venue, etc, blah, blah, blah...

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*** PLEASE NOTE, WE ONLY RUN A LIMITED AMOUNT OF SHOWS SO GENERALLY CAN'T HELP WITH SPECULATIVE REQUESTS FROM BANDS FOR SHOWS BUT FEEL FREE TO SEND CDs FOR CONSIDERATION IF YOU WISH - WE DO HAVE ECLECTIC TASTE BUT THERE ARE LIMITS SO NO METAL/EMO/POP PUNK/GRUNGE/GENERIC INDIE/FUNK/SHIT, ESPECIALLY NO FUNK! - SEE GIG HISTORY ON LEFT FOR AN IDEA OF WHAT WE DO ***

*** APOLOGIES, BUT DUE TO THE RIDICULOUS AMOUNT OF MESSAGES RECEIVED AND ONLY LIMITED TIME THERE REALLY IS NO TIME TO READ ALL OF THEM, NEVER MIND REPLY, SO THEY WILL MOST PROBABLY BE IGNORED, ESPECIALLY THOSE HASSLING FOR GIGS - SORRY, I'VE TRIED TO KEEP UP BUT IT'S IMPOSSIBLE!
YOU COULD TRY EMAILING AS THAT STANDS A BETTER CHANCE OF BEING LOOKED AT BUT AGAIN I AM REALLY SWAMPED AND STRUGGLE TO FIND THE TIME TO KEEP UP WITH THEM ALL!***

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a: po box 289, oxford ox5 1we
w: www.vacuouspop.com
e: info at vacuouspop dot com

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