Spring Offensive + Empire Safari + Picturehouse + Hearts in Pencil (acoustic)

Event information

Daisy Rodgers Music is proud to present three great new Oxfordshire bands – Spring Offensive, Hearts in Pencil, Picturehouse. It’s all happening at the infamous Jericho Tavern, Oxford on Thursday 8th October 2009. Buy a super cheap advance ticket and get something extra for free!! (See below)

** PLEASE NOTE THAT THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANGE IN LINE UP. HEARTS IN PENCIL ARE NOW PUTTING ON A SPECIAL ACOUSTIC SET INSTEAD OF THE FULL BAND AS ORIGINIALLY BILLED @ 8.15pm. EMPIRE SAFARI HAVE BEEN ADDED TO THE LINE UP ***

Spring Offensive
Oxford based 5 piece who produce lyrically dark, musically strong and harmonious uplifting indie pop tunes. With diverse influences from The Smiths to I Like Trains, these are new kids on the Oxford block but are already making huge waves, with BBC6 Music’s Tom Robinson loving their “heart felt, direct, emotional and gorgeous” tunes. One recent reviewer described them as “ a wonderful, euphoric, twitchily danceable new Oxford band”. We just think they are ruddy ace. Their amazing debut EP is out now.
www.myspace.com/springoffensive

Empire Safari
Oxford trio playing indie pop tunes with little dashs of punk and ska. Sometimes Strokes sometimes Arctic Monkeys sometimes Buzzcocks, come see these chameleons of the Oxford scene for yourself and decide.
www.myspace.com/empiresafari

Picturehouse
Fresh out of the box and out of the traps, Picturehouse come at you headlong with a mix of dirty beats, guitar hooks and electro loops. Influenced by Aphex Twin and Bloc Party they’ve already supported Foals and DJ Hype in their short career. Ones to watch (and dance to).
www.myspace.com/picturehousemusic

Loz from Hearts in Pencil (Acoustic)
It might be easy to state their influences are Libertines-esque, but their depth of song writing and epic song structure take this young band’s indie punk/pop sound to a whole new level. These four talented Witney boys put their heart and soul into producing an energetic live performance that is not to be missed.
www.myspace.com/heartsinpencil

** FREE ** FREE ** FREE ** FREE **
Influence the set list: Buy an advance ticket and then get the chance to vote for a cover version to be played at the gig. Each band has nominated a cover version and all you need to do is pick your favourite. The cover song with the most votes gets performed on the night. It’s free and easy to do, follow the link in your confirmation email and get voting!! One ticket, one vote.

In between the bands DJ Daisy will be playing some of the best new music around from Oxfordshire and beyond! Including Little Fish, Foals, Jack Penate, Inlight, Minor Coles, We Were Promised Jetpacks, Tripwires, A Silent Film, Noah & the Whale, Alphabet Backwards, From Here, We Run!, Little Comets, The Winchell Riots, Wild Beasts.......

For more details of the whole crazy thing check out www.daisyrodgers.com or www.myspace.com/daisymusicpromo

Adv ticket sales close on the 6th Oct.