First post, Oxford the musical city

Hi all and welcome to the new music blog created by me Dazzler and a bunch of other muso folk who should hopefully show you some light in the foggy musical wilderness. I wanted my first post to be a testiment of why I wanted to have a music blog so I have decided to pick my current hometown (Oxford) and some of the bands of Oxford that have changed me in some way.

Fell City Girl are one of the sad stories of Oxford, for four years this four-piece-epic-rock-anthem-a-thon band created some of the greatest nights of our lives. With stunning sounds and some of the most sublime vocals I have ever seen come out of a 5ft bloke, supported by some serious drum attack from their resident green monster. With February Snow they showed us that a pop-epic can still be meaningful and touching, on the other side Rudolph Valentino - Star of the Silver Screen taught us that there was much more to rock then energy, there is carnage and destruction. It was epic and amazing but unfortunately due to lack of interest it wasn't meant to be and these four chaps had to go back to piecing up their semi-shattered careers/educations/relationships and lives..

Fell City Girl - February Snow
Fell City Girl - Rudolph Valentino

The Foals, who are being bandied around by DJ's in the UK as we speak, are a band that as a self respecting musician I had set out to hate. They are pretty, over-hyped, Indie-disco and they stand for the musical morals I hate (beauty, scene and style..... its not because I haven't any honest!). Unfortunately they tack this along with an amazing talent for writing catchy pop tunes that you love to hate and they are fucking amazing at getting you off your feet. What bastards!

Foals - Hummer

On a final note for my first post we have to pay homage to two of the founding Oxford bands, and still two of my favourite bands for life. Supergrass with their ever-lasting youth and some of the best tunes I think I have ever heard, Moving in particular being a fave. Radiohead...of course, possibly the greatest UK band still alive with some of the most moving and life changing albums (isn't OK Computer still wining greatest album of all time with The Bends closely behind). Worryingly enough there are still many occasions where I see Thom Yorke trying to park his mini on St John St and bump into Danny Goffey feeding his children at Red Star on the Cowley..bizarre!

Supergrass - Moving
Radiohead - Airbag