Lighter acoustic bands and artists from the Oxford Music Scene

All the videos in this selection are by bands featured on this site. Refresh the page if you would like a new random mix. You could see these bands or bands just like them playing around the small venues of Oxford and the surrounds.

Featured Artists in this selection

  1. Spoon Theory
    Acoustic, Blues Band from Oxford
  2. The Lost Art
    Acoustic, Folk Duo from Oxford
  3. Little Red
    Folk Band from Oxford
  4. Ruth Theodore
    Alt, Folk, Blues Musician from London
  5. Adam McMillan
    Acoustic Musician from Oxford
  6. We Aeronauts
    Folk, Pop, Shoegaze Band from Oxford
  7. The Epstein
    Alt Folk, Indie, Americana Band from Oxford
  8. Laz Cunliffe
    Singer Songwriter, Acoustic, Blues Musician from Bath
  9. Knights of Mentis
    Americana, Country, Roots Band from Oxford
  10. Ruth Theodore
    Alt, Folk, Blues Musician from London
  11. Rob Lanyon
    Acoustic Musician from Banbury
  12. The Cooling Pearls
    Alt folk Band from Oxford

And if you think these videos are great, imagine how much better it is to actually be at a gig, the visceral music, the atmosphere, the sheer fun of it all. Support your local indie venues, and enjoy great music.

Oxford Scene Selections

Random Selection
A random selection of artists and bands featured in this guide to the Oxford music scene.

Lighter Acoustic
A channel of the acoustic, folk, and roots bands.

Rock and Pop
A channel of the the indie alternative rock and pop scene, prog rock and Americana.

Spirit of Punk
A channel which picks out the punk-edge bands in all their flavours, whether that's new wave, post-punk, punk cabaret, or even punk-hippy.

The Heavy Section
A channel for the heavyweight rock bands, the metalcore, stoners and thrash.

Inspiring World Videos

Cover Stories
Some great covers of records by other artists. Maybe you haven't heard of the band doing the cover. Maybe you haven't heard of the original either. Doesn't matter, they are still great videos.

Crowd-sourced performances
Flash mobs, karioke verite, or a choreographed performance. If people don't go to the gigs, take the gigs to the people... but before you try busking in Oxford, please remember the council has a no-fun policy.

Things that go bump in the night
If you have a passion for zombies, ghosts and ghouls, check out these world music videos. They are humorous, they are dark, they are brilliant.

A taste of Japan
Some of the great music from Japan which you'll most likely never hear of anywhere else, and sometimes quite unlike things you've seen anywhere else.

Protest Songs
Protest and individuality has always been a part of music, and these protest songs, some well known, some lesser so, are also great pieces of art in their own right.