Audioscope warmup

Good gig last night at The Cellar - the Audioscope08 warm-up, featuring ACTION BEAT + 50ft Panda + FROM LIGHT TO SOUND + EGYPTIAN DEATH.

Great stuff from Egyptian Death (Oxford's answer to Shit and Shine, with added brown note) and From Light to Sound (good mix of restraint and onslaught , love the name), but 50ft Panda were standout awesome, I need to go see them more often :-)

I wasn't really getting into Action Beat, but I think they were all ill and only played a short set, so maybe worth another look some time...

Anyway, make sure you get to The Jericho Tavern on the 15th for the main event! (Witches are on around 6pm.)

Laters,
Dave B.

Audioscope and Shelter

It's confirmed - we'll be playing at Audioscope this year, which is excellent news. Last year was amazing; we played alongside some truly incredible bands. Most noteworthy would have to be Sh*t and Shine, who are frankly indescribable, but with their six drummers created one of the most dynamic live performances I've ever seen.

This year's lineup looks equally exciting. As always, Stuart and Simon (principle organisers) have put together a lineup of bands that, on the most part, I've never heard of (which is part of the fun I think), however a few familiar favourites have also made their way onto the bill. I'm particularly happy that The Workhouse are playing - I love this band and everything they do. They played at our launch last year, and it was breathtaking.

It's good to be involved in Audioscope, since it allows us to continue to help Audioscope raise funds for Shelter, a charity we've been involved with for some time now, since our performance for Audioscope last year. Since then we released the Shelter-fundraising Live and Undead video and we held a special fundraiser gig at The Wheatsheaf with the help of Ivy's Itch and Fee Fi Fo Fum.

The work of Shelter is nothing less than essential. When you walk around Oxford you are constantly faced with the issues of homelessness and bad housing, and as such it is hard to imagine a more deserving charity than one that tackles these crucial issues.

Witches continue to wholeheartedly support the work of this very important charity, and those Audioscope boys, and hope that as many of you as possible will come along to Audioscope this year to help make it the most successful one yet!

Some basic info: there are two events this year. We're playing at the second event, which will take place on Saturday 15th November in The Jericho Tavern. The lineup includes Kid606, Boxcutter, That F*cking Tank, The Oscillation, Soeza, Witches, Hey Colossus, The Workhouse, You Animals and
Sunnyvale Noise Sub-Element. Tickets here.

The first event takes place at The Regal on Monday 10th November, and features Don Caballero, Hreda and Secondsmile. Tickets here.

For more information see our gigs page. See you there!

-Dave G

Witches, Ivy's Itch and Fee Fi Fo Fum raise £130 for Shelter

We're dead happy with the outcome of our Shelter fundraiser gig last Saturday (17th May), which was organised in association with Audioscope. Between us, Ivy's Itch and Fee Fi Fo Fum we raised an impressive £130 for Shelter. Thanks to all the bands, and to everyone who came along and parted with their hard-earned cash. Give yourselves a big pat on the back.

Cheers

Witches

Shelter fundraiser - May 17th

As part of our ongoing relationship with housing charity Shelter,we're organising a fundraising gig at The Wheatsheaf, Oxford on Sat 17th May. We're particularly proud to have Ivy's Itch and Fee Fi Fo Fum join us on the bill, and want to encourage as many people to come along and support a cause that we continue to feel very passionately about.

We're running the gig with Audioscope, who last year raised an impressive £1,200 for Shelter at a one-day festival at the Carling Academy. All profits from the gig (we have very few overheads) will go direct to Shelter. Advance tickets: £5 incl. booking fee from WeGotTickets.

Cool night

Audioscope was great last night :-) Practically every act was a highlight, and playing our set on a decent sized stage was particularly nice.

And of course, hopefully it raised a good amount for Shelter as well. Well done to the Audioscope team for putting all togther!

Here's a few pics

Audioscope

We're proud to be joining a fantastic lineup of band playing at this year's Audioscope festival, to be held at the Oxford Carling Academy on Saturday 10th November.

Kraut-rock legends Michael Rother and Dieter Mobius will be headlining this year's festival, which raises money for homeless charity Shelter. Also appearing will be Clark, The Sea and Cake, Shit and Shine, Rothko, Einstellung and Sunnyvale Noise Sub-Element.

Tickets are available from We Got Tickets, visit the Audioscope website for more info.

Debut LP Heart of Stone out now!

Witches are proud to release their debut album Heart of Stone, which is now available on Amazon and iTunes. We'll also be selling the album at Truck and Audioscope, so pick up a copy whilst you're there.

Audioscope 2007

We're proud to be joining a fantastic lineup of band playing at this year's Audioscope festival, to be held at the Oxford Carling Academy on Saturday 10th November.

Kraut-rock legends Michael Rother and Dieter Mobius will be headlining this year's festival, which raises money for homeless charity Shelter. Also appearing will be Dalek, The Sea and Cake, Shit and Shine, Rothko, Einstellung and Sunnyvale Noise Sub-Element.

Tickets will be on sale soon - keep an eye on the Audioscope website for more info.