Good game, good game

Thanks to all who came to our gigs in Brixton and Oxford last weekend, which I think were our best so far - in no small part thanks to having a people interested and creating a good vibe. Lots of fun all over :-)

Special thanks to Joe who did all the driving on Friday, only to be rewarded with a puncture when we got to Oxford :-(

Witches nominated for 2008 Indy Award

We're in the Best Alternative category. If we get enough votes we get through to the finals in London. Please vote for us! Here's how to do it:

1. Go to the voting page
2. Under 'Witches' click 'Vote'
3. Submit your email address.
4. Click 'Submit'
5. Check your email for the confirmation link
6. Click the link and you're done

Thanks for your help!

Gig calendar

I've been a bit quiet on the blog of late as, being band webmonkey, I've been busy revamping the gig listings on the website.

Ignoring the behind-the-scenes stuff, we now have links to Google maps for each venue, and an Upcoming gigs calendar - subscribe for notification of our next gigs directly into your calendar program (if it supports iCal).

There's more stuff possible, but that'll have to wait as we're starting to write some new songs to follow the album :-)

Witches in London and Oxford

We'll be returning to the wonderful Windmill in Brixton on Friday 15th February playing alongside Danny and the Champions of the World and many others. There's a cheese auction too. It's Valentine's weekend so we're going to be extra romantic :)

We'll be back on home turf the day after, headlining Big Hair @ The Cellar on Saturday 16th February, with excellent support from Brother Francisco, All Our Good Friends and Cat Matador. This will be our biggest headline to date, so keep some space in your diaries!

Equitruck and Beard Museum

Happy new year from Witches! We're looking forward to playing some cracking gigs this year, starting with Equitruck, an all-day event held at the Jericho Tavern on Saturday 12th January 2008 from 1pm. A whole load of excellent bands are playing - for full listings visit their Myspace.

Following on from this, we'll be playing our debut gig for the Beard Museum at the Purple Turtle on Sunday 27th January 2008. Well done to the Beard Museum boys for booking excellent support from the likes of Semaphore - those who like Witches will like these guys too. Also playing are Sam Beer and Liam Ing-Reeves.

This is going to be an exciting year for Witches - we're starting to play more regularly in London in advance of the release of our debut single later this year, and we'll be writing and recording a new album throughout the course of 2008, to be released next year. This will mean lots of new songs at Witches gigs in Oxford and beyond. See you all soon!

Witches get Christmassy

Come and join us at the Jericho Tavern on Saturday 8th December for our final gig of the year. Hosted by The Coo Coo Club, we'll be supported by the excellent 50FT Panda and, from London, Eddie Halliday.

Main support 50FT Panda should need no introduction here in Oxford - as Nightshift recently stated, it's all about the riffs. These guys are fantastic. We met opener Eddie Halliday at our recent Windmill gig where we were greatly impressed by his Elliot Smith-inspired songwriting. Expect great things.

Tickets are £5 in advance, or £6 on the door. Advanced tickets are available from We Got Tickets. Come and celebrate the end of a fantastic year for Witches. Hope to see you there!

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