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This year Truck will be partnering with BBC Oxford Introducing showcasing some of the best bands Oxford has to offer. Truck has always been at the centre of home grown talent and we are pleased to announce a roster of cutting edge rising stars. BBC Introducing is a nationwide initiative that aims to propel young

First, something about fathers. Sometimes the children of famous musicians shy away from the family name - Zowie Bowie shunned music, went by his real name of Duncan Jones, and made films about the loneliness of space. Loudon Wainwright IIIrd’s children clattered head-on into their heritage, writing songs about bloody mother-f***ing assholes. Rufus and Martha,

When writing this, I looked to see if we had any previous text to adapt from Johnny Flynn’s previous performances at Truck, as he’d clearly played at the festival before, hadn’t he? Maybe in 2005? Somehow, however, it turned out that we’ve never managed to bring him to Truck, so it gives us great pleasure

We are beyond excited to welcome a member of inarguable the biggest band to come from Oxford at our humble Festival. Phil Selway is obviously most well-known from his time in Radiohead, (formerly On A Friday, Curfew fans!) but his debut LP Familial has certainly set right any misperceptions that Radiohead rely 0n any one member for

You may or may not have heard about the amazing latest additions to our already golden line-up, so we’re telling you now! Joining the likes of Gruff Rhys, Bellowhead, Graham Coxon, Saint Etienne, John Grant, Truck All-Stars, Philip Selway, Edwyn Collins, The Go! Team, Johnny Flynn and many more will be… Young Knives, Liam Finn,

Edwyn Collins was at the forefront of the early ’80s indie scene with bands like the Nu-Sonicds and Orange Juice (‘Rip It Up And Start Again’, Simon Reynold’s history of the post-punk movement, took it’s name from Orange Juice’s biggest hit). After that came the worldwide genuine mega-hit ‘Girl Like You’. An Ivor Novello award

One of the most unique, exciting and bizarre bands out there, the story of who and what The Go! Team could take up scrolls of writing in itself. A potted history, then: There are two different Go! Teams. In 2004, Ian Parton sat in a bedroom and used all sorts of musical bits and pieces

John Grant hadn’t been having a good time. He was working as a waiter in New York, living and drinking in a rough neighbourhood, and playing a few shows on the side after The Czars had split. He’d basically given up on music, on the life that he’d pursued for years with critical success, but

  Clash Music will welcome Heavenly Records as curators of their stage, as the label brings a diverse mix of music, ranging from folk at one end, through to straight-up dance music legends at the other. Saint Etienne almost personify this range. Initially formed by suburban London teenagers Bob Stanley and Pete Wiggs in the

Some purists claim that even the best indie-rock guitarists aren’t fit to carry the strings of a second-rate metal guitarist. Maybe so, but the same cannot be said of Graham Coxon. He is not only one of the best guitarists around, but part of the rich history which has shaped modern British music. Blur have