A retro paper-only '90s indie zine, looking deeper into the Baggy, Shoegaze and Britpop scenes.
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We've loved The Popguns since their first releases at the tail end of the '80s and continue to adore their canon through this year's Popism EP.
We are thrilled that they'll join us for IWD Fest in March. This will be a very special day.
Tickets here - wegottickets.com/event/601548
In March Miki Berenyi joins us at IWD Fest to discuss her memoir ‘Fingers Crossed’. This was such a highlight for us at Shiiine On this year, so funny and engaging!
There may also be an extra treat in store for those that come along…
Tickets here - wegottickets.com/event/601548
Last year the full Speakeasy team had a rare night out together and went to see Desperate Journalist. We were mesmerised.
They told us they had plans and boy did they: traveling the country on the Suede tour this year.
We’re delighted they form part of our IWD Fest line up.
Tickets are £20+booking: wegottickets.com/event/601548
In 2021 Nadia Sheikh opened our first ever festival: one woman, one guitar, and a truly mesmerised audience.
We’re so excited for her return to our stage for IWD Fest in March, this time with her full band to perform her powerfully emotional songs.
In 2023, less than 20% of UK festivals had women-fronted headliners.
To mark International Women’s Day, we are delighted to collaborate with LOUD WOMEN to bring you this amazing lineup with all profits to going to SAASS Buckinghamshire and Milton Keynes.
Tickets are £20+booking: https://www.wegottickets.com/event/601548
On Saturday 09 March 2024, the day after International Women’s Day, Speakeasy and LOUD WOMEN have joined together to bring you a day of indie goodness showcasing talented bands/artists with women at their heart: The IWD Fest. Based on statistical evidence, women dominate the music scene; they outnumber men as musical artists and they consistently top the charts, but this data doesn’t seem to translate to the main stage – fewer than 20% of headline acts at UK festivals in 2023 were female-fronted.
The IWD Fest is not only a fantastic showcase for talented artists, but it shall also serve to generate well-needed funds and publicity for SAASSBMK (Sexual Assault and Abuse Support Service Buckinghamshire & Milton Keynes - www.saassbmk.org.uk). SAASSBMK are a women-led charitable incorporated organisation serving those in Buckinghamshire and Milton Keynes whose lives have been affected by r**e, sexual assault, and abuse. Their primary aim is to provide support, information, advice, and guidance to victims and survivors, empowering and enabling them to work with the trauma and suffering caused to them and their loved ones by sexual assault and abuse, including non-recent and childhood sexual abuse. All profit generated from this show will be donated to the charity.
Lineup
Formed in the late ‘80s, The Popguns are a magnificent indie band from Brighton. The band, perhaps most well known for their 1989 top 20 hit ‘Waiting for the Winter’, continue to release fantastic music, as demonstrated by their latest EP, 2023's Popism.
Post-punkers Desperate Journalist have been releasing wonderful, melodramatic, and haunting cinematic sounds since their debut LP in 2014, blending elements of likes of The Cure, Savages, and Joy Division. Always receiving rave reviews for their live performances, Desperate Journalist recently completed a successful tour supporting Britpop pioneers Suede.
Formerly of Lush and currently in both Piroshka and her own eponymous trio, Miki Berenyi will be joining us in conversation, discussing her recent autobiography and her time in the music industry.
Da Googie is the solo project of My Bloody Valentine bassist Debbie Googe, who will be performing tunes from this exciting and experimental new project.
ARXX characterize themselves as “if Taylor Swift had only listened to Nirvana.” We think this description perfectly describes their special sound. With songs like ‘Ride Or Die’, this two-piece are going places.
Fräulein are a Northern Irish/Dutch duo who intertwine their early nineties grunge and PJ Harvey influences to create a thunderous racket. Having recently toured with The Mysterines and English Teacher, wider success is just around the corner for these two.
Charley Stone with the Actual Band join the bill with a deep CV. Charley was in ‘90s bands Gay Dad, Salad, and Sleeper, among numerous other projects including Desperate Journalist, who she will also be playing with today. Charley is an extraordinary entertainer and with her mesmeric guitar skills and beautiful voice, she is sure to delight and enthrall.
Nadia Sheikh back at Bucks Student Union after her brilliant solo acoustic show at Speakeasy Volume One. This time around, however, she returns with a full band, new music, and rides in off a successful tour of Spain.
Hurtling’s sound is drowned in glorious guitar tones and noisy bass lines all underpinned by driving drums. Taking inspiration from bands such as The Breeders, Throwing Muses, and Sebadoh, Hurtling use those ingredients to cook up their own unique sonic recipe.
Laura Jayne is a singer-songwriter from the north-east of England. Laura has a stunning voice that sits on top of indie rock instrumentation, with plenty of pop thrown in for good measure.
I, Doris are feminist post-punk delivered with a fun DIY attitude and heaps of humour - a fantastic and entertaining live band that leaves an indelible mark on your memory.
Former Echobelly, Curve, and Nightnurse guitarist Debbie Smith will keep the party going with a DJ set of classic tunes to close out the festivities.
TOMORROW NIGHT, Friday, 16 June: three ace bands - The Institutes, The Kynd, and SIRACUSE live at one classic venue - The Jericho Tavern in Oxford. One last day for discounted pre-sale tickets:
wegottickets.com/event/573710/
Danny Tipping Tristan Tipping Fin Kenny Reid Currie Goldstein United Management Oxford Mail JACKfm Oxfordshire Cris Bowden Jeremy P. Goldstein Rock//Paper//Scissors
Still a few tickets going for this Fridays Speakeasy Fanzine event at Oxford Jericho where we will be supporting The Institutes and The Kynd.
Link below
https://www.wegottickets.com/event/573710/
IN TWO MERE DAYS, on Friday, 16 June: The Institutes, The Kynd, SIRACUSE share the stage for one night at the iconic The Jericho Tavern in Oxford. Grab pre-sale tickets while they’re still discounted:
wegottickets.com/event/573710/
Cris Bowden Goldstein United Management Jeremy P. Goldstein Danny Tipping Tristan Tipping Fin Kenny Reid Currie JACKfm Oxfordshire
Only two nights left to go until we hold our first live music event in Oxford.
We would absolutely love to see you there, three fantastic bands delivering energy-filled sets for your listening pleasure. Just £10 for an advance ticket.
Grab yours here -https://www.wegottickets.com/event/573710/
The Kynd The Jericho Tavern The Institutes SIRACUSE Danny Tipping Tristan Tipping Fin Kenny Cris Bowden Reid Currie Goldstein United Management Jeremy P. Goldstein
This Friday, 16 June - an ace triple bill at the historic The Jericho Tavern in Oxford: The Institutes, The Kynd, and SIRACUSE gigging together for just the one night. Discounted pre-sale tix here: wegottickets.com/event/573710/
Danny Tipping Tristan Tipping Fin Kenny Reid Currie Cris Bowden Jeremy P. Goldstein Goldstein United Management Oxford Mail JACKfm Oxfordshire
Just under two weeks to go for what promises to be one hell of a night of music in Oxford.
Three amazing bands in one iconic venue.
Discounted pre-sale tickets just £10 here - wegottickets.com/event/573710/
The Jericho Tavern The Institutes SIRACUSE The Kynd Danny Tipping Jeremy P. Goldstein
On Friday 16 June Speakeasy Fanzine bring you a fantastic night of indie music at the The Jericho Tavern. For only £10 you get to see The Institutes, The Kynd, and SIRACUSE. It’s pay day for most this week, so time to grab your tickets and join us.
wegottickets.com/event/573710/
Jeremy P. Goldstein Cris Bowden Danny Tipping Tristan Tipping Fin Kenny Oxford Mail
We’re so chuffed with this lineup - three fantastic bands one night only.
16 June The Jericho Tavern in Oxford: The Institutes, The Kynd, SIRACUSE.
Tickets just £10+booking - wegottickets.com/event/573710
*Flashback Friday*
All the way back in October 2020, we had an enjoyable interview with the fantastic Mathew Priest of Dodgy.
Here he talks about recording in the studio next to The Stone Roses.
The band are touring from next month. Tickets here - ticketmaster.co.uk/dodgy-tickets/…
We are looking forward to hosting a brilliant night of indie music at The Jericho Tavern. For £10 you can watch The Institutes, The Kynd and SIRACUSE perform at this iconic Oxford venue. Grab your tickets now, it’s not to be missed.
https://www.wegottickets.com/event/573710/
Jeremy P. Goldstein Cris Bowden
This band are brilliant. If you don’t know them you should! Have a listen and thank us later.
‘Forever’ our debut album is officially back out there on re-release and we’re chuffed to bits with the response on it over the weekend. Thankyou to everyone that has streamed it and downloaded, every listen is important to us
Our next single is just around the corner….🌊
Hey gang! 👋
For those who like to be organised on these types of things...
Two more definite dates in 2023 for you. Not to be missed - more information to come.
On Friday 16 June, Speakeasy are proud to bring you an evening of indie goodness. Opening the night are Cheltenham's SIRACUSE, purveyors of big beat indie psychedelia, drenched in reverb, with driving bass lines and distorted guitars. While reminiscent of Kasabian, The Music, early Oasis, Verve, and...
Issue 22 is packed FULL of top quality content.
Reviews, interviews, POVs. Our top albums of 2022. The Britpop Book Club and so much more.
All this for just £2+p&p.
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We’re so proud of this lineup - three fantastic bands together for one night only.
Saturday 16 June at the The Jericho Tavern in Oxford: The Institutes, The Kynd, and SIRACUSE
Tickets just £10+booking - wegottickets.com/event/573710
Pinching ourselves! On March 15th we support The K's at The Fleece, Bristol, with Twin City. Tickets are running low, en route to a sellout so if you’re Bristol-bound, no time to hesitate. March heralding springtime plus gigs galore. ☀️
🎫 : https://www.ticketweb.uk/event/the-ks-the-fleece-tickets/12759835?REFERRAL_ID=tmfeed
As society moves forward further away from pandemic, more and more of us have found we are returning to our busy pre-pandemic schedules and this is true of our readers and contributors as much as ourselves. We have seen a reduction in subscribers and a continued increase in the costs associated with producing a paper zine - which has now made our current model untenable; but we do not wish to raise our prices or reduce our frequency any further.
With all this being said we have agreed that we need to take a hiatus. We now know that Speakeasy needs to evolve or perish and we are very much in favour of the former. As a team we are going to take some time to map out our future, we want to broaden our brand. Although we are still passionate about bringing you great content we want to offer something new too.
Issue 22 will be our last for now and we will be back in late spring, we very much hope you will be with us for our return. If you are a subscriber, we will email you shortly to talk about what will happen for you personally in regard to your subscription and the payments you have made.
You may have noticed part of our new direction this week as we have recently announced a live show at the Jericho Tavern on Friday 16 June featuring The Institutes, The Kynd, and SIRACUSE. Grab your tickets now for only £10.
As always thank you for your continued support of Speakeasy.
Issue 22 - https://speakeasyfanzine.bigcartel.com/product/speakeasy-issue-22-release-date-february-2023
Gig tickets - https://www.wegottickets.com/event/573710/
Featuring interviews with Ian Broudie (Lightning Seeds), Mat Flint (Revolver), Danny Tipping (The Kynd) plus pieces on Skunk Anansie, Shed Seven,...
Fresh off the announcement of our zine-curated 16 June Oxford live show, Issue 22 of Speakeasy's on sale now. Soon you’ll be able to read pieces on Ian Broudie and the Lightning Seeds, Revolver, Skunk Anansie, The Kynd, Fretblanket, Dark Star, Shed Seven & more. Just £2 +p&p:
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On Friday 16 June, Speakeasy are proud to bring you an evening of live indie goodness in Oxford. The Institutes, The Kynd, and SIRACUSE will be joining us at the legendary The Jericho Tavern.
Tickets on sale now for £10 plus booking fee.
https://www.wegottickets.com/event/573710
Exciting news coming Monday 9.00AM…
Due to illness and a family bereavement we are unfortunately unable to release issue 22 of Speakeasy in January as planned.
Rest assured, you will have it in February.
We apologise for the inconvenience and look forward to getting the next issue into your hands.
Hi folks, we need to let you know that Issue 22 has been delayed for release until January ‘23.
This has been impacted by a number of issues in recent weeks and we’re truly sorry this has led to a disruption to our service.
Please let us know if you have any questions.
Your Speakeasy Team
Issue 21 of Speakeasy Fanzine is available NOW!
At only £2 (plus p&p) for 48 pages of ‘90s indie goodness.
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In his Issue 21 Going For Gold column, Jeremy P. Goldstein writes on Gene drummer Matt James' debut solo album, 𝘉𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘍𝘢𝘭𝘭, and the latest from WOOZE, 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘔𝘢𝘨𝘯𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘌𝘭𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 EP.
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You can read ’s review of Inspiral Carpets 1992 album 𝘙𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘦 𝘖𝘧 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘎𝘰𝘭𝘥𝘧𝘪𝘴𝘩 in Issue 21 of .
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The multi-talented Will Potter of CUD spoke to us for Issue 21 of Speakeasy.
We talk early music memories, career, writing, and his passion for illustration,
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This month we attended LOUD WOMEN 2022 festival.
We had an incredible experience and Issue 21 features a chat with the festival's creator, Cassie Fox regarding the Loud Women initiative plus our full review of the weekend.
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🚨 Issue 21 out now 🚨
In our brand new issue of we were absolutely delighted to interview DJ, TV presenter, zine creator, and all-round music legend Gary Crowley.
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One of the Speakeasy team is on holiday and picked up all 70 of these records in one shop. If you could only choose five to keep, what would they be?
Jeremy P. Goldstein Cris Bowden
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We are also quite grateful to have received a shout out regarding Issue 22 of the fanzine from John Kennedy last night on his Xposure show on Radio X. See what all the fuss is about - just £2 plus p&p: speakeasyfanzine.bigcartel.com
Huge congratulations to The Kynd on a stellar, sold out album launch Thursday night at 93 Feet East. Friday, June 16 should be ace as we bring them to the The Jericho Tavern alongside The Institutes and SIRACUSE for one night only. £10 tickets here: wegottickets.com/event/573710
PRESAVE The Institutes’s remixed ‘Inside Out’ which has been further reimagined with added strings. Released Friday 10 March across all platforms. Go to lnk.to/theinstitutes to follow, presave, and purchase tickets to their tour including our show at the The Jericho Tavern.
Join us at Speakeasy Festival Vol. 2 on the 17 & 18 September to see Tom Hingley of Inspiral Carpets play our Sunday acoustic stage as part of our two-day 17-act bonanza! Full weekend ticket £35 here - eventbrite.com/e/259337173467 Jeremy P. Goldstein Bucks Students' Union Cris Bowden
We are absolutely thrilled to have The Primitives headlining Speakeasy Vol. 2. Catch them as well as 16 other fantastic acts on the weekend of the 17 and 18 September, as part of our two-day festival. Just £35 a ticket, here - https://www.eventbrite.com/e/259337173467 Jeremy P. Goldstein Cris Bowden Safe Gigs for Women
🚨Previously unreleased🚨 M.J. McCarthy Jr. will be performing a set at Speakeasy Festival Vol. 2 including some beautiful, previously unreleased Perfume songs. We really can’t wait for this, will you be there too? Tickets - eventbrite.com/e/259337173467 Video - @SartreAndSartre
The moment Julia Violinsta joined The Kynd on stage. We loved every second of it!
A big hello to all of our friends, new and old. Hope you're all well. Just a reminder that issue two of our zine is still available for £1 plus p&p https://speakeasyfanzine.bigcartel.com/product/speakeasy-issue-2 As a way of introductions we'd love you to comment with your favourite song of the baggy, shoegaze or Britpop era.
What's your favourite band T-Shurt?
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