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This week on the BBC Introducing in Oxfordshire and Berkshire podcast, Dave meets new-wave folk-rock band Sweet Giant to hear about their debut album, SHOW TEETH. Plus, hear about Reading's DIY label Hot Earth Records, and Alex catches up with Rose Rey to review Down at the Abbey - an independent festival held in Reading Abbey Ruins! Here's this week's track list: • South Arcade - F.A.M.O.U.S Willie J Healey - S'all Good Camille Baziadoly and The Filthy Honey - A Bath For You Jess Tuthill - Play On NI.KITA - Miles From My Soul Wiiince - Living With Love Pt. 1 Jerome Price - Make It Through Poppy - Empathy Magma - Notorious D.N.D  Bertie - Nobody New Sweet Giant - People My First Time - Every Version Of You Tummyache - Porcelain Dish Brook Ellingworth - Table For Two Stuart Clark - Like a Ghost shanelle - distance Denzil Grenade - Chill & MYB Rose Rey - Last Call Lover Stephen Caulfield - Subglacial Lake  Juliet Brown - Don't Go Thinking Ralfe Band - Pale Fire Elena Piras - Baloo Balilli • If you're making music in Oxfordshire and Berkshire, send us your tunes with the BBC Introducing Uploader: https://www.bbc.co.uk/introducing/uploader

This week on the BBC Introducing in Oxfordshire and Berkshire podcast, Dave speaks to Reading duo Lost Velvet about their debut album Dark Cells. Here's this week's track list: • Joely June - Stronger Man White Label - Don't Say Goodbye Orchid - Elevator Eternal Tommy Lyon - Hotel Room (feat SVEA) Tilly Valentine - Taxi Ride BLISSFOOL - waterfool (feat. Jake St Ange) Ella McRobb - My Baby Can't Look Me In The Eye (demo) BEANIE & SHOSH - Villain Ivy Marcia - Movie Reel Slade gambit - Tango Harriet Rock - Run with the Devil Naked Brunch - Milky Eyes Jdeezy - Mrs beautiful Lost Velvet - 2003 Lost Velvet - Right Back Blockade - Pull Tyler Lewis - Yesterday Rose Rey - Baddest Habit Joshua Idehen - All You Can Do Is Try A Better Life - Under The Setting Sun (feat. Holly Taymar) Jools - WHEREVER I GO, THERE I AM Roseanna - Yes 9oetic 6ustic3 - I want Spinner Fall - While They Sleep f:sv - Advocacy (feat. kiNOTES) Dom James Jr. - High Sensory Overload • If you're making music in Oxfordshire and Berkshire, send us your tunes with the BBC Introducing Uploader: https://www.bbc.co.uk/introducing/uploader

This week on the BBC Introducing in Oxfordshire and Berkshire podcast, Dave's joined by composer Hugh Holbech to hear about his album Narrowing Winter. Lauren catches up with electropop duo Max and Harvey, and we also hear from Jaz Imsky and The HorMones, and look back on Reading Festival. Here's this week's track list: • rhys from the sticks - Coming Home Big Fear - Tide Of The Evening Joe Bray - Eternal Jennifer Lourea - Earth Breaks Into Song Conor McLain - Safe Haven KVG - Pensive Max and Harvey - Fractured Richard Neuberg - The Fever Glass Bridges - Wish Hugh Holbech - To Oxford Again Lotrax - Give Me Some Luv (Bumpin Mix) ace clvrk - I’m Fine May Kolta - Her Holly Humberstone - Cruel World Finessa - Dash MOTHER - MOTIONS JAZ IMSKY - SUPREME ARRAY The HorMones - Dirty Moonrakers - Green to Gold • If you're making music in Oxfordshire and Berkshire, send us your tunes with the BBC Introducing Uploader: https://www.bbc.co.uk/introducing/uploader

This week on the BBC Introducing in Oxfordshire & Berkshire podcast, Dave meets Maya from Swedish/Oxford indie band Monkeys With Internet to hear about her 100 songs project and debut EP Monkey Manifesto. Plus, Gavin Lombos - founder of Readipop's Yard Party - tells Alex about launching their new space with live music and studio tours. Here's this week's track list: • Baby Maker - Big I Am Remember Monday - Attention Mount St. Helen - Parusia Hannah Jane Lewis - Hey Babe! We're Getting Married! PLAIINS - Look Ma, I'm A Don Emmeline - Beetle Drive Nick Magenta - How To Be Happy Marla Kether - All That We Have (feat. Sofia Grant) Monkeys with Internet - Wear My Wolf Girl Like That - cuppa Pandar & Faro - Destination Mystery (feat. Goldbar) JAZ IMSKY - MANDELBROT Hazel - The Tide Mackenzie - Raining On My Own Parade Best Boy Electric - Reactor THE THERMS - SYNCO-PATOR Lewis Bolland - Waltz Romantique Emily Nash - Frequency South Arcade - stone cold summer [Live at TRNSMT 2026] Ulysses Wells - Snap Like a Cracker Short Notice Jazz - 7pm The Mighty Redox - Stronger Love Is • If you're making music in Oxfordshire and Berkshire, send us your tunes with the BBC Introducing Uploader: https://www.bbc.co.uk/introducing/uploader

This week on the BBC Introducing in Oxfordshire & Berkshire podcast - making a mix of indie-pop, dream pop, and self-produced bedroom pop, Dave introduces you to Reuben Medlin! Plus, Alex catches up with ex-Reading Uni SU President Tiam Koravand to hear about the challenges facing student musicians and promoters. Here's this week's track list: • You Talk Too Much - Big Thing Maddie Ashman - Amber Dani Sylvia - Back To The Water Henry Grace - Things Sebastian Reynolds - Final Push (2026 Edit) Allegra - Romantic Abbie Ozard - Tyrant [tipped by Jordan Blyth at BBC Radio 1 Rock] Waves Rush In - Walkie No Talkie he didnt - Death to self Lost Velvet - 2003 916 - Rider (feat. YAS VW and Nikz & Booda) Michy Tree - Bones Reuben Medlin - Getting Me Going Victoria Jane - Holding Me Back [tipped by Jess Iszatt at BBC Radio 1] David Caswell - Aqualung Liza Xenia - Socially Awkward Extrovert Lee Switzer-Woolf - Lights Over Whiteknights Flourish - keep me sweet [tipped by Jaguar at BBC Radio 1 Dance] Narcova - Sonder Chima Anya - Sprinkling Hot Jaw - Sentimentality Bovine Boy - Shinkansen (agentCopy Remix) Beth Zero - Revenant • If you're making music in Oxfordshire and Berkshire, send us your tunes with the BBC Introducing Uploader: https://www.bbc.co.uk/introducing/uploader Photo: Lauren Skinner @laurenscaptures_

This week on the BBC Introducing in Oxfordshire & Berkshire podcast, Dave catches up with The Amazons to get the lowdown on the deluxe edition of their album 21st Century Fiction. Plus, Alex previews Reading Festival. Here's this week's track list: • Nick Magenta - Underachiever Young Knives - Everything's a PsyOp. Mazawattee - Lonely with You The Warriner Brothers - Love is the Enemy Isabella Richardson - Body Count DEE (UK) - Be Mine x Honey Grace B - Got It All kenzo jae - end of the world [tipped by Jess Iszatt at BBC Radio 1] Cheap Petrol - Great Expectations Still Pigeon - Odd Sock Headphones Wasp - Positive Veto The Amazons - One Hot July The Amazons - Blood on the Bone Little Red - The Silence Chester C - Finding Ourself Within sap green & Dolly Doo - Almost There Talk In Code - Illogical  DJ YUKI - The Baddest [tipped by Jaguar at BBC Radio 1 Dance] fliss - evil genius The Liaisons - Story of a Sorry Man Lisa Kahn - Echoes Ruled By Raptors - Algebra (Im on a Rage) [tipped by Jordan Blyth at BBC Radio 1 Rock] Natural Right - Angela (went and stole the moon) • If you're making music in Oxfordshire and Berkshire, send us your tunes with the BBC Introducing Uploader: https://www.bbc.co.uk/introducing/uploader Photo: Lauren Skinner @laurenscaptures_

This week on the BBC Introducing in Oxfordshire & Berkshire podcast, Dave introduces you to experimental indie duo Richard Lewis. Plus, Oli Steadman from Stornoway tells us about their newly announced album launch at Oxford's Sheldonian Theatre... and how YOU can volunteer to be part of their choir. And, Alex West catches up with Pete Wheeler to preview this year's Readipop Yard Party! Here's this week's track list: • Gigi Wilde - driving SISTRA - Daffodils Danny Wright - What's Left To Give? Ramnik - You (feat. Bal-T) frances willow - drive it home Stornoway - Zorbing (Radio 2 Sofa Session) Deyah - Drama (feat. Scorcher) Mona Yim - Nevermind [tipped by Jaguar at BBC Radio 1 Dance] Niki Kini - Weatherman Aggy - Are You Ready? Molly Brown - Another Man In This Generation MIÉTTE. - the rhythm. Meli Foster-Turner - Keeping score Elmiene - Why (Spare Me Tears) Richard Lewis - Levi Strauss Frozemode - viva.la.rock [tipped by Alyx Holcombe at BBC Radio 1 Rock] Asher Dust - Ranglin Roots Jessica B - Patience Puma Theory - Sobering Lights Kenei B - U Deyah Far From The City - Anyone Aruna - never enough Gregory Jones - If Not For You • If you're making music in Oxfordshire and Berkshire, send us your tunes with the BBC Introducing Uploader: https://www.bbc.co.uk/introducing/uploader

This week on the BBC Introducing in Oxfordshire and Berkshire podcast, hear backstage interviews and live music from our BBC Introducing stage at TRUCK. Including: INDIYA, Bear Trap, Frannie B, Suspire, Josephine Illingworth, Mount St. Helen, Abi Farrell, Mazawattee, Tino, Kanadia, Getdown Services, Barricane, Danny Mellin and more! Here's this week's track list: • The Dreaming Spires - 21st Century Light Industrial Adult DVD - Do Something Danny Mellin - Tagliatelle Josephine Illingworth - Black Rabbit (Live at Truck 2026) Premium Leisure - Water Pistol Mazawattee - Animals (Live at Truck 2026) Westside Cowboy - I've Never Met Anyone I Thought I Could Really Love (Until I Met You) Abi Farrell - To Be Happy (Live at Truck 2026) Getdown Services - The Radiator (live on Later... with Jools Holland) Tino - No Boy No Girl (Live at Truck 2026) Willie J Healey - Ditch [tipped by Jess Iszatt at BBC Radio 1] Kanadia - Where's Your Friends / Wild (Live at Truck 2026) Mr Fogg - Close to the Surface Frannie B - Got a Feeling (Live at Truck 2026) SLAG - Face Off Mount St. Helen - Zurich (Live at Truck 2026) Barricane - Moon CMAT - Stay For Something • If you're making music in Oxfordshire and Berkshire, send us your tunes with the BBC Introducing Uploader: https://www.bbc.co.uk/introducing/uploader

This week on the BBC Introducing in Oxfordshire & Berkshire podcast: blending jazz, R&B, and pop - Dave introduces you Mac Adams ahead of releasing his new single GOLF. Plus hear what Lauren got up to at the Rusty Bicycle Street Party in East Oxford, and Alex is live at Truck as the festival gets underway! Here's this week's track list: • V.I.C - Best in the World Frannie B - So High rennie - Travelator Sundaughter - Silver Park Motive - Buried Folly Oh Yes - Out In The Sun Oscar Scannell - DO 4 YOU Go Leema - Rattled mustbejohn - Get The Time Back [tipped by Jess Iszatt at BBC Radio 1] i4M2 - Lear Jet Charis - Shadow Pulse Mac Adams - GOLF Yxng Dave - LOCO Kiimi - Taste [tipped by Jaguar at BBC Radio 1 Dance] FAWLERS - in the sun Lizzie Esau - Day in the life The High Life - Honey JuuL - Like I Do Forever Autumn - LET ME GO [tipped by Alex Holcombe at BBC Radio 1 Rock] ruth gitau - ugly Sparky Bosque - Still Living Here • If you're making music in Oxfordshire and Berkshire, send us your tunes with the BBC Introducing Uploader: https://www.bbc.co.uk/introducing/uploader

This week on the BBC Introducing in Oxfordshire & Berkshire podcast, blending cinematic pop, warm emotive vocals with sharp lyricism, Dave meets al coffey! Plus, celebrating Oxford's music scene in the 90s and beyond - hear about Sounds of the City at the Museum of Oxford, Alex previews our excellent line up at TRUCK, and we take a deep dive into one musicians journey with BBC Introducing, this week Lauren Loves... SISTRA. Here's this week's track list: • Willie J Healey - Ditch The Samurai Seven - Duck and Cover Wiiince - Seagull Season (Cool Summer) Genevieve Miles - cinnamon Civil Villains - Canvas Stretcher The Pink Diamond Revue - She Is Kloyd - Far From Us Mia Mirch - If I Had My Way Lost Velvet - Right Back Adam Reds - Out of Love Harrison - Lonely Road HENKA - Sukeban al coffey - nice meeting you, again 4BEL - Miami Heat Jody and the Jerms - Some Day Wolf Cutt - STARSEED Veridian - The Other Side SISTRA - In Two Nicole Allan - Put 'Em Up Eds - Late Night Josephine Illingworth - The Mythical Toby Sebastian - Oona Cheap Suits - Come To Mine Erin Snape - Happy • If you're making music in Oxfordshire and Berkshire, send us your tunes with the BBC Introducing Uploader: https://www.bbc.co.uk/introducing/uploader

This week on the BBC Introducing in Oxfordshire & Berkshire podcast, Dave introduces you to indie pop singer Lydia Shute - to hear about her new single DOWN WE GO. Plus, Alex catches up with Oscar Dunbar, and Lauren has everything you need to know about avant-pop artist and composer, Maddie Ashman. Here's this week's track list: • Mandrake Handshake - En Vol Mr Speed - Sweet Sweet Rot Orchid - No Narcotics Zilcho Hamblin - The One That Goes to Sea Roseanna - Awake Waiting for Smith - Tidal Wave ledbyher - DIRTY RUMOURS [tipped by Jess Iszatt at BBC Radio 1] Coraland - Jackdaw Jess Tuthill - The Last of Us Camille Baziadoly - Tightrope (feat. The Filthy Honey) Garfield & Nico - Sweet Sorrow Spinner Fall - Cat's Eyes Matilda Pratt - All I Want Lydia Shute - DOWN WE GO Gen and the Degenerates - Sex Symbol [tipped by Alyx Holcombe at BBC Radio 1] Oscar Dunbar - Polkadots Lily Beck - Super Magic Brickwork Lizards - All That We Are Maddie Ashman - Behind Closed Eyes Red Tape Resistance - How I've Wanted You Endless Idiot - Avianism 1 shanelle - you don't deserve me Tiger Mendoza - You're Forgiven (feat. Octavia Freud) Julia-Sophie - Telephone • If you're making music in Oxfordshire and Berkshire, send us your tunes with the BBC Introducing Uploader: https://www.bbc.co.uk/introducing/uploader

This week on the BBC Introducing in Oxfordshire & Berkshire podcast, Dave's joined by Jess and James from Reading's indie-rock band The Race - to hear about making music again after a 16-year break! Plus, there's an incredible live track from South Arcade at Glasgow's TRNSMT Festival, first play's on the show from Jazzthieves and Blockade - and tips from Jess, Jaguar and Alyx at BBC Radio 1. Here's this week's track list: • Tino - No Boy No Girl the cloud - in my aquarium Martha May - YOU HANG UP! Nineteenth Hour - Something In the Water Kah'Nya - HOWYAFEEL?! (feat. Zoka The Author) Giant Party - A.I Prayer May Kolta - Hard No Drez Camino - We Go Up, We Go Down Ivy Marcia - Cigarette Song haemoGOBLIN - FAT CAT jazzthieves - Old School Raver (feat. Mia Rosé & Firero) Kamran Ramsden - Heal Troy Javelona - SALTWATER [tipped by Jess Iszatt at BBC Radio 1] Bone-Idle - Liquorice South Arcade - 2005 (live at TRNSMT) The Race - Best Is Yet To Come The Race - D of E Flaurese - Almost Lover [tipped by Jaguar at BBC Radio 1 Dance] Juliana - I Just Miss The Sex Glass Bridges - Pray Suspire - Garden of Life Blockade - Mess You Made Dream Phone - Strut The Jacques - Spawning SNAYX - Brain Cellz [tipped by Alyx Holcombe at BBC Radio 1 Rock] MarysGarden - Gasoline BLISSFOOL - finding butterflies LAKE ACACIA - They Won't Break Us Willie J Healey - Heaven Now • If you're making music in Oxfordshire and Berkshire, send us your tunes with the BBC Introducing Uploader: https://www.bbc.co.uk/introducing/uploader

This week on the BBC Introducing in Oxfordshire & Berkshire podcast, would he Rather Be In Berlin? Maybe, but tonight Baby Maker joins Dave to tell us about his new EP Packed Lunch! Plus, Alex hears about Chameleons's 'Music for MS' - a live music night at Reading's Purple Turtle supporting the Berkshire MS Therapy Centre. And, there's incredible live tracks and interviews with MacKenzie at the Isle of Wight Festival, and South Arcade at Download! Here's this week's track list: • Big Fear - Darling Boy Girl Like That - Katie Nick Magenta - I Spent All My Money! Hannah Jane Lewis - Wisteria Oscar Dunbar - Blue Millionaire (feat. Dyl Smith) Matilda Pratt - Sick Pretty Boy Mackenzie - That Much Better (live at the Isle of Wight Festival) JGrrey - take my hand [tipped by Jess Iszatt at BBC Radio 1] Makeup - Have a Nice Life Finn Flood - Smile  HIFEELINGS - Better Matt Sage - I Trained A Spy Means Of Production - Paper Dub (Multifari Remix) Unbelievable Truth - From This Height Sadie Fine - HEARTBREAK IS A HABIT Leighton Tongue - Ghost Of Myself Baby Maker - Inguhlund Baby Maker - Blah Di Blah Lu.Re - Rock The House [tipped by Jaguar at BBC Radio 1 Dance] South Arcade - DEADMEAT My Liberal Pony - OUMUAMUA f:sv - Something New Moonrakers - Sickle Moon • If you're making music in Oxfordshire and Berkshire, send us your tunes with the BBC Introducing Uploader: https://www.bbc.co.uk/introducing/uploader

This week on the BBC Introducing in Oxfordshire & Berkshire podcast, Dave's joined by Jody Prewett to hear about his new 10-track album, Places Beyond. Plus, Alex catches up with Baisingstokes Late Spring Folk Festival organiser, Samuel Austin, and there's tips from Jess Iszatt and Jaguar at BBC Radio 1. Here's this week's track list: • Sebastian Reynolds - Glow Ball (feat. Jonas Torrance) Laura Nahr - Girlfriend (Yes, I do) P.S. Finn - Lighthouse Maddie Ashman - Behind Closed Eyes Si Noble - Kiss Goodnight Emma Hunter - Window Liam Vincent & The Odd Foxes - Keep Running Girl In The Year Above - Ode To The Glory [Tipped by Jess Iszatt at BBC Radio 1] Roxanne - 3 Words Oliver Green - Heaven Awaits 916 - Money Long (feat. Nayyah) Craig Harris - We Go On Tomorrow Bird - Godless B Anca - Push Push Baby Sophie Blyth - Wishbone Jody Prewett - Wild Mind Jody Prewett - Oblivion JAZ IMSKY - SUPREME ARRAY Stereo Silence - Old Pair Of Shoes Ella Clayton - Please Me Outlier. - The Coffin Junior Simba - I Think Im About To Break [Tipped by Jaguar at BBC Radio 1 Dance] Genevieve Miles - cinnamon doops - Toxic • If you're making music in Oxfordshire and Berkshire, send us your tunes with the BBC Introducing Uploader: https://www.bbc.co.uk/introducing/uploader

This week on the BBC Introducing in Oxfordshire & Berkshire podcast, Dave introduces you to Isabella Richardson, who mixes country, folk and indie-pop, as we play her music for the first time. Lauren catches up with South Arcade as they get ready for Download festival and Kerrang's K! Pit show, plus Alex hears how SISTRA's debut album launch party went at Dream Bags Jaguar Shoes in Hackney! Here's this week's track list: • Henry Grace - Rust Beth Thornton - Bones Jody Prewett - Truthseeker Dani Sylvia - If You Don't Love Me Anymore RUDI - Fighting Fires (feat. Lucca Mae) Chris Kinsey - M40 Rules (feat. Shya) - As Soon As I Get Home [Tipped by Jaguar at BBC Radio 1 Dance] South Arcade - DEADMEAT Louise Gains & The Delta Kills - Everything Hurts Emmeline - Wild Horses, Running Free Lisa Kahn - HEALING Chima Anya - Brain Fog BLISSFOOL - watch me dance (feat. India Raine) Isabella Richardson - Waiting Room Danny Griffiths - Lightweight Champion [Tipped by Jess Iszatt at BBC Radio 1] Nate Simpson - See you again RIA - Fallin' Meadowsuite - Rhythm of the Moon SISTRA - In Two GIGSY - Dial Tone LMNL - Little Boy Lost Eliza Beth - Hot Like Ibiza PallBear - Indignance Then Apathy LULU - Needy • If you're making music in Oxfordshire and Berkshire, send us your tunes with the BBC Introducing Uploader: https://www.bbc.co.uk/introducing/uploader