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Ox - Canada's Alt.Country Hopefuls
Ox - Canada's Alt.Country Hopefuls
tom_edwards by Tom Edwards April 4th, 2004
Now that Ryan Adams has finished throwing his annual globe-sized hissy fit, it’s time for him to bog off for a bit and make room for the new alt.country kids on the block. Among this year’s newest bright sparks is Canada’s Ox, aka one-man-band Mark Browning, who is currently over here blitzing the UK over a series of dates this month (details below).

Mixing the best bits of country and folk-pop, Browning’s self-financed debut album ‘Dust Bowl Revival’ is quite the stunner. Fans of Adams’ early work in particular, as well as more traditional strands of the genre, will find much to love about Ox. You can download standout track ‘Transam’ by clicking here and marvel at a song that manages to combine the James Bond Theme with REM-stylings and still sound wonderfully unique.

The band, who’ve already taken their native country by storm, will be recording live sessions for Virgin FM and Dublin’s Today FM, as well as appearing on Gideon Coe’s 6music show on April 23rd. Ox will be playing the following dates:

APRIL

Sat 3 Brighton Hanbury Ballroom, 7pm
Mon 5 Swindon Broadwalk, 9pm
Tue 6 Bath Porters Bar, 9pm (free gig)
Thu 8 Sheffield Casbah, 11pm
Fri 9 Manchester Glass, 9pm
Sat 10 Nottingham Rescue Rooms, 10pm
Sun 11 Stoke-On-Trent Talbot Hotel, 9pm
Thu 15 Cork Cypress Avenue/Old Oak, 9pm
Fri 16 Ballycotton Blackbird (w/Ronan Stone), 9pm
Sat 17 Limerick Dolans (w/Ronan Stone), 9pm
Sun 18 Letterkenny Letterkenny Arts Center, 8pm
Mon 19 Derry Sandinos, (w/Ronan Stone), 9pm
Tue 20 Dublin Whelans, (w/Ronan Stone), 9pm
Fri 23 London Borderline, 8pm
Wed 28 London Monarch (w/Gary:Go), 9pm

MAY

Sat 1 Cambridge CB2, 8pm
Sun 2 Portsmouth/Southsea RMA Tavern, 9pm
Mon 3 Swindon Broadwalk, 9pm
Tue 4 Wrexham Yales, 9pm
Thu 6 Hartlepool Causeway, 8pm
Sat 8 Edinburgh The Village (w/Sunshine Delay), 9pm
Sun 9 Inverness Maple Court Hotel, 8pm
Tue 11 Manchester The Britons Protection (w/Shannon Lyon), 9pm
Wed 12 Sheffield Interval Bar, 8pm then Casbah (w/Shannon Lyon), 11pm
Thu 13 Nottingham The Maze (w/Shannon Lyon), 8pm
Fri 14 London 12 Bar Club, 9pm
Sat 15 London Resonance FM Fundraiser, Conway Hall, 4pm

Find out more about the band by visiting their official website.



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