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Oxford Collapse Announces Break Up

In an official announcement on their MySpace blog Monday, Brooklyn rockers Oxford Collapse broke the news that July will see the end of the band's eight-year collaboration. They did not cite the reasons for the break-up, instead playing on the Dead's retrospective sentiment, “what a long, strange, eye-opening, stomach-bursting, heart-breaking, bittersweet, educational, enlightening, mind-numbing, ‘why-are-we-doing-this-shit?’/‘who-gets-to-do-this-shit?,’ absurd, amazing trip it’s been." ...  read more

Paste hosts Portastatic, Oxford Collapse, many more at CMJ

Now that the dust-up with Sonicbids is taken care of, CMJ 2008 looks like it'll once again be one of the biggest and best music festivals in the U.S. this year. This in turn raises a bigger issue: all those poor performers gamboling about in canvas sneakers and relentlessly hip wool jackets are going to need a place to take refuge from New York City's merciless mid-October weather. Here at Paste, we think there's a better way. Your humble servants, in conjunction with KCRW Radio and Indie Outlaw, will be hosting the inaugural CMJ Artist Lounge at this year's CMJ...  read more

Oxford Collapse caves in to late-Summer tour

What exactly would an Oxford collapse sound like? Thousands of cardigan-clad scholars hitting the deck after learning that the Vampire Weekend show sold out? Christopher Hitchens going to bed after another round of exhaustive self-improvement? Turns out, it sounds pretty good. ...  read more

Oxford Collapse: Bits

From Arcade Fire to Death Cab for Cutie, today’s hottest...  read more

Oxford Collapse to release limited-edition 7

Look at these guys, all smiley in their summer foliage as we're still rubbing the seasonal affective disorder out of our eyes. Just in time for spring, Brooklyn-based Oxford Collapse is releasing a limited-edition pressing of 500 "Spike of Bensonhurst" 7-inches this month. Bonus: 100 of them will be on sweet orange vinyl. The pressings also include MP3 downloads for both tracks, which were recorded during sessions for the band's upcoming full-length, but are exclusive for this May 13 release. Those interested in pre-ordering in an attempt to secure a special orange copy can make said attempt right here. Oxford...  read more