BBC Introducing in Oxfordshire & Berkshire - Charms Against The Evil Eye + Niki Kini + Are You Listening? Festival

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They named their band after a cabinet in Oxford's Pitt Rivers Museum, and once formed a band with Radiohead's Jonny Greenwood... this week on the BBC Introducing in Oxfordshire & Berkshire podcast, Dave catches up with Charms Against The Evil Eye.

Plus, Lauren meets Niki Kini at her immersive headline show... but did she have a sweet or spicy experience?!

And, Alex has a report from Reading's excellent Are You Listening? Festival with Lost Velvet and Puma Theory.

Here's this week's track list:
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The Race - Best Is Yet To Come
Ace Clvrk - Heavenly Waters
Folly Oh Yes - Zombie Of Silicon Valley
Haints - Hollow Temples
The Subtheory - Things that caught my attention
Niki Kini - Murder You
1-800 GIRLS - sometimes [tipped by Jaguar at BBC Radio 1 Dance]
The Afterword - An Illusion
My Crooked Teeth - Stay At Home
Twin Skeletons - Useless
DRZ - Like U
The Deadbeat Apostles - Keep it to Yourself
Felix Ross - Everything's Changing
Sofia and the Antoinettes - I Don't Know What I'm Doing on Earth, I Don't Know What on Earth I'm Doing [tipped by Jess Iszatt at BBC Radio 1]
Charms Against The Evil Eye - Dark Matter
Kelly Michaeli - Tephra
Hey! This is Brad - Just Listen
Frozemode - dirtyman [tipped by Alyx Holcombe at BBC Radio 1 Rock]
Lost Velvet - Burnt
Puma Theory - Hit & Run (Live at Farm Road Studios)
Meli Foster-Turner - Serendipity
Murds - Land Of Me
Eva Gadd - Have It All
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Published on Friday, 15th May 2026.

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