Local bands: Oxford is blessed with the twin gods of Nightshift and Daily Info. I don't know what Reading has that is similar.
"Bigger" bands: I am on lots of scummy ticket agencies' mailing lists, using a different email address from my normal one, and I sort through the mailouts for stuff I might be interested in.
There is absolutely no substitute for being on the band/artist's own email list if they have one. Very few don't, these days.
Otherwise, I'm playing with adding my gigs not only to last.fm but also Upcoming (http://upcoming.yahoo.com/). It lists only two (!) events in Reading, though, one of which is the Reading Festival...
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"Bigger" bands: I am on lots of scummy ticket agencies' mailing lists, using a different email address from my normal one, and I sort through the mailouts for stuff I might be interested in.
There is absolutely no substitute for being on the band/artist's own email list if they have one. Very few don't, these days.
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Blah Blah can be found in the Dolche Vita cafe on Whiteknights Campus, when it comes out. But I currently don't know when it comes out, so...
(I imagine it might be the sort of thing Cafe Iguana would keep on their leaflets table too, or at RISC somewhere.)
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Reading has Josaka, which I guess isn't bad, and I think something called BlaH blaH or similar.
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Otherwise, I'm playing with adding my gigs not only to last.fm but also Upcoming (http://upcoming.yahoo.com/). It lists only two (!) events in Reading, though, one of which is the Reading Festival...