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A dark church with seats, music stands and microphones set out for a string quartet. A large synthesiser from the 1960s is in the background, along with amplifiers.

Stars of the Lid Forever: Xmas updates!

Troika #57: Stars of the Lid Forever
A guitarist wearing a beanie stands on stage in the foreground, in front of a string quartet. The stage is very smoky with dry ice, highlighting beams of orange light onstage.

Stars of the Lid Forever
An abstract image in black on bright yellow, the main shape is like a CD or vinyl record, a circle with a small central cut out. The patterns of glitching pixels are around the edge, and the title of the evening - Bypass//Engage

Ambient Witney Night 3: Bypass//Engage

Longplay
A dark theatre stage, where the performers are silhouetted against geometric project visuals

Stars of the Lid Live
Me standing proudly against a veneered plywood wall with large icons representing Cloakroom, Gender-neutral Toilet, Disabled access and pushchair parking

V&A East Storehouse
An illustration of a boy and girl kneeling and praying, facing each other on blue grass Their hands are connected by an odd tar-like substance, which is also dripping from their eyes and ears.

New Music Friday: Greet Death

Well Dressing
An abstracted black and white image suggested a dark figure with hand outstretched towards the viewer.

Sleep Paralysis

New Music Friday: Hayden Pedigo, Turnstile & Pulp
A screenshot of the Spotify desktop client, with subtle changes to the font and menu items. The new typeface is more refined

Spicetify
An American desert scene at sunset

Troika #56: Ambient Country

Troika #55: 10th Anniversary
Three sketched messy squiggles, each one becoming more refined until the last is just a circle. These are preceded by a blank space. An arrow at the bottom, pointing right to left has the label PROCESS.

The start of the process is blank

Troika #54: Best of 2024
The cover of Hayden Pedigo's album 'Letting Go'. The album artwork shows a painting of a man with long black hair, in death metal face paint and white shirt and jeans. He is forlornly standing in front of a red American truck.

My perfect Music app doesn’t exist

From media to container queries (with more Flexbox)

On the stereo

Upcoming gigs

Gig archive

I love going to see live music & comedy, and here's where I'm going to be next:

  • Kula Shaker
    TRUCK Oxford, 28 Jan 2026

  • Mew
    Roundhouse, London, 05 Feb 2026

  • The Besnard Lakes
    Omera, London, 13 Feb 2026

  • The Besnard Lakes
    Hare and Hounds, Birmingham, 14 Feb 2026

  • Sister Ray Davies
    Oxford Library, 28 Apr 2026

  • Mike Wozniak
    Oxford Playhouse, 29 Apr 2026

About

Hicks.design is Jon Hicks, collaborating with clients worldwide from my studio in Oxfordshire, UK, since 2002. I am most known for my branding work for Firefox, MailChimp and Shopify, but my skills cover a much broader spectrum of services and mediums. Read more about my services or contact me for help with your next project!