Monthly Archives: May 2010

BravoBraveBats at The Louie

Posted on May 20, 2010 by haymoncollins

BravoBraveBats (henceforth the Bats) make me smile. There is something about a new band (or at least a new band that feels like it might go somewhere) that is fundamentally smile-making. There’s something irrepressible, something so hopeful and full of … Continue reading →

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Roky Erickson – True Love Cast Out all Evil

Posted on May 14, 2010 by haymoncollins

Once again I owe thanks to NPR for letting me stumble across this in one of their podcasts. Roky Erickson was a new name to me but Okkervil Riverwho provide the backing band on this remarkable album was not. The … Continue reading →

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The National, High Violet and Bloodbuzz Ohio Vid

Posted on May 14, 2010 by haymoncollins

Well the news that High Violet is out and frankly rather brilliant is no news at all. In fact quite pointless to write anything about it at all it would only sound too sucky. The splendid Bloodbuzz Ohio track now … Continue reading →

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Pavement and Broken Social Scene at Brixton Academy

Posted on May 14, 2010 by haymoncollins

Having missed the boat for the Broken Social Scene show at Heaven and only thinking too late for the Pavement reunion shows in London @binmouth rode to the rescue with a spare ticket for this show at the Brixton Academy, … Continue reading →

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The Neat

Posted on May 11, 2010 by haymoncollins

Having become rather acutely aware that I seem to have headed off into beardy folky territory quite a bit of late ( see posts about Josh Ritter, Roky Erickson and the like) the ever reliable Steve Lamacq reminds me that … Continue reading →

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The National – Royal Albert Hall

Posted on May 7, 2010 by haymoncollins

@binmouth and I sat high up in the hallowed surroundings of the Royal Albert Hall, now the prestige venue of choice for many top acts. It is a remarkable venue that affords the great majority of the audience an excellent, … Continue reading →

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Eric Bibb – Cheltenham Jazz Festival

Posted on May 3, 2010 by haymoncollins

I have to say that I suffered some weird kind of cultural guilt trip at times watching the frankly astonishing Eric Bibb play at the Cheltenham Jazz Festival. Here we all were, say about 5-600 people genteelly crammed into a … Continue reading →

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