Monthly Archives: June 2011

What the Night Delivered – Scott Matthews

Posted on June 29, 2011 by haymoncollins

I have had the good fortune to live with the new Scott Matthews album, What the Night Delivers,  for a little while (courtesy of signing up for an early copy as a result of being at the superb Wolverhampton show a couple of … Continue reading →

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Indietracks Festival and Compilation Download

Posted on June 27, 2011 by haymoncollins

. Indiepop Festival  is what sounds like a delightfully eccentric festival that combines a list of some forty artists from UK and beyond with the delights of  playing on the Midlands Railway Butterley kit and caboodle is set for July in deepest Derbyshire. In addition to … Continue reading →

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Fleet Foxes and Gentle-man Robin Pecknold in Wolverhampton

Posted on June 24, 2011 by haymoncollins

Fleexes The Bees Its was almost exactly two years to the day since @IDSupremo and  I saw FF at the same Civic Hall venue in Wolverhampton. Then, as my post at the time said, it was sweltering hot and the … Continue reading →

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Bon Iver – Bon Iver

Posted on June 20, 2011 by haymoncollins

. There are already a squillion reviews of the new Bon Iver album, many much more erudite and insightful than I could be, and so I will share my sense of anxiety and trepidation about this new release. This is the second … Continue reading →

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Apparitions at the Kenmore Plantation – Sacred Harp/Daniel Bachman

Posted on June 16, 2011 by haymoncollins

. Every now and again kind labels drop me a line pointing me at a new artist or two and, where I can, I am happy to oblige and I pen a few words. Most recently the enigmatically named Morgan … Continue reading →

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Scott Matthews – Wolverhampton

Posted on June 12, 2011 by haymoncollins

Scott Matthews  Oaken Lee . It is almost two years to the day since @IDSupremo and I turned up for the first time at the small but beautifully formed Newhampton Arts Centre tucked away in the back streets of Wolverhampton … Continue reading →

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Náttfari

Posted on June 11, 2011 by haymoncollins

. First formed ten years ago, Iceland’s post-rock/ambient rock band Náttfari  are back together again. By the way it seems that Náttfari (nightwalker) was a slave who escaped his master and became the first permanent resident of Iceland… thought you might like to … Continue reading →

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Without a Fight – Fossil Collective/Dark Dark Horse remix

Posted on June 9, 2011 by haymoncollins

. OK, news first, Jamie Ward purveyor of fine sounds courtesy of Dark Dark Horse (whose Centuries album got an honourable mention here) and music producer available for christenings, bar mitzvahs and other social occasions (OK that bit’s made up), has done a number on … Continue reading →

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Mono and the Holy Ground Orchestra – Koko, London

Posted on June 8, 2011 by haymoncollins

. Koko was the setting last night for one of those unusual concerts, a rare and special event. Mono performing with the Holy Ground Orchestra, only the fourth time this concert has been played these last few years, previously in … Continue reading →

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Wise Children – Two New Tracks

Posted on June 7, 2011 by haymoncollins

. A snatched moment here to flag up two more top notch tracks from the enigmatically named Wise Children. They are both collaborations this time, first Why Did it Take You So Long with Jazz Morley and secondly After the  War with … Continue reading →

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