Monthly Archives: May 2012

Sharon van Etten – Scala, London

Posted on May 18, 2012 by haymoncollins

You know how it is, sometimes you fall madly and deeply in love with an artist and their music, like I did with SvE’s Epic a couple of years ago and this year with Tramp. The music is contagious, addictive; … Continue reading →

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Oh Be Joyful – Daniel Bachman

Posted on May 10, 2012 by haymoncollins

Sitting here in a dreary, damp and unseasonably cold UK listening back to Daniel Bachman latest album, I am struck by both how alien, but also strangely familiar, this music is. Underneath the quintessentially American country-folk picking music is a layer both … Continue reading →

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Fear Fun – Father John Misty

Posted on May 7, 2012 by haymoncollins

What a difference a name makes. Giving up on his drummer role in Fleet Foxes, abandoning the Josh Tillman moniker for his solo work, dumping the sparse (if beautiful) droney treatment of his previous albums and taking up the consciously random Father John Misty has … Continue reading →

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Scott Matthews – Wolverhampton Newhampton Arts

Posted on May 5, 2012 by haymoncollins

Dang, you always know you’re going to get a good show with SM at the Newhampton Arts in Wolverhampton. Home town, good contingent of family and friends and the ever faithful like to the Pompey Posse, IDS and me. All … Continue reading →

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