Author Archives: haymoncollins

Zones – Good Weather for an Airstrike

Posted on March 27, 2019 by haymoncollins

It really does feel like I need this sort of music right now when the world seems to be losing its marbles. Tom Honey has, as Good Weather for an Airstrike,  been producing some of the most thoughtful and absorbing … Continue reading →

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The Morning Star – Daniel Bachman

Posted on July 31, 2018 by haymoncollins

I am tired and irritated by what feels like constant exhortations from people who patently don’t know or care about me trying to wring the last drop of something from me, emails with headers like, ‘Hey Robert, can we please … Continue reading →

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Say Goodbye – Ehrnman/Pearson

Posted on May 11, 2018 by haymoncollins

This popped into view today, a day of some silent sadness, when Say Goodbye is a very appropriate thing to say. Ehrnman/Pearson are a Kansas City based duo with this (debut ) two-tuner surfacing via the wonderful Russian Winter Records.  … Continue reading →

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The Great Untold – Scott Matthews

Posted on April 27, 2018 by haymoncollins

Scotts music has been a thread woven through my last eleven years or so, since I first heard him at the end of 2006 and played the first album to pieces over a summer in France. His remarkable voice, his … Continue reading →

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Blue Rose Code at Stroud Sub Rooms

Posted on January 26, 2018 by haymoncollins

Something in Ross Wilson’s music touches me quite deeply, and often when that sort of thing happens, it’s hard to put your finger quite on the reason why – is the musicianship? the deftly written songs of loss and longing? … Continue reading →

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Ten Drones on Cassette – A Lily

Posted on January 3, 2018 by haymoncollins

James Vella came into my consciousness, oh some many years ago, with his band Yndi Halda for whom I have long held a rather sustained affection, with their prog leanings and willfully arcane influences. James himself trades also as A … Continue reading →

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17 of ’17

Posted on December 28, 2017 by haymoncollins

Each on this list is simply offered with the briefest of notes, and listed according to alphabetti spaghetti rules. Each in their own ways has brought a sparkle to my year at some point(s) this last year. Each have reminded … Continue reading →

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Population – Crown Larks

Posted on December 13, 2017 by haymoncollins

I really have no idea why it has taken quite so long to get around to making some jottings on this latest offering from Chicago based Crown Larks, they have diligently and politely been poking me from afar for long … Continue reading →

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Little Steps – Good Weather for an Airstrike

Posted on November 2, 2017 by haymoncollins

It feels like an age that I have been a fan of Tom Honey in his guise as Good Weather for an Airstrike, but it seems that it is only since 2011 and the advent of A Summer, if my … Continue reading →

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Ah The World! Oh The World! – Tom McRae

Posted on September 1, 2017 by haymoncollins

Music matters. It matters to many of us in ways we find hard to express. In these days of perma-music spat out by faceless ‘artists’, dribbling from every lift, eatery, bank and other public place, it is easy to develop … Continue reading →

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