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Bravo Brave Bats – Grain Barge

Posted on March 3, 2012 by haymoncollins

I promise to shut up about Bravo Brave Bats for a bit now, but before I do, a few words and some grainy pix to mark their support slot for EJ Esau at the Grain Barge last eve hot on … Continue reading →

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Animal Joy – Shearwater

Posted on March 1, 2012 by haymoncollins

I have been hopelessly in love with Shearwater for years. Each successive release has me wondering if they can match the last and each time they surpass it. The Golden Archipelago of two years ago was a fabulous album and seeing them … Continue reading →

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Bravo Brave Bats – BBC Session and at The Thekla w/ We Are Augustines

Posted on February 27, 2012 by haymoncollins

Bravo Brave Bats, Bristol’s best band (I will brook no dissent, they just simply are, and I know every  Bristol band…) is having a bit of a good start to the year; a new project of writing a song a month with … Continue reading →

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The Meadow – Windsor Airlift

Posted on February 26, 2012 by haymoncollins

I first stumbled across Windsor Airlift back in 2008, grabbed a couple of their EP’s, enjoyed them and then they slipped off my radar. Anthony Johnson, one half of WA, got in touch (ooh a month or more ago, ouch) to flag up … Continue reading →

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Underneath the Stars – Good Weather for an Airstrike

Posted on January 29, 2012 by haymoncollins

There seems to be an awful lot of music if this genre rattling around right now- the vaguely drone-y, slightly ambient with a touch of post rock about it. When it doesn’t come off, its all rather dull and dispiriting, … Continue reading →

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A Winged Victory for the Sullen – South Street, Reading

Posted on January 22, 2012 by haymoncollins

As if the album itself wasn’t already enough of an extraordinary, moving suite of music; seeing and hearing A Winged Victory for the Sullen play (most) of it live raised it yet further into an almost spiritual experience. What is it that can turn some music into … Continue reading →

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Folding Leaves – Message to Bears

Posted on January 9, 2012 by haymoncollins

Well if this is how 2012 will pan out it will be a good year – the first two releases of the New Year both long awaited material from favoured artists, first Wise Children and now Message to Bears. With … Continue reading →

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Mouse Deer EP

Posted on January 1, 2012 by haymoncollins

The five tracks on this EP from Mouse Deer, aka multi-instrumentalist Holly McIntosh, clock in at a tad over 21 minutes and by her own admission cover topics such as ‘dreams about strong breezes and fires, unrequited love, and dull … Continue reading →

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The Woods – Wise Children

Posted on January 1, 2012 by haymoncollins

At long last a few new tunes from the talented Robin Warren-Adamson, aka, Wise Children. The Woods was released on Boxing Day 2011 (there is a level of perversity releasing new material then, surely) and free to download via his website, as … Continue reading →

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Operation Rolling Thunder – III

Posted on December 8, 2011 by haymoncollins

. Operation Rolling Thunder was the name of a long and sustained aerial bombardment against North Vietnam between 1965 and 1968 and is the chosen name of this New Zealand two piece, and with good reason. Brothers Adam and Rob Falconer, now of … Continue reading →

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