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Zip It Up – Fierce Panda

Posted on March 9, 2010 by haymoncollins

I have to admit that this little 16th birthday celebratory EP Zip It Up from Fierce Panda (home of the soon to be released cd from the wonderful Goldheart Assembly) has rather got me hooked – seven excellent tracks from … Continue reading →

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Miccoli – Podcast

Posted on March 1, 2010 by haymoncollins

I only became aware of Miccoli through IDS who caught them in a show at a shopping centre around Birmingham – he bought their album and had a chat with their father. Undeniably talented and professional they have self-released a … Continue reading →

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Midlake – Birmingham Town Hall

Posted on February 18, 2010 by haymoncollins

Well it was a real shame that IDS couldn’t make this gig but work is work and must be attended to and he had to get down and dirty with some cameoid (!). Birmingham Town Hall is a splendid venue, … Continue reading →

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Shearwater – The Golden Archipelago

Posted on February 17, 2010 by haymoncollins

This is an exceptionally and sumptuously beautiful album, a worthy successor to the previous album Rooks and the last of the very loose trilogy of Shearwater albums started with Palo Santo. Built around island issues, the maritime theme is in … Continue reading →

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Heartbreaks

Posted on February 16, 2010 by haymoncollins

Now here’s a thing! Undeniable Smiths, Motown, Elvis Costello and sundry other influences but this Morecombe bunch of lads have that wonderful fresh, bouncy and shimmering feel of a new band with purpose and confidence. The indie band thing is … Continue reading →

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Pat Metheny – Orchestrion

Posted on February 6, 2010 by haymoncollins

I have been a Pat Metheny fan for some time now. I remember distinctly hearing him for the first time, odd though it seems, on an edition of the old BBC programme, Tomorrows World, where he was demonstrating the then … Continue reading →

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Midlake – The Courage of Others

Posted on February 5, 2010 by haymoncollins

Its been a long time since the Trials of Van Occupanther and its good to have Midlake back. It is said that in intervening time they produced another album but discarded it and started over, The Courage of Others is … Continue reading →

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Andrew Morgan, Beach House, Spoon and Honour Before Glory

Posted on January 27, 2010 by haymoncollins

I think I first heard of Andrew Morgan via a Robin Hilton NPR blog post and an attendant mp3 file. Well something registered and I sent off to Broken Horse Records for the Please Kid, Remember CD. The terrifying geekly … Continue reading →

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Deep Sht Comments

Posted on January 26, 2010 by haymoncollins

I am always infeasibly pleased to have comments on any of the postings so imagine my childlike joy to have TWO for the Deep Sht post -truly I must have alighted upon something wondrous. The first of course was from … Continue reading →

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Deep Sht – Hector

Posted on January 25, 2010 by haymoncollins

Unashamedly here because of the track title, first heard of this London based one-piece (although there are clearly three of them on the vid) on a KEXP podcast by DJ Rachel Ratner. The video certainly isn’t of the highest quality … Continue reading →

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