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Sigur Ros at Colston Hall

Posted on November 8, 2008 by haymoncollins

The two openers for last nights extraordinary set were either new or I didn’t recognise them – but how wonderful they were; things of rare beauty, soaring aurgasmic affairs which set the scene for the whole of the evening. I … Continue reading →

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Someone Should Say ‘Yes’ to Simon Says No!

Posted on November 6, 2008 by haymoncollins

Well a little bird tells me – actually a young chap called Dany – that SSN! will have an EP out in ’09 (probably on download). Young Dany (everyone is young compared to me – sob) tells me he is … Continue reading →

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Feeling More and More like I am 16 Again

Posted on November 5, 2008 by haymoncollins

Is it just that I am getting old or what? Seems that more and more ‘new’ music I hear takes me back to when I had hair and stuff … is that the destiny of everyone to constantly relate back … Continue reading →

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Fleeeet Foxxxxxes at the Anson Rooms

Posted on October 31, 2008 by haymoncollins

After missing FF on their visit to Bristol earlier in the year (gnash gnash) I made sure to get tickets for their return to Bristol at the Anson Rooms. The lad, his mate (looking uncannily like Shaggy from Scooby Doo) … Continue reading →

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Elbow – The Great Hall , Cardiff

Posted on October 11, 2008 by haymoncollins

This was our second Elbow gig of the year, the first (and excellent) at Colston Hall strangely went without mention in my jottings. The rather misnamed ‘Great Hall’ at Cardiff University was the venue for this show, part of their … Continue reading →

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Windsor Airlift

Posted on October 6, 2008 by haymoncollins

I am endebted to The Silent Ballet blog for introducing me to Windsor Airlift – an American threesome of chaps apparently from Minnesota. The Silent Ballet gives a more fullsome expose of them than I could do so best read … Continue reading →

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TVOTR – What’s the Fuss About?

Posted on October 5, 2008 by haymoncollins

Oh dear I fear that I might have missed the point again.. after a rave review on a NPR podcast and then seeing esctatic reviews around the place I picked up my copy of Dear Science – apparently TV on … Continue reading →

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Drever, McCusker and Woomble -Before the Ruin

Posted on September 30, 2008 by haymoncollins

I have long had a deep affection for Idlewild, regrettably now a tad out of fashion – the Scottish undertow, the sort-of punky attitude but with a slice of literary influences and probably, it has to be said , my … Continue reading →

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Winchell Riots – Histories EP

Posted on September 27, 2008 by haymoncollins

We saw the improbably named FellCityGirl once when they supported the Delays at the old style Zodiac in Oxford. At the time I was quite taken with them and especially the then new song February Snow. As if to spite … Continue reading →

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The Great Gig in The Sky

Posted on September 16, 2008 by haymoncollins

Farewell then Rick Wright. Pink Floyd provided the soundtrack to much of my teenage years. I remember well in 1973 the arrival of Dark Side of the Moon that along with many others proved to be a musical turning point … Continue reading →

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