Tag Archives: Gig

Judie Tzuke at St George’s Bristol

Posted on May 28, 2014 by haymoncollins

As a fan you, of course, want to rock up to a show and for it to be flawless, the embodiment of all you love about that artist. Sometimes you get it and sometimes you don’t,  because the venue’s a … Continue reading →

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Ruthless Thing EP/Fleece Show – Tom Mitchell

Posted on April 15, 2013 by haymoncollins

Trying to make a virtue our of my laziness I thought I  would combine a wretchedly late review of Tom Mitchells new(ish) Ep and his set at yesterdays acoustic all-dayer at The Fleece. The Peeblemeister and I rolled along this … Continue reading →

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Scott Matthews – Paul’s Fund Benefit, Bristol

Posted on February 24, 2013 by haymoncollins

Mrs HC and I rolled along to Woodlands Church (Woodies to the initiates it seems) in Clifton, driven to listen to Scott Matthews again. We knew it was a benefit gig but didn’t really know much more. Turns out twas for a … Continue reading →

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Turin Brakes, Hector and Cadbury Sisters – Gloucester Guildhall

Posted on February 3, 2013 by haymoncollins

‘Like heaven with the lid off’ as Auntie Millie used to say. Some evenings just nail it and Friday eve at the Guildhall in Gloucester was one if those. Polar opposite supports, the Cadbury Sisters and Hector managed in their … Continue reading →

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Turin Brakes – Bath Komedia

Posted on November 5, 2012 by haymoncollins

Some things are as reliable as he sun coming up in the morning, and one of those is a TB gig. I have seen them every year for an age now and they are never less than ace. If anything, … Continue reading →

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Hawksley Workman – The Borderline

Posted on June 19, 2012 by haymoncollins

The teeny tiny Borderline is  tucked away downstairs just yards from the Friday night alcohol swilling young things of media Soho, the flirtatious Old Compton Street melange and the vaguely lost tourists of Charing Cross Road. Here I am slumped … Continue reading →

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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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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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Shearwater – The Cellar Oxford

Posted on April 6, 2012 by haymoncollins

The fact that Shearwater, purveyors of such monumental and remarkable music, are not simply huge is a continuing mystery to me. There is an upside however (for we cognoscenti at least) in that you can still get to see them … Continue reading →

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Roddy Woomble – Cheltenham Town Hall

Posted on March 13, 2012 by haymoncollins

Here is a voice that has kept me company for these last 12 or 14 years. Part of the exhilarating soarings of Idlewild at their best, providing the shimmering soundtrack to the youth I wished I could have had, re-written or re-lived, and … Continue reading →

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