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Turin Brakes with Tom Speight at Gloucester Guildhall 

Posted on March 1, 2016 by haymoncollins

Chatting to chums at another gig (the towering Shearwater as you ask), I mentioned that I was off to see Turin Brakes (for the tumpy-tum time) the next eve. ‘Really? Why do you keeping going to see them?’… mmm I … Continue reading →

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Albums of 2013

Posted on December 25, 2013 by haymoncollins

Always in two minds about the end of year list, it does never the less prove a useful reminder of what I was listening to when new fancies steal my attention away over the next year. Based purely on the … Continue reading →

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We Were Here – Turin Brakes

Posted on September 30, 2013 by haymoncollins

Just a little while ago I met up, after far too long, with an old friend. The anxieties of how we might have changed, how we’d no longer have those things that once made us close, dissipated in moments; what … 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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If Not Now When – Olly Knights

Posted on October 10, 2012 by haymoncollins

Ah OllyKnights! The voice that has followed me through the years as part of the sainted Turin Brakes; they that provided the first gig I ever took the Lad to, albums I return to time and again, shows full of … Continue reading →

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If Not Now, When – Olly Knights

Posted on August 21, 2012 by haymoncollins

It’s hard now to recall a time when the music of Turin Brakes wasn’t an enduring part of my musical life. The soundtrack to many memorable moments. True the white heat of their ‘fashionable’ break through may be long gone, … Continue reading →

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The Best of 2011

Posted on December 8, 2011 by haymoncollins

I still know its a bit naff but I am still going to do it – here, in strictly alphabetical order, are my albums of 2011 (followed by my favourite gigs his year) I will instantly regret not including a … Continue reading →

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Turin Brakes, Bristol Thekla

Posted on November 13, 2011 by haymoncollins

Turin Brakes are now a long held passion, ever since the days of The Optimist (first time around). They were the first band I took the Lad to see and we have seen them every year since. They have never let us … Continue reading →

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Turin Brakes and Tom McRae – Frome Festival

Posted on July 12, 2011 by haymoncollins

Turin Brakes . Tom McRae . After living for goodness knows how long ‘down here’, last Friday night saw the first sortie of Mr & Mrs HC, the Lad and his fair Natalie into the heart of Frome to mark … Continue reading →

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