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   Sad Lovers and Giants - Purple Turtle (London) - December 11, 2011

   by Simon Heavisides

   A rare sighting of a unique English band…

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   29 October 2011

   Artery - Civilisation (Twinspeed Records)

   by Simon Heavisides

   Intense post punk return, not to be missed…

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   1 October 2011

   Band of Holy Joy - How to Kill a Butterfly (Exotic Pylon)

   by Simon Heavisides

   What a compelling thing this life is…

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   27 August 2011

   Band of Holy Joy - Oh What a Thing This Heart of Man/On the Ground Where John Wesley Walked (Radio Joy)

   by Simon Heavisides

   The power of Holy Joy in the form of two singles…

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   6 August 2011

   The Wild Swans - The Coldest Winter For A Hundred Years (Occultation)

   by Simon Heavisides

   This album has a beautiful cover and beautiful contents, in these uncertain times I can’t recommend it enough…

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   16 July 2011

   Rickie Lee Jones - Bridgewater Hall (Manchester, England) - Sunday, July 10, 2011

   by Simon Heavisides

   Pirates is the kind of singular record that attracts a certain type of devotion…

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   2 July 2011

   Ray Davies - Royal Festival Hall (London) - Friday, June 10 and Sunday, June 19, 2011

   by Simon Heavisides

   Village Green with orchestra and choir was as amazing as you could have hoped for.

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2. Simon Heavisides’s Top 10

   Week of February 26

   1. Chairlift – Something (Columbia/Young Turks)

   2. Simple Minds – X5 (Virgin)

   3. Jim White – Where it Hits You (Loose)

   4. Momus – The Philosophy of Momus (Cherry Red)

   5. Wire – Red Barked Tree (Pink Flag)

   6. Dory Previn – Mythical Kings and Iguanas (BGO)

   7. Talking Heads – Chronology (Eagle)

   8. Jane’s Addiction – The Great Escape Artist (Parlophone)

   9. Dave Davies – Hidden Treasures (Sanctuary)

   10. The Lucy Show – Remembrances (Words on Music)

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   About Simon Heavisides

   Simon is new to The Big Takeover in writing terms but has been a subscriber for most of the last 20 years. He’s since atoned for a lapse in the late 90s — there were extenuating circumstances and the back issues have been purchased!

   A definite subscriber to the notion that, “without music life would be a mistake”, a pivotal
   moment in Simon’s life was the day in 1980 when his dad thrust his first Melody Maker into his hands with the suggestion he should try that, NME, Sounds and Record Mirror and then decide which one to buy every week. It didn’t take long before he was buying all four and devouring every nugget of news. Singing in bands and writing about music in zines and elsewhere followed as surely as night follows day.

   Simon lives in Bristol, England, still goes to more gigs than he probably should and buys more CDs than can feasibly be stored in his apartment.

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