Haviend

I’m writing to inform of the demise of Havienda as a weekly event. There wasn’t enough money in it to satisfy the club in the short term and no desire to continue bearing poor returns hoping for possible improvement of audience numbers. It’s not that our audiences were paltry, they were usually very good, just [...]

Havienda September 12th, 2008

Moog and Bulletproof with the irrepressible enthusiasm of their fans made this show one of the best ones we’ve done yet. It is hard to believe Moog haven’t played together for such a long time since they completely owned the stage relentlessly dipping into a repertoire of pop-rock songs complete with dirty guitar licks and [...]

Havienda 12th September poster remix by B. P.

This week’s poster is a way of saying goodbye, miss you, mwah! as F. Walker prepares to leave his office. He will continue to benefit from the rape and pillage of the island for many years to come so don’t feel too badly for him. He’ll also get to spend more quality time with the [...]

Havienda 12th September – Bulletproof and Moog

Jersey’s music culture has a scabrous underbelly of punk realism born out of oppression of youth and corporate domination of its society. No band is more motivated to express rage at the travesties committed by the island’s questionably elected rulers than Bulletproof, and they do it with astoundingly disciplined technique and heart-pumping passion. Bulletproof are [...]

Jersey Blues – Havienda 5th September 2008

I’ve seen The Dirty Aces many times and always been thrilled by their passion and inspired by their musical virtuosity possessing a visceral quality that demonstrates their belief in rhythm and blues as a contemporary art form of enduring relevance.
Giles Robson, player of harmonica and singer, is noted in circles far wider than within this [...]