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 – 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 [...]

News, guy

The meeting with Tyron and Joe of Dirtytrades, Stew, David and Matt of The Exchange, Justin and Pip last Tuesday went well. We’re all excited about this new night. Stew is hereby credited with invention of the name Havienda in a moment of inspiration just as we were all leaving. Cool as f**k, indeed!
On Wednesday [...]

Preparing for launch

I’m promoting a weekly event featuring the very best of Jersey’s young bands and DJs. It will take place every Friday evening starting on 1st August. That means there’s just three weeks to go before the inaugural showcase.
I’ve also asked Jonny, of the band Moog, to assist. His knowledge of the local scene is exhaustive [...]