nick heyward

Indie Basement (12/9): the week in classic indie, college rock, and more

This week: reviews of new albums by Taken By Trees (Victoria Bergsman), Nina Hagen and Marker Starling, plus anniversary reissues from Echo & The Bunnymen and Haircut 100.

Bill's Indie Basement (8/9):the week in classic indie, college rock, and more

This week: news of Comet Gain’s first album in five years, a new compilation from ’90s cult Glasgow band The Yummy Fur, plus Monster Rally, reissues of records by The Boo Radleys and Haircut 100, and Australia’s EXEK.

Haircut One Hundred's Nick Heyward released first solo LP in 18 years, touring

Though he’s best known as frontman for the fabulously sweatered early ’80s pop band Haircut One Hundred, Nick Heyward went on to an acclaimed solo career, including 1993’s excellent and underrated From Monday to Sunday, and 1998’s The Apple Bed (which came out on Creation Records). He hadn’t put out a solo album since The Apple Bed, but that changed with Woodland Echoes…