I feel I may have under promoted this gig. Playing an early evening show on Tuesday in Crewe with acoustic piano and tenor guitar.
Full Band Show 14th October with Withered Hand – Scala London
Written out the set for the Withered @witheredhand show. Put a few Hefner songs in. Bringing my fuzz pedal.
Recently with all the Occupation shows and odd train gigs and the like it’s been rare that I’ve got on stager with the band and just kicked out the jams. This is the only time for a while that I will.
http://www.wegottickets.com/event/286017
Dandy – Free Download
Raffle. A song about your dog.
This is a charity raffle for a song written about a dog by Darren Hayman. The bloke that used to be in Hefner.
Papernut Cambridge Album Launch on a Tube Train
As some of you may know, one of my favourite bands at the moment is Papernut Cambridge. I’ll admit they are friends and I also do get to play with them. I play drums live and on the record I contribute saxophone and synths.
They really are strangely familiar but also completely unique. Like all the best bands they create a magical world where only they exist.
They are about to launch their new record on a 3 seven inch boxset with free download. That’s the type of band they are.
The album is called ‘There’s No Underground’ and will be launched at a special show on a disused underground train in Walthamstow on the afternoon of Saturday 18th October. There are two different times you can book for due to the restricted nature of the venue.
I’ll be there, playing drums, singing my socks off.
Show 1: 1.30pm
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Show 2: 4.30pm
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Gig with Wizz Jones , Lexington 26th August
Planning a special set for this gig with the legendary Wizz jones curated by @petepaphides I’m bringing the modular synthesizer. Going to do stuff from the next two albums. My brief I have been given is ‘Psych folk’.
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Darren at Chopin Theatre, Chicago IL
Darren will play a rare Stateside show at Chicago’s Chopin Theatre (tiny, but equipped with a grand piano!) at the Pregnant Buffalo Lounge, on Tuesday August 5th at 8pm. Also featuring a DJ set from Coltrane Motion.
Tickets available here ($8 in advance, $10 on the door).
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Presented by Milk Products Media, Chopin Theatre & Datawaslost.
Darren Hayman first US show in 15 years in New York 26th July 2014
I really don’t know what to expect of my first NY, USA show in 15 years.
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Next Saturday. Come. Be kind.
Dog E.P.
I hand-painted 20 covers for 20 CD EPs for the Independent Label Market on Saturday 12th July 2014 at Spitalfields. I’ll be on the WIAIWYA stall.
The EP features four new recordings of dog songs including one cover and one new composition.
I’ve also made the EP available for download from Bandcamp below. You get high quality scans of all the paintings with the download.
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