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About Me

Having a lovely time mucking about abit finding his musical feet within the confines of a comedy punk band called Partition, Boyd gradually got the confidence to break out and play his own Songs eventually recording his first EP with Richard Webb in 2003.Called "Six in Sixteen" it featured the following tracks: "Shop" ; "Spoon" ; "One day your train will be first"; "King of Mesopotamia" ; "The Seventh Year" ; "My Alba".In 2005 Boyd released his second ep which was produced by Ian Catt, of St Etienne, The Field Mice and Trembling Blue Stars fame.The resulting 5 track ep was called "Sideways" and featured the following tracks: ’Oh Fern’ ; ’Sideways’ ; ’She’s down again’ ; ’Viva Left Handers’ and ’Safe and Sound’ . Some of the tracks will be made available for download here, so keep your eyes peeled.Nowadays, you can find Boyd in a new band called The Hillfields. He’s singing and playing guitar with his friends Grant Wilkinson (on bass guitar) and Carlos Russell (on drums).The Hillfields have just released their first single through Cloudberry Records, www.cloudberryrecords.com. It’s a 3 track ep called "A Visit" and it features " A Visit / Winsome Lostit / The Front Room ". You can listen to tracks on the cloudberry website above and download one of the tracks there and from www.myspace.com/thehillfields.And you never know Partition might be appearing at a comedy venue near you, eventually, as is their way. www.myspace.com/thebandpartition

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 4/12/2007
Band Website: thehillfields.com
Band Members: Rob Boyd - the voice, the guitar...
Influences: Big fan of Candle Records stuff - Darren Hanlon, The Lucksmiths, Anthony Atkinson.. also into The Chills, Straitjacket Fits, The Clean, Flying Nun records, Pavement, Sonic Youth, Wire, The Green Man Festival, Euros Childs, Gruff Rhys, Alun Tan Lan, The Mighty Lemon Drops, Ian Catt, The Field Mice, Trembling Blue Stars, Another Sunny Day, Saint Etienne, Sarah Records, The Flaming Stars, Galaxie 500, Snub TV, 14 Iced Bears, Lush, Wolfgang Press, Pixies, Throwing Muses, 4AD, Julian Cope, Rude Club (whatever happened to THEM? jeez), The Anyways, Lazy Records..then theres the stuff where it all started for me.. down the Zap Club in Brighton, C86, The Jasmine Minks, Primal Scream, This Mortal Coil, Neil Young, The Clash, The Sex Pistols, The Only Ones, The Adverts, UK Subs and their multi coloured 7inch vinyl, Tubeway Army........, Saloon, Low, My Bloody Valentine, The Male Nurse, Country Teasers, The Sausage Machine, Silverfish, The Godrays, The Fall (oh the Kamerads).. the Joyce Mckinney Experience, Edsel Auctioneer, Archers of Loaf, Pale Saints, Mudhoney, Thrilled Skinny, The Dog Faced Hermans, Young Marble Giants, The Young Gods, Front 242, Sabres of Paradise, The Pooh Sticks, Teenage Fanclub, Mogwai, pissing off Sice from The Boo Radleys when they supported the Blue Aeroplanes (god love 'em) at the Town and Country Club (sorry Sice), The Hinnies, The Nightblooms, The Birthday Party, and yes now Nick Cave, Richard Hawley, Julian Cope / Teardrop Explodes, The Smiths, Depeche Mode, back to then - all about eve, the Mission, Sisters, Nephilim, (oh yes i did and im NOT ASHAMED!!! )The Wedding Present, Ultravox, Visage......... oh i could go on and on and i will in the blog
Sounds Like: sun shining through a hangover...
Record Label: unsigned
Type of Label: None

My Blog

my new band.... The Hillfields

hey. quick news update on my musical activities. expanding the line up to include my good friend and artistic genius Grant Wilkinson (www.myspace.com/automatikfilms) on bass , and as soon as...
Posted by boyd on Mon, 20 Aug 2007 10:00:00 PST

The Associates - Fourth Drawer Down / Sulk lp and other comments

I've started to wonder whether too much "culture" can be a distraction to every day life, and consequentially if that is a bad thing. The more I delve into my record collection the more its on my mind...
Posted by boyd on Mon, 06 Aug 2007 04:57:00 PST

Linoleum - Dissent Lp

Now then, another lp I've come across again recently as part of the short series of boydie's nostalgia revivialism, is Linoleum's album "Dissent". A couple of cracking singles "Marquis" and "On ...
Posted by boyd on Wed, 01 Aug 2007 07:03:00 PST

Reissue Fever hits The Guardian

http://music.guardian.co.uk/print/0,,330275368-122428,00.htm l Well, for me, it never went away.
Posted by boyd on Fri, 27 Jul 2007 04:08:00 PST

THE HIVES - Hoxton Bar and Grill 25/07/07

Hang on a minute. The Hoxton Bar and Grill? They do GIGS there? I thought it was just Cocktails and deep fried mars bars? ... Oh well. Well folks, they most certainly DO have gigs there, in a room at...
Posted by boyd on Thu, 26 Jul 2007 12:15:00 PST

TOP 50 SONGS OF THE DECADE - yet another reissue

WHEN WILL THE MADNESS END? not here thats for sure cos i just came across a sun bleached piece of A4 paper, with some fading typing on it. Printed out from our first home computer, its the old te...
Posted by boyd on Mon, 23 Jul 2007 11:51:00 PST

LOW - Shepherds Bush Empire 8/05/2007

Low Shepherds Bush Empire Tues 8th May 2007 Now then. I have an apple in my pocket, which I'm saving for later, and it is a succulent unblemished Royal Gala. I'm looking forward to sinking my t...
Posted by boyd on Mon, 16 Jul 2007 11:18:00 PST

SALOON - toynbee arts centre 12/04/03

Saloon Toynbee Arts Café Sat April 12th / "(This is) What we call progress" I love it when a band makes you ask questions of yourself, of themselves, of the music fan and the industry genera...
Posted by boyd on Mon, 16 Jul 2007 11:10:00 PST

MOGWAI Somerset House gig review 12/7/07

Blimey. Last time I saw Mogwai (and I've seen them rather alot i can tell you) it was at the ICA last year, and I have to say they put in an underwhelming, and possibly quite crap, set there. It was ...
Posted by boyd on Fri, 13 Jul 2007 05:53:00 PST

Was Nik Kershaw shit?

I can go on and on about how fantastic all my "old" records are til the cows come home, but thats a bit boring isnt it. Unvital even. Because Im SURE there are records in everybody's collection that w...
Posted by boyd on Tue, 10 Jul 2007 04:52:00 PST