another top 5 thread..gigs o' the year.. (1 Viewer)

[shitepipe]

george clinton in amsterdam- best gig everever
animal collective
yo la tengo
mike watt & the secondmen

 

[jimmybreeze]

in no order:
joanna newsom (sydney)
Smog (sydney)
Hot Snakes (whelans)
Dj Food (music centre)
Daedalus (sugar club)
George Clinton (vicar street)
Hermie in tweed/tenpastseven/crayonsmith/good time john (Hermie in tweed ep launch,toners)
Sonic youth (Marley park)
Slint (vicar street)
That roscommon festival with regulaer gonzales and plaid (a field)
Oh and Cocorosie (whelans)

 

[Gambra]

The Locust [ATP]
Wolf Eyes [Whelans]

WANKER.

sorry, I just wasn't able to see The Locust in Leeds this year and I didn't even know Wolf Eyes played...

For me:
Arcade fire (electric picnic)
Kraftwerk (electic picnic)
Fantomas
Isis/Jesu
Death From Above 1979 (oxegen)
Yourcodenameis:milo (oxegen)

I'm hoping Giveamanakick on St Stephens Day will be good too.

Stuff I missed:
THE LOCUST
CocoRosie
Pelican
Sigur Ros
ATP

and many many others...

 

[chutneyfarmer]

Hermie in tweed/tenpastseven/crayonsmith/good time john (Hermie in tweed ep launch,toners)

eh, wasn't this actually 2 seperate gigs?

The tweed ep launch was with tenpastseven, and the other gig was with crayonsmith,goodtime etc.

 

[Happy Noodle Boy]

Radian (Sonar)
Battles (Sonar)
Felix Kubin (Barcelona)
Matmos (ATP)
We Are Knives (Anytime I saw them)
The New Heat/Obscured By Light (Lazybird)
Northstation (Printing house)
Cap Pas Cap/Tremors (Lazybird)
Minit/Karl Him/Dennis McNulty (Crawdaddy)

Missed loads of shit though - Sufjan, VSnares, Caribou, Cat Power, Shitmat, Keith Fullerton Whitman. Bah!

 

[cozy]

Martin Hayes and Dennis Cahil
Melvins
Jimmy Webb
Kate Rusby
Cardiacs

In no particular order so dont do do no thang that donts got not to be done

 

[jimmybreeze]

eh, wasn't this actually 2 seperate gigs?

ha ha ya know what?!I think you're right!they seem to have welded themselves together in my mind as some sort of supergig.

 

[Dr_stanley]

it was super and crayonsmith played at both by the way and hot snakes was the gig of the year by a million miles and sleater kinney was also fun

 

[righteous harmony]

afrirampo, magik markers, contortions at vincent gallo atp
wolf eyes in whelan's
slayer and mastodon in the ambassador
kraftwerk at lectric picnic
josephine foster in dolan's
melvins in the village
high on fire, mastodon, acid mothers at december atp

didn't see so many irish bands this year...

oh yeah, dead can dance in the olympia as well

 

[ernesto]

crayonsmith is like, the nicest guy ive ever met. talked to him a few times after gigs, like your last Hermie gig. legend. lookin forward to seein him with Ru.

gigs of the year?
Arcade fire at Electric Picnic
whippin boy, just there a week or so ago - olympia
minus the bear - the hub
Hermies last one with everyone in Toners was a belter
That roscommon festival with CUckoo Savante and plaid
The Oxes - voodoo

damn, i want to make it more gigs next year

So Shane, you found any new potential lodgers for Leeson St.?

 

[mackle]

The Oxes - voodoo

That was last year

 

[ernesto]

That was last year

holy crap, this was one boring year so!

 

[paul-]

i liked,
Double Leopards,Wolf Eyes...etc-Subcurrent Festival.
Funeral Diner-Parnell Mooney
La Quiete-Lower Deck
Minus The Bear-The Hub
William Elliott Whitmore-some nice place in Glasgow
hmm...thats all i can think of,i cant think.

 

[pete]

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