Best Gig of 2007 Thread (1 Viewer)

[shower another shower]

DEVO!

Yup.

 

[Gambra]

Wolf Eyes at the Supersonic Festival in Birmingham. Wow.

 

[shidheat]

top gigs for me this year:

trans am at the bottom of the hill. just one of the best gigs i've ever seen
daniel johnson at vicar st
tortoise at the independent

not as great but pretty amazing all the same:
konono no.1
tinariwen
climax golden twins
psychedelic band playing on a bus that i witnessed while riding a bike at burning man
six organs of admittance
michael hurley
spectrum
wooden shjips

sadly disappointing:

comets on fire
animal collective

 

[ernesto]

carribou in crawdaddy a few months ago is up there aswell. spectacular.

 

[quasiquasi]

Didn't go to many this year, most memorable were Animal Collective at the Coronet and Asobi Seksu in Cambridge last week.

 

[worthit]

Joanna Newsom and Northern Sinfonia in Glasgow
Joanna Newsom in the Olympia
the Books in the Sugar Club
Nick Cave at ATP
Digital Primatives at ATP
Final Fantasy at Electric Picnic
Make Believe in Brixton
Prince in the O2 arena followed by Chromeo in some shithole afterwards

And I have a feeling I'll be adding the Penguin Cafe Orchestra in London to this after next Wednesday.

 

[lympog]

trost in kennedys in january
electrelane in koko last week
super extra bonus party in voodoo in august

 

[rettucs]

Espers in Crawdaddy
Fujiya and Miyagi at Electric Picnic
LCD Soundsystem at Tripod
Deerhunter at Whelans
Handsome Furs at Whelans
Battles in TBMC

so many great gigs.

 

[Denny Oubidoux]

Gayle/Parker/Sanders in JJ's, 23 Sep. Everything else is gravy after that...

oh yeah, that was deadly, i loved that gig!

 

[BonsaiSuperstar]

loads of good stuff at the festivals i went to:

ATP Highlight - Band of Horses
Hellfest Highlight - Amon Amarth and Type O Negative
Elsewhere - Fountains Of Wayne in the Ambassodor

 

[egg_]

Final Fantasy at EP

I go to hardly any gigs these days though

 

[Risteardo]

Best gig of the year? Okkervil River, tonight, in Whelans, guaranteed !

 

[rettucs]

Best gig of the year? Okkervil River, tonight, in Whelans, guaranteed !

doubt it. But I'll go along for a look anyway

 

[Mitchum]

The Drones, Ballroom Of Romance

 

[Unknown Convict]

the mountain goats, watkins glen, new york
the necks, limerick

 

[MDR]

Rufus at vicar street.

Final Fatasy next week should be good though.

 

[Unclealo]

Best for me:

BOR Stuff:
The Drones
Electic Eel Shock/ Giveamanakick/ Large Mound
Thomas Truax
Honourable Ballroom Mentions to: Blood Red Shoes, Lafaro, Paper Cut Out, Grand Pocket Orchestra, Thomas Truax, Adebisi Shank,

Non Ballroom stuff:
Glen Branca Orchestra
Felix Lajko at the Dirty 3 ATP
Thinguma*jigSaw the first time a saw them in Anseo
Battles in Tripod (apparently they did better shows, but it was the first time I saw them)

 

[Jasper]

So difficult to decide but i'll go with The Bug in Traffic. He's one of the best live acts around. High on Fire next Tuesday could be a winner though.......

 

[cyclotron]

DEVO !
Charles Hayward at Kennedys
Party Weirdo (2wice)
Boredoms in the V -ill - itch
Mats Gustaffson in Dame lane

 

[Dktr. Faustus]

Gang Gang Dance, the Hub
Comets on Fire, Primavera
Indian Jewelry, Boom Boom Room
Nomeansno, Whelans
Daniel Johnston, Vicar St
The Ex, Crawdaddy
Grey Daturas, BBR
NO AGE

also Rättö & Lehtisalo at Flow festival and a finnish hip hop night in Helsinki in August