Best Gig of 2007 Thread (1 Viewer)

[mr pharmacist!!!!1]

cocker doing boys are back in town is one of my fondest ever ever memories of a gig/festival.

fucking magic.
best festival performance i've ever seen.

"this is either gonna be the best thing you're gonna see and you'll be talking about it for weeks or else it'll be the biggest piece of crap"

 

[Jill Hives]

My top five:
Andrew Bird -- March & November Crawdaddy/Tripod
The Handsome Furs -- Whelans
Beirut-- Tripod
The Wrens -- Whelans

 

[cephalopod]

Built to Spill in Spain. Dan Deacon in Ireland.

 

[Scientician 0.8]

MDR in Anseo

 

[mackle]

The Melvins/Big Business- Black Box
Acid Mothers Temple- Pavillion
The Ex- Crawdaddy
Army of Flying Robots- Belfast/Dublin
Slomatics at Curfew
Auktion- The Bunker
DeNovissimiss/Drainland/Altar of Plagues/Bats/Wereju- Lower Deck
Magrudergrind/Yacopsae- Bunker
The Locust-Bunker
Crowd Control- Pavillion

 

[oh shit]

the ex in crawdaddy
oneida at ps1
the drugs at primavera

 

[ddmurph]

daniel johnston in vicar street
colour out of space in brighton
the ex in crawdaddy

... probably forgetting loads more. daniel johnston pretty much eclipsed everything though

 

[hermie]

Nina Nastasia (Douglas Hyde Gallery)
Deerhoof (Electric Picnic)
Les Savy Fav (Crawdaddy)
Bjork (Electric Picnic)
Pinback (Whelans)
Built to Spill (ATP)
Bats (Conorpalooza)

lots more that just aren't springing to mind right now.too many to pick one

 

[hermie]

also Mike Patton and Fennesz (The Village)

 

[cephalopod]

Deerhoof were pretty good at EP...

Mike Patton and Fennesz scared me..

 

[Lili Marlene]

Adam Ant

'I now realise that the b-side should really have been the a-side.

..... here is the a-side, it's called Young Parisians'.

best ever

 

[bogmanfan]

Forgot Joanna Newsom in the Olympia. That was pretty special, better than the Sugar Club in 2004.

 

[Alan Remorse]

Max Tundra - Ping Pong
Sincabeza - Ping Pong
Dan Deacon - Roisin Dubh
So So Modern - Ping Pong
Stars Of The Lid - Cyp Ave
Giveamanakick - Ping Pong

 

[Unicron]

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

Not quite as good as Dan Deacon but pretty fucking great. I wasn't all messed up last night though.

 

[ronan]

It's always hard to judge gigs seen abroad against gigs in Dublin because foreign gigs always have that extra added excitement.

So, with that in mind...

abroad
-Sonic Youth's Daydream Nation set at Primavera. Unbelievable.
-Make Believe in Brixton
-ATP sets = Built To Spill, Subtle (especially when Why? joined them onstage), Les Savy Fav, The Books, Akron/Family, Battles

at home
-Joanna Newsom in The Olympia
-Daniel Johnston in Vicar St (before the band came out)
were particularly special

so many others though... Fog, Oneida, Les Savy Fav, Danielson, Qui, Mice Parade, Dan Deacon, Baseball...

and on the local front i really think both BATS and Adebisi Shank have been a revelation.

 

[Unicron]

It's always hard to judge gigs seen abroad against gigs in Dublin because foreign gigs always have that extra added excitement.

On one hand you've made the effort to travel for the gig so it's got that going for it. On the other hands foreign crowds are often quite flat compared to here I find.

 

[ronan]

oops, can't believe i forgot Beastie Boys on the Saturday night of Electric Picnic.
Floored me.

 

[Wobbler]

I don't go to too many gigs but I rteally enjoyed the two George Clinton gigs.

 

[rettucs]

Not quite as good as Dan Deacon but pretty fucking great. I wasn't all messed up last night though.

didn't the bass player do well to keep it together(ish) seeing how hammered drunk he was. He was hilarious

 

[coast to coast]

Great gigs seen this year include:

Wrens - Old Whelans - Fucking rock n roll heroes.
Joanna Newsom - Th'Olympia which was fucking spellbinding. Actually lulled me half to sleep it was so peaceful and I've never seen a crowd so hushed.
Wilco - Vicar Street x2 - classic rock in excelsis (corny rock journo cliché ad infinitum)
Dirty Projectors - New Whelans no pedals, no effects just fast as shit guitars, drums and singing.
Animal Collective - Tripod despite Avey Tare's non-singing due to illness, so intense and I was just on a huge AC vibe so much that I couldn't help but enjoy all of it, despite expectations
Glenn Branca et al - Grand Canal Dock which I'm mentioned even tho I was in it - I thought it was fantastic - loud, brutal, jarring and really good fun to play.
Grizzly Bear - Old Whelans Didn't know what to expect but a good way to spend a summer night. Loved the way they got so much out of the minimal line-up and the live harmonies were great. Also covered He Hit Me (And It Felt Like A Kiss)
Bill Calahan - The Village was suprisingly charismatic altogether. Better than on record.