Gig of the Year - 2008? (1 Viewer)

[Mitchum]

Tom Waits, I reckon. Hmm. Possibly Ennio Morricone...one of the cello players...Tom waits.

I saw Neubauten this year...Tom Waits.

 

[quasiquasi]

My Bloody Valentine at the Roundhouse, best thing I heard in years.

 

[Jelly_Block]

Dark Room Notes @ Soundcheck. Rick O shea gave me a jockey back to the door when it was over

 

[rettucs]

for 2009?

well?

 

[Lili Marlene]

Take That rode a huge mechanical elephant

gig of the year.

[/2009 discussion]

 

[rettucs]

and U2 had a big JCB integrated into the stage for theirs. lah-de-dah.

My favourites? I heard you ask?

well I don't think it was an especially vintage year gigwise but anyway.

- James Yorkston/Adrian Crowley - Crawdaddy last february (the first gig I was at this year, and it wasn't surpassed I reckon).
- Espers/Woods/Cave Singers - the other week there
- Cap Pas Cap at EP (just something about it - a deadly start to the saturday even though it started an hour late)
- Madness at EP (again more of a perfect for the mood and the timing than anything else)
- Throw Me The Status (saw them in Seattle in september. Deadly)
- Parts and Labour (ages ago too)
- Jay Reatard (deadly).
- Tallest Man on Earth (once the loud fat bloke shut up)

I can't remember most gigs I was at this year for some reason.

Ones that were a particular letdown were Neil Young and Leonard Cohen in the O2 (every gig I've ever been at there has been a letdown).

Ones I missed that probably would have made the list - Sunset Rubdown, Yo La Tengo.

Edit: Oh and Bruce. The saturday show in the rain. Deadly. And the sunday one not in the rain. Also deadly.

 

[chutneyfarmer]

In no particular order...

Woods
Primavera (Neil Young in particular)
Deerhunter - Andrews Lane
DJ Scotch Egg
Take That
Giveamanakick
Grouper & Boys of Summer

I'm sure I'll have more in a while

 

[Denny Oubidoux]

i saw fuck all gigs this year which makes it easy to choose

Dead C
Pumice

 

[tombstome]

Harvey Fucking Milk & Jesus Lizard at ATP back to back.
its hard to dance with the 'orn

 

[Lili Marlene]

and U2 had a big JCB integrated into the stage for theirs. lah-de-dah.

and even that paled in comparison to the elephant

 

[rettucs]

Deerhunter - Andrews Lane

yes, I completely forgot that. It was great.

as was Camera Obscura in ATL too.

Jimmy Cake (aka, everyone off thumped) at the Road Records gig were deadly too.

 

[ilovehoovering]

both AC/DC gigs
Action Beat
The Gaslight Anthem
The Jesus Lizard

 

[washingcattle]

Don Vito
The Ex
Zu
Gentle Viencut
Yo La Tengo
MBV
Dalek
Charles Hayworth
Jimmy Cake
Dan Deacon

 

[Jim Daniels]

Fleet Foxes in Vicar Street

Amazing

 

[Unknown Convict]

eric carbonara - semora spraoi
john vanderslice - whelans
cwk joynes - road recs instore

 

[quasiquasi]

A good year for gigs (which means I went to more than two). My favourites (all in London) were Animal Collective in Koko, Sonic Youth also in Koko and a great Hypnotic Brass Ensemble/Spok Frevo/Dhoad Gypsies/Kasai Allstars all-dayer at the Barbican.

 

[PornOnVinyl]

Wounds at Crawdaddy.

 

[GO]

Oi Polloi in Tullamore.Epic.

 

[Jill Hives]

Jay Reatard
Sunset Rubdown
Tallest Man On Earth

Jesus, I can't remember anything before September.

 

[Gambra]

Goblin at Supersonic, Prurient at No Fun Sweden, Kidd Blunt's final gig, Have Heart.. There are others I'm sure, particularly at the fests..