Top 15 gigs 2010

[MattL80]

Following on from the albums thread, my top gigs/festival performances of the year

1 Rage Against The Machine 06/06/2010 Finsbury Park, London

2 The Sadies 29/11/2010 The Railway Inn, Winchester

3 The Felice Brothers 12/09/2010 End of the Road festival, 2010

4 Midlake 26/06/2010 Glastonbury Festival, 2010

5 Elliott Brood 05/09/2010 The Railway Inn, Winchester

6 Mark Lanegan 18/08/2010 The Union Chapel, Islington

7 Danny & The Champions of the World 05/09/2010 The Railway Inn, Winchester

8 Phosphorescent 13/09/2010 End of the Road festival, 2010

9 Wilco 12/09/2010 End of the Road festival, 2010

10 Orbital 27/06/2010 Glastonbury Festival, 2010

11 The Flaming Lips 25/06/2010 Glastonbury Festival, 2010

12 Laura Marling 26/06/2010 Glastonbury Festival, 2010

13 The Low Anthem 12/09/2010 End of the Road festival, 2010

14 Black Mountain 13/09/2010 End of the Road festival, 2010

15 The National 26/06/2010 Glastonbury Festival, 2010

[ljsawyer]

I can't remember the exact dates, but...

1. Sleepy Sun, Bush Hall, London (August)

2. Titus Andronicus, The Cooler, Bristol (November)

3. Mew, Truck Festival (July)

4. Port O' Brien w/ Laura Gibson, The Louisiana, Bristol (March)

5. Midlake, O2 Academy, Oxford (November)

6. Caribou, End of the Road Festival (September)

7. Moddi, End of the Road Festival (September)

8. Jónsi, Colston Hall, Bristol (September)

9. f**ked Up, Truck Festival (July)

10. Xiu Xiu w/ Mount Kimbie, Former Ghosts, Arnolfini, Bristol (October)

11. Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin @ OX4, O2 Academy 2, Oxford (October)

12. Wolf Parade, End of the Road Festival (September)

13. The Antlers, O2 Academy 2, Oxford (March)

14. Black Mountain, O2 Academy 2, Oxford (September)

15. Deer Tick, End of the Road Festival (September)

[wackojackohighcliffe]

can't be bothered with a top 15 but..

1.hold steady, london

2.wintersleep, eotr

3.bellowhead, salisbury

4.fekice brothers, eotr

5.modest mouse, eotr

6.arcade fire, cardiff (would be higher but i threw up quite a bit)

and manymore

[Elfy]

Following on from the albums thread, my top gigs/festival performances of the year

1 Rage Against The Machine 06/06/2010 Finsbury Park, London

2 The Sadies 29/11/2010 The Railway Inn, Winchester

3 The Felice Brothers 12/09/2010 End of the Road festival, 2010

4 Midlake 26/06/2010 Glastonbury Festival, 2010

5 Elliott Brood 05/09/2010 The Railway Inn, Winchester

6 Mark Lanegan 18/08/2010 The Union Chapel, Islington

7 Danny & The Champions of the World 05/09/2010 The Railway Inn, Winchester

8 Phosphorescent 13/09/2010 End of the Road festival, 2010

9 Wilco 12/09/2010 End of the Road festival, 2010

10 Orbital 27/06/2010 Glastonbury Festival, 2010

11 The Flaming Lips 25/06/2010 Glastonbury Festival, 2010

12 Laura Marling 26/06/2010 Glastonbury Festival, 2010

13 The Low Anthem 12/09/2010 End of the Road festival, 2010

14 Black Mountain 13/09/2010 End of the Road festival, 2010

15 The National 26/06/2010 Glastonbury Festival, 2010

[Leyser]

can't be bothered with a top 15 but..

1.hold steady, london

2.wintersleep, eotr

3.bellowhead, salisbury

4.fekice brothers, eotr

5.modest mouse, eotr

6.arcade fire, cardiff (would be higher but i threw up quite a bit)

and manymore

[Elfy]

The Wintersleep show I saw was marvelous, very good and under rated band

[Infinite Jest]

I've seen more gigs this year than in any other, so I've done 20 and still missed some good ones.

Pixies: Troxy (they played my request!)

Jeff Tweedy: Union Chapel (he played my request; then mocked me for it!)

Primal Scream play Screamadelica: Kensington Olympia

Patti Smith: Hyde Park Serpantine Sessions

The Duke and the King: Union Chapel (pretty much any gig involving someone caleld Felice, but this one was the best, honorable mention for Simone solo at a church in King's Cross because it was the first gig he played here after the surgery)

The Low Anthem: EoTR

The Arcade Fire: some theatre in Hackney

Beach House: Shepherd's Bush Empire

The Felice Brothers: EoTR

Wilco: Royal Festival Hall

Holy f**k: Camden Underworld

Jonathan Richman: The Luminaire

The Mountain Goats (tie): EoTR/Koko

The National: Brixton Academy

Godspeed You! Black Emperor: Troxy

Ray Davies: Hop Farm Festival

The Penny Black Remedy: The Luminaire (just unfair to have these guys supporting the Bambi Molestors. They packed the joint, had everyone singing and dancing along (even started a conga line that went out of the venue and downstairs). Then half the audience left for the headliners).

Orbital: Primavera Sound festival

The Clean: Primavera Sound festival (because these countrymen of mine invented indie-rock; just try to disprove it )

Caribou: EoTR

Jeers for:

Noah and the Whale: (band good; braying Hooray Henry fans should die in a fire)

Giant Sand: Howe, exactly what are you trying to accomplish here?

Buck 65: dude, you suck. Give up.

The Smith Westerns: I love your album. Please try not to suck so much or act so bored live. You are young, have fun.

The Stooges: dear Iggy, I've seen your rider and how you care about your sound. So why does it suck so much? Dear Stooges: I know you're old but let's have some energy please - if Iggy can do it, so can you.

Bob Dylan: if I wanted to stand in the dark and listen to music made by people I can't see that doesn't sound much like Bob Dylan I could do that anywhere, without paying for it.

[MattL80]

*ahem*

You forgot.....

Shearwater, 1.8.10, The Railway, Winchester

[MattL80]

can't be bothered with a top 15 but..

1.hold steady, london

2.wintersleep, eotr

3.bellowhead, salisbury

4.fekice brothers, eotr

5.modest mouse, eotr

6.arcade fire, cardiff (would be higher but i threw up quite a bit)

and manymore

[MattL80]

Jeers for:

Noah and the Whale: (band good; braying Hooray Henry fans should die in a fire)

[Splainc]

Toughie. Here is my list in no particular order. Finding it difficult even to remember all the shows!

Peter Broderick - The Pavilion, Cork (Ireland)

The Low Anthem - Vicar Street, Dublin

Snake Wagon (Low Anthem and Friends) - Tipi Secret Show, End of the Road

Phosphorescent - Garden Stage, End of the Road

Rachel Grimes - River Lee Hotel, Cork

Evan Dando - Mecury Lounge, New York

Iron and Wine - Garden Stage, End of the Road

The Besnard Lakes - Cyprus Avenue, Cork

Megafaun/Caitlin Rose - Cyprus Avenue, Cork

Stevie Wonder - The O2, Dublin

Pearl Jam - The O2, Dublin

Jónsi - Electric Picnic Festival, Laois (Ireland)

Malcolm Middleton - Cyprus Avenue, Cork

Caitlin Rose - Both End of the Road shows

Mountain Man - Electric Picnic Festival, Laois

The Frames - Electric Picnic Festival, Laois

Amiina - Dun Laoghaire World Festival, Dublin

Madness - Live At The Marquee, Cork

Passion Pit - The Savoy, Cork

Brendan Benson - The Pavilion, Cork

[Olivedal 1904]

Plenty of lists here that make sense with really good live bands. I can't understand though what anyone sees in Black Mountain. Tedious and conventional rock songs that pretty much anyone could have written. Like a cover band of 70's rock.

Top 15:

1 Modest Mouse - the Troxy, London

2 Yo La Tengo - End of the Road

3 Dinosaur Jr - Sentrum Scene, Oslo

4 Built to Spill - Sentrum Scene, Oslo

5 Wolf Parade - End of the Road

6 Pavement - Way out West Festival

7 Sleepy Sun - Sticky Fingers, Gothenburg

8 The National - Way out West Festival

9 Band of Horses - Trädgårn, Gothenburg

10 Wilco - End of the Road

11 Arcade Fire - Dalhalla, Rättvik

12 Crystal Antlers - Parken, Gothenburg

13 Caribou - End of the Road

14 The Low Anthem - End of the Road

15 Cymbals Eat Guitars - Sticky Fingers, Gothenburg

Worst gigs/Biggest disappointments 2010:

1 Black Mountain - Pustervik, Gothenburg

2 Teenage Fanclub - Trädgårn, Gothenburg

3 Woodpigeon - End of the Road

4 Jens Lekman - Way out West Festival

5 Iggy & the Stooges - Way Out West Festival

[Infinite Jest]

Actual lol

[MattL80]

Heh. I was furious. I can sort of understand people talking through support acts, or talking during the more obscure songs, but these guys were talking through the quiet obscure songs and then through 'Five Years Time' as well. Why were they at the damn gig???

I only managed it because I have a list of all the bands I've seen this year by my desk

[shoebox]

My favourites of the year, in date order:

Memory Tapes @ The Social, London

Beach House @ Roundhouse, London

Broken Social Scene @ Heaven, London

The Wave Pictures @ The Farmhouse, Canterbury

Dan Mangan @ The Lexington, London

The Wonder Stuff @ The Forum, Royal Tunbridge Wells

Jens Lekman @ Union Chapel

Wolf Parade @ End Of The Road

Iron & Wine @ End Of The Road

The Wilderness Of Manitoba in the woods @ End Of The Road

The Singing Adams, Dan Michaelson & The Coastguards @ The Windmill Brixton

[Elfy]

(I should probably mention that myself and certain others on here - you know who you are - got told off at eotr for talking, but we were right at the back and we were being fairly quiet (I think!)).

[MattL80]

You put me to shame.... according to songkick I've been to 24 (including fezzies counted as one gig per fezzie)

[wackojackohighcliffe]

Just as I was reading this the doorbell rang and it was my tickets for The Holdsteady in Feb. Spooky.

I was really impressed by their eotr performance last year so seeing them in Southampton next year.

Edited December 17, 2010 by wackojackohighcliffe

[MattL80]

see you there. i'll get you to buy me a drink

and i'm pretty sure they'll be a lot better there than at eotr although i dunno how many fans they'll manage in southampton (i'm pretty sure my endless requests on facebook got them there )

[riverlodge]

this is a lazy cut and paste from a mirror thread in another forum (not to be named of course):

"best best few:

jonsi @ latitude

caribou @ eotr

yeasayer @ heaven

the national @ latitude & warwick

grizzly bear + beach house @ the roundhouse (even though i had one blocked ear)

jeez im so mainstream. "

the only alteration that i'd consider having read everybody elses above is to add shoebox's suggestion of wilderness of manitoba in the woods @ eotr

[wackojackohighcliffe]

I really enjoyed their eotr performance so if it is better we're in for a good one. Have you seen any other bands at the uni? I saw black rebel motorcycle club there earlier this year and wasn't too impressed by the sound, but I doubt the holdsteady will have everything turned up quite so loud, so hopefully will be better.