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top 5 gigs of the year

something_enigmatic [Edit] [Delete] 41 replies 22:59, 9 December '04

in no particular order:-
1. silver mount zion at the scala
2.the locust at the garage
3. buck 65 at the garage
4. the blood brothers at the underworld
5. lightning bolt/wolf eyes at the electric ballroom

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Re: top 5 gigs of the year

In no particular order

The Black Keys-King Tuts
Nina Nastasia-Arches
DRI-King Tuts
Magic Band/FireEngines-Liquid Rooms/Arches
The Handsome Family-Amsterdam Paradiso
The Beat-Renfrew Ferry :-)

cadd | 10 Dec '04, 13:33 | X
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  People are just posting about the music they've most enjoyed seeing live this year. Sounds like you're the one with the hangups reading too much into it.
  
  matt @prole_art_threat | 10 Dec '04, 18:13 | X
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  you seem confused.
  your list is just as 'specialist' as the one you are talking about. BSP & Interpol & The Fall might seem very populist in your slightly skewed version of the world, but 95% of people in this country haven't got a clue who they are. Oh, and it's very fashionable of you to be anti-iPod... hating iPods seems to be the new black with you anti everything types...
  
  John_Brainlove @prole_art_threat | 12 Dec '04, 18:30 | X
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  good choices
  I would say
  1.Sonic Youth Brixton Academy
  2.Lightning Bolt Electric Ballroom
  3.Deerhoof ATP in April
  4.Blood Brothers Underworld
  5.Part Chimp at Silver Rocket
  
  neil_mac | 10 Dec '04, 14:31 | X
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    right:
    
    Hot Snakes @ The Underworld
    Shellac @ All Tomorrows Parties, April
    Lightning Bolt @ All Tomorrows Parties, April
    The Pixies @ Primavera Sound, Barcelona
    The Fall @ Nightmare Before Christmas
    
    HADDOCK @neil_mac | 10 Dec '04, 14:47 | X
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      I can't even remember 5 gigs I've been to this year. How bad is that? I was going to a couple a week for most of the year...
      
      The Mendoza Line, Azure Ray and The Stills stand out as being particularly good in my memory, but no-one esle does...
      
      ImageChange | 10 Dec '04, 14:51 | X
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        Trail of Dead
        Shellac
        Blood Brothers
        Isis
        Up C Down C
        Cove
        blah blah I'm always drunk and forget where I've been.
        
        Mike_Diver @ImageChange | 10 Dec '04, 14:55 | X
        
        Re: top 5 gigs of the year
        
        Isis
        Pelican
        Blood Brothers
        Q and Not U
        Mono
        
        dis-integration @Mike_Diver | 10 Dec '04, 15:00 | X
        
        Re: top 5 gigs of the year
        
        Ah yes, I'm usually drunk. That was why.
        
        Rosie Thomas/Iron and Wine/Sufjan Stevens was a great show. And Death Cab. And Explosions in the Sky.
        
        I think I got to six, so forget the Mendoza Line.
        
        ImageChange @Mike_Diver | 10 Dec '04, 15:25 | X
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      Explosions In The Sky
      Horse The Band
      Death From Above 1979
      Death Cab For Cutie
      Get Up Kids
      
      -claire- | 10 Dec '04, 15:13 | X
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      5a. Explosions in the Sky @ Electric Ballroom [felt like diving into a fountain]
      5b. Cat Power @ Shepherds Bush [strangely wonderful - sittin' on a ruin!]
      4. Muse @ V [tragedy and certified stardom]
      3. Pheonix @ Metro [sweaty!]
      2. Shins + Stills @ Iceland Airwaves [blissful!]
      1. Bright Eyes @ either Barfly or Boogaloo [historical!]
      
      sean | 10 Dec '04, 15:15 | X
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        in no particular order, the ones that spring to mind:
        
        Bloc Party @ Clwb Ifor Bach
        Mclusky/Jarcrew @ Cardiff Barfly
        Reading Festival ('specially Stills, Buck 65, and TV On t'Radio)
        Truck Fest ($hit, and 80s Matchbox)
        Thomas Truax (supporting Chris TT) @ Dempeys the other night.
        
        i'm sure there are more, Brakes and The Pippettes at the Barfly for example.
        
        monpot @Soundcheck | 10 Dec '04, 15:54 | X
        
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        white stripes covered maps at reading.
        
        kittensgotclaws @mcsean_lpool | 10 Dec '04, 23:24 | X
        
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        Ceephax acid crew at the scala
        Low at the scala
        Electric Dr M at the zodiac
        Most of ATP, esp Prefuse 73 and Bobby Conn
        Various electronicers kid606 knifehandchop & others
        Mum & animal collective at the zodiac
        Various other events of more personal significance
        
        matt | 10 Dec '04, 18:46 | X
        
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        these "best gig of the year" discussions are a waste of time and favour london too much. what if i was to claim that buck 65 was in fact infinitely better at the night & day in manchester?
        
        JacobJones | 10 Dec '04, 18:58 | X
        
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        i think you've missed the point. this isn't q magazine.
        
        something_enigmatic @JacobJones | 10 Dec '04, 19:06 | X
        
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        i'm afraid i don't understand. whether it's done by Q or DiS, it's the same, surely?
        
        JacobJones @something_enigmatic | 11 Dec '04, 02:02 | X
        
        Re: top 5 gigs of the year
        
        this isn't meant to be definitive, it's just about your personal favourites.
        
        something_enigmatic @JacobJones | 12 Dec '04, 20:13 | X
        
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        Death Cab For Cutie - Oxford Zodiac
        !!! - Reading festival
        The Stills - Oxford Zodiac
        The Faint - Birmingham Med Bar
        Bloc Party - Northampton Soundhaus
        
        kittensgotclaws | 10 Dec '04, 23:27 | X
        
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        Herman Dune/Kimya Dawson @ Talbot stoke
        Deus/Stijn@ Manc acad 3
        The Wow/Mountain Men Anon@ Talbot, stoke
        David Devant@ Stoke Underground
        The Rapture/Franz Ferd @ Brum Academy
        
        karl | 11 Dec '04, 12:18 | X
        
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        the decemberists @ st bonaventure's, bristol
        the decemberists/the unicorns @ night and day, manc
        death cab for cutie @ the fleece, bristol
        iron & wine @ st bonaventure's, bristol
        
        not 5, but the decemberists at st bon's was worth a thousand shows.
        
        carrotrope | 11 Dec '04, 13:45 | X
        
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        a truly special gig should change the way you think about music forever. sean's 'i wanted to dive into a fountain' means a lot - i know exactly what u mean. i wanted to bungee jump off the brooklyn bridge after polysics. without the bungee rope.
        
        1. POLYSICS!!! at Coldrice in brum. fuckin AMAZING. i mean, words dont describe.
        2. Sonic Youth - ATP. they have magic. they are magicians.
        3. !!! - reading. just wish i hadnt been so stoned. i could barely stand never mind dance properly. they make other bands look so stupid. two thumbs fresh!*
        4. Dizzee Rascal - ATP. completely new-sounding and 100% charisma and commitment. that guy is a fuckin star.
        5. The Dresden Dolls - Madame JoJos. so much imagination, glamour, heartache, anger, style - fuck. i mean, just YES.
        
        worst -
        peaches at Reading. i like her usually but it sounded totally shit.
        pink grease were the most disappointing band of the year.
        har mar at ATP - lame, flabby jackson 5 rip-off pop. he is SO over
        the beat up - the absolute epitome of crap garage rock
        
        * ("two thumbs fresh" (c) fidel villeneuve 2004)
        
        John_Brainlove @carrotrope | 12 Dec '04, 13:16 | X
        
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        Gosh you made me remember some good gig moments
        
        Polysics - Saw them at the Charlotte - Awesome
        !!! - also at reading - Twas quite stoned but not enough to not dance - YES!!!
        Blood Brothers - Rescue Rooms - Was Merry and Pippen
        Lightning Bolt - Boat Club - Still shaking after a week ago
        Fiery Furnaces - Reading - Would have danced but was too early in the day
        
        tom_from_sparks @John_Brainlove | 12 Dec '04, 13:25 | X
        
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        Lets see
        Pixes - Brixton Academy
        Stills - Electric Ballroom
        Kings of Leon - Forum
        PJ Harvey - Glastonbury
        Bright Eyes - Glastonbury
        
        I really can't remember who i've seen this year. My list is a bit NME as well innit? shit.
        
        josh @tom_from_sparks | 12 Dec '04, 13:42 | X
        
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        Hey! Every man to their own, and if some corperate magazine cocksuckers have near the same taste than you then that's just bad luck - anyway it will change in a few months when something else "cool" happens like spacesuit punk (you heard it here first!)
        
        tom_from_sparks @josh | 12 Dec '04, 13:48 | X
        
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        Biffy Clyro - Glasgow Barrowlands.
        
        MUST!
        
        the_patient @tom_from_sparks | 12 Dec '04, 13:52 | X
        
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        Explosions In the Sky – G2
        Four Tet/Explosions In the Sky/Animal Collective… – Triptych (Tramway)
        Belle&Seb/Camera Obscura/Trash Can Sinatras… - Glasgow Botanic Gardens
        Sons and Daughters – Oran Mor
        Blonde Redhead - Barfly
        
        coastal | 12 Dec '04, 18:18 | X
        
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        1. Dr. John - Shepherd's Bush Empire
        2. AUDIOSCOPE04 - The Zodiac, Oxford
        3. Sonic Youth - Brixton Academy
        4. Supergrass - The Zodiac
        5. Youthmovie Soundtrack Strategies album launch - The Wheatsheaf, Oxford
        
        Jober | 12 Dec '04, 19:22 | X

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