This has been my most active year on the gig going circuit. And it's mostly been great. All these bands can take a bow... By my reckoning this means that I've been out the equivalent of twice a week all year. The list does not include bands seen more than once. I intend to do more in 2006!
Absentee
Alter Kicks
Amsterdam
Apocalyptica
Arcade Fire
Ariel-X
Art Brut
Attack Switch Attack
Audrey
The Barbs
Battant
Bearsuit
Anat Ben-David
Be Your Own PET
Birds Of Paradise
The Bishops
The Bisons
Bloc Party
Blondie
The Boyfriends
The B Plan
The Brainhole
Bright Lights
Bugfly
Buzzcocks
John Cale
Catch-It Kebabs
Cazals
The Chalets
Chalkwell Ladies Drum And Bass League
Charlie Brown
Cherubs
Citizens Here And Abroad
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
Client
Colonel Mustard
Comet Gain
Copter
Hugh Cornwall
The Cranes
The Departure
DJ Scotch Egg
D:Models
The Donnas
The Drones
Dude On A Mission
Dustins Bar Mitzvah
The Earlies
Econoline
The Electric Cinema
Eye
Eyelash
The Favours
Final Fantasy
Fireapple Red
5,000 Killer Diseases
Forty Views
The Furies
Futureheads
Fuzz Valentine
Gang Of Four
Garbage
Giant Drag
Piney Gir
Goldfrapp
Good Shoes
The Go! Team
Go Team Go
Grand Prix 86
The Grates
The Hands
The Hellset Orchestra
Hem
Herman Dune
High Rise
Hockey Nights
Alex Holland
The Home Wreckers Club
Jon Hopkins
Hotel Motel
Infrasound
The Ivories
Jackknife Kid
Jags
JJ72
Kaiser Chiefs
Kaito
The Kills
The Killers
King Rat
The Knock
Ladyfuzz
Ladytron
Larrikin Love
LCD Soundsystem
The Legend!
The Legends
Les Incompetents
Jeffrey Lewis
Juliette And The Licks
The Long Blondes
Los Skeletones
Louis XIV
The Loungs
Ludes
Mando Diao
Mates Of State
Melt Banana
Melys
Metric
The Mighty Roars
Mika Bomb
Mistys Big Adventure
The Modern
Mon Fio
Mono Effecto
Motormark
M28
Miranda La Mutanta
The New Shapes
October All Over
Oki-Dog
Persil
Pickled Dick
Queen Adreena
Radical Cheerleaders
Rammstein
Receiver
The Research
Rhesus
Ricky
The Rocks
The Rogers Sisters
Roxy Music
The Sam I Am
Will Sartain
Scarling
The Scha La Las
Schwervon!
Secret Machines
Seeing Scarlet
Semifinalists
The Shortwave Set
The Shout Out Louds
Sleater-Kinney
Patti Smith
Smoosh
Snap Ant
Sons And Daughters
Soulwax
Spy 51
Mark Stewart and the Maffia
St Thomas
The Subways
Suzerain
Swarf
The Swear
Temposhark
Test-Icicles
Three Children Of Fortune
3hostwomexicansandatinofspanners
Martha Tilson
Yasunao Tone and Hecker
Clare Toomey
Two Day Rule
The Ulcers
The Vichy Government
Videofan
The Violets
Claus Michael Von Hauswolff
We Will Be Pilots
White Rose Movement
Workin' Lunch
The Young Knives
Yuppie Flu
Xero-Kline