2007 Best Gig

[Mr Blobby]

What is the best gig you have been to this year?

I have seen The Men They Couldnt Hang (100 club), The Police (Twickenham), Arcade Fire (Alexandra Palace), Saw Doctors (Shepherds Bush), The Verve (O2), Kaiser Chiefs (Brighton Centre) and Bruce Springsteen (O2) this year (been a quiet year for gigs for me!)

I have to say that they were all pretty good, tough call as to which was the best. First time I had seen Arcade Fire and they were better than I expected live!

I think I would put that top of my list (just!)

I already have Springsteen and Radiohead booked for next year.

 

[Brighton Breezy]

The Twang in Brixton springs to mind.

Hastings band called Youngplan put a cracking show on at the Crypt as well.

 

[Superphil]

Uuum, let's think.

Oh yep, Led Zep.

 

[Row Z Creased Shirt]

My top five of the year in no particular order. The Manics at the Dome; Broken Family Band, the Windmill in Brixton; Three Daft Monkeys, Komedia; Warner E Hodges, the Prince Albert and British Sea Power, The Freebutt.

 

[Skaville]

The Woo! Worths at the Pressure Point.

 

[Bozza]

The Cat Empire at the Bristol Academy.

Read the same for 2006.

 

[Couldn't Be Hyypia]

Kate Rusby - Tunbridge Wells Assembly Halls. Folk Goddess.

 

[Titanic]

MUSE at Wembley Stadium, closely followed by AD/HD and Eighth Nerve at Billirox.

 

[Mendoza]

David Ford - Lewes All Saints - Brilliant !!!

 

[Nemesis]

John Prine-London Palladium in October.

Tegan and Sara were pretty good too at The Komedia earlier in the year.

 

[Kylies Stunt Arse]

Super Furry Animals - Southampton Guildhall.

 

[Pevenseagull]

Grinderman - London Forum

closely followed by

The Fall - Old Market

 

[1959]

Yann Tiersen at the Komedia. The man is a god.
Devo at the Dome.
The Fall at the Old Market in Hove.

 

[CHAPPERS]

Numero uno - Chemical Brothers @ Bestival - ridiculous visuals.

Runners up

Coldcut @ Glastonbury - mental, no other word for it.
Kate Nash @ Glastonbury - pissed it down but she was f***ing excellent (though I had just double dropped twice so this may have figured in my conclusions)
Polysics @ Concorde - best live band on the planet.
Wu Tang Clan @Hammersmith - They ALL turned up minus ODB of course (RIP).

 

[Albion Edd]

The Cribs in Portsmouth, they were fantastic as usual.
Babyshambles in Bournemouth were really good
Nine Black Alps at Reading, probably best band of the weekend
Larrikin Love in Brighton one of there last gigs but they were brilliant.
Also saw Shed 7 in Shepards Bush last week which was great to see them play all there classics.

 

[Monkster]

1)Bullets & Octane w/ The Knives @Free Butt
2) Aerosmith @ Hyde Park
3)The Bouncing Souls @ Concorde

Still got The Wildhearts in London tomorrow.......

Worst performance of the year

Scouting for Girls @ Hyde Park....walked out after 30 secs

 

[Da Man Clay]

Motion City Soundtrack at the Astoria for me.

 

[Les Biehn]

LCD Soundsystem at the Academy in Manchester was a great big bowl of awesomeness.

I also enjoyed The Egg at Concorde, not many people but Waxed Apple were supporting and due to our pissed up state Nibble and myself found them good and amusingly shit all at the same time. Oh yeah, and The Egg are mint.

 

[Les Biehn]

The Twang in Brixton springs to mind.

Hastings band called Youngplan put a cracking show on at the Crypt as well.

You still banging on about Youngplan Richie? Thought they were supposed to make an amazing break through this year?

 

[Brighton Breezy]

You still banging on about Youngplan Richie? Thought they were supposed to make an amazing break through this year?

Yes and with good reason.

They are recording their debut album now and it will be GREAT.