matt's year in music, part 2
best live acts:
nine inch nails @ the warehouse
futureheads @ capital music hall
sigur ros @ bronson centre
black octopus lipstick project @ capital music hall
four tet @ bluesfest
worst live acts:
that cover band with the chick singer that opened for lou trixie's power hour @ maverick's
big d and the kids table @ metropolis
isis @ babylon
best live moments:
the kid singer for the riptides @ maverick's
ted leo's banter @ babylon
the weird da da da cover by sigur ros' string section @ bronson centre
dresden dolls - war pigs @ the warehouse
throw rag - washboard solo @ capital music hall
terror - low budget old school fred durstness @ babylon
million dollar marxist guy petting the black sheep's head @ bluesfest
disappointing live moments:
hot hot heat/flogging molly - ruined by horrible mixing of headliners @ capital music hall
no staraflur - sigur ros @ bronson centre
no broken vow, love as arson - converge @ babylon
desecration of killing in the name - previously mentioned opener @ maverick's
really chilled out/weird version of a perfect teenhood - trail of dead @ capital music hall
broken social scene @ bluesfest
rjd2 cancelling + buck 65 rainout @ bluesfest
disappointing albums:
constantines - tournament of hearts
broken social scene - s/t
dizzee rascal - showtime
decemberists - picaresque
m.i.a. - privacy funds terrorism
beck - guero
common - be
the life aquatic with steve zissou
digging in the crates finds of the year:
deltron 3030 - deltron 3030
neutral milk hotel - in the aeroplane over the sea
metric - old world underground, where are you now?
atmosphere - lucy ford ep
belle and sebastian
doves
interpol - turn on the bright lights
les savy fav
ted leo
tv on the radio
haven't listened to yet:
franz ferdinand - you can have it so much better
the darkness
nine inch nails @ the warehouse
futureheads @ capital music hall
sigur ros @ bronson centre
black octopus lipstick project @ capital music hall
four tet @ bluesfest
worst live acts:
that cover band with the chick singer that opened for lou trixie's power hour @ maverick's
big d and the kids table @ metropolis
isis @ babylon
best live moments:
the kid singer for the riptides @ maverick's
ted leo's banter @ babylon
the weird da da da cover by sigur ros' string section @ bronson centre
dresden dolls - war pigs @ the warehouse
throw rag - washboard solo @ capital music hall
terror - low budget old school fred durstness @ babylon
million dollar marxist guy petting the black sheep's head @ bluesfest
disappointing live moments:
hot hot heat/flogging molly - ruined by horrible mixing of headliners @ capital music hall
no staraflur - sigur ros @ bronson centre
no broken vow, love as arson - converge @ babylon
desecration of killing in the name - previously mentioned opener @ maverick's
really chilled out/weird version of a perfect teenhood - trail of dead @ capital music hall
broken social scene @ bluesfest
rjd2 cancelling + buck 65 rainout @ bluesfest
disappointing albums:
constantines - tournament of hearts
broken social scene - s/t
dizzee rascal - showtime
decemberists - picaresque
m.i.a. - privacy funds terrorism
beck - guero
common - be
the life aquatic with steve zissou
digging in the crates finds of the year:
deltron 3030 - deltron 3030
neutral milk hotel - in the aeroplane over the sea
metric - old world underground, where are you now?
atmosphere - lucy ford ep
belle and sebastian
doves
interpol - turn on the bright lights
les savy fav
ted leo
tv on the radio
haven't listened to yet:
franz ferdinand - you can have it so much better
the darkness