The bands play it hard and fast go ripping through their sets
Happy new year, all.
One of the various things I intended doing to tidy up 2017 was collect together a list of all the gigs I went to during the year. I was expecting to post a teeny-tiny photo for each headlining band, because I've been making a point to take a quick photo at every gig. Except it turns out I've forgotten a lot more often than I thought. And many of the photos are rubbish.
On the plus side, though, I've had a lovely browse through this-year-in-pictures on my phone.
January
03 Winter Sprinter: Ultimate Painting, The Wharves, Girl Ray (The Lexington)
04 Winter Sprinter: Martha, Radiator Hospital, Average Sex (The Lexington)
05 Winter Sprinter: Haiku Salut, Trust Fund, Totally (The Lexington)
06 Winter Sprinter: The Just Joans, Expert Alterations, Bill Botting & the Two-Drink Minimums (The Lexington)
February
26 Bill Botting & the Two-Drink Minimums, The Wave Pictures, Tigercats (plus various guest appearances from Emma Kupa, Darren Heyman, Moustache of Insanity) (The MOTH Club)
March
07 Totally Acoustic: Gavin Osborn, Matt Abbott, MJ Hibbett (The King & Queen)
13 The xx, Cat Power, Jehnny Beth (Brixton Academy)
22 Twenty Years of Trouble: The Wave Pictures, Simon Love & The Old Romantics, Two White Cranes, Passing In The Hallway (The MOTH Club)
23 Twenty Years of Trouble: Withered Hand, The Ballet, Pete Astor, Would-Be-Goods (Bush Hall)
26 Twenty Years of Trouble: Steven James Adams & the French Drops, Tender Trap, The Catenary Wires, Elva (The Lexington)
26 Twenty Years of Trouble: Martha, Joanna Gruesome, The Spook School, Chorusgirl (Scala)
April
06 Desperate Journalist, Asylums, Purs (Scala)
15 The Lovely Eggs, Les Arrogants (229)
21 WGW: Toyah, Bad Pollyanna, Deviant UK, Healthy Junkies (Spa Pavilion)
22 WGW: Aurelio Voltaire, Abney Park, The Men That Will Not Be Blamed For Nothing, Magic Eight Ball (Spa Pavilion)
27 Lux Lisbon, Harpo Smith (Scala)
29 DIY Popfest: Mammoth Penguins, The Pooches, Witching Waves, Molar, Crumbs (The George Tavern)
30 DIY Popfest: Helen Love, Young Romance, Suggested Friends, Pale Kids, Teenage Cavemen (The Shacklewell Arms)
May
01 Los Campesinos, Slotface, Muncie Girls (Koko)
05 Tall Ships (Bush Hall)
15 Frank Turner, Skinny Lister, Will Varley, Non-Canon (Camden Roundhouse)
June
13 The Stone Roses, Blossoms, Sleaford Mods, The G-O-D (Wembley Arena)
21 - 25 Glastonbury (see write-up for full list) (Worthy Farm)
July
01 British Summer Time: Green Day, The Stranglers, Rancid, Gogol Bordello, The Hives, The Damned, Stiff Little Fingers (Hyde Park)
05 Martha, Fancy Dress Party, Drama Kids (The Bullingdon, Oxford)
06 Totally Acoustic: Emma Kupa, The Indelicates, Deerful (The King & Queen)
28 Indietracks: Martha, Chorusgirl, Kid Canaveral (Swanwick Junction)
29 Indietracks: The Wedding Present, Joanna Gruesome, The Hayman Kupa Band, Shopping, MJ Hibbett & the Validators, Milky Wimpshake, Rainbow Reservoir, Cola Jet St, The Pooches, Pillow Queens [*] (Swanwick Junction)
30 Indietracks: Cate le Bon, The Tuts, The Wave Pictures, Deerful, Grace Petrie, The Just Joans, Personal Best, The Understudies, Cowtown, Suggested Friends, Luby Sparks, Model Village [*] (Swanwick Junction)
August
05 Starshaped: The Bluetones, Sleeper, Space, Dodgy, My Life Story, Salad (The Forum)
12 Totally Acoustic: Keith TOTP & his Minor Indie Celebrity All-Stars, Gavin Osborn, Pete Green, Jenny Lockyer, Peter Buckley-Hill, Matt Tiller
September
02 If not now, when?: The Spook School, Salvation Bill, Tigercats, Fever Dream, Johanna Glaza, Oh Peas!, Porridge Radio, Rough Music, Garden Centre, Protection Spells, Self Help, Birds of Hell (East Oxford Community Centre)
27 Sparks, Mr Goodnite (Shepherds Bush Empire)
October
19 Mountain Goats (Shepherds Bush Empire)
27 WGW: Theatre of Hate, The Membranes, Hands Off Gretel, Pussycat and the Dirty Johnsons (Spa Pavilion)
28 WGW: The Birthday Massacre, Vince Ripper and the Rodent Show, Massive Ego, Lupentooth (Spa Pavilion)
November
07 Billy Bragg, Sean McGowan (Islington Assembly Hall)
18 Frank and Walters, Pre-Sleep Monologue (Water Rats)
17 Grace Petrie, Colour Me Wednesday, Jess Morgan, Robin Ince (Bush Hall)
December
14 New Model Army (The Forum)
20 The Wave Pictures [**], Tigercats (The Lexington)
[*] Technically speaking, this is the list of bands ChrisC saw because he was together enough to take notes. I've edited it where I remember I did something different, but some of this is just a guess.
[**] I'm not sure I'm really a big enough fan of The Wave Pictures to have seen them four times this year. They have definitely grown on me, though. Three times each for Tigercats and Martha I'm quite happy to defend. Tigercats would have been four, too, if I hadn't missed two of the Twenty Days of Trouble gigs due to a grotty cold.
[Originally posted at https://venta.dreamwidth.org/534043.html]
One of the various things I intended doing to tidy up 2017 was collect together a list of all the gigs I went to during the year. I was expecting to post a teeny-tiny photo for each headlining band, because I've been making a point to take a quick photo at every gig. Except it turns out I've forgotten a lot more often than I thought. And many of the photos are rubbish.
On the plus side, though, I've had a lovely browse through this-year-in-pictures on my phone.
January
03 Winter Sprinter: Ultimate Painting, The Wharves, Girl Ray (The Lexington)
04 Winter Sprinter: Martha, Radiator Hospital, Average Sex (The Lexington)
05 Winter Sprinter: Haiku Salut, Trust Fund, Totally (The Lexington)
06 Winter Sprinter: The Just Joans, Expert Alterations, Bill Botting & the Two-Drink Minimums (The Lexington)
February
26 Bill Botting & the Two-Drink Minimums, The Wave Pictures, Tigercats (plus various guest appearances from Emma Kupa, Darren Heyman, Moustache of Insanity) (The MOTH Club)
March
07 Totally Acoustic: Gavin Osborn, Matt Abbott, MJ Hibbett (The King & Queen)
13 The xx, Cat Power, Jehnny Beth (Brixton Academy)
22 Twenty Years of Trouble: The Wave Pictures, Simon Love & The Old Romantics, Two White Cranes, Passing In The Hallway (The MOTH Club)
23 Twenty Years of Trouble: Withered Hand, The Ballet, Pete Astor, Would-Be-Goods (Bush Hall)
26 Twenty Years of Trouble: Steven James Adams & the French Drops, Tender Trap, The Catenary Wires, Elva (The Lexington)
26 Twenty Years of Trouble: Martha, Joanna Gruesome, The Spook School, Chorusgirl (Scala)
April
06 Desperate Journalist, Asylums, Purs (Scala)
15 The Lovely Eggs, Les Arrogants (229)
21 WGW: Toyah, Bad Pollyanna, Deviant UK, Healthy Junkies (Spa Pavilion)
22 WGW: Aurelio Voltaire, Abney Park, The Men That Will Not Be Blamed For Nothing, Magic Eight Ball (Spa Pavilion)
27 Lux Lisbon, Harpo Smith (Scala)
29 DIY Popfest: Mammoth Penguins, The Pooches, Witching Waves, Molar, Crumbs (The George Tavern)
30 DIY Popfest: Helen Love, Young Romance, Suggested Friends, Pale Kids, Teenage Cavemen (The Shacklewell Arms)
May
01 Los Campesinos, Slotface, Muncie Girls (Koko)
05 Tall Ships (Bush Hall)
15 Frank Turner, Skinny Lister, Will Varley, Non-Canon (Camden Roundhouse)
June
13 The Stone Roses, Blossoms, Sleaford Mods, The G-O-D (Wembley Arena)
21 - 25 Glastonbury (see write-up for full list) (Worthy Farm)
July
01 British Summer Time: Green Day, The Stranglers, Rancid, Gogol Bordello, The Hives, The Damned, Stiff Little Fingers (Hyde Park)
05 Martha, Fancy Dress Party, Drama Kids (The Bullingdon, Oxford)
06 Totally Acoustic: Emma Kupa, The Indelicates, Deerful (The King & Queen)
28 Indietracks: Martha, Chorusgirl, Kid Canaveral (Swanwick Junction)
29 Indietracks: The Wedding Present, Joanna Gruesome, The Hayman Kupa Band, Shopping, MJ Hibbett & the Validators, Milky Wimpshake, Rainbow Reservoir, Cola Jet St, The Pooches, Pillow Queens [*] (Swanwick Junction)
30 Indietracks: Cate le Bon, The Tuts, The Wave Pictures, Deerful, Grace Petrie, The Just Joans, Personal Best, The Understudies, Cowtown, Suggested Friends, Luby Sparks, Model Village [*] (Swanwick Junction)
August
05 Starshaped: The Bluetones, Sleeper, Space, Dodgy, My Life Story, Salad (The Forum)
12 Totally Acoustic: Keith TOTP & his Minor Indie Celebrity All-Stars, Gavin Osborn, Pete Green, Jenny Lockyer, Peter Buckley-Hill, Matt Tiller
September
02 If not now, when?: The Spook School, Salvation Bill, Tigercats, Fever Dream, Johanna Glaza, Oh Peas!, Porridge Radio, Rough Music, Garden Centre, Protection Spells, Self Help, Birds of Hell (East Oxford Community Centre)
27 Sparks, Mr Goodnite (Shepherds Bush Empire)
October
19 Mountain Goats (Shepherds Bush Empire)
27 WGW: Theatre of Hate, The Membranes, Hands Off Gretel, Pussycat and the Dirty Johnsons (Spa Pavilion)
28 WGW: The Birthday Massacre, Vince Ripper and the Rodent Show, Massive Ego, Lupentooth (Spa Pavilion)
November
07 Billy Bragg, Sean McGowan (Islington Assembly Hall)
18 Frank and Walters, Pre-Sleep Monologue (Water Rats)
17 Grace Petrie, Colour Me Wednesday, Jess Morgan, Robin Ince (Bush Hall)
December
14 New Model Army (The Forum)
20 The Wave Pictures [**], Tigercats (The Lexington)
[*] Technically speaking, this is the list of bands ChrisC saw because he was together enough to take notes. I've edited it where I remember I did something different, but some of this is just a guess.
[**] I'm not sure I'm really a big enough fan of The Wave Pictures to have seen them four times this year. They have definitely grown on me, though. Three times each for Tigercats and Martha I'm quite happy to defend. Tigercats would have been four, too, if I hadn't missed two of the Twenty Days of Trouble gigs due to a grotty cold.
[Originally posted at https://venta.dreamwidth.org/534043.html]