Music

I have been thinking that this year, the year of Sticklebec getting back into proper music and going to gigs, rather than mindlessly letting anyone convince me that House music is good and that clubbing is the way forward, that I should chronicle all the gigs I’ve been to and the cds I’ve bought. Mostly for me to look back at in the future, as I doubt its of much interest to anyone else…

Gigs:

December
8 – My Life Story – Astoria

November
24 – Rodrigo y Gabriela – Shepherd’s Bush Empire
14 – Flaming Lips – Hammermsith Apollo
4 – Antony & the Johnsons – Barbican

October
26 – Sparklehorse - QEH

August:
23 – Steve Lawson, Seb Rochford, Andy Hamill, Julian Ferraretto, Mandy Drummond – Recycle Collective – Darbucka
23 – Fuerzabruta- The Roundhouse (not technically a gig but damn cool all the same)
15 – Madonna- Wembley Arena

July:
6 – Divine Comedy – Somerset House

June:
25 – OK Go, The Fratellis, The Dears, Depeche Mode – Wireless Festival, Hyde Park
23 – Pharrell, Gnarls Barkley, Flaming Lips, Massive Attack - Wireless Festival, Hyde Park
18 – Queens of the Stone Age – Hyde Park
4 – Rodrigo Y Gabriela – London Scala

May:
26 – My Life Story – Mean Fiddler
19 – Radiohead – Hammersmith Apollo

April:
3 – Depeche Mode – Wembley Arena

March:
30 – OK Go - London Scala

February:
9 – Mew- Shepherds Bush

Cds I’ve bought:
Depeche Mode- Black Celebration/Music for the Masses/Speak and Spell/Songs of Faith and Devotion/101/Some Great Reward
Gym Class Heroes – As Cruel as School Children
Secret Machines – Ten Silver Drops
Mew – And the Glass Handed Kites/The Zookeeper’s Boy (Single)
The Pipettes – We Are the Pipettes
The Kooks – Inside in/Inside Out
The Cure – Greatest Hits
Outkast – Idlewild
Kasabian – Empire (Single)
Muse – Black Holes and Revelations
Placebo – Meds
Oceansize – Effloresce
Dredg – Catch Without Arms
Amplifier – The Astronaut Dismantles Hal
Colder – Heat
OK Go – Oh No
We are Scientists – With Love and Squalor
Battles – Ep C/B Ep
Skindred – Babylon