en http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/ Thu, 1 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 Thu, 1 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 60 http://www.audioscrobbler.net/data/webservices http://www.last.fm/user/motionpicture/journal The Last.fm journal for motionpicture. Last.fm journals are a place to talk about all things music. http://www.last.fm/user/motionpicture/journal/2011/03/06/49b118_suze_rotolo_%28november_20%2C_1943_%E2%80%93_february_25%2C_2011%29 Sun, 6 Mar 2011 21:17:02 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/motionpicture/journal/2011/03/06/49b118_suze_rotolo_%28november_20%2C_1943_%E2%80%93_february_25%2C_2011%29 "Right from the start I couldn’t take my eyes off her. She was the most erotic thing I’d ever seen. She was fair skinned and golden haired, full-blood Italian. The air was suddenly filled with banana leaves. We started talking and my head started to spin." - Bob Dylan



I was so saddened to hear about Suze Rotolo's passing. I have the fondest memories of seeing her in 2009, reading from her book 'A Freewheelin' Time' and sharing stories from her time with Bob Dylan. She captured the feeling of that period in a way I never would have imagined possible. She was a woman whose eyes remained constantly open, always searching to discover something new- her perspectives were fascinating, always laced with a childlike awe. It was this openness that captured the room and that took the evening so far from anyone's expectations of what a book reading or interview should involve. At one point, she called Steve Earle to the front to play a few songs- she greeted him so warmly that her interaction with him was more of an insight than the performance itself.



If the whole thing quite hauntingly now sounds like a eulogy, then it was a fitting one- an opportunity for Suze herself to relive her most memorable moments. I will remember her as graceful, funny and inspiring, the kind of person whose presence stays with you long after they have left the room. That she was the muse for one of the most important artists of our time is surely telling of how wonderful a character she possessed, but tends to imply an otherworldly quality that we find hard to comprehend. What became obvious that night is the extent to which someone who is profoundly down-to-earth can inspire the transcendental.

]]> http://www.last.fm/user/motionpicture/journal/2011/01/18/45y5es_records_that_changed_my_life_%25232._cymbals_eat_guitars_-_why_there_are_mountains Tue, 18 Jan 2011 14:21:58 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/motionpicture/journal/2011/01/18/45y5es_records_that_changed_my_life_%25232._cymbals_eat_guitars_-_why_there_are_mountains From Records That Changed My Life



It's so obvious that no one ever really says it, but it's a wonderful fact of life: your favourite records pick you. It's that primal energy, that ache in your stomach, it's the fact that no amount of reading bad reviews or hearing dodgy rumours or people picking apart the production or the lyrics or saying they saw a bad show can affect you. If anything, all of that works in your favour. "Ha ha. You guys know nothing." It's superiority, but not really. You might agree with them, but it doesn't matter. It may just be the best feeling. Even whilst everyone else is saying, "Ha ha. You'll get over it."

You know that pang of jealousy you feel when you see a group of Rush fans totally rocking out -- perfectly air-bassing every solo, singing along to every lyric of any of their hundreds of 20 minute songs -- I feel like I've finally found my Rush in this band. "I'm bear mountain, I'm entering orbit!" I rarely get the chance to scream at the top of my lungs and raise my fist high in the air. The songs I like don't have climaxes like Cymbals Eat Guitars have climaxes. Visceral, grit-your-teeth climaxes. It's enough to make you want to close the door on subtlety. Not to say they can't do subtlety but, oh God, the brass at the end of Indiana!

And there is no shortage of parts that make me weak at the knees. Indiana's bassline is nothing less than iconic. The solo in Some Trees is nothing less than iconic. The intro to Wind Phoenix, you guessed it, iconic! I will be singing these phrases whilst doing the most mundane of daily activities until I die, and the reason is because this album is under my skin and every nuance is buried so far in my subconscious that I could swear the silences in-between tracks are soundtracking my dreams nowadays.

"I met the first guy who said, "I'll always remember this night, Jane." When I bought cigarettes home on a whim, it was really him. And all of us other guys who've said it since then, we've been trying to mean it as sincerely as he did." If this is what Joe talks about now when he says his lyrics on this album were infantile, then give me infantile. If capturing all the extremes -- the frustration and innocence and blind ambition and disappointment -- of teenage life is embarrassing, then let's be thankful we live in the internet age and this album did not remain pushed aside under Joe's bed until he could create his magnum opus. The development and struggle of a band is one of the most beautiful things and hearing every new song as it's written fills me with this totally unfounded sense of pride.

I don't know what it is that people find so hard to like. Focus on the sounds - the Wurlitzer, the tone of the guitar, the scream at 3.38 of 'And the Hazy Sea' or read the lyrics! - "When the police bring me in, tell them this is why we need secrets." I mean, if you can't find something to like here, seriously, it's fine. I gave Rush a chance, it's not for me. But when you see us weeping front row, mouthing every word, hitting each other in the chest, don't be that guy who goes home and listens and realises they've missed their chance to feel immortal for 50 minutes and instead spent that time sitting at the back wishing they could remember the chorus.

Cymbals Eat Guitars
Why There are Mountains]]> http://www.last.fm/user/motionpicture/journal/2010/06/20/3pz4c0_exhale._check_it._it%27s_halftime. Sun, 20 Jun 2010 00:04:04 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/motionpicture/journal/2010/06/20/3pz4c0_exhale._check_it._it%27s_halftime. My overwrought semi-yearly round-up of what might be the best records of the year so far!

Liars - Sisterworld.



I have listened to this album somewhere between 20 and 40 times. I cursed at my computer when it was not downloading fast enough. I cradled it in my arms when I bought it, put it on as soon as was humanly possible and lay on my bed and stared at the photographs contained within. I am still discovering something new with every listen. Goodnight Everything has lyrics?

I mostly find that I'm imagining myself in a black boiler suit with a badge that looks a lot like the front cover of the album, marching behind Angus. Some sort of religion, maybe a cult. I'm not sure what we're about to do. I would be fine with anything. If only, for a second, I could stop finding myself lost (finding myself lost?) then maybe I could work out what it is I like about it, or whether I do like it at all, or whether it's something else completely. What is it I'm supposed to be doing!? I don't know, but I do worry that if I find myself listening to this in the supermarket and somebody gets on the wrong side of me, cuts me off with their trolley or bursts a milk carton nearby, I might lose it. "Kill em all!" Oh man.

Catch me on a normal day and I might tell you that the guitar on one track is incredible or the bassline blows me away or that the rhythms are great or that their depiction of L.A. is one of the greatest records of city life ever, but mostly I think I will probably just mumble incoherently and jump up and down and bubble at the mouth and pass out. I don't really remember the last time I saw them. I punched a lot and stepped on some guy's foot.

If I hold my hand up way high, and we say that Sisterworld is where my hand is, everything else this year is shoulder-height and below.

Gayngs - Relayted



69bpm across all 11 tracks. Based entirely on 10cc's I'm Not in Love. Justin Vernon rapping. Dessa. P.O.S.. Mike Noyce. If you don't want to listen yet, you probably won't like it. It takes everything I think I might not like and coats it in so much sex appeal that I start to wonder whether I really know myself at all. Is sleazy saxophone really that uncool? No. Did I really hate Careless Whisper that much? I seem to recall now that I really love that song. Autotune? Essential. When do I get to the redeeming features of this album? I don't! That's it! Slap bass. Slap bass!

Normally I am all about the personal attachment. I want to be able to put songs on themed mixtapes and I want to know every word and be able to play every part. These two records, whilst having great songs, are very much get-lost-in-the-feeling records. Can you even play half the noises they make on this record? They are probably just the sounds that emit from a room when you get people who are far too smooth standing far too close to each other.

These records have really changed my idea of what an album needs in order to get under my skin, and I love that. Plus they're not indie rock and I don't think there's an acoustic guitar on either of them, which is crazy for me. Close second for my favourite album of this year so far.

After these two, it's a little less clear cut.

Joanna Newsom - Have One on Me



Wow. Some of the songs on this are mindblowing. Like, seriously. I enjoy them for their sound and her voice alone as much as I enjoy most of my favourite songs but then you get the lyric booklet and you read the lyrics and you just can't imagine how some of the stories could ever fit to music. And then you listen and it's effortless. I worry that perhaps it's a little too smart, but that is probably just because I have not yet been able to listen enough times for all two hours and four minutes to sink in. It might take me until 2015 to fully realise how much I love this, but I've got time.

Quasi - American Gong



I almost wrote 'Quasi - Little White Horse' then. That's probably enough of a review. Try to find a more playful bassline! Seriously though, it's albums like these that make me remember how great guitars are and how people really do not abuse guitars as much as they should be abused. Needless to say, Janet's powering away as usual, the lyrics are fantastic and the addition of a permanent bassist has given them a real kick. Such a kick. There are times when you need to hear a song like Everything & Nothing at All. Sam Coomes seems to be going through our roughest times constantly, but the feeling you get after listening to this is "It'll be OK. Rock out." And that's not the easiest thing to do.

CocoRosie - Grey Oceans



Owen Pallett said something about CocoRosie being really bad for quantitative reviews because they are awful but also essential and awesome (he was far more eloquent.) I have to agree. If you were to put on a song like Hopscotch and start ridiculing me, I would probably freeze up and keep quiet. I think it's one of the ultimate cases of personality being the dealbreaker and really coming through in the music. I doubt there are many people who don't have an opinion on these guys. That aside, this is one of the most downright beautiful and heartbreaking albums I have enjoyed this year. The title track, ohhh. The title track. It gives me a stomach ache. I would probably have said this was another atmosphere-record but seeing it live, the songs really had individual personalities and I kind of cling on to that feeling while I'm listening. But I also just find myself internally passing out and floating on clouds in my head. I just don't know.

Dessa - A Badly Broken Code



Dessa speaks to me on a level no other musician does. That's not to say it's on a deeper level or that I think she's the best at anything she does (although she might well be), it's just that she says things so many others don't, or can't. And perhaps that's because it is a rap record and therefore there is a lot more freedom when it comes to lyrical structure (and also number of words!) but maybe it is also because she is a lady and therefore I feel I can ~personally relate~.

This is a great debut album, but the fact I had to put "debut" in there sort of implies that I think she could do a lot better. The lyrics on this are probably at about 80% on my expectations-of-Dessa scale and the beats, well, I would prefer if they all sounded like 551 from the False Hopes EP. But back to the lyrics. Internal rhyming! "The guilt he'll say is killing him / He's wilted in the middle and / He knows how bad he acted / Knows he can't have you back and the fact is" Running metaphors! Referencing your own band! I love it when people reference their own bands. That bit in Step Aside when Corin's like "Janet! Carrie! Can you feel it!" and in Lift when Thom's like "We've been trying to reach you, Thom." That's why I think Crew is a great song, no matter how tacky it might seem. "Dot net 'cause somebody already had the dot com." Classic. Doomtree dot net.

Other albums that I have either enjoyed immensely but-not-as-immensely-as-the-albums-above or that I have not yet listened to enough but-definitely-have-potential-for-awesomeness include but are not limited to:

White Hinterland - Kairos
Beach House - Teen Dream
Owen Pallett - Heartland
Broken Social Scene - Forgiveness Rock Record
The New Pornographers - Together
Frog Eyes - Paul's Tomb: A Triumph
Four Tet - There Is Love in You
LCD Soundsystem - This Is Happening

If you find yourself thinking "What about ___?" please let me know.]]> http://www.last.fm/user/motionpicture/journal/2010/02/01/3dukys_live Mon, 1 Feb 2010 16:19:05 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/motionpicture/journal/2010/02/01/3dukys_live To replace all those lost ticket stubs and lost memories over the years, a list:

2003

12/12/03
The Strokes
Support: Har Mar Superstar
Heineken Music Hall
Amsterdam

2005

03/04/05
Athlete
Support: Iain Archer
Melkweg
Amsterdam

08/04/05
Daniel Bedingfield
Support: onehundredhours and Lucie Silvas
Paradiso
Amsterdam

14/06/05
Dinosaur Jr.
Support: Modey Lemon
Paradiso
Amsterdam

12/07/05
Bright Eyes
Support: The Faint
Paradiso
Amsterdam

13/07/05
Sigur Ros
Support: amiina
Paradiso
Amsterdam

31/08/05
James Blunt
Virgin Records
Sydney

03/09/05
KT Tunstall
Support: La Kidda
Melkweg
Amsterdam

12/09/05
Wilco
Support: Johnathan Rice
Paradiso
Amsterdam

19/10/05
Editors
Support: Howling Bells
Melkweg
Amsterdam

25/10/05
Tom McRae
Support: Joe Purdy
Melkweg
Amsterdam

02/11/05
Oasis
Support: The Coral
Heineken Music Hall
Amsterdam

03/11/05
Maxïmo Park
Support: 2nd Place Driver
Melkweg
Amsterdam

2006

20/02/06
The Subways
Support: Jeff Caudill
Melkweg
Amsterdam

09/04/06
ES, Islaja and Kiila
Paradiso Kleine Zaal
Amsterdam

28/04/06
vive la fete
Koninginnenach, Spui
Den Haag

09/05/06
Radiohead
Support: Willy Mason
Heineken Music Hall
Amsterdam

25/06/06
Parkpop, Zuiderpark, Den Haag
DI-RECT
Ilse DeLange
Kaizers Orchestra
Kelis
The Kooks
Melanie C
Postman
The Sheer
Ziggi29/06/06
Pretty Girls Make Graves
Support: glenister
Melkweg
Amsterdam

02/07/06
The Spinto Band
Metropolis
Rotterdam

11/07/06
The Strokes (2)
Support: South and Adam Green
Heineken Music Hall
Amsterdam

Lowlands, Walibi World, Biddinghuizen
18/08/06
Bloc Party
Jose Gonzalez
Matisyahu
Mew
Razorlight
Snow Patrol
The Magic Numbers19/08/06
Be Your Own Pet
Dirty Pretty Things
Gogol Bordello
Guillemots
Massive Attack
Noisettes
Psapp
Scissor Sisters20/08/06
¡Forward, Russia!
Arctic Monkeys
Broken Social Scene
Hot Chip
lostprophets
Muse
Nizlopi28/08/06
Radiohead (2)
Support: Deerhoof
Heineken Music Hall
Amsterdam

08/10/06
Mogwai
Support: Eugene Kelly
Melkweg
Amsterdam

11/11/06
Sufjan Stevens
Support: St. Vincent
Paradiso
Amsterdam

25/11/06
London Calling, Paradiso, Amsterdam
Bromheads Jacket
Jamie T
Guillemots (2)
The Maccabees
The Pigeon Detectives26/11/06
Guillemots (3)
Support: Roosbeef
Tivoli
Utrecht

28/11/06
Muse (2)
Support: Noisettes (2)
Brabanthallen
Den Bosch

2007

15/02/07
Guillemots (4)
Support: Christopher Cundy, Mat Martin and Alex Ward
The Octagon
Sheffield

11/03/07
Brakes
"Support": Saxon
Paradiso Kleine Zaal
Amsterdam

23/03/07
Hayko Cepkin
Support: Portecho
Melkweg
Amsterdam

31/03/07
Bright Eyes (2)
Support: Malcolm Middleton
Melkweg
Amsterdam

14/04/07
Motel Mozaique, Rotterdam
Jamie T (2) - Off_Corso
Midlake - Rotterdamse Schouwburg19/04/07
Maxïmo Park (2)
Support: Hasselhoff
Melkweg
Amsterdam

28/04/07
Bloc Party (2)
Support: Biffy Clyro
Vredenburg
Utrecht

29/04/07
Freestylers
Koninginnenach, Spui
Den Haag

12/05/07
Herman Düne
Support: Turner Cody
Rotown
Rotterdam

03/06/07
Willy Mason (2)
Support: Elvis Perkins
Paradiso Kleine Zaal
Amsterdam

03/06/07
Mike Patton and Fennesz
Melkweg
Amsterdam

11/06/07
Bryan Adams
Support: SheSays
Ahoy
Rotterdam

24/06/07
Parkpop, Zuiderpark, Den Haag
Air Traffic
Beef
The Family Stand
The Frames
Kim Wilde
Marc Ford
Maria Mena
Sneaker Freaks28/06/07
Pearl Jam
Support: Satellite Party, Incubus and Kings of Leon
Goffertpark
Nijmegen

Lowlands, Walibi World, Biddinghuizen
17/08/07
Damien Rice
Devendra Banhart
Editors (2)
Heideroosjes
Jamie T (3)
The Rakes
Rodrigo y Gabriela18/08/07
Adept
Brand New
Jimmy Eat World
Modeselektor (DJ set)
Patrick Wolf
The View19/08/07
Arcade Fire
Funeral For A Friend
Groove Armada
Kings of Leon (2)
LCD Soundsystem
Patrick Watson
Sonic Youth
The Enemy21/09/07
Feist
Support: Bob Wiseman
Melkweg
Amsterdam

11/10/07
Guillemots (5)
With: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Birmingham Town Hall

23/10/07
Animal Collective
Support: Islaja (2)
Melkweg
Amsterdam

27/10/07
Arbouretum
Support: Beach House
Paradiso Kleine Zaal
Amsterdam

29/10/07
Arbouretum (2)
Support: Beach House (2)
WORM
Rotterdam

31/10/07
Liars
Support: White Circle Crime Club
Waterfront
Rotterdam

13/11/07
Arcade Fire (2)
Heineken Music Hall
Amsterdam

23/11/07
Crossing Border, Koninklijke Schouwburg, Den Haag
Adapter with Asgerdur Juniusdottir
Ghostigital
The New Pornographers
Okkervil River
Sjon
Yeasayer01/12/07
St. Vincent (2)
Support: Windmill
Rotown
Rotterdam

08/12/07
Utrecht Boft, Theater Kikker
boy ler
L'Usine
St. Vincent (3)
Windmill (2)
Wouter van Veldhoven & Mark Versteegen14/12/07
Scout Niblett
Support: Castanets
De Nieuwe Anita
Amsterdam

2008

09/02/08
Kaki King
Rotown
Rotterdam

20/03/08
Patrick Watson (2)
Support: Voicst
Paradiso
Amsterdam

23/03/08
Marissa Nadler
Patronaat Cafe
Haarlem

25/03/08
Jack Rose
Support: Hush Arbors and Corndawg
Helbaard
Den Haag

04/04/08
Eagles
Ahoy
Rotterdam

11/04/08
Motel Mozaique, Rotterdam
Be Your Own Pet (2) - Off_Corso
Jamie Lidell - Rotterdamse Schouwburg
Guillemots (6) - Rotterdamse Schouwburg
Pivot - Rotterdamse Schouwburg Kleine Zaal05/05/08
Juliette & The Licks
Bevrijdingspop
Haarlem

07/05/08
Xiu Xiu
Support: Why? and Dirty Projectors
Paradiso Kleine Zaal
Amsterdam

13/05/08
Broken Social Scene (2)
Support: The Brunettes
Melkweg
Amsterdam

02/06/08
Cat Power
Support: Appaloosa
Paradiso
Amsterdam

07/06/08
Guillemots (7)
Support: The Dodos
Paradiso
Amsterdam

13/06/08
The Music In My Head, Paard Van Troje, Den Haag
The Notwist
Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks
Sinead O'Connor24/06/08
Radiohead (3)
Support: Bat for Lashes
Victoria Park
London

25/06/08
Radiohead (4)
Support: Bat for Lashes (2)
Victoria Park
London

29/06/08
Radiohead (5)
Support: MGMT and Bat for Lashes (3)
LCCC
Manchester

01/07/08
Radiohead (6)
Support: Bat for Lashes (4)
Westerpark
Amsterdam

06/07/08
Main Square Festival, France, Arras
Vampire Weekend
The Wombats
The Dø
Sigur Ros (2)
Radiohead (7)13/07/08
De Affaire, Valkhof Park, Nijmegen
Why? (2)
Liars (2)30/08/08
Festival De Beschaving, Utrecht
Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly
Adam Green (2)
The Dodos (2)
Mystery Jets
Babyshambles
Mogwai (2)02/09/08
Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band/Conor Oberst
Support: Sky Larkin
Melkweg
Amsterdam

19/09/08
Bon Iver
Support: Bowerbirds
Paradiso
Amsterdam

24/09/08
Kaki King (2)
Support: Habiba
Tivoli de Helling
Utrecht

03/10/08
Islands
Support: Sid Delicious and Married to the Sea
The Cooler
Bristol

06/10/08
Lykke Li
Support: Yoav
The Thekla
Bristol

07/10/08
Amanda Palmer
Support: Jason Webley and Zoë Keating
The Thekla
Bristol

08/10/08
Pivot (2)
Support: Bronnt Industries Kapital and Snowman
The Louisiana
Bristol

17/10/08
Camera Obscura
Support: Britta Persson and Attic Lights
The Trinity Centre
Bristol

18/10/08
Anni Rossi
Support: James Blackshaw and Duane Pitre
The Redland Park United Reformed Church
Bristol

21/10/08
Los Campesinos!
Support: Times New Viking and No Age
The Fleece
Bristol

29/10/08
Githead
The Arnolfini
Bristol

This Town Needs Guns
Support: The Jelas and The Light Sleepers
Start the Bus
Bristol

05/11/08
Built to Spill
Support: Disco Doom
The Thekla
Bristol

08/11/08
Micah P. Hinson
Support: Retribution Gospel Choir
The Thekla
Bristol

12/11/08
Mercury Rev
Support: Howling Bells (2)
Carling Academy
Bristol

13/11/08
Clinic
Support: Threatmantics
The Thekla
Bristol

14/11/08
GZA/Genius
Support: Richie Royale, K.Ners, Skinnyman, Cool Ninja
Carling Academy
Bristol

16/11/08
Death Cab for Cutie
Support: Frightened Rabbit
Colston Hall
Bristol

17/11/08
The Notwist (2)
Support: Markmake and ....
The Thekla
Bristol

26/11/08
Chad VanGaalen
Support: Women and Mr. Bennett
The Cooler
Bristol

01/12/08
Wolf Parade
Support: Dag för Dag and Chad VanGaalen (2)
Electric Ballroom
London

07/12/08
iLiKETRAINS
Support: Hazel Mills and Jeniferever
The Louisiana
Bristol

08/12/08
Joan As Police Woman
Support: Amelia Something
The Thekla
Bristol

12/12/08
Coldplay
Support: The High Wire
MEN Arena
Manchester

14/12/08
Joan As Police Woman (2)
Support: Blue Roses
Academy 2
Manchester

2009

16/01/09
The World of Arthur Russell, The Cube, Bristol
Chipper
Max Milton
Alexander Thomas22/01/09
Sky Larkin (2)
Support: Pulled Apart By Horses and mr_hopkinson's computer
The Louisiana
Bristol

Haunts
The Thekla
Bristol

29/01/09
Wolves in the Throne Room
Support: Ghast and Final
The Croft
Bristol

zZz
The Thekla
Bristol

05/02/09
Justin Townes Earle
St. Bonaventure's Parish Social Club
Bristol

07/02/09
The Liftmen
Support: Rozi Plain, Sam & The Plants and Magpie
The Cube
Bristol

15/02/09
Secret Machines
Support: Countryside and Filthy Dukes
The Thekla
Bristol

16/02/09
Black Lips
Support: The Wailingest Cats
The Fleece
Bristol

19/02/09
Wild Beasts
Support: OLO Worms and Napoleon IIIrd
The Louisiana
Bristol

24/02/09
M. Ward
Support: The Lost Brothers
Bush Hall
London

28/02/09
Kyte
Support: Apache Beat
Start the Bus
Bristol

03/03/09
Howling Bells (3)
Support: Chew Lips and The Joy Formidable
The Fleece
Bristol

09/03/09
Patrick Wolf (2)
Support: Craig Template
The Guildhall
Gloucester

16/03/09
Noisettes (3)
Support: Emily Breeze
The Cooler
Bristol

22/03/09
Animal Collective (2)
Support: Dent May
The Trinity Centre
Bristol

24/03/09
Animal Collective (3)
Support: Pantha Du Prince and Dent May (2)
HMV Forum
London

01/04/09
Jessica Lea Mayfield
Support: Benjamin Winter
Rotown
Rotterdam

03/04/09
Elvis Perkins in Dearland (2)
Paradiso Kleine Zaal
Amsterdam

08/04/09
Alela Diane
Support: William Elliott Whitmore
Paradiso
Amsterdam

10/04/09
Motel Mozaique, Rotterdam
Darker My Love - 3voor12 Podium, NAi
Grampall Jookabox - 3voor12 Podium, NAi
Handsome Furs - Rotown
The Invisible - WATT Basement
The New Wine - 3voor12 Podium, NAi
Nico Muhly and Sam Amidon- Rotterdamse Schouwburg
The Whitest Boy Alive - WATT
15/04/09
Bat for Lashes (5)
Support: Caroline Weeks and School of Seven Bells
The Anson Rooms
Bristol

18/04/09
John Parish & Polly Jean Harvey
Support: Howe Gelb
The Anson Rooms
Bristol

20/04/09
John Parish & Polly Jean Harvey (2)
Support: Howe Gelb (2)
Shepherd's Bush Empire
London


21/04/09
St. Vincent (4)
Support: Paul Marshall
Hoxton Square Bar & Kitchen
London

22/04/09
...And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead
The Thekla
Bristol

24/04/09
John Parish & Polly Jean Harvey (3)
Support: Howe Gelb (3)
The Ritz
Manchester

26/04/09
Gomez
Support: Fink
O2 Academy
Bristol

27/04/09
Jeffrey Lewis & The Junkyard
The Thekla
Bristol

28/04/09
Bob Dylan
Cardiff International Arena
Cardiff

02/04/09
Themselves
Support: Michael J Rocks and SJ Esau
The Croft
Bristol

ATP vs. The Fans II, Butlins, Minehead
08/05/09Devo
Edan
Electric Wizard
Fuck Buttons
Health
M83
Pink Mountaintops09/05/09
The Acorn
Beirut
The Cave Singers
Grizzly Bear
Marnie Stern
Nico Muhly (2) and Sam Amidon (2)
Retribution Gospel Choir (2)
Sleepy Sun10/05/09
!!!
Future of the Left
Grails
Hush Arbors (2)
The Jesus Lizard
Parts & Labor
Shearwater
Spiritualized11/05/09
Zach Hill
Support: Mike Bones
The Croft
Bristol

16/05/09
Metric
The Thekla
Bristol

24/05/09
Antony and the Johnsons
Colston Hall
Bristol

03/06/09
Titus Andronicus
Rotown
Rotterdam

07/06/09
Omar Souleyman
Support: Group Doueh
WORM
Rotterdam

13/06/09
I Heart Hiroshima
Rotown
Rotterdam

25/06/09
Atmosphere
Melkweg
Amsterdam

28/06/09
Parkpop, Zuiderpark, Den Haag
Boris
Buzzcocks
Pretenders

04/07/09
St. Vincent (5)
Support: She Keeps Bees
Rotown
Rotterdam

05/07/09
Why? (3)
Support: The Burning Hell
Tivoli de Helling
Utrecht

06/07/09
St. Vincent (6)
Support: Blue Roses (2)
The Thekla
Bristol

07/07/09
Cymbals Eat Guitars
Support: Joe Gideon & The Shark and Terry Lynn
The ICA
London

08/07/09
St. Vincent (7)
Support: Blue Roses (3)
The ICA
London

09/07/09
Cymbals Eat Guitars (2)
Support: Arcs and Fireworks Night
The Windmill
London

13/07/09
St. Vincent (8)
Support: Table and Blue Roses (4)
Night & Day Cafe
Manchester

19/07/09
Deerhoof (2)
Support: What's Up
Tivoli de Helling
Utrecht

20/07/09
De Affaire, Valkhof Park, Nijmegen
Caribou
Death Sentence: PANDA!
The Mad Trist
Sleepy Sun (2)
St. Vincent (9)

10/08/09
The National
Support: Broken Records
Royal Festival Hall
London

La Route du Rock, St. Malo, France
14/08/09
Deerhunter
Marissa Nadler (2)
Mark Kozelek
My Bloody Valentine
Tortoise15/08/09
Camera Obscura (2)
Four Tet
The Kills
Papercuts
Peaches
St. Vincent (10)16/08/09
Andrew Bird
Bill Callahan
Dominique A
Grizzly Bear (2)

Green Man Festival, Glanusk Park, Wales
21/08/09
Animal Collective (4)
British Sea Power
Broken Records (2)
Emmy the Great
Gang Gang Dance
Roky Erickson22/08/09
Beach House (3)
Blue Roses (5)
Bon Iver (2)
Cate le Bon
Grizzly Bear (3)
The Leisure Society
Peter Broderick
Stornoway23/08/09
Dirty Three
Player Piano
Rodriguez
Scott Matthews
She Keeps Bees (2)
Trembling Bells
Wilco (2)
Zun Zun Egui25/08/09
Wilco (3)
Support: Blitzen Trapper
The Troxy
London

26/08/09
Bill Callahan (2)
Support: Sophia Knapp
The Thekla
Bristol

04/09/09
The Antlers
The Lexington
London

05/09/09
Dinosaur Jr. (2)
The Anson Rooms
Bristol


End of the Road, Larmer Tree Gardens, Dorset
11/09/09
David Thomas Broughton
Dirty Projectors (2)
Explosions in the Sky12/09/09
Alela Diane (2)
Blitzen Trapper (2)
The Broken Family Band
Efterklang
Fleet Foxes
J Tillman
The Leisure Society (2)
The Low Anthem
Motel Motel
Peter Broderick (2)13/09/09
Au
Brakes (2)
Joe Gideon & The Shark (2)
Magnolia Electric Co.
Neko Case
Richmond Fontaine
She Keeps Bees (3)
Steve Earle
The Tallest Man on Earth
The Whispertown 200020/09/09
The Fiery Furnaces
Support: Talk In Code and InLight
O2 Academy
Oxford

22/09/09
The Temper Trap
Support: Goldhawks
The Thekla
Bristol

24/09/09
Howe Gelb (4)
The Watershed
Bristol

26/09/09
Invada Invasion, Colston Hall, Bristol
Crippled Black Phoenix
Fuck Buttons (2)
Joe Volk
Mogwai (3)
Team Brick
Zu
Zun Zun Egui (2)

08/10/09
The Fiery Furnaces (2)
Cargo
London

09/10/09
Bat for Lashes (6)
Support: Yeasayer (2)
Colston Hall
Bristol

13/10/09
Dälek
Support: Charles Hayward
The Croft
Bristol

16/10/09
Girls
Support: Swanton Bombs
The Cooler
Bristol

17/10/09
Themselves (2)
Support: Manyfingers
The Croft
Bristol

24/10/09
Juliette Lewis (2)
Support: Officer Kicks
Fiddlers Club
Bristol

30/10/09
Handsome Furs (2)
Support: Substatic and Countryside (2)
The Cooler
Bristol

06/11/09
Grizzly Bear (4)
Support: St. Vincent (11)
The Anson Rooms
Bristol

08/11/09
Daniel Johnston
Support: Laura Marling and The Wave Pictures
The Trinity Centre
Bristol

12/11/09
Cymbals Eat Guitars (3)
Support: Two Door Cinema Club and North Atlantic Oscillation
The Lexington
London

13/11/09
Tegan and Sara
Support: Astronautalis
Shepherd's Bush Empire
London

Crossing Border, Koninklijke Schouwburg, Den Haag
20/11/09
Akron/Family
Cymbals Eat Guitars (4)
God Help the Girl
St. Vincent (12)
Yo La Tengo21/11/09
Jim White
Monsters of Folk
Newton Faulkner
Patrick Watson (3)29/11/09
The Antlers (2)
Support: Uphills
The Louisiana
Bristol

01/12/09
Lightning Dust
Support: Early Day Miners
Clwb Ifor Bach
Cardiff

09/12/09
Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks (2)
Support: Tall Firs present Glass Rock
Electric Ballroom
London

ATP Nightmare Before Christmas (curated by My Bloody Valentine), Butlins, Minehead
04/12/09
Buzzcocks (2)
De La Soul
Josh T. Pearson
My Bloody Valentine (2)
wounded knees
Yo La Tengo (2)05/12/09
Fucked Up
The Horrors
J. Mascis And The Fog
No Age (2)
The Pastels
Sonic Youth (2)
Sun Ra Arkestra06/12/09
Dirty Three (2)
EPMD
Lightning Bolt
Th' Faith HealersTen Years of ATP, Butlins, Minehead
11/12/09
Growing
Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks (3)
Tortoise (2)
Yeah Yeah Yeahs12/12/09
Afrirampo
Battles
The Breeders
Modest Mouse
Papa M
Shellac13/12/09
Deerhoof (3)
Devendra Banhart (2)
Explosions in the Sky (2)
The Magic Band
The Mars Volta
Mudhoney21/01/10
Fyfe Dangerfield
Support: Villagers
Scala
London

2010

25/01/10
Laura Veirs
Support: The Old Believers and Cataldo
The Thekla
Bristol

29/01/10
The Ex
Support: Zun Zun Egui (3)
The Fleece
Bristol

03/02/10
Jamie T (4)
O2 Academy
Bristol

12/02/10
Midlake (2)
Support: Sarah Jaffe
The Anson Rooms
Bristol

17/02/10
Beach House (4)
Support: Lawrence Arabia
Bush Hall
London

18/02/10
Cymbals Eat Guitars (5)
Start the Bus
Bristol

25/02/10
Thom Yorke
Corn Exchange
Cambridge

How Come..., The Cube, Bristol
06/03/10
Get The Blessing
John Parish
The MolesThe Croft, Bristol
Zun Zun Egui (4)

16/03/10
Brother Ali
Support: Blacksmith and BK-One
The Croft
Bristol

20/03/10
Why? (4)
Support: Josiah Wolf and I Might Be Wrong
The Thekla
Bristol

06/04/10
Mount Eerie
Support: Team Brick (2) and No Kids
Scala
London

12/04/10
Your Twenties
O2 Academy 2
Bristol

14/04/10
Mos Def
Support: Blacksmith (2) with K-Ners and DJ Cheeba
O2 Academy
Bristol

15/04/10
Rita Lynch
Support: The Liftmen (2) and Daddy long bones
The Fleece
Bristol

Record Store Day, Rise, Bristol
17/04/10Beak>
Get The Blessing (2)
Zun Zun Egui (5)24/04/10
Nico Muhly (3), Sam Amidon (3), Valgeir Sigurðsson and Ben Frost
Support: Rozi Plain (2)
Arnolfini
Bristol

28/04/10
chris clavin
House Party
Bristol

04/05/10
Surfer Blood
The Thekla
Bristol

05/05/10
The National (2)
Support: Buke and Gass
Electric Ballroom
London

06/05/10
The National (3)
Support: Buke and Gass (2)
Royal Albert Hall
London

ATP curated by Matt Groening, Butlins, Minehead
07/05/10Broadcast
Built to Spill (2)
The Fresh & Onlys
Iggy And The Stooges
James Blackshaw (2)
Liars (3)
Shonen Knife
Toumani Diabaté
08/05/10Amadou & Mariam
Boredoms
Danielson
Deerhunter (2)
Konono Nº1
Konono Nº1 (2) (with Boredoms and J Spaceman)
Lightning Dust (2)
Panda Bear
Ponytail
The Residents
She & Him
09/05/10Boredoms (2)
CocoRosie
Daniel Johnston (2)
Hope Sandoval & The Warm Inventions
Joanna Newsom
Juana Molina
The Raincoats
Spiritualized (2)
The Tiger Lillies
11/05/10
Joanna Newsom (2)
Support: Roy Harper
Royal Festival Hall
London

12/05/10
Pavement
Support: Sic Alps
Brixton Academy
London

13/05/10
Pavement (2)
Support: Broken Social Scene (3)
Brixton Academy
London

ATP curated by Pavement, Butlins, Minehead
14/05/10Avi Buffalo
Broken Social Scene (4)
Calexico
Quasi
Spiral Stairs
Surfer Blood (2)
Times New Viking
The Walkmen
15/05/10Blitzen Trapper (3)
Boris
Camera Obscura (3)
Faust
The Fiery Furnaces (3)
Horse Guards Parade
Monotonix
Omar Souleyman (2)
Pavement (3)
Wax Fang
16/05/10Boris (2)
The Clean
The Dodos (3)
Enablers
Endless Boogie
The Fall
Grails (2)
The Raincoats (2)
Terry Reid with Matt Sweeney
Wax Fang (2)
17/05/10
Broken Social Scene (5)
Support: Timber Timbre
Heaven
London

26/05/10
Quasi (2)
Support: The Machine Guns? and Let's Wrestle
Hoxton Square Bar & Kitchen
London

27/05/10
Quasi (3)
Support:
The Deaf Institute
Manchester

29/05/10
Dot to Dot, Bristol
Liars (4) - Anson Rooms
Ruby Suns - The Cooler
Wax Fang (3) - The Cooler
White Hinterland - The Cooler11/06/10
Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti
Support: Schnauser
Metropolis
Bristol

22/06/10
The Hold Steady
Support: Cymbals Eat Guitars (6)
HMV Forum
London

24/06/10
Cymbals Eat Guitars (7)
The Barfly
London

25/06/10
Dirty Projectors (3) with Alarm Will Sound
The Barbican
London

30/06/10
Jeff Tweedy
Union Chapel
London

Metropolis, Zuiderpark, Rotterdam
04/07/10Adam Green (3)
Baroness
Brother Ali (2)
Chief
Fresku
Here We Go Magic
Jack Parow
Japandroids
Orchestre Poly-Rythmo de Cotonou
Pam Feather06/07/10
Pavement (4)
Support: zZz (2)
Doornroosje
Nijmegen

North Sea Jazz, Ahoy, Rotterdam
10/07/10Al Green
Kaki King (3)
Macy Gray
Odean Pope All Star Group
The Roots
Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings11/07/10Buddy Guy
Elvis Costello & The Sugarcanes
Nas & Damian "Jr. Gong" Marley
Ornette Coleman, Bachir Attar & The Master Musicians of Jajouka and James Blood Ulmer
Stanley Clarke Group with Hiromi
Stevie Wonder25/07/10
Wu-Tang Clan
Paradiso
Amsterdam

Green Man Festival, Glanusk Park, Wales
20/08/10
Beirut (2)
Caitlin Rose
Fionn Regan
John Grant
Mountain Man
The Wave Pictures (2)21/08/10
Avi Buffalo (2)
The Besnard Lakes
Billy Bragg
Islet
James Blake
Metronomy
Race Horses
Summer Camp
These New Puritans22/08/10
Alasdair Roberts
Bear In Heaven
Darwin Deez
Field Music
The Flaming Lips
Girls (2)
Joanna Newsom (3)
Laura Marling (2)
Mumford And Sons
The Singing Adams
The Tallest Man on Earth (2)
Tindersticks29/08/10
James Blake (2)
The Thekla
Bristol

06/09/10
Cymbals Eat Guitars (8)
Support: Eagulls
The Deaf Institute
Manchester

End of the Road, Larmer Tree Gardens, Dorset
10/09/10
Cymbals Eat Guitars (9)
The Daredevil Christopher Wright
Freelance Whales
The Mountain Goats
The New Pornographers (2)
The Ruby Suns (2)11/09/10
Black Mountain
Citay
Iron And Wine
moddi
Monotonix (2)
Nurses
Phosphorescent
Snowman (2)12/09/10
The Antlers (3)
Dylan LeBlanc
Errors
The Low Anthem (2)
Olof Arnalds
Philip Selway
Wilco (4)
Yuck15/09/10
Sage Francis
Support: B. Dolan
The Fleece
Bristol

16/09/10
Joanna Newsom (4)
Colston Hall
Bristol

17/09/10
Zun Zun Egui (6)
Support: Eric Chenaux
The Croft
Bristol

22/09/10
Willy Mason (3)
The Thekla
Bristol

23/09/10
Musée Mécanique
Support: dusty cut (3092030923)
The Louisiana
Bristol

01/10/10
Andrew Jackson Jihad
The Croft
Bristol

02/10/10
PVT (3)
Start the Bus
Bristol

03/10/10
Islet (2)
The Louisiana
Bristol

05/10/10
No Age (3)
Support: Male Bonding
Start the Bus
Bristol

09/10/10
Napoleon III (2)
Support: Mat Riviere, Pagan Wanderer Lu
The Attic
Bristol

16/10/10
Doom
O2 Academy
Bristol

23/10/10
Zun Zun Egui (7)
Support: The Ex (2)
The Croft
Bristol

20/11/10
Marnie Stern (2)
Support: The Agitator
The Thekla
Bristol

16/12/10
Cher Lloyd
Syndicate
Bristol

2011

28/01/11
United Vibrations
Support: The Liftmen (3) and Zea
The Croft
Bristol

10/02/11
Wire
Support: Weekend
The Fleece
Bristol

11/02/11
The Go! Team
The Anson Rooms
Bristol

14/02/11
Wolf People
Support: The Liftmen (4)
The Cooler
Bristol

20/02/11
Ryan Francesconi
Support: The Balky Mule and Nancy Elizabeth
The Cube
Bristol

23/02/11
James Blake (3)
Support: Cloud Boat
The Thekla
Bristol

26/02/11
Nearly Dan
Fiddlers Club
Bristol

27/02/11
PJ Harvey
The Troxy
London

13/03/11
Alabama 3
The Fleece
Bristol

25/03/11
Crystal Stilts
Start the Bus
Bristol

28/03/11
John Grant (2)
Rise
Bristol

30/03/11
CunninLynguists
Support: PackFM
The Thekla
Bristol

31/03/11
The Thermals
Support: The Coathangers
The Fleece
Bristol

05/04/11
William Tyler
Support: eli keszler
Cafe Kino
Bristol

13/04/11
A Hawk and a Hacksaw
Support: Dan Haywood's New Hawks
The Polish Club
Bristol

23/04/11
Zun Zun Egui (8)
The Croft
Bristol

Simple Things Festival, The Old Fire Station, Bristol
01/05/11
Baths
Bibio
Gonjasufi
Hexstatic
James Yuill13/05/11
Sufjan Stevens (2)
Support: DM Stith
Royal Festival Hall
London

18/05/11
The Rural Alberta Advantage
Support: Schnauser (2)
The Cooler
Bristol

20/06/11
tUnE-yArDs
Support: dusty cut (348304830403490)
The Fleece
Bristol

23/06/11
Bright Eyes (3)
Support: Gruff Rhys
Royal Albert Hall
London

24/06/11
Omar Souleyman (3)
Support: Zun Zun Egui (9)
The Croft
Bristol

Rain Dogs Revisited, The Barbican, London
13/07/11
Arthur H
Camille O'Sullivan
David Coulter
Erika Stucky
St. Vincent (13)
Stef Kamil Carlens
The Tiger Lillies16/07/11
Lil B
The Old Blue Last
London

17/07/11
My Morning Jacket
Support: The Head And The Heart
Somerset House
London

Field Day, Victoria Park, London
06/08/11
2:54
Anika
Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti (2)
Connan Mockasin
Electrelane
Faust (2)
Omar Souleyman (4)
Oneohtrix Point Never
Warpaint
Wild Beasts (2)
Willy Mason (4)10/08/11
How To Dress Well
The Thekla
Bristol

11/08/11
Givers
Start the Bus
Bristol

16/08/11
Electrelane (2)
Support: Francois and the Atlas Mountains
XOYO
London

End of the Road, Larmer Tree Gardens, Dorset
02/09/11
Beirut (3)
Best Coast
Caitlin Rose (2)
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
The Fall (2)
The Growlers
Health (2)
Joan As Police Woman (3)
Micah P. Hinson (2)
the Mountaineering Club
Secret Sister
She Keeps Bees (4)
This Frontier Needs Heroes
tUnE-yArDs (2)03/09/11
Austra
M. Ward (2)
Mogwai (4)
Phosphorescent (2)
Treefight For Sunlight
Twin Shadow
Wild Beasts (3)
Zola Jesus04/09/11
Emmy the Great (2)
Fresh & Onlys
Joanna Newsom (5)
John Grant (3)
Kurt Vile
Lightning Dust (3)
Megafaun
Midlake (3)
Tinariwen
Wild Nothing
Willy Mason (5)07/09/11
Kurt Vile (2)
Support: Woods and Sam Eason
The Fleece
Bristol

11/09/11
Screaming Females
Support: Caves
The Croft
Bristol

15/09/11
EMA
The Thekla
Bristol

18/09/11
Three Trapped Tigers
Support: Seams
The Fleece
Bristol

22/09/11
Van Morrison
Colston Hall
Bristol

29/09/11
Eleanor Friedberger
Platform Cafe
London

03/10/11
Wolf Gang
Support: Niki & The Dove
The Thekla
Bristol

09/10/11
The Fixed
Support: Empty Pools and The Beacons
The Croft
Bristol

15/10/11
Enablers (2)
Support: Finglebone
The Cube
Bristol

16/10/11
Empty Pools (2)
Support: She Makes Music
Pam Pam
Bristol

19/10/11
Driver Drive Faster
Support: Lonely Tourist
Stag and Hounds
Bristol

20/10/11
Other Lives
Support: Empty Pools (3)
The Cooler
Bristol

23/10/11
Bon Iver (3)
Support: Kathleen Edwards
Hammersmith Apollo
London

24/10/11
Why? (5)
Support: Serengeti
Union Chapel
London

26/10/11
Real Estate
Support: Spectrals and...
Start the Bus
Bristol

27/10/11
Wilco (5)
Support: Jonathan Wilson
Colston Hall
Bristol

28/10/11
Model Boat
Support: Empty Pools (4)
The Hatchet
Bristol

29/10/11
Zun Zun Egui (10
Support: United Vibrations (2) and Green Gartside
The Trinity Centre
Bristol

07/11/11
Pure X
Support: Sleep ∞ Over, Dead Maids and Empty Pools (5)
The Thekla
Bristol

08/11/11
Throwing Muses
Support: Teitur
The Gate
Cardiff

09/11/11
The Antlers (4)
Support: Worship
The Thekla,
Bristol

10/11/11
St. Vincent (14)
Support: Cate le Bon (2)
Queen Elizabeth Hall
London

11/11/11
St. Vincent (15)
Support: Cate le Bon (3)
The Fleece
Bristol

12/11/11
Empty Pools (6)
The Old Bookshop
Bristol

19/11/11
Wild Beasts (4)
Support: Braids
The Anson Rooms
Bristol

20/11/11
Empty Pools (7)
The Thunderbolt
Bristol

22/11/11
Shabazz Palaces
Support: THEESatisfaction
Start the Bus
Bristol

24/11/11
Empty Pools (8)
Support: Wolfhound
Spring Garden Tavern
Bristol

26/11/11
Widowspeak
Support: Empty Pools (9)
Start the Bus
Bristol

02/12/11
Little Dragon
Support: White Hinterland (2)
The Thekla
Bristol]]>