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That's right, this is the third time I'm doing musical summary of the year, although nobody cares. Anyway, this time a number of albums rated is the highest so far (I'm too lazy to count though)... yet, I haven't managed to give a listen to every album I wanted, maybe I'll get better luck next year.
Please, note that 7/10 isn't really a high mark - let's say that 6 is for albums which are flawed, yet listenable. 7 means good, but forgettable. 8 is reserverd for very good CDs, and, as you may or may have not figured out, 7.5 is something in between.

I've decided to give one perfect 10. Actually, I do not believe in pure perfection, so let's say - 10 here means 'as close as it gets'.


4/10
Show Your Colors - Amoral

6/10
A-Lex - Sepultura
Chickenfoot - Chickenfoot

6,5/10
The Empyrean - John Frusciante
Wicked Maiden - Impellitteri

7/10
1,5 - Los Pierdols
9 Degrees West Of The Moon - Vision Divine
Angels Of Love - Yngwie Malmsteen
Evocation I - The Arcane Dominion - Eluveitie
Halford III - Winter Songs - Halford
Monoliths & Dimensions - Sunn O)))
Night Castle - Trans-Siberian Orchestra
Sunless Skies - Pathosray
The Visitor - UFO

7,5/10
All Ends In Silence - Dark the Suns
Chained To The Nite - Cauldron
For Lies I Sire - My Dying Bride
Here Waits Thy Doom - 3 Inches of Blood
Last Look At Eden - Europe
Living for Death, Destroying the Rest - Rumpelstiltskin Grinder
No Sacrifice, No Victory - HammerFall
Science of Annihilation - Cage
Spirit Black - Jorn
Through My Dog's Eyes - Ephel Duath
To The Grave - Iron Fire


8/10
A New Constellation - Nahemah
A Taste Of Extreme Divinity - Hypocrisy
Across the Dark - Insomnium
Animals As Leaders - Animals as Leaders
Ape Uprising - Slough Feg
Archangels in Black - Adagio
Babylon - W.A.S.P.
Back From The Dead - Spinal Tap
Ballads Of A Hangman - Grave Digger
Battle Sluts - Destroy Destroy Destroy
Black'N'Roll - Black River
Black Sails at Midnight - Alestorm
Blood - OSI
Cosmic Egg - Wolfmother
Crógacht - SuidAkrA
Dark Matter Dimensions - Scar Symmetry
Enemies - Marionette
Esoteric - Skyfire
Everyday Demons - The Answer
Freedom Comes - Vicious Crusade
Hordes of Chaos - Kreator
Idmen - Indukti
In The... All Together - Skyclad
Japanese Hospitality - Warmen
Linoleum - Pain of Salvation
Massive Aggressive - Municipal Waste
Necropolis - Vader
Pine/Cross Dover - Masters of Reality
Re-Creation - Carnal
Slaughterhouse On the Prairie - Buckethead
Skeletons in the Closet - Children of Bodom
Sonic Boom - KISS
Strażnik Światła - Turbo
The Century of Self - ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead
The Days of Grays - Sonata Arctica
The God Behind the God - Spiritus Mortis
The Incident - Porcupine Tree
The Restless Memoirs - Disarmonia Mundi
Them Crooked Vultures - Them Crooked Vultures
Wavering Radiant - Isis
Wearing A Martyr's Crown - Nightrage
With Echoes in the Movement of Stone - Minsk
When Death Comes - Artillery
World Painted Blood - Slayer
Waking Into Nightmares - Warbringer

8,5/10
Addicted - Devin Townsend Project
Amor Vincit Omnia - Pure Reason Revolution
Dead Harvest - This Ending
Faith Divides Us - Death Unites Us - Paradise Lost
Into the Labyrinth - Saxon
Ki - Devin Townsend Project
Sad Day On Planet Earth - Lillian Axe
Sing Along Songs for the Damned & Delirious - Diablo Swing Orchestra
Strange Cousins From The West - Clutch
The Devil You Know - Heaven & Hell
Visionism - Rootwater

9/10
Black Clouds & Silver Linings - Dream Theater
Death Magic Doom - Candlemass
Endgame - Megadeth
Evilution - Chainsaw
From Afar - Ensiferum
HellWood - Hunter
Skyforger - Amorphis
Shin-Ken - Persefone
The Isolation Game - Disarmonia Mundi

9,5/10

Anno Domini High Definition - Riverside

10/10 and the title of The Album Of 2009 goes to...

Cybion - Kalisia



Despite (for some people perhaps too) high ratings, I hope that the 2010 is going to be even better. I wish that to myself and to all of you.
Happy new year, motherfuckers.

things i enjoyed this year.

01. Mount Eerie - Wind's Poem
02. Crippled Black Phoenix - The Resurrectionist / Night Raiders
03. ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead - Century of Self
04. Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest
05. Cold Cave - Love Comes Close
06. Sunn O))) - Monoliths & Dimensions
07. Krallice - Dimensional Bleedthrough
08. The Protomen - Act II: The Father of Death
09. Dead Man's Bones - Dead Man's Bones
10. John Parish & PJ Harvey - A Woman A Man Walk By
11. Khanate - Clean Hands Go Foul
12. Disappearer - The Clearing
13. Skagos - Ast
14. Bat for Lashes - Two Suns
15. Lonesummer - What We Were

I did one of these exactly one year ago, so I figured it was time for a new one. :)

Step 1: Put iTunes on random.

Step 2: Post the first line(s) from the first 50 songs that play.

Step 3: Strike out the songs when someone guesses both artist and track correctly.


1. Mother Mary, bury me in a place they'll never find.

2. Tonight the cinema's the treatment clinic where the perverts seek the cure.

3. I've got a million things going 'round in my head and I never really paid attention to what you said.

4. I can't tolerate your sadness cause it's me you are drowning.

5. It was Christmas Eve, babe, in the drunk tank.

6. I know you want to love her for the rest of your life, but man, this woman, her intentions ain't right.

7. Please tell me why we couldn't stay, don't let this feeling ever go away.

8. God bless the daylight, the sugary smell of spring time.

9. Oh, oh, I really wanted that thing. I just want to sing.

10. Park my van on the Pacific shore.

11. Blame it all on my roots, I showed up in boots and ruined your black tie affair.

12. When panic grips your body and your heart's a hummingbird

13. So go on and I will refrain and I'll keep on running this never ending race.

14. Old world underground, where are you now?

15. Well I'm back out on the road again lost among the city lights.

16. My shadow's shedding skin.

17. I have called you children, I have called you son.

18. I wrote the words to this song on the back of a photograph.

19. Skip town, slow down, push it to the east coast.

20. I'm on fire and now I think I'm ready to bust a move.

21. Downhearted man, where do you come from?

22. Scratch the tears in for good, sadist, feels good.

23. He comes, he comes, judge so severe.

24. I can't remember anything, can't tell if this is true or a dream.

25. Failed attempts have turned us into one pathetic twisted wreck.

26. Hey boy, take me off the radar.

27. This is my life, it's not what it was before.

28. Throw away the radio suitcase that keeps you awake.

29. Hey see I know what I know and I don't. You promise you promise and I know you won't.

30. Cheap cocaine, a dry inhale, the pills that kill and take the pain away.

31. Maybe I didn't love you quite as often as I could have

32. My rhyme ain't good just yet, my brain and tongue just met.

33. Annie's 12 years old, in 2 more she'll be a whore.

34. White glow on the TV set, lights dancing on the screen.

35. Oh noose tied myself in, tied myself too tight.

36. It's a little bit funny, this feeling inside.

37. This is the story about a circle of women.

38. She packed my bags last night pre-flight.

39. His head was a city of paper buildings.

40. I heard the door slam and I couldn't tell, was it just the wind or was she mad again, aw hell.

41. When you're ripe, you'll bleed out of control.

42. I'm a sailor peg and I lost my leg.

43. I've got this thing about you now. I tried to understand, but baby let me show you how

44. You went into the kitchen cupboard, got yourself another hour.

45. They say it fits if you let it.

46. Your lipstick, his collar, don't bother angel.

47. I wanna thank myself for being so hard on myself.

48. What we're doing is so wrong and what you're wearing is so right, it's so tight.

49. Hey, hey, hey, Mr. Hangman, go get your rope.

50. Crown myself the prince of buzz

Alkaline Trio
Pantera
Elton John x2
Felix da Housecat
Arcade Fire
Motion City Soundtrack
...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead
In Flames
Metric x2
Regina Spektor x2
Mirah
City and Colour
Brand New
Strung Out
Leftover Crack
Death Cab for Cutie x2
Chris Cagle
Tool
The Suicide Machines
Taking Back Sunday
The Distillers
The Pogues
Against Me!
Shout Out Out Out Out
Deftones
Alexisonfire
The Planet Smashers
Every Time I Die x2
Sublime
Willie Nelson
Big D and the Kids Table
Nothingface
Staind
Garth Brooks
Mad Caddies x3
CKY
Bright Eyes
Our Lady Peace
Sufjan Stevens
Final Fantasy
Modest Mouse
Dropkick Murphys
Metallica

2000:
Coldplay - Parachutes
St. Germain - Tourist

2001:
Pete Yorn - musicforthemorningafter
The Strokes - Is This It

2002:
Orishas - Emigrante
Queens of the Stone Age - Songs For The Deaf

2003:
Moneybrother - Blood Panic
The Cardigans - Long Gone Before Daylight

2004:
Donovan Frankenreiter - Donovan Frankenreiter
Gonzales - Solo Piano

2005:
Bright Eyes - I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning
...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead - World's Apart

2006:
Amy Winehouse - Back To Black
Johnny Cash - American V: A Hundred Highways

2007:
Eddie Vedder - Into the Wild
Mark Ronson - Version

2008:
Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago
Metallica - Death Magnetic

2009:
Danger Mouse & Sparklehorse - Dark Knight Of The Soul
Selig - Und Endlich Unendlich

Favorite Albums of 2009

11) 30 Seconds to Mars - This Is War
10) Muse - The Resistance
09) dredg - The Pariah, The Parrot, The Delusion
08) Mastodon -Crack The Skye
07) Poison the Well - The Tropic Rot
06) Between the Buried and Me - The Great Misdirect
05) Converge - Axe To Fall
04) As Cities Burn - Hell Or High Water
03) Manchester Orchestra - Mean Everything To Nothing
02) Thrice - Beggars
01) Brand New - Daisy

- Daisy is number 1?! No wai?!?!
- Way.


Honorable Mention

Analena - Inconstantinopolis
...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead - The Century of Self
Set Your Goals - This Will Be The Death of Us
mewithoutYou - it's all crazy! it's all false! it's all a dream! it's alright
Moneen - The World I Want To Leave Behind
Paramore - brand new eyes
The Republic Of Wolves - His Old Branches
Fightstar - Be Human

Song of the Year

--tie---
As Cities Burn - Gates

We will wear compassion
We will wear it
And the gates of Hell
They won't stand, they won't stand against it.

&&&&&

Manchester Orchestra - I Can feel a Hot One

So I prayed for what I thought were angels
Ended up being ambulances
And the Lord showed me dreams of my daughter
She was crying inside your stomach.



Favorite Movies of 2009

10. The Hangover
9. Avatar
8. The Hurt Locker
7. Adventureland
6. Moon
5. Star Trek
4. Inglorious Basterds
3. Brothers
2. (500) Days of Summer
1. District 9

The movie list is not complete and probably will not be completed until sometime in Jan/Feb.

Favorite TV Shows of 2009

10) Chuck
09) Kings
08) Fringe
07) The Office/Parks and Recreation/Always Sunny in Philly/Community
06) Sons of Anarchy
05) Friday Night Lights
04) Battlestar Galactica
03) LOST
02) Mad Men
01) Breaking Bad

Most Anticipated Releases of 2010

The Gaslight Anthem
The Dillinger Escape Plan
The Lawrence Arms
Coheed and Cambria
Explosions in the Sky
Glassjaw
Brand New :-)

I've decided to just stick to a list of top songs this year, rather than attempt a best albums list, as there are easily more albums I wish I could have listened to than the ones I've heard. Each artist will only appear once, with the exception of Justin Vernon, who managed to sneak in there a good five times. I didn't spend too much time on this, so don't get cranky with me.

100. "1999" by Suburban Kids With Biblical Names
99. "Genesis 3:23" by The Mountain Goats
98. "Last Dance" by The Raveonettes
97. "Neat Parts" by Fucked Up
96. "Settle On Your Skin" by Swan Lake
95. "She's Dead To Me" by The Von Bondies
94. "Am I Normal?" by Art Brut
93. "La Llorna" by Beirut
92. "All This Will Pass" by Youth Group
91. "You Can Have What You Want" by Papercuts
90. "Mermaid Struggle" by Beep Beep
89. "Don't Lie" by Abe Vigoda
88. "Houses" by Great Northern
87. "Never Had Nobody Like You" by M. Ward
86. "I Want Some More" by Dan Auerbach
85. "All Is Love" by Karen O. And The Kids
84. "Give Blood" by Rain Machine
83. "Out On The Water" by Suckers
82. "It's a Living" by Sebastien Grainger
81. "Cool Jumper" by Wavves
80. "Take On Me" by A.C. Newman
79. "Waiting For a War" by The Submarines
78. "I Can See the Future" by Iran
77. "Evacuate" by The Boxer Rebellion
76. "Help I'm Alive" by Metric
75. "Island, IS" by Volcano Choir
74. "Hellhole Ratrace" by Girls
73. "New Mexico" by The Cinematics
72. "When The Road Runs Out" by Blonde Redhead & Devastations
71. "Roslyn" by Bon Iver & St. Vincent
70. "You're a Target" by No Age
69. "Harold T. Wilkins Or How To Wait For A Very Long Time" by Fanfarlo
68. "Skin and Bones" by Flashy Python
67. "November Was White, December Was Grey" by Say Hi
66. "Little Things" by Ladyfinger (ne)
65. "Postcards" by An Horse
64. "Marrow" by St. Vincent
63. "Confidants" by Damien
62. "Animal" by Miike Snow
61. "Big Red Machine" by Justin Vernon & Aaron Dessner
60. "Remember Severed Head" by Clues
59. "Dominos" by The Big Pink
58. "Twin of Myself" by Black Moth Super Rainbow
57. "Dull Life" by Yeah Yeah Yeahs
56. "Lua" by Conor Oberst & Gillian Welch
55. "Build Voice" by Dan Deacon
54. "Dorchester Hotel" by The Sounds
53. "Blood Pt. 2" by Buck 65
52. "Two Medicines" by The Dodos
51. "Microphone" by Coconut Records
50. "With a Girl Like You" by Dave Sitek
49. "Fangela" by Here We Go Magic
48. "The Rake's Song" by The Decemberists
47. "Growing Old Is Growing Old" by Silversun Pickups
46. "Glass" by Julian Casablancas
45. "Parallelogram" by Deastro
44. "New Life" by O+S
43. "Pat" by Built to Spill
42. "Blood Bank" by Bon Iver
41. "Circulation" by Deerhunter
40. "One Rose" by Why?
39. "Wind Phoenix" by Cymbals Eat Guitars
38. "No Man Is An Archipelago" by British Sea Power
37. "Magic Show" by Electric Owls
36. "Gold and Warm" by Bad Veins
35. "Freak Out" by stellastarr*
34. "Hearing Damage" by Thom Yorke
33. "Vapours" by Islands
32. "Wish" by Paper Route
31. "Stillness Is The Move" by Dirty Projectors
30. "Lottery Dust" by Drummer
29. "Deadbeat" by A Place to Bury Strangers
28. "Unwind" by Julian Plenti
27. "Middle Cyclone" by Neko Case
26. "River" by Akron/Family
25. "Pulling On A Line" by Great Lake Swimmers
24. "Gentle Hours" by Yo La Tengo
23. "Statues" by Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
22. "Radio Kaliningrad" by Handsome Furs
21. "Back From Exile" by Nickel Eye
20. "The Giant of Illinois" by Andrew Bird
19. "My Maudelin Career" by Camera Obscura
18. "So Far Around The Bend" by The National
17. "Davy Crockett" by South Ambulance
16. "1901" by Phoenix
15. "The Whale Song" by Modest Mouse
14. "Slow Life" by Grizzly Bear (with Victoria Legrand)
13. "Idiot Heart" by Sunset Rubdown
12. "Percussion Gun" by White Rabbits
11. "Two Weeks" by Grizzly Bear
10. "Blue Skies" by Noah and the Whale
9. "Wicked Blood" by Sea Wolf
8. "Fear And Loathing In Mahwah, NJ" by Titus Andronicus
7. "You Are The Blood" by Sufjan Stevens
6. "People Say" by Portugal. The Man
5. "Let Me Up" by Cursive
4. "How We Fade" by The Thermals
3. "Brother Sport" by Animal Collective
2. "Kettering" by The Antlers
1. "Isis Unveiled" by ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead

Also, 2009 was a great year for side projects, solo careers, supergroups, bands risen from the ashes of breakups, what have you. Below is a quick list of my favorites:

Solo Careers:
A.C. Newman (The New Pornographers) - Get Guilty
Conor Oberst (Bright Eyes) - Outer South
Dan Auerbach (The Black Keys) - Keep It Hid
Jason Lytle (Grandaddy) - Yours Truly, The Commuter
Julian Casablancas (The Strokes) - Phrazes For The Young
Neko Case (The New Pornographers) - Middle Cyclone
Sebastien Grainger (Death From Above 1979) - Who Do We Care For/It's A Living Single

Side Projects:
Atlas Sound (Bradford Cox, Deerhunter) - Logos, Rough Trade EP
Blakroc (The Black Keys, various artists) - Blakroc
Destroyer (Dan Bejar, The New Pornographers) - Bay of Pigs
Drummer (Patrick Carney, The Black Keys) - Feel Good Together
Electric Owls (Andy Herod, The Comas) - Ain't Too Bright
God Help The Girl (Stuart Murdoch, Belle & Sebastian) - God Help The Girl
Handsome Furs (Dan Boeckner, Wolf Parade) - Face Control
Iran (Kyp Malone, TV on the Radio) - Dissolver
Julian Plenti (Paul Banks, Interpol) - Julian Plenti Is... Skyscraper
Karen O. And The Kids (Karen O., Yeah Yeah Yeahs) - Where The Wild Things Are OMPST
Midnight Masses (Jason Reece, ...AYWKUBTTOD) - Rapture Ready, I Gazed At The Body
Nickel Eye (Nikolai Fraiture, The Strokes) - Time of the Assassins
O+S (Orenda Fink, Azure Ray) - O+S
Rain Machine (Kyp Malone, TV on the Radio) - Rain Machine
Sin Fang Bous (Sindri Már Sigfússon, Seabear) - Clangour
Sunset Rubdown (Spencer Krug, Wolf Parade) - Dragonslayer
Volcano Choir (Justin Vernon, Bon Iver) - Unmap

Other:
Clues (new project of Alden Penner, The Unicorns) - Clues
Danger Mouse and Sparklehorse (compilation with various artists) - Dark Night of the Soul
Flashy Python (supergroup consisting of Alec Ounsworth, Clap Your hands Say Yeah, and members of The Walkmen, Dr. Dog, and Man Man) - Flashy Python
Islands (current project of Nick Thorburn, The Unicorns) - Vapours
Monsters of Folk (supergroup consisting of Conor Oberst and Mike Mogwis of Bright Eyes, Jim James of My Morning Jacket, and M. Ward) - Monsters of Folk
Realpeople (early project of Zach Condon, Beirut) - March of the Zapotec & Realpeople: Holland EP
Swan Lake (supergroup consisting of Carey Mercer of Frog Eyes, Spencer Krug of Wolf Parade, and Dan Bejar of The New Pornographers) - Enemy Mine

I guess it couldn't hurt to do a quick top 10 albums list:

10. Absence by Paper Route
9. Dragonslayer by Sunset Rubdown
8. Now We Can See by The Thermals
7. The First Days of Spring by Noah and the Whale
6. The Satanic Satanist by Portugal. The Man
5. Merriweather Post Pavillion by Animal Collective
4. The Century of Self by ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead
3. Face Control by Handsome Furs
2. Dark Was The Night by Various Artists
1. Hospice by The Antlers

And finally, here are a few end-of-the-year awards that needed to be dealt:

Worst Cover Song:
Michael McDonald -- "While You Wait For The Others" (originally by Grizzly Bear)

Best Soundtrack For A Bad Movie:
The Twilight Saga: New Moon

Worst Name For A New Genre:
(tie) Chillwave and Freak Folk

Best Les Savy Fav impersonators:
Fucked Up

Most Obnoxiously Quoted "Indie" Song In A Facebook Status Update:
Matt & Kim -- "Daylight"

Biggest Letdown:
Silversun Pickups -- Swoon

Best Guitar Solo:
Modest Mouse -- "The Whale Song"

Best Band Named After An NBA Team:
the Boston Celtics

Most Underrated Band:
South Ambulance

9/1 The Stradlins
(Klubb Ivan, Nässjö)
16/1 Henry Fiat's Open Sore, The Shamalamas
(Bryggeriet, Nässjö)
23/1 Who Knew
(Roter Salon, Berlin)
24/1 The Gutter Twins, Duke Garwood
(Babylon, Berlin)
24/1 Minnaars, The Have
(White Trash Fast Food, Berlin)
30/1 Ossler
(Kafé DeLuxe, Växjö)
31/1 Hellfuckers, Moranes, Hammok Safari, Tomorrow Will Never Come
(Juventum, Eksjö)
2/2 Royal Sister
(Hotell Högland, Nässjö)
4/2 The Tallest Man on Earth
(Stadsbiblioteket, Jönköping)
7/2 Onine, Modern Caveman
(Bryggeriet, Nässjö)
11/2 Jens Proud Project
(Bryggeriet, Nässjö)
13/2 Scratchy & Mono
(Bryggeriet, Nässjö)
19/2 Supersuckers, Nashville Pussy
(KB, Malmö)
20/2 Since Our First Guitar
(Vinylbaren, Malmö)
20/2 Ossler
(Inkonst, Malmö)
21/2 The Wave Pictures, PENS
(Debaser, Malmö)
2/3 Wendy McNeill
(Hotell Högland, Nässjö)
6/3 Itchy Daze
(Hotell Högland, Nässjö)
13/3 Danko Jones, Graveyard
(Folkets Park, Huskvarna)
20/3 Pernilla Andersson
(Hotell Högland, Nässjö)
27/3 Jay Reatard, The Mojomatics
(Debaser Slussen, Stockholm)
28/3 Midnite Stalkers, Zombiesuckers, Suicide Syndicate
(Brother Tuck, Stockholm)
3/4 Thåström
(Folkets Park, Huskvarna)
11/4 The Working Man
(Lingon, Jönköping)
25/4 Division of Laura Lee, Abbey Orchestra
(Pub Babar, Tranås)
2/5 Markus Krunegård, Spleen United, The Skull Defekts, Florence Valentin, le galaxie, ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead, Ättestupa, I'm From Barcelona, Hajen, Au Revoir Simone, Fatboy, Du Pacque, John ME
(Popadelica, Huskvarna)
8/5 Salouh, Pistolese
(Slottsstallarna, Växjö)
15/5 Perssons Pack
(Stadshotellet, Eksjö)
27/5 David Gedge
(The Rift Shop, Barcelona)
27/5 Zu, dälek, Agent Ribbons
(Sala Apolo, Barcelona)
28/5 My Bloody Valentine, Andrew Bird, The Jesus Lizard, Yo La Tengo, Lightning Bolt, The Vaselines, Spectrum, The Bats, Women, Veracruz
(Primavera Sound, Barcelona)
29/5 Shellac, Fucked Up, The Drones, The Mae Shi, The Extraordinaires, Sunn O))), Art Brut, The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, Sleepy Sun, Bat for Lashes, Crystal Stilts, Damien Jurado
(Primavera Sound, Barcelona)
30/5 Sleepy Sun, Crystal Stilts, Bowerbirds, Ponytail
(Parc Joan Miró, Barcelona)
30/5 Sonic Youth, Ezra Furman & The Harpoons, Neil Young, Th' Faith Healers, Plants and Animals, The Jayhawks, Chad VanGaalen
(Primavera Sound, Barcelona)
31/5 Plants and Animals, Karl Blau, Klaus & Kinski, Angelo Spencer
(Parc Joan Miró, Barcelona)
5/6 Tysta Mari, Villa Nova Junction, The Tarantula Waltz
(Brotsabofestivalen, Nässjö)
12/6 Neil Young, Olle Ljungström, Pixies, The (International) Noise Conspiracy, Seasick Steve
(Where The Action Is, Stockholm)
13/6 Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Fever Ray, Loney Dear, Hello Saferide, Jenny Wilson, Tiger Lou, The Magic Numbers
(Where The Action Is, Stockholm)
3/7 Villa Nova Junction, Foxy Roxie
(KB, Malmö)
4/7 Ram Di Dam
(Debaser, Malmö)
8/7 Cult of Luna, Kings of Leon, Twiggy Frostbite, The Weakening, Franz Ferdinand, Shotgun Crackers, The Gossip, Dropkick Murphys, Ozomatli
(Hultsfredsfestivalen)
9/7 Totalt Jävla Mörker, Karin Park, The Dora Steins, Marnie Stern, White Lies, Regina Spektor, Baddies, Prince of Assyria, Tilde, The Virgins, The Federales, Howling Bells, Bruket, Peter Bjorn and John, moofish catfish, Priscilla Ahn, The Berndt, Raubtier
(Hultsfredsfestivalen)
10/7 Love Is All, Lenka, Convoj, Lowood, A Camp, Victims, Madness, Graveyard, Anna Ternheim, The Boxer Rebellion, Markus Krunegård, Den stora sömnen, Skansros, The Heart Strings, Dungen
(Hultsfredsfestivalen)
11/7 Thåström, Pretty Whores, Kid Cudi, Klaxons, Pilgrimz, Andreas Grega, Ólafur Arnalds, Ice Cube, It's a Musical, Bonne Idée, Cilihili, Monde Yeux
(Hultsfredsfestivalen)
16/7 Knegarn
(Nyfiket, Jönköping)
18/7 Metallica, Primal Scream, The Cult, The Hives, Machine Head, Mastodon, Cradle of Filth, Lamb of God, The (International) Noise Conspiracy
(Sonisphere, Hultsfred)
25/7 Orkester Gul, Cassetto, Apa State Mental, The Nykels
(Möllevångsfestivalen, Malmö)
29/7 The Smittens, Nils Folke Valdemar sings:
(Kulturhuset, Jönköping)
30/7 Jens Proud
(Pinnen, Nässjö)
1/8 Familjen, The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, The Haunted, Marina & the Diamonds, Agnostic Front, Fontän, Franke, Körsbärsfettera
(Emmabodafestivalen)
6/8 Ten Feet High, SIXSIN
(Stadsparken, Nässjö)
8/8 Klassresan
(Lingon Kök & Bar, Jönköping)
13/8 Evan Parker
(Röhsska museet, Göteborg)
13/8 Hajen
(Annedalskyrkan, Göteborg)
13/8 bob hund
(Götaplatsen, Göteborg)
13/8 Fontän
(Parken, Göteborg)
14/8 Glasvegas, Antony and the Johnsons med Göteborgs Symfoniker, Robyn, Band of Horses, Beirut, Bon Iver, Vivian Girls
(Way Out West, Göteborg)
14/8 Vetiver, The Morning Benders, Jessica Lea Mayfield
(Pusterviksbaren, Göteborg)
15/8 My Bloody Valentine, Vampire Weekend, Calexico, Patrick Wolf
(Way Out West, Göteborg)
15/8 Deerhunter, Gang Gang Dance, Let's Wrestle
(Trädgår'n, Göteborg)
28/8 Wildfire Willie & The Ramblers, Christian Kjellvander, Sator, Stefan Sundström
(Eksjö Stadsfest)
29/8 Magnus Lindberg, The Tarantula Waltz, Prince of Assyria, Finn Loxbo, Owe Thörnqvist, Pistolese
(Eksjö Stadsfest)
7/9 Dan Viktor
(Hotell Högland, Nässjö)
12/9 Pierced Arrows, MASSHYSTERI
(Debaser, Malmö)
18/9 Ingen Sympati, el Camino, Tomorrow Will Never Come, Yoshi Did It
(Zebra, Nässjö)
19/9 Staffan Hellstrand
(Zebra, Nässjö)
25/9 Babian, Knivderby, Klassresan
(Folkets Park, Huskvarna)
27/9 eMiL Jensen
(Skillingehus, Skillingaryd)
2/10 The Drones, The Early Days
(Debaser, Malmö)
3/10 Malcolm Middleton, The Pictish Trail
(Debaser, Malmö)
9/10 bob hund, Knivderby
(Folkets Park, Huskvarna)
17/10 Sousou & Maher Cissoko
(Östanåskolans aula, Eksjö)
23/10 Mustasch
(Folkets Park, Huskvarna)
30/10 Brendan Benson, Cory Chisel
(Debaser, Malmö)
30/10 Band Of Joy, Baba Ottokar
(Kontrapunkt, Malmö)
31/10 Motorpsycho
(Debaser, Malmö)
13/11 Mattias Alkberg, Invasionen
(Bongo Bar, Jönköping)
14/11 Anna Ternheim
(Växjö Teater)
20/11 stoke on trent
(Zebra, Nässjö)
4/12 MASSHYSTERI, Damage
(Pub Babar, Tranås)
9/12 HEALTH, The Black Heart Procession, The Pastels
(Primavera Club, Barcelona)
10/12 Retribution Gospel Choir, Kid Congo & The Pink Monkey Birds, The Soundtrack of Our Lives, The Black Heart Procession, The Pastels, me and the bees
(Primavera Club, Barcelona)
11/12 School of Seven Bells, Jeffrey Lewis & The Junkyard, So Cow, A Place to Bury Strangers, Tara Jane O'Neil
(Primavera Club, Barcelona)
12/12 Wave Machines, A Place to Bury Strangers, Port O'Brien, Cymbals Eat Guitars, Deer Tick
(Primavera Club, Barcelona)
19/12 Fearless Division, Ingen Sympati
(Zebra, Nässjö)