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Candlemass (jul 09)
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capacocha (jul 08)
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Casiotone for the Painfully Alone (sep 08)
Children of Bodom (aug 06)
Chrome Hoof (jul 08)
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Le Club Des Chats (jul 08)
Coldplay (sep 09) (sep 09)
Colour Haze (apr 09)
Counting Crows (jun 08)
Cruachan (dec 07)

Danko Jones (aug 06)
Death Angel (jul 09)
Death Sentence: PANDA! (jul 09)
Deerhoof (jul 09)
Def Leppard (jun 08)
Delain (jul 09)
DéspairsRay (aug 06)
The Devil's Blood (apr 09)
The Dillinger Escape Plan (jul 09)
Dimmu Borgir (aug 07)
Dinosaur Jr. (jul 08)
Dir en grey (aug 07)
Dirge (sep 08)
Disillusion (aug 07)
Do Make Say Think (may 07) (nov 09)
Do The Undo (jul 07)
Doddodo (dec 08)
The Dodos (jul 09)
Les Doigts de l'Homme (aug 03)
Dozer (nov 08)
Drive Like Maria (jul 09) (sep 09)
Drumcorps (dj set with live guitar, jun 08)

Eagle Twin (okt 09)
Earth (apr 09)
Eats Tapes (jul 08)
Ed Cox (dj set with accordion, may 08)
Electric Eel Shock (aug 07) (may 08)
Electric Kettle (dj set, may 09)
Electric Wizard (sep 08)
Emperor (aug 06)
Enablers (mar 08)
End Of Green (aug 06)
Enge Buren (jul 05)
Enslaved (aug 07) (okt 07)
Envy (apr 09)
The Ex (with Getatchew Mekurya, dec 09)

Fair to Midland (aug 07)
Falconer (aug 07)
Fear Falls Burning (apr 08)
Fear Factory (aug 06)
Fear My Thoughts (jul 07)
Final Fantasy (jul 06)
Finntroll (aug 06) (jul 08)
The Flaming Lips (sep 09)
Flesh Made Sin (dec 06)
The Fratellis (may 07)
Freaky Age (jul 08)
The Freeks (sep 08)

Gabriel Rios (jun 08)
Genghis Tron (nov 08)
Getatchew Mekurya (with The Ex, dec 09)
God Dethroned (dec 07)
Gojira (jul 09)
Golden Earring (sep 09)
Gotthard (jun 08)
Grails (apr 09)
Grave Digger (aug 07)
Growing (with Atsuo from Boris, apr 08) (apr 09)

Haemorrhage (dec 07)
Haggard (aug 07)
handicapped terror
The Happiness Project (sep 09)
Harvestman (apr 09)
A Hawk and a Hacksaw (jul 07) (may 09)
HEALTH (jun 09)
heidi mortenson (dec 08)
De Heideroosjes (sep 09)
Heidevolk (jul 09)
Helrunar (apr 06)
Hollenthon (dec 07)
Holy Moses (dec 07)
Hospital Bombers (aug 06)
Howlin' Rain (jul 09)
HṚṢṬA (with Mike Moya from Godspeed You! Black Emperor) (feb 08)

Iced Earth (aug 07)
Immortal (aug 07)
In Extremo (aug 06)
In Flames (aug 07)
INXS (jun 07)
Isis (apr 09)

Jaune Toujours (jul 09)
Jesu (dec 07)
Jason Lytle (from Grandaddy (may 09)
Journey (jun 08)
Justin Nozuka (jun 08)

Kap Bambino (jul 09)
Kansas (jun 08)
Kataklysm (jul 09)
Keep of Kalessin (okt 07) (jul 09)
De Kift (dec 07)
KISS (jun 08)
KK Null (with Z'EV, okt 09)
Knifehandchop (dj set, jul 06)
Korpiklaani (aug 06)
Krakow (jul 07)
Krause (jul 08)

Late of the Pier (jul 08)
Leafcutter John (jul 07)
Legion of the Damned (aug 06)
Lenny Kravitz (jun 08)
Liars (jul 08)
Limewax (dj set,may 08)
Linkin Park (may 07)
Live (jun 08)
Lucky Dragons (jul 09)
Lucy Love (jul 09)

The Mad Trist (jul 09)
The Magic Numbers (may 07)
Mahjongg (jul 09)
Mala Vita (apr 07)
Malkovich (apr 08)
Marduk (dec 07)
Maxïmo Park (jun 08)
Meindert Talma & The Negroes (jul 07)
Melechesh (dec 06)
Mêlée (jun 08)
Members of Marvelas (apr 07)
Meshuggah (jul 09)
Michael Gira (from Swans) (dec 07)
Mindless (aug 08)
Ministry (aug 06)
Minsk (apr 09)
Miss Montreal (sep 09)
MoHa! (jul 08)
The Moi Non Plus (aug 07)
Moke (sep 07)
Mono (Japan) (apr 09)
Moonsorrow (dec 06) (aug 07)
Moonspell (aug 07) (jul 09)
Motörhead (aug 06) (jun 08)
Motorpsycho (dec 07) (okt 08) (apr 09)
Mucky Pup (aug 09)
Municipal Waste (aug 09)
Mythlorian (aug 07)

Napalm Death (aug 07)
Neaera (aug 07)
Negură Bunget (apr 09)
Neurosis (apr 09)
New Killer Stars (jul 08)
Nifelheim (dec 07)
Nightmare (France) (feb 06)
Nisennenmondai (jul 09)
NoMeansNo (jul 07)

Obeah (sep 09)
Oceana Company (may 09)
of Montreal (feb 09)
OM (apr 09)
Omega Massif (apr 09)
Opeth (aug 06)

Pelican (sep 08)
Peter Quistgard (jul 09)
Pivot (jul 08) (jun 09)
The Presets (jul 07)
Primal Fear (aug 06)
Primordial (dec 07)

Racoon (jun 08)
Radio Moscow (sep 08) (apr 09)
The Rapture (jul 07)
REO Speedwagon (jun 08)
Riders on the storm (jan 07) (jun 07)
Roger Hodgson (from Supertramp) (jun 07)
Roger Waters (from Pink Floyd) (may 07)
Rose Kemp (solo, aug 08) (with band, apr 09)

Saint Vitus (apr 09)
Sat2D (jul 08)
Satyricon (jul 09)
Saxon (aug 07)
Scar 7 (sep 09)
Scissor Sisters (may 07)
Scorpions (aug 06) (jun 07)
Scott Kelly (apr 09)
Scout Niblett (dec 07)
Sennen (The Netherlands) (may 07) (mar 08)
seven that spells (apr 09)
Shadowlord (apr 06)
Shining (Norway) (with Grutle Kjelsson from Enslaved, okt 07)
Shitmat (dj set, may 08)
signe tollefsen (jul 07)
Six Feet Under (aug 06)
Six Organs of Admittance (solo, apr 09)
Skullflower (apr 09)
Skyforger (dec 06)
Sleepy Sun (jul 09)
The Smashing Pumpkins (may 07) (feb 08)
Snöleoparden (jul 09)
So So Modern (feb 09)
Sodom (aug 07) (dec 07)
Solo (apr 07)
Sonic Youth (aug 08)
Soulfly (aug 06)
Speedranch (dj set with live drummer, dec 08)
Spinvis (with band, apr 07) (solo, may 09)
De Staat (aug 08)
Stahlzeit (aug 09)
Starsailor (jun 08)
Stephan Mathieu (okt 09)
Steve Von Till (apr 09)
The Strange Death Of Liberal England (dec 07)
Subway to Sally (aug 06)
The Suicidal Birds (sep 07)
SuidAkrA (aug 07)
Sun Ra Arkestra (sep 08)
Sunn O))) (with Attila Csihar from Mayhem, apr 07) (dec 07) (with Atsuo from Boris, apr 09) (may 09) (with Attila Csihar from Mayhem and Steve Moore from Earth, okt 09)
Supergrass (aug 08)

Tank 86 (nov 08)
The Teenagers (jul 08)
Telemetrik (dj set, mar 09)
Temperatures (sep 08)
Tesla (jun 07)
Textures (aug 09)
Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra & Tra-La-La Band (apr 08)
Therion (aug 07)
Thin Lizzy (jun 07)
This Leo Sunrise (feb 08)
Torche (sep 08)
Tribes of Neurot (apr 09)
Triggerfinger (may 08) (jul 08) (aug 08)
Les Truttes (jul 04) (jul 05)
Turbonegro (aug 07)
Turisas (aug 07)
TV Buddhas (jul 09)
Twisted Sister (jun 08)
Two Gallants (jul 07)

Unleashed (dec 07)

Vandal X (may 09)
The Vision Bleak (apr 06) (aug 07)
Vreid (dec 07)

Warbringer (jul 09)
Watain (sep 08)
We vs. Death (jul 06)
White Hills (apr 09)
White Lies (sep 09)
Whitesnake (aug 06) (jun 08)
WHY? (jul 08)
Wild Light (nov 07)
Wintersun (aug 06)
Wire (sep 08)
Witchcraft (nov 08)
Wolfmother (may 07)
Wolves in the Throne Room (apr 09)
The Wooden Constructions (jul 09)
Woven Hand (aug 08) (nov 08)

Xavier Rudd (jun 08)
Xystus (sep 05)

Years (nov 09)
The Young Gods (acoustic gig, nov 08) (regular gig, apr 09)

Z'EV (sep 08) (with KK Null, okt 09)
Zu (apr 09)

"With" refers solely to musical collaborations, not to support acts whatsoever. Bold are gigs that were especially brilliant.

These are the bands I remember seeing live:

2 Unlimited

a balladeer [2] [Photos on flickr]
Absynthe Minded
Amsterdam Klezmer Band [2] [Photos on flickr]
An Gardai
Arling & Cameron

Bad Religion
Balkan Beatz [2]
Benjamin B.
Bettie Serveert [5]
Andrew Bird
Blumfeld
Boh Foi Toch
Brainpower
Claudia de Breij
Bush

Caesar [3]
Casiokids
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Claw Boys Claw
Clouseau
C-Mon & Kypski [Photos on flickr]
Codeine
Cooper
Cosmic Psychos
Cropdusters
Cypress Hill

Ellen ten Damme [2]
Daryll-Ann [2]
David Gilmour Girls
Dead Meadow
Dead Moon [3]
Deinum
dEUS [3]
DeVotchKa [Photos on flickr]
De Dijk
Dinosaur Jr. [Photos on flickr]
Doe Maar

The Ex
The Ex + Tom Cora
Extince

Faith No More
Fatal Flowers
Faun [Photos on flickr]
Liam Finn [Photos on flickr]
Frank Black
Frank Black and the Catholics
Fratsen [3]
Fugazi

The Gathering
The Girls
Gogol Bordello [2] [Photos on flickr] [Photos on flickr]
Gore
Gorefest
Gram [Photos on flickr]

Hallo Venray [3] [photos on flickr]
The Harries
Kirstin Hersh
Julia P. Hersheimer [2]
Hit Me TV
The Horse Company [Photos on flickr]
Hotel (the Amsterdam HOTEL, not featured on last.fm)
The Hot Stewards [Photos on flickr]

Ilse DeLange
Infadels [Photos on flickr]

PJ Harvey
The Jack Of Hearts
Jammah Tammah
Johan [3]
John Cale
Junkie XL [2]

De Kift [2] [Photos on flickr]
Tim Knol

L7
Leaf
The Lemonheads [2] [Photos on flickr]
Levellers [2]
LPG [2] [Photos on flickr] [Photos on flickr]
Lul

The Mahones [Photos on flickr]
André Manuel
André Manuel & De Ketterse Fanfare [2] [Photos on flickr] [Photos on flickr]
Merry Pierce
Milow
Moke [Photos on flickr]
Mudhoney

Nerve
No Means No
Normaal [Photos on flickr]

Klaske Oenema
The Opposites
Ottoboy The One Man Trash Band [Photos on flickr]

Pete Philly & Perquisite [Photos on flickr]
Pigmeat
The Pilgrims
Prodigal Sons
Public Enemy

Racoon [2]
De Raggende Manne [2]
Rapalje [3] [Photos on flickr] [Photos on flickr]
Reboelje
Lou Reed
De Rollende Donder Revue
Rollins Band [Photos on flickr]
Room Eleven
RotFront
Rowwen Hèze

The Scene [2]
The Serenes
Shane Shu [Photos on flickr]
Shantel & Bucovina Club Orkestar
The Sheer
Simmer
Les Singes
Skindred
Soulwax
Soundgarden
Spinvis
De Staat [Photos on flickr]
Stevie Ann
Suede
Superamazoo

The The
The Ting Tings [Photos on flickr]
The Toy Dolls
Tröckener Kecks
Tuesday Child
Twarres

Urban Dance Squad [2]

Van Dik Hout
Värttinä
Voicst [3] [Photos on flickr] [Photos on flickr] [Photos on flickr]

We Are Scientists [Photos on flickr]
Ween
Wipers [Photos on flickr]
Within Temptation

Ygdrassil
Dhafer Youssef

Zulu 9.30

ДДТ [2] [Photos on flickr]

Калинов Мост

Манго-Манго

(cross-post from my facebook)

My friend Laura posted 50 shows attended, and I responded with a very quick list of 50. My friend Annie posted 50 shows with comments and mentioned that "50 is not a very big number." She's right, 50 is not that many bands/musicians, and my earlier list was kinda dumb.

As it happens I had a kind of list on my computer of my favorite live music performances ever, though it was sort of tentative and incomplete, but it even had some web citations and stuff where I found precise dates. So I dug it up and updated it a bit. Here they are, not in any particular order.

Ween (930 club, 10/28/96)
http://www.nofadz.com/vlww/review2b.htm
We were near the front of the stage, I nearly died of euphoria when I heard "The Blarney Stone" for the first time in my life. This was after their country album and before The Mollusk, some of their awesomest material. They were backed by a bunch of Nashville session players. Amazing.

Journey & Foreigner (Nissan Pavilion, 7/13/99)
http://web.archive.org/web/20001014050236/http://www.journeytheband.com/html/ontheroad/concertreviews/bristow-7-13-99.html
We were in our early 20s, everyone else there was either under 12 or over 40. Left MANY empty beer cans in the car before the show. Journey was great and we didn't even know that it was different singer from Steve Perry until like halfway through the set. Foreigner weren't so great though. Weird.

Fugazi @ Fort Reno in the rain (many summers, for example w/ Flin Flon 8/26/09)
http://web.archive.org/web/20051223002036/http://users.pandora.be/fugazi/report82.htm
Reading this review I remember how we all kind of liked Flin Flon though they only played for a couple songs -- Mark Robinson was all shifty and weird. Then Fugazi played for a little while until they stopped the show for lightning. It always rained for Fugazi and it was impressive to watch them try rocking out in the downpours. Luke has some good Fugazi-in-the-rain photos somewhere...

Lightning Bolt/Black Dice/Orthrelm/Avey Tare and Panda Bear (Black Cat, ca. 2001 or 2002)
First and only time I've seen Lightning Bolt and it was earth-shattering. Orthrelm was awesome too. A.T. & Panda Bear went on to be mildly famous with Animal Collective. The bands all played in different parts of the floor and you could just gather around them and watch. If you watch the Lightning Bolt DVD called "The Power of Salads and Milkshakes" it looks exactly like what we saw. That tour on the DVD was from around the same time, and in the credits you could see some references to Washington, DC, so I think there might be a few snippets from this show on there. Another life-changing show. It was sometime not long after this when Sonic Youth decided they would rather open up for Lightning Bolt rather than try to take the stage after them.

Wilco (930 Club, 9/26/2001)
http://www.wilcobase.com/event.php?event_key=136
Whoah thanks to researching this list, I found out you can download this show! I'll have to do it tomorrow at work. This was a great show. They were singing about the ashes of American flags a couple weeks after 9/11. It was freaky. It was awesome. This was also the first time I saw Wilco, though I'd seen Jeff Tweedy do a solo show sometime beforehand.

Mogwai (black cat, 9/1/99)
http://youngteam.co.uk/brightlight/eng/gig010999.php
another amazing show. This was the loudest thing I had ever heard, I think, yet it had quiet moments too (and flute!). I just listened to this show again recently thanks the magic of the internet! It is available for download right here http://acidpunks.blogspot.com/2009/04/mogwai-black-cat-washington-dc-09-01.html

Dead Meadow (many times ca. 1999-2001, occasionally since)
Dead Meadow was this amazing phenomenon where people we kinda knew (I knew them less well than some of my friends) turned into Led Zeppelin all of a sudden. As Annie's list mentioned, the famous naked show was not the best, but I remember it as a night of spontaneous naked dancers, drugs being passed around the crowd, heavy psychedelic music, all like a crazy time machine where we got to all experience 1971 for an hour. Everyone should get a chance to have their own Led Zeppelin-in-1971 moment at least once in a lifetime.

Ted Leo solo concerts ca. 1999/2000
Ted Leo was not a friend but around ten years ago it seemed like I saw him everywhere, playing shows in various places around DC, record stores, Fort Reno, the Black Cat, whatever. You expected him to be out playing guitar on the streets at any moment. He would play solo shows with a Fender Twin amp and a retro curly guitar cord that looked like a phone wire (I believe he still basically does the same thing today). When his first proper solo album came out (The Tyranny of Distance) I already knew all the songs. What a troubadour. I am still a big fan but miss the days when he was still a local secret.

Versus (various shows including black cat, opening for yo la tengo at 930 club, at galaxy hut, others?)
I saw Versus a bunch of times and they gradually became one of my favorite bands. Way underrated! The first time I saw them ('96 or '97?) I got the song "Glitter of Love" stuck in my head and still remember how James Balayut (the lead guitarist) played the main riff. Nobody in rock and roll could smoke a cigarette the way Richard Balayut (the main singer) did -- nodding to shake the ashes off the end while playing some stylish indie-rock chord progression. And I am still kind of in love with the other singer, Fontaine Toups, after all these years. She has a rad lightning-bolt tattoo on her arm and a rad guitar strap.

Songs: Ohia (macrock, April 2002)
This was a toally memorable show in a theater at JMU. The theater got too crowded and people were sitting in the aisles, then some security people came and started kicking out the people in the aisles, so Jason Molina said something to the effect of "this sucks let's just go meet across the street" so we went outside and surrounded him as he played for a little while with a battery-powered mini-amp. Awesome rock and roll moment from somebody who might like Sabbath but is not usually too "rock and roll"

Paul Flaherty & Chris Corsano (Noise Against Fascism festival, Black Cat, 1/20/05)
This was an anti-Bush-inauguration party and was a whole day of bands mostly making random noise. But then Flaherty and Corsano came on and blew my mind completely. Corsano is a young (30-ish) drummer while Flaherty is an old (60-ish) saxophonist. They made this ungodly racket of free jazz skronk that was so intense that my jaw dropped wide open. I have never seen such a performance and may never again. This is the kind of music where you really think these dudes sold their souls to the devil. I am kind of scared to see them ever again though I will go willingly, like a moth to the flame.

Fugazi/The Ex/Lungfish (Electric Factory, 12/4/99)
http://web.archive.org/web/20050913085241/http://users.pandora.be/fugazi/report116.htm
http://web.archive.org/web/20051223005017/http://users.pandora.be/fugazi/report132.htm
Fugazi deserves to be here twice -- they were always great live -- but this show is special to me because of the other two bands. The Ex were fantastic! Lungfish were even better! I would love to go back and see this show again. A day before (or after?), I saw Fugazi and The Ex at the 930 Club, but this was the first of only two times that I've seen Lungfish and I was just getting into them at the time. Since then they've become one of my all-time favorite bands. Dan Higgs just bobbed around on stage, throwing a water bottle into the air, spitting out his bizarre lyrics. I remember The Ex had a system in a couple songs where the two guitarists would use hand signals to pick a crazy riff to play, then pause, then throw another hand signal. Awesomeness! I'd like to hear more from The Ex, I got one CD based on this set of shows but never listened to anything else by them.

Kerosene 454 w/Bluetip and Burning Airlines (Black Cat, summer or fall 1997)
This was the first-ever Burning Airlines show (and I had seen the last-ever Jawbox show too) but I was not impressed by B.A. as much as I was by Kerosene 454. Forgotten but fantastic band! But not forgotten by me ever since this show! Their CD "Came by to Kill Me" is still one of my favorites.

Cows/Reverend Horton Heat (old 930 Club, 1995 or 96)
Cows were the first band of their style I'd ever seen, aggressive noise-rock, I guess you'd call it, but with a bugel thrown in. The singer/bugel player from the Cows had a baby-doll head strapped to his crotch, a magic-marker mustache painted on, googly eyes glued to his eyelids, and was nearly naked. Intense! Noisy! Fun! The Reverend Horton Heat was great too, I saw him a few times and will see him again next month opening up for Motorhead and Nashville Pussy.

Rah Bras and Edie Sedgwick (DC9, 2007 or '06?)
Speaking of zany! Edie Sedgwick is very good -- at the time it was just Justin Moyer in drag doing crazy electro-techno songs about celebrities with film clips to match. I like it a lot but am kicking myself for missing out on Rah Bras up until this show, which I think was their last in DC. They were from Virginia and totally insane -- drums, keyboards, and keytar! They wore those "Heely" roller shoes and skated around the club. They dedicated a song to Pluto (the ex-planet -- it was just demoted that day or the day before). I can hardly explain how great they were.

Made Out of Babies (Rock and Roll Hotel, 2007)
We went to this show all bleary and drunk after some intense partying, and it was so awesome, just this chick shouting over pseudo-metal, jumping around on stage, kicking things around. After the show we all tried to talk to her and buy her drinks but she was sick and actually drinking cough syrup in between alcholic beverages. Saw them again another time and it was less awesome but I am a huge fan of Made Out of Babies. Even the name! Actually, especially the name!

Blonde Redhead (2000-ish?)
saw them a few times but the best was around 2000 or so, at the Black Cat, before they became super popular but they were on their way there. They played this song called "Futurism vs. Passeism Part 2" where, on the album version, Guy Picciotto recites some lines in French, so at this show he jumped up on stage and did the same. very cool! This was the last time I saw and liked Blonde Redhead -- later they seemed to get too heavy into just playing along to backing tracks.

Dismemberment Plan & Death Cab for Cutie & Cex (2001 or '02)
The Dismemberment Plan grew on me over the course of seeing them live lots of times, and Death Cab made only a mild impression on me at the time, I didn't know them too well (still don't really), but the highlight here is Baltimore's Cex. I saw Cex open for the Dismemberment Plan at least one other time and he was so awesome! Freestylin' about the Baltimore Ravens, singing his lame rap song about bikes. Dude was talented and I'm not sure whatever happened to him.

Luna (farewell tour @ 930 club, December 2004)
My only time seeing Luna and I was amazed out how great it was! Also -- Britta Phillips! Hot! She played bass and sang backups and I couldn't stop staring at her. Luna were a great band, sort of like a Rolling Stones of indie rock, just great basic rock and roll. Glad I saw them.

The Fucking Champs w/Cherry Valence and Drunk Horse (Metro Cafe, 5/4/2001)
http://metrocafe.home.att.net/schedule/calender/200105.html
Saw the Fucking Champs a few times and they were absolutely great; this show is memorable because of how much I liked the other bands. I still like the Cherry Valence and have one of their CDs.

Pearl Jam (merriweather post pavilion, with the Fastbacks, 1996)
first time I saw Pearl Jam and really enjoyed it. also I liked the Fastbacks a lot and still do. we got lost on the way back to DC (and could it be any easier??) and ended up going the long way around the Beltway which added on like an hour to the return trip. still worth it, though. by the next time I saw Pearl Jam I had lost a little of my interest in them and didn't even mind standing in line for the bathroom during "Alive." the fist time though I was still mostly a true believer.

Sleater-Kinney's last local show, at the 930 club, August 2006
So Sleater-Kinney were going on hiatus and announce a few final dates, including one here, and we went and there was an electrical problem outside the 930 Club during the opening act, with smoke pouring out of the grates, so they had to evacuate the club, and nobody knew what would happen to the show. But they came back two days later! and played a great farewell show. the awesome French Toast got the call to be a last-second opener for the second show.

The Raveonettes "Electric Duo" show (Rock and Roll Hotel, 2007? or 08?)
This was the first time I saw the Raveonettes and I've been going back to see them since, each time they come to town, but nothing has been as good as this first show. It was stripped down, just the two of them, switching among bass, guitar, drums, and vocals. They did some good covers including Sonic Youth's "100%" and I loved it. The hippest thing ever.

Drive-By Truckers (930 Club, July 2007)
I was a little late to the DBT party but this alcohol-fueled show certainly won me over. Glad I saw this incarnation of the band, with Jason Isbell as third singer/guitarist/songwriter -- I think he contributed a lot to the band. A boozy blast.

RANDOM METAL BANDS (at JAXX on my birthday, 2002? or 01?)
I don't even remember who these bands were but they were one of the best surprise presents I've ever received.

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But we need your help!

Following other countries, the Netherlands should have a Rock League too!

To get the League going, we need Bands and Artists from the Netherlands that are doing any kind of Rock or Metal - no matter which "sub-genre"!

Now you can vote for up to 10 Bands/Artists (Maybe you can sort them alphabetical, that would reduce my work ;) )

And please feel free to join the group, where the tournament will take place: The Dutch Rock Artist League

At the moment Qualified Bands:

1. League

Legion of the Damned
Epica
Asphyx
God Dethroned
Pestilence
The Gathering
Within Temptation
Ayreon
Hail of Bullets
After Forever

2. League

Peter Pan Speedrock
Sinister
The Monolith Deathcult
Picture
Heideroosjes
The Devil's Blood
Golden Earring
Focus
Nemesea
Delain



List of all voted bands:

15 votes

Legion of the Damned (ex-Occult)

14 votes

Epica

13 votes


12 votes

Asphyx
God Dethroned

11 votes

Pestilence

10 votes

The Gathering
Within Temptation

9 votes

Ayreon
Hail of Bullets

8 votes


7 votes

After Forever (182,124 listeners)
Peter Pan Speedrock (24,280 listeners)
Picture (2,533 listeners)
Sinister (16,317 listeners)
The Monolith Deathcult (5,898 listeners)

6 votes

Heideroosjes

5 votes


4 votes

The Devil's Blood

3 votes

Antidote (22,604 listeners)
Callenish Circle (10,960 listeners)
Cliteater (5,035 listeners)
Delain (59,996 listeners)
Focus (121,694 listeners)
Golden Earring (159,562 listeners)
Gorefest (32,132 listeners)
Heidevolk (25,632 listeners)
Nemesea (88,277 listeners)
Rompeprop (12,235 listeners)
Textures (37,261 listeners)

2 votes

Altar
Antillectual
Carach Angren
Chainsaw
Disavowed
I Against I
Jaya the Cat
Kutschurft
Thanatos
Thronar
Travoltas
Vandenberg

1 vote

Agent Orange
Agua de Annique
Ambeon
Another Messiah
Anouk
Autumn
Bad Candy
Bambix
Beyond Belief
Black Knight
Bodine
Brigade M
Brutus
Celestial Season
Centurian
Cirith Gorgor
Defender
Discipline
Dissect
Elexorien
Goddess of Desire
Hammerhawk
Highway Chile
Human Demise
Infinity
Inger Indolia
Kayak
Krezip
Martyr
Officium Triste
Orphanage
Pentacle
Pleurisy
Powervice
Prostitute Disfigurement
Roadkill
Sauron
Shikari
Sita
Smash The Statues
The Ex
Threnody
Tröckener Kecks
Urfaust
Vandale
Vortex
Zwartplaag

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PLAYLIST

Poutre priape (compilation : “Noise To The Bone“)
Torche Healer (album : “Meanderthal”)
Shub Franky Vincent goes to Hollywood (album : “The Snake, The Goose And The Ladder”)
ouzo Social D.I.Y. (album : “Less bibles, more doubts”)
Black Lips Drugs (album : “200 Million Thousand”)
Sheeduz Alone (album : A Frozen Moment)
duck duck goose Red, I Don't Have Time For This... (album : “Noise, Noise, and More Noise”)
Beckfords Bobby (compilation : “Noise to the Bone”)
Sonic Youth Anti-Orgasm (album : “The Eternal”)
The Ex Lmp Sum Insomnia (album : “Starters Alternators”)
A Storm of Light Vast And Endless (album : “And We Wept The Black Ocean Within”)
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TOP LAST.FM :
Verse Sons and Daughters (album : “Aggression”)
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Have Heart Pave Paradise (album : “Songs to Scream at the Sun”)
Defeater Blessed Burden (album : “Travels”)
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RUBRIQUE HADOPI :
Maxime Le Forestier Une maison Bleue
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Assassin A qui L'histoire ? (hardcore remix)
The Jesus Lizard If You Had Lips (album : “Head/Pure”)

Andrew Morrison:
Andy's May show includes an exclusive first play of all three tracks from Stylus Rex's new EP, along with Bloc Party's new single (as remixed by Armand van Helden) and new tunes from Dan Deacon, Sad Day For Puppets and Depeche Mode. Unsigned choices include a brand new unheard song from lanterns on the lake, The Reject Club, Bye-bye violet tapes and Block 45, as well as two tracks by Raw Milk. Teresa picks a Tasty Tip, Scott selects a cover version to fill his Funky Five Minutes, and there's a competition to win CDs including the debut album by Dalmation Rex and the Eigentones.

Jeff Grainger:
Jeff's Dandelion Radio Show for May is two hours packed with brand new tunes by the likes of The Second Floor Band, Sables, 5turns25, The Young Republic and Arborea. He'll also be playing a variety of older tracks by The Chameleons, Rita Chao & The Quests and Boubacar Traore
Album of the Month is 'Why There Are Mountains', the ear-popping debut by, New York's, Cymbals Eat Guitars. And if all this wasn't enough the highlight of the 120 minutes is a Session recorded exclusively for the show by Alisia Casper

Katherine Godfrey:
This month Stenchman, Martyn, Ekelon, and experimental dubstep label Frijisfo Beats cut basslines from the wreckage, dragging them from the depths to surface alongside Instra:mental's Lynchian nightmare, while Trembling Bells and Teengirl Fantasy pull etherial melodies from the heavens only to find themselves heavyhandedly butted up against 2 minute punk rock.
New monthly feature, Wax Across the Water, sees Katherine and fellow Dandelion DJ Marcelle exchanging a record that is setting their world alight right now; this month: tracks from Hamburg-based label Pudel Produkte.

Marcelle:
Kiss and tell - the statistics

Dutch band The Ex are celebrating their 30 year existence with an album featuring lots of statistics about their career. Inspired by this Marcelle reveals at some point during her show which of the artists she's playing she actually has kissed. Apart from revealing stunning numbers Marcelle plays her favourite run-out grooves and some animal sounds.
And next to her popular Look Back Bore Records of this month (May 1979) series, Marcelle together another of the Dandelion deejays starts a new series: the two women send each other a vinyl record to play on their respective show each month. To top it all: Marcelle's exciting-and-surprising-as-ever May show comes with a proud 89,2% vinyl guarantee.

Mark Cunliffe:
Crumbs! It's May! 2009 is going quicker than a crate of Blue Wkd at a school disco.

New releases are coming thick and fast too. Ashley Beedle's gone and bought himself a Sagem mobile phone the silly boy. Badawi's finally passed his Scouts knotting exam and grime crew the Newham Generals are rinsing it old skool. juju orchestra are not quite on a latin tip, well, that's what they say. Hawt has up-ended the TravelLodge off the M62 ... naughty. Black Pepper's run out of petrol and would you credit it, she was on the M62 at the time and hasn't got a bed for the night 'cos of Hawt's legging up antics....the bugger. Flare are doing a Marley with a bit of a drum and a bit of a bass and Sway's only got Two Fingers these days ... bit remiss ...

Mark Whitby:
Buds are opening in his garden faster than he's got time to knock 'em down again, so Mark has retreated indoors to escape from the triffids and put together a three hour show for May, with spectacular results. Nature's loss is your gain as you get to hear an exclusive session from The Pocket Gods as well other aspirants to the title of Mark's favourite band in the world, such as Belgium's Dietrich, Florida's Slideshow Freak and, emerging strongly as a contender on the blind side, the curious amalgamation of Chilean and Scottish sonic adventure that is the province of the remarkable Vapouboat.
Also featured are magnificent new albums from King Creosote, Jeffrey Lewis, The Broken Family Band and CunninLynguists as well as tracks from as yet unreleased gems by Extradition Order, The Chasms and Lactation Sandwich. And our new Peel Back and Sniff feature focuses on the contrasting charms of Fairport Convention and Crass.

Matt Jones:
What does this month bring? It brings joy and light in the form of Phylis Dillon, Lullaby Arkestra, gargle, Pendle Coven, mikus, Hayvanlar Alemi, Toxic Chicken, Voodoo Economics, trypta, Eat Rabbit, Dilworth, Obits and many more,
plus an exclusive sneak peak at the new album from the lovely Tartufi. So in short - a genre blending blitz of musical goodness that's worth way more than 5 a day. Enjoy

Pete Jackson:
May blooms in to life on Pete's show with some awesome psychedlic stompery from Aqua Nebula Oscillator, Happy End and Wolf People, tracks from new albums by Mono, Mistabishi and John Parish and Polly Jean Harvey and we'll be taking an inordinate interest in our own footwear with a focus on ace shoegaze label Sonic Cathedral. We'll also get some more fiesty exuberance from And What Will Be Left of Them? and hearing Lord Numb's postcard from India.

Rocker:
This month's three-hour show is as usual packed with new music - there's exclusive sessions from Hazel Winter and The Manhattan Love Suicides, as well as a featured new LP from MJ Hibbett & the Validators.
We have new singles from Violet Violet; Standard Fare; Lapels; Crystal Stilts and My Teenage Stride; also new tracks from Ozone Baby; John Parish and Polly Jean Harvey; moofish catfish; Matilda Lights; Neil Young; Cats on Fire; and Vanilla Ride.
There's electronica from Solaris Heights; Jurek Przezdziecki; Gui Boratto and an excellent Pete Heller remix of Faithless; there's also dubstep from Kontext, remixed by Ramadanman; and some weirdness in the style of Captain Beefheart from Blurt.
This month's Peel's Big 45 is a punk classic from 1977, and this month's Educating Elizabeth is an absolute Tamla Motown classic from 1967.
As well as little known acts, here's a little known fact: Men are 6 times more likely to be struck by lightning than women.

Yank Sizzler:
While our time is rationed this month by the perils of the economy, famine, war & what not, here at the Yank Sizzler show on Dandelion Radio we worked the fruits of our brow to bring you brand new music from Maps & Atlases, Der Todesking, The Black Keys, Grampall Jookabox and more.
There's also classics sent to us by the resistance; tunes by Louis Lasky, Sam Cooke and Ludus direct from their Peel Session. And lest we tempt to forget the brave work of The Builders & the Butchers, Jay Reatard & {{{Sunset}}}. Behold an hour of aural extravagance.

El género post-punk ofrece un abanico suficientemente ámplio de etiquetas como para etiquetar todos aquellos estilos que parten de una actitud punk modificada por según que corrientes estilísticas. En el caso de The Ex es suficientemente claro que su tendencia punk es innegable. Al menos hasta principios de los ochenta, cuando editaron aquel Joggers & Smoggers. Un doble elepé editado a las puertas de los años 90 y con el que ya empezaron a desecharse de su etiqueta estrictamente punk que les llevó a las comparativas con sus homónimos ingleses, Crass.
Su página web lo deja claro, ‘Independent Dutch Music since 1979’. Lo que en sus inicios era punk poco a poco derivó hacia estilos un poco más complicados. El industrial, por ejemplo. Empezaron a nutrirse de bandas como Einstürsende Neubauten, aunque no hicieron feos a otros estilos como la improvisación, el free-jazz o el rock de vanguardia. De hecho, solo hace falta hacer un repaso a su extensa discografía para comprobar su evolución. Han colaborado con músicos de Sonic Youth, Tortoise y músicos de improvisación de prestigio internacional. Andy Moor, otro de los músicos con los que colaboraron, actualmente forma parte del grupo. Lo más curioso de la banda y lo que más llama su atención es el abanico de influencias que reciben de distintas músicas del mundo para dar el toque de originalidad a su música. Lo del revival tropical contemporáneo se queda corto a su lado, ya que se nutren tanto de folk húngaro, como de música Turca o africana.
Este año cumplen 30 años, y el pasado mes de marzo empezaron el tour que el día 15 de Abril les llevará a Barcelona junto a los barcelonseses Nisei, y el 16 a Madrid junto a Picore. Para estos conciertos, The Excontará con la presencia de Arnold de Boer, frontman del grupo alemán Zea, y que se unirá a los samplers, guitarra, percusión y efectos varios. De Boer ya estuvo junto a The Ex en su gira de 25 aniversario y en los distintos viajes que la banda ha hecho a Etiopia. Arnau Sabaté

First part of radio show about history of spazz-music :

http://mikrofonykontrakaniony.blogspot.com/2008/10/antutrifor-31-spazzmatic-set-vol-01.html


01. The Elastik Band - "spazz"
[v.a. - "nuggets - original artyfacts from the first psychedelic era 1965-68", rhino entertainment company, 1998, (1967)]

02. The Nihilist Spasm Band - "when in london sleep at the york hotel"
["no record", LP, alied record corporation, 1968]

03. Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band - "dachau blues"
["trout mask replica", LP, straight, 1969]

04. Can - delay 1968 - "uphill"
["delay 1968", LP, spoon, 1981 (1968/69)]

05. Teenage Jesus & The Jerks - "orphans"
["teenage jesus & the jerks", 12" EP, lust/unlust music, 1979]

06. Theoretical Girls - "contrary motion"
["theoretical record", CD, acute, 2002 (1978)]

07. The Contortions - "my infatuation"
["buy", LP, ze, 1979]

08. DNA - "5:30"
["a taste of dna", 12" EP, italian, 1981 (1980)]

09. Mars - the complete studio recordings - "puerto rican ghost"
["the complete studio recordings nyc 1977-1978", CD, g3g, 2004 (1978/79)]

10. Sonic Youth - "inhuman"
["confusion is sex", LP, neutral, 1983]

11. Public Image Ltd. - "chant"
["metal box", 3xLP, virgin, 1979]

12. The Raincoats - "black and white"
["the raincoats", LP, rough trade, 1979]

13. Blurt - "the fish needs a bike"
["the fish needs a bike", 7" EP, armageddon, 1981]

14. The Ex - "hunt the hunters"
["tumult", LP, f.a.i., 1983]

15. Flipper - "ever"
["generic", LP, subterranean, 1981]

16. The Birthday Party - "dead joe"
["junkyard", LP, 4ad, 1982]

17. Pussy Galore - "constant pain"
["groovy hate fuck (feel good about your body)", LP, vinyl drip, 1987]

18. Butthole Surfers - "the shah sleeps in lee harvey's grave"
["brown reason to live", 12" EP, alternative tentacles, 1983]

19. Stretchheads - "incontinent of sex"
["pish in your sleazebag", LP, blast first, 1991]

20. Siege - "armageddon"
["drop dead", CD, relapse, 1994 (1984)]

21. Infest - "head first"
["slave", LP, off the disk, 1988]

22. O.L.D. - "rape, carve, smoke"
[assück & o.l.d. split, 7" EP, no system, 1990]

23. Boredoms - "j.b. dick + tin turner pussy badsmell"
["soul discharge", LP, shimmy disc, 1989]

24. Arab on Radar - "9-12-98"
["soak the saddle", LP, skin graft, 1999]