Music Mule’s Gigs of 2009
Posted by: nick
2009 has whizzed by in a blur of fantastic gigs. Here’s a little list of some of our favourites with links to words, pictures and if you’re lucky, videos of some truly great shows from our home city of London and sometimes further afield. As with our efforts at ordering albums and songs of the year it’s been a challenge to remember and quantify the enjoyment we’ve benefited from this year but we’ve given it a shot.
61 Left With Pictures @ The Slaughtered Lamb, Nov 3rd.
60 The Miserable Rich @ The Slaughtered Lamb, Nov 3rd.
59 Post War Years @ The Delancey, New York, March 16th.
58 Loney Dear @ St Giles In The Fields, Jan 28th.
57 Shhh Festival Of Quiet Music @ Bush Hall, Feb 1st.
56 The Veils & Alessi’s Ark @ The Windmill, Feb 4th.
55 Televised Crimewave @ The Windmill, Feb 12th.
54 Wave Machines, Ark People @ Madame Jojo’s, Feb 18th.
53 Gold Teeth @ Barfly Camden, Feb 23rd.
52 Woodpigeon @ ICA, Feb 25th.
51 We Have Band @ The Delancey, New York, March 16th.
50 She Keeps Bees / Vadoinmessico @ The Britannia, June 24th.
49 Alela Diane @ Shepherds Bush Empire, Sept 17th.
48 Starfucker @ SXSW 2009, Day 1.
47 The Low Anthem @ SXSW 2009, Day 2.
46 Grizzly Bear @ SXSW 2009, Day 3.
45 Animal Collective @ The Forum, London. March 24th
44 A Place To Bury Strangers, Darker My Love, Dead Confederate @ KCLSU, April 6th.
43 We Have Band @ Pianos, New York, March 14th
42 Post War Years @ The Lexington, June 3rd.
41 The Horrors @ Electric Ballroom, June 5th.
40 A Classic Education @ The Cake Shop, New York, March 14th.
39 Cymbals Eat Guitars, An Horse, Gliss @ Barfly Camden, July 8th.
38 Stornoway @ The Luminaire, July 9th.
37 Ex Lovers @ The Lexington, Sep 22nd.
36 Tigercity @ Webster Hall, NYC, 20th Feb.
35 Vetiver @ Cecil Sharp House, Feb 28th.
34 Girls @ The Lexington, Sep 21st.
33 Acoustic Consequences: Eugene McGuinness, Stars Of Sunday League, Oct 4th.
32 Willliam Elliot Whitmore @ The Windmill, Brixton. April 13th
31 Nite Jewel @ SXSW 2009, Day 2.
30 Telekinesis, The Rosebuds @ The Windmill, Oct 7th.
29 Beirut @ The Forum, May 8th.
28 Deerhunter @ Scala, May 18th.
26 Of Montreal, Local Natives @ Shepherds Bush Empire, July 14th.
25 TV On The Radio @ Brixton Academy, July 13th.
24 Little Joy @ Dingwalls, Jan 21st.
23 Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson @ The Lexington, May 26th.
22 Ra Ra Riot @ KCLSU, Feb 17th.
21 Crystal Stilts, Wavves @ Barden’s Boudoir, Feb 26th.
20 Telepathe @ 93 Feet East, May 11th.
19 The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart @ Cargo, June 10th.
18 Passion Pit @ Koko, Oct 27th. / The Joy Formidable @ Koko, Oct 27th.
17 White Denim @ Rough Trade East, June 22nd.
16 The Temper Trap, Wolf Gang @ ICA, July 15th.
15 The Temper Trap @ SXSW 2009, Day 2.
14 The Mae Shi @ SXSW 2009, Day 1.
13 Crystal Stilts, A Classic Education @ The Windmill, Feb 13th.
12 The Soft Pack, CHEW LiPS @ Hoxton B&G, Feb 26th.
11 Girls @ Hoxton Bar & Kitchen, Oct 20th.
10 Swn 2009 Day 1: Wild Beasts @ The Gate, Oct 22nd.
9 The Strange Boys @ Barden’s Boudoir, Aug 12th.
8 Swn 2009 Day 2: Girls @ Red Cow Bar, Oct 23rd.
7 Wild Beasts, Flash Guns, Napoleon IIIrd@ 93 Feet East, Feb 24th.
6 The Walkmen @ Scala, Feb 20th.
5 The Temper Trap @ SXSW, 2009 Day 1.
4 Yeah Yeah Yeahs @ Shepherds Bush Empire, April 26th.
3 And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead @ SXSW 2009, Day 2.
2 Horse Feathers @ The Luminaire, Kilburn. March 2nd.
1 Grizzly Bear @ Koko, Aug 18th.