January 1, 2009

The obligatory End of Year list



Concerts/Festivals:
Roadburn Festival - Tilburg
Rise Above 20 Year Anniversay - ULU, London
Neil Young - Roskilde Festival
OM - Loppen, Christiania
The Bellrays - Loppen, Christiania
Graveyard - Dragens Hule, Copenhagen
Witchcraft - Loppen, Christiania
Sgt. Sunshine - Bodoni, Malmö
C.Aarmé - Lades, Copenhagen
QOTSA - KB Hallen, Copenhagen

Best Danish bands live:
Aron - Loppen, Christiania (with OM)
The GT-81 Concert - Rockmaskinen, Christiania
Causa Sui - Dæmonens Port, Copenhagen
Baby Woodrose + On Trial - Pusher Street, Christiania
Los Retardos - Stengade 30, Copenhagen
Death Token - Loppen, Christiania
Aron - Lowcut R'n'R Radio
Highway Child - Dragens Hule, Copenhagen
Øresund Space Collective - Dragens Hule (The Tea Party)
Dirty Grass - Stengade 30, Copenhagen

Top Ten Records - "Mainstream":
Black Mountain - In the Future
Danava - UnonoU
Dead Meadow - Old Growth
Howlin Rain - Magnificent Fiend
Black Angels - Directions to See a Ghost
Motorpsycho - Little Lucid Moments
Colour Haze - All
Wooden Shjips: Volume 1
Brant Bjork - Punk Rock Guilt
Buffalo Killers - Let it Ride

Close, but no cigar list:
Entrance Band - Prayer of Death
Earthling Society - Beauty And The Beast
Weird Owl - Nuclear Psychology
Darker My Love - 2
Heavy Hands - Smoke Signals
La Otracina - The Risk of Gravitation
Distortions - Psychic Reverb
Serpentina Satelite - Nothing to Say
Dungen - 4
Nudity - The Nightfeeders
Zaphire Oktalogue - S/T
White Denim - Workout Holiday
Black Hollies - Casting Shadows
Tame Impala - S/T

Danish Top 5 Records:
Causa Sui - Summer Sessions
Dragontears - Tambourine Freak Machine
The Hors d'Oeuvres - Yeast
Beta Satan - Girls
Highway Child - On The Old Kings Road