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It’s true, another year has come and 2009 has gone. 2009 was a year full of ups and downs, good music and bad but mostly, it was just another year. It wasn’t particularly memorable, but it also wasn’t immediately forgettable. It was somewhere in between. It was basically like getting slapped with a well moisturised hand, if you know what I mean.

I learnt a lot about myself last year and I am dead set on applying all these wonderful new findings to my life this year. Fuck, what schlep, don’t mind my ramblings, let’s get down to brass tacks here, let’s delve into the world of music, well, Rick’s world of music in 2009.

There were a couple of really memorable albums released last year, but before I tell you how much I loved some of them, I would like to just say that Jay Reatard died this week, it is incredibly sad, he was a true punk rocker. He hated his band members, fired them often, he punched his own fans, but he believed in the magic he created with his guitar and my goodness, he will be missed. Dearly. Be good Jay and try not to punch your fellow fallen musicians, although you could sock Bono one when he finally arrives and give Ian Curtis a big hug from me. Sentimentalities are out of the way, let’s do this.

2009 gave us new Dinosaur Jr. and Sonic Youth albums, two of my all time favourite bands and I am happy to report that their efforts were solid and entertaining and I will keep listening to them. That is the only test of a good album isn’t it? If you can keep listening to it, longevity is what the “experts” call it I’ve been told. If you are into noisy indie and solos that will melt your eardrums, then Dino’s Farm is a must hear. They are awesome, you don’t agree? Fear not, I might have something up my sleeve that you might agree with, or not, I never can tell what will spew forth next.

Okay, let me get this out, I am one of the 90’s babies, that just loves Evan Dando, if you don’t I can dig it, but you really should give Evan another shot. The new Lemonheads album, Varshons, was released this year as well and it was a solid effort, although I am slightly disappointed that it consisted of other people’s music, but it’s Evan Dando and he can do very little wrong in my eyes. Well, except for agreeing to be on the same bill as Ray Phiri at last year’s Grahamstown Festival here in South Africa. But other than that, Evan is golden.

I was also pleasantly surprised this year by a South African band…you better believe it, BLK JKS can make some groovy and arty indie with the best of ‘em. If you haven’t yet, do it, go and listen to After Robots, it is a great alternative listen. It really is just incredible and these guys restored my faith in the South African music scene that I think has become a little stale, but that is another story for another day, this is going to be a positive post, because 2010 is all about being more positive for me. I get called a cynic and negative rather often, so sod it, let’s look on the bright side.

And you will know us by the trail of dead also released a new album, it was a solid effort, I enjoyed it a lot, the same goes for the new Jarvis Cocker, Kevin Devine and The Decemberists. Jay Reatard recorded and released his last album, Watch Me Fall, and although it’s not my favourite of his, it demonstrated his willingness to try new things, clean up his sound and the album, a poppy blend of straight up punk / garage rock really made me appreciate him even more. A seriously talented guy died, the world should wear black. For a week or something, I am, but only on the inside considering the scorching temperatures that have been plaguing Cape Town.

Another of my favourites released an album this year and Brand New’s Daisy, didn’t disappoint, it’s angry, angsty and Jess Lacey clearly does not give two flying fucks what you think about it. Brand New make music for themselves, luckily we agree on that, so I loved the album, but it wasn’t the best this year in my opinion.

So that only leaves one more album to mention and it is in my opinion the album of the year, possibly the last two years, Them Crooked Vultures’ self-titled effort just blew my mind. Absolutely destroyed my headphones and got me bouncing around in my seat at work as if I had just taken some speed, it is a masterpiece. It has it all, josh’s sultry vocals, John Paul Jones slapping the living daylights out of his bass and Dave Grohl doing what he was born to do, which is play drums with Josh Homme.

“Shut the hell up man!” I hear the Foo Fighters fans screaming, now do yourselves a favour and listen to Queens of the Stone Age’s Songs For The Deaf and Them Crooked Vultures and compare it to ANY of the Foo Fighters albums. My point has been made.

So all in all we got a lot of new music last year and I can’t wait to see what we’ll be treated to, although I have discovered so many older bands that just rock the fuck out of everything this year that even if we only get one new good album this year (please let it be the Alkaline Trio one *crosses everything*) then there is more than enough old stuff to keep me going.

My favourite discoveries of last year would have to be Fatso Jeston, Thin White Rope, Brant Bjork (basically the Desert Rock scene from Palm Desert, because they all just rock out, it’s too cool) and of course, my new love, Wipers. Greg Sage wrote music for me, they’ll pick you up, kick you about a bit and then put you down, gently, because they wouldn’t want to hurt you. They were kind like that. And on that note I shall sign off, it’s been a long rant, I hope you liked reading it, because I always enjoy writing.

“ Let's get just a little too loud
That's the way I've seen it written by the clouds
but I'm so far away
Thought you said I would never get hurt
Then what am I doing crawling in the dirt
Wait a minute
So just give me a little smile
Nothing’s ever gonna change our style ”

- Wipers – Wait a Minute

If you need a motto for the year, use this, thank me later.

“No sympathy for the Devil, keep that in mind. Buy the ticket, take the ride.”

- Dr Hunter S. Thompson

Rick. Out.

Wed 2 Dec – Evan Dando

Es gibt Künstler, die man live gesehen haben muss. Unabhängig davon, wie gut sie live sind. Künstler wie Oasis, Pete Doherty, Travis, Arctic Monkeys, Franz Ferdinand und, und, und. Künstler, die Musikgeschichte geschrieben und uns geprägt haben. Für viele sind The Lemonheads und insbesondere deren Frontmann Evan Dando einer dieser Künstler. Diese Menschen treffen wir am Abend des 2. Dezember 2009 im Berliner Magnet.

Zum Konzertbericht.

Previously: My top 200 tracks 1990-99 Pt.01a: 200 to 181
Previously: My top 200 tracks 1990-99 Pt.01b: 180 to 161
Previously: My top 200 tracks 1990-99 Pt.02a: 160 to 141
Previously: My top 200 tracks 1990-99 Pt.02b: 140 to 121

Part three of my tracks of the 90s rundown: again split over two posts. The next forty will be posted on Friday.

120
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Sir Psycho Sexy
BloodSugarSexMagik
1991

You may be forgiven for forgetting, but once upon a time the Chili Peppers were a funk-rock party band, that made everything they did sound enormous fun, with the exception of the odd ballad. And aside from the singles, they seriously went "out there" at points - like this, one of the closing tracks from BloodSugarSexMagik. It's lengthy, filthy, funny, and funky as hell. In fact, it pretty much sums up everything that was great about them (except some of the questionable lyrics), and what they've lost since in becoming stadium-rock bores...

119
Cannibal Corpse
Hammer Smashed Face
Tomb of the Mutilated
1992

It's ridiculous, over-the-top, and fucking rules. Yes, it's one of the greatest death metal tracks ever written (just check the opening, chugging riff and that bass solo!), a track that never fails to inspire metalheads to go batshit whenever it's aired in clubs (or at gigs). And, never mind anything else, this has to be the most unlikely song ever to feature in a Jim Carrey film.

118
Ben Folds Five
Jackson Cannery
Ben Folds Five
1995

One of the first songs BFF released, and one of the first I heard (after the delicious dig at the alternative scene that was Underground), this track has a slightly more down-to-earth subject - dead end jobs and not doing a lot with your life. It's unashamedly retro - harking back to the piano-led rock of the likes of Billy Joel and Elton John from the seventies, but with a knowing post-modern nod in the delivery, not to mention Ben Folds' fantastic line in melodies and vicious sense of humour...

117
Longpigs
She Said
The Sun Is Often Out
1996

Another band who had a brief time in the spotlight, this Sheffield-based band were where Richard Hawley first had success, amongst other things. Their second album sadly sank without trace (it was nowhere near as bad as some would make out), but their first album had some success, mainly thanks to a trio of great singles, of which this - the first, as I recall - was the pick. A slightly-sneering take on the fashion industry (I think that's the subject, it's been a long time!), Crispin Hunt's vocal, that guitar riff...ah, the memories...

116
Life of Agony
River Runs Red
River Runs Red
1993

I've said before just how important Keith Caputo's voice was to this band - and this blinding, short-sharp-shock of a track is a perfect reason why. His soaring vocal elevates what would otherwise a brief hardcore blitz into a soulful, shimmering track that still sounds incredible nearly twenty years since it was first released.

115
Blur
For Tomorrow
Modern Life Is Rubbish
1993

For me, this is Blur's greatest single by miles. Parklife may have gained all the plaudits as an album, but this wonderfully whimsical slice of early-90s London life is a spot-on character sketch, and probably the closest in style the band ever got to their beloved The Kinks, too.

114
Faith No More
Ashes to Ashes
Album of the Year
1997

This album was FNM's last new material - and it's something of a miracle that they lasted this long, such were the internal tensions within the band. Perhaps all the more surprising was how good this last album was, too - aside from the likes of the Mr Bungle-esque chaos of Mouth to Mouth, it was played a little more straight than previous albums, but didn't suffer a bit as a result. All of the singles were marvellous, too, but the muscular crunch of this track remains my favourite (not to mention it being one of Mike Patton's best vocal performances ever, too).

113
Tori Amos
The Waitress
Under the Pink
1994

By some considerable distance the most spiteful song Tori Amos ever wrote, if this was based on fact you have to wonder what exactly the titular character did to deserve this wrath. It starts out calmly, Tori's near-spoken first verse accompanied only by a piano, the lyrics only hinting at what is to come - when the chorus comes hurtling in out of nowhere, and that's the marvellous kiss-off: "I believe in peace...bitch". Yeah, right.

112
Stabbing Westward
Nothing
Ungod
1994

One of the many, many bands to surface in the alt-rock explosion in the aftermath of grunge, this band took more of an influence from Nine Inch Nails and various earlier electronic bands, coming up with a vaguely chart friendly, anthemic take on the style, at least with the singles. Lyrically the band were unremittingly bleak, Christopher Hall wallowing in misery and self-hatred, although it worked well with his vocal delivery and the music - this was probably the most immediate track on the album (and I'd suspect is the song that got me into the band, although my memory is kinda hazy on this), and the reason it caught on is probably something to do with the stadium-sized chorus...

111
The Lemonheads
Confetti
It's a Shame About Ray
1992

Way back when, Evan Dando's band were the shit. Like, the band every alternative kid loved. And it was all down to this album (and, likely, Mrs Robinson). The whole album is summery, whimsical indie-rock, with no song overstaying it's welcome (the whole album - all thirteen songs - is done within half an hour), and it's still a fantastic listen even now. This track - a single in the UK, at least - is still my favourite, a joyous-sounding track with rather less happy vocals...

110
Snot
Snot
Get Some
1997

A sadly short-lived first incarnation of this band, after Lynn Strait's untimely death, but their only album with him at the helm was enormous fun. A blast of punk-metal, snarling attitude and the odd breather of lounge-like ambience, they were never a band to be taken too seriously (it was plainly obvious that the band never took themselves too seriously at this point, either). And this, their calling card and the opening track on the album, laid this out nice and clearly. It was party time, and we were all invited.

109
Deftones
Engine No. 9
Adrenaline
1995

The Deftones' first album had a highly unusual, dry production that made the whole album sound extraordinarily raw, burying Chino Moreno's vocals deep within the mix. Those few moments where he did break through - like his near-primal delivery in this - were matched by some of the most brutal music the band wrote. I'll never forget the band opening with this in London back in '98 or so. It hurt, but was utterly exhilarating.

108
Jeff Buckley
Lover, You Should Have Come Over
Grace
1994

It wasn't Hallelujah that was the true centrepiece of Grace, it was this. A glorious, slow-burn (it's seven minutes or so long) detailing his state of mind as a relationship ends, and as much as it's Buckley's rich voice that is important here, it's also the elegant, poetic lyrics that set the scene perfectly, conjuring up rainswept nights lost in a city, musing on what might have been. Not that this ever happened to me, either, right? Honest.

107
Slayer & Atari Teenage Riot
No Remorse (I Wanna Die)
Spawn OST
1997

The film may have blown, but the soundtrack ruled. A very of-the-time set of collaborations between "electronica" and "metal" artists, whoever got Slayer and Atari Teenage Riot together to do this deserves a knighthood. Quite possibly more extreme than any material either band ever put out seperately, it's so loud and in-your-face that you can't help but submit. Shame they never did any more material together, really. Could you imagine how ace an entire album of this would have been?

106
Vision of Disorder
Imprint
Imprint
1998

A band that never quite got the respect they deserved, in my view, merging viciously heavy hardcore with lighter elements and coming up with a couple of endlessly listenable albums at least - not least this one. Of which the title track is one of a number of highlights - impressively changing tempo for each verse and containing at least three awesome breakdowns, and being a great tune to boot, too.

105
The Jesus Lizard
Mouth Breather
Goat
1991

David Yow's band always sounded like they were teetering on the edge of complete and utter chaos, and it also strikes me that Steve Albini's production techniques were the perfect fit for such a band: tight, taut, and they could be unrelentingly harsh. Mouth Breather isn't their harshest, but the glorious riff that heralds the track is worth it alone.

104
The Chemical Brothers
In Dust We Trust
Exit Planet Dust
1995

The Chems: one of the few electronic acts to successfully write tracks like a rock band, and cross over in a big way. Certainly, that was how it was in the first place, and while Leave Home got me interested, it was this track that followed it on their debut album that sealed the deal. It sounds bloody huge, and a fantastic, dirty bassline underpinning it that drives the whole track forward.

103
Pulp
Joyriders
His 'n' Hers
1994

It wasn't Different Class that got Pulp their big break after years toiling away on the indie circuit - it was the previous album, His'n'Hers, that got them the wider attention that then paved the way for the huge success that followed. And the opening track from that, Joyriders, is a marvellous sketch about rebellious youth with nothing much to do other than to nick cars for fun, one of those songs that is brilliant because you can picture every single lyrical detail (and, not to mention, it's an ace song generally). The real story behind the song is rather thinner (if no less amusing), though...

102
Sepultura
Manifest
Chaos A.D.
1993

Five minutes of brutal metal fury, this track was built around (fake) newscast-style radio reports detailing the police brutality surrounding the Carandiru prison massacre (that eventually saw the police chief in charge acquitted), and was a staggering clarion call for justice. Other tracks on this album may also have had points to make on the state of Brazil and the wider world, but none made their point as forcefully - or brilliantly - as this.

101
...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead
Mistakes & Regrets
Madonna
1999

Following the cacophonous, chaotic noise at the heart of their debut album, they somehow managed to fashion this into a more, er, indie mainstream appeal on their second album, without losing an iota of their visceral fury that seemed to drive everything they did. Leading the charge was this extraordinary track, a dramatic kiss-off to someone who really must have done something bad to deserve such a stripping down in the lyrics.

Shortly: My top 200 tracks 1990-99 Pt.03b: 100 to 81
Friday: My top 200 tracks 1990-99 Pt.04: 80 to 41

bio-tex's top albums (overall)
1. Various Artists - End on End (190) 2. Eric's Trip - Forever Again (167) 3. Cap'n Jazz - Analphabetapolothology (146) 4. Herman Düne - Not on Top (136) 5. Hymie's Basement - Hymie's Basement (133) 6. Final Fantasy - Has a Good Home (125) 7. Evan Dando - Baby I'm Bored (123) 8. Big Star - Third/Sister Lovers (121) 9. Andrew Bird - The Mysterious Production of Eggs (110) 10. Bonnie 'Prince' Billy - I See a Darkness (109) 11. M. Ward - Transfiguration of Vincent (104) 12. Neutral Milk Hotel - In the Aeroplane Over the Sea (104) 13. Guided by Voices - Alien Lanes (97) 14. Grauzone - Die Sunrise Tapes (90) 15. Bonnie 'Prince' Billy - Ease Down the Road (88) 16. Herman Düne - Giant (86) 17. Grifters - One Sock Missing (83) 18. Timesbold - Timesbold (81) 19. Daniel Johnston - Artistic Vice (81) 20. Pavement - Brighten the Corners (80)

The Pains of Being Pure at Heart
Islet
Doves
The Answering Machine X6
Dutch Uncles X4
Casio Kids
PENS
Ex Lovers
Whitest Boy Alive
Bombay Bicycle Club X2
The Depreciation Guild
Kid Rock
Sparky Deathcap
Lost Knives
Mayhem
Thus Defiled
Liam Frost
Defiled
Reuben X2
The Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster
Goo Goo Dolls
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
Ty Cobb
Dan Mincini
Calvin Johnson
Los Campesinos! X3
Jeffrey Lewis
Bearsuit
Mudhoney
The Heads
The Catheters
Little Hell
Hell Is for Heroes X3
Copy Haho
The Coral
Hokum Clones
Tramp Attack
White Belt Yellow Tag
The Pattern
Har Mar Superstar
The Von Bondies
The Beatings
Foo Fighters
Cave In
The Blueprint
The Vandals
The Music X2
Kav
Beecher
The Officers
Dillinger Escape Plan
Dream Theater
The Raveonettes
The Icarus Line
Oceansize X3
Biffy Clyro X3
Scenes
The Molotovs(Gay)
Tyla(Gay)
Darling(Gay)
Steel Rules Die(Gay)
Swanton Bombs(Gay)
AFI(Gay)
The Beautiful Mistake(Gay)
Funeral For A Friend(Gay)
Detroit Social Club(Gay)
Cult of Luna(Gay)
Married to the Sea(Gay)
To The Bones(Gay)
Flashguns(Gay) X2
The Libertines(Gay)
The Heartbreaks(Gay)
Towers of London(Gay)
The Paddingtons(Gay)
Babyshambles(Gay)
Elviss(Gay)
American Hi-Fi(Gay)
The Crookes(Gay)
Taproot(Gay)
Murderdolls(Gay)
Post War Years(Gay)
Amen(Gay) X2
The Wildhearts(Gay)
Hidden Revolution(Gay)
Paper Route(Gay)
Johnny Foreigner(Gay)
Audio Karate(Gay)
Tsunami Bomb(Gay)
thisGIRL(Gay)
Snow Dogs(Gay)
Face to Face(Gay)
Alkaline Trio(Gay)
Phantom Planet(Gay)
The Mannequins(Gay)

Leeds Festival 2003 - Metallica(Gay), Placebo(Gay), Linkin Park(Gay), Blur(Gay), System of a Down(Gay), Sum 41(Gay), OK Go(Gay), AFI(Gay), Hundred Reasons, Mars Volta, Evan Dando, Biffy Clyro, Serafin, Funeral For A Friend(Gay), Sparta, Less Than Jake(Gay), The Darkness(Gay), The Streets(Gay), Primal Scream, The Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster

Leeds Festival 2004 - Jurassic 5, The Distillers(Gay), 50 Cent(Gay), Placebo(Gay), The Streets(Gay), Dropkick Murphys(Gay), The Rasmus(Gay), The Icarus Line, Roots Manuva, 2 Many DJ's,DJ Format/Abdominal, Mike Patton/Rahzel, Sick of It All, Dillinger Escape Plan

Creamfields 2005 - 2 Many DJ's, Roni Size, Paul Oakenfold, Faithless, Audio Bullys, Tidy Boyz(Gay), Mark EG(Gay), Amber D(Gay), Fatboy Slim

"Muff Potter sind ja schon irgendwie die böhsen onkelz des denkenden Mannes."
-Selbstzitat-
=> Ich mein, ich liebe Muff Potter und gebe keinen Pfifferling auf die verdammten onkelz... Aber irgendwie passt das so schon.

Evan Dando war mit seinen The Lemonheads nicht da. GRRRRR.

Egotronic hatten wahrscheinlich den Auftritt ihres Lebens.

Grölende Prolls: "UAUAFRUGSZIGHJFLHSH!"
Gisbert zu Knyphausen: "Ihr wollt Sondaschule sehen? Hmmm... ich kenn die nicht."

Schlamm, Schlamm, Schlamm.

Go Go Power rampue! Der Junge spielt drei Sets hintereinander. Der Hammer.

Jedes Festival sollte eine Audiolith Records-Aftershow-Party haben.

Turbonegro covern "Search & Destroy" von The Stooges. Viele Turbojugendliche realisieren das nicht. Sagt genug über den derzeitigen Zustand dieser einst äußerst liebenswerten Gruppierung aus.

Das beste an Blood Red Shoes war wohl das "Little Boots"-Shirt von Laura-Mary Carter. Die waren schon besser.

Unfassbar. Ostfriesland ist sauschön und die Menschen sehr nett. Ich bin neidisch auf die Leute, die da wohnen.



Foto: (C) Egotronic







Fr., 24. Jul. – Omas Teich Festival

LETTER B

(letter A here)

Bat for Lashes

2007: KCRW Morning Becomes Eclectic

Setlist:
1. Horse And I
2. Tahiti
3. Sad Eyes
4. What's A Girl To Do?
5. The Wizard
6. Trophy
7. Moon And Moon

2008-02-12: BBC 1 The Jo Whiley Show

Setlist:
1. What's A Girl To Do?
2. Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)

2009-04-04: BBC 2 Dermot O'Leary Show

Setlist:
1. Daniel
2. Kangaroo (This Mortal Coil's cover)

Beirut

2006-10-20: San Francisco, CA Great American Music Hall

Setlist:
1. The Gulag Orkestar
2. Brandenburg
3. After The Curtain
4. Elephant Gun
5. Mount Wroclai (Idle Days)
6. The Canals Of Our City
7. Postcards From Italy
8. Maspeth
9. Brazil
10. Scenic World
11. Transatlantique
12. Ederlezi
13. Closing Song
14. Siki Siki Baba
15. Carousels

2007-03-16: Austin, TX KLRU SXSW

Setlist:
1. Island Song
2. Carousels
3. After The Curtain
4. Le Moribond
5. Elephant Gun
6. A Sunday Smile
7. Closing Song
8. Mount Wroclai (Idle Days)
9. The Gulag Orkestar
10. Postcards From Italy
11. Brazil
12. Scenic World
13. The Canals Of Our City

BerimBrown

2006-07-11: Kassel, Germany Kulturzentrum Schlachthof

Bonnie 'Prince' Billy

2001-09-28: Bruxelles, Belgium Le Botanique Musee

Setlist:
1. Here Today, Gone Tomorrow
2. Disorder
3. Sheep
4. I Am a Cinematographer
5. One With the Birds
6. Sweeter than Anything (PJ Harvey's cover)
7. Work Hard / Play Hard
8. Marriage
9. O How I Enjoy the Light
10. Another Day Full of Dread
11. Agnes, Queen of Sorrow
12. 2/15
13. New Partner
14. O Lord Are You in Need?
15. Arise, Therefore
16. (End of) Travelling
17. Stablemate
18. The Sun Highlights The Lack In Each
19. The Mountain
20. The Weaker Soldier
21. Death to Everyone
22. I See a Darkness
23. A Minor Place
24. Careless Love
25. Meaulnes
26. All Gone, All Gone
27. The Southside of the World
28. Idle Hands Are the Devil's Playthings
29. At The Break Of Day
30. No More Workhorse Blues
31. Gulf Shores
32. A King at Night
33. Winter Lady
34. Cat's Blues (Attempt)
35. the same love that made me laugh (Bill Withers' cover)
36. The Gator
37. The Risen Lord
38. Little Boy Blue I

Björk

1994-02-18: Paris, France Elisée Montmartre

Setlist:
1. Human Behaviour
2. Atlantic
3. One Day
4. Venus As A Boy
5. Come to Me
6. The Anchor Song
7. Aeroplane
8. Play Dead
9. Crying
10. Violently Happy
11. There's More To Life Than This
12. Big Time Sensuality
13. Le Petit Chevalier / Army of Me
14. The Modern Things

2003-07-11: Sopot, Poland W-Festival

Setlist:
1. All Is Full of Love
2. Desired Constellation
3. Heirloom
4. An Echo, a Stain
5. Bachelorette
6. Hyperballad
7. It's in Our Hands (Soft Pink Truth mix)
8. Pluto
9. Generous Palmstroke

Mari Boine

2007-07-28: Malmesbury Wiltshire, UK Charlton Park, W.O.M.A.D. (FM)

Setlist:
1. In the hand of the night
2. Goaskinviellja
3.
4.
5. Irresistible

Edie Brickell and The New Bohemians

1990-07-31: Dallas, TX Club Dada

Setlist:
1. Instrumental 1
2. Instrumental 2
3. Instrumental 3
4. Instrumental 4
5.
6. She
7. Beat the Time
8. The Wheel
9. Mama Help Me
10. Air of December
11. Black & Blue
12. Drums / Love Like We Do
13. Keep Coming Back
14. 10,000 Angels
15. Carmelito
16. Low, Middle, High

2006-10-25: Chicago, IL Martyr's

Setlist:
1. Stranger Things
2. Wear You Down
3. The Wheel
4. Nothing
5. No Dinero
6. Lover Take Me
7. Spanish Style Guitar
8. Ghost of a Dog
9. Strings of Love
10. Buffalo Ghost
11. 10,000 Angels
12. Drums
13. Love Like We Do
14. Long Lost Friend
15. What I Am
16. Circle
17. Funny Thing
18. Beat the Time
19. Dead Flowers (The Rolling Stones' cover)
20. You Never Call Me Anymore
21. Little Miss S.
22. Air of December
23. Elephants And Ants
24. Mainline Cherry
25. Forgiven

Bright Eyes

2003-03-07: Les Black Sessions

Setlist:
1. At the Bottom of Everything
2. We Are Nowhere and It's Now
3. Old Soul Song (For the New World Order)
4. Train Under Water
5. A Scale, A mirror and those different clocks
6. Landlocked Blues
7. Method Acting
8. Poison Oak
9. Another Travellin' Song
10. Mushaboom (Feist's cover)
11. Road to Joy

2007-04-10: KCRW Morning Becomes Eclectic

Setlist:
1. Soul Singer In A Session Band
2. Smoke Without Fire
3. Yellow Datsun (Neva Dinova's cover)
4. Tourist Trap
5. Middleman
6. Lullabye In Exile
7. June on the West Coast

Jon Brion

2001-09-03: Seattle, WA Opera House

Setlist:
1. Walking Through Walls
2. I Believe She's Lying
3. Why Do You Do This to Yourself? (Evan Dando)
4. Latin Space Oddity
5. At the Supermarket
6. Trial And Error
7. Jam 1
8. Jam 2
9. Jam 3
10. Not Ready Yet
11. Eighteen
12. Murder (Or A Heart Attack) (Old 97's' cover)
13. Rollerskate Skinny (Old 97's' cover)
14. Viva! Sea-Tac (Robyn Hitchcock's cover)
15. Cynthia Mask (Robyn Hitchcock's cover)
16. Erica the Beautiful
17. Designs on You (Old 97's' cover)
18. Paper Bag (with Fiona Apple)
19. Fast as You Can (with Fiona Apple)
20. (I Got A Man Crazy For Me) He's Funny That Way (with Fiona Apple)
21. River Stay Away From My Door (with Fiona Apple)
22. On the Bound (with Fiona Apple)
23. The Boys are Back in Town (Thin Lizzy's cover)
24. God Only Knows (The Beach Boys' cover)
25. Tainted Love (Soft Cell's cover)
26. Ruin My Day
27. (How Can Anyone) Stop The World From Beating Up My Heart?

Michael Brook

2007-01-24: KCRW Morning Becomes Eclectic

Setlist:
1. LightStar
2. Doges
3. Tangerine
4. Want (with Lisa Germano)
5. Ultramarine
6. Best Unsaid

Jeff Buckley

1994-04-01: KCRW Man In The Moon

Setlist:
1. Grace
2. Lover, You Should've Come Over
3. Last Goodbye
4. Strange Fruit (Billie Holiday's cover)

1994-12-04: Miami Beach, FL Stephen Talkhouse

Setlist:
1. So Real
2. Dream Brother
3. Last Goodbye
4. What Will You Say
5. Grace
6. Lilac Wine
7. Mojo Pin
8. Eternal Life
9. Lover, You Should've Come Over
10. Vancouver (instrumental)
11. Kanga-Roo

1995-02-24: Frankfurt, Germany Sudbanhof

Setlist:
1. Mojo Pin
2. So Real
3. Last Goodbye
4. What Will You Say
5. Lilac Wine
6. Grace
7. Eternal Life
8. I Know It's Over (The Smiths' cover)
9. Hallelujah (Leonard Cohen's cover)

1995-12-31: New York City, NY Mercury Lounge
Last.fm Album Page here

Setlist:
1. New Year's Prayer
2. Lover, You Should've Come Over
3. Curtains (Elton John's cover)
4. Kick Out the Jams (MC5's cover)
5. Grace
6. Moodswing Whiskey
7. I Woke Up in a Strange Place
8. Last Goodbye
9. Lost Highway (Hank Williams' cover)
10. Mojo Pin
11. The Other Woman (Nina Simone's cover)
12. So Real
13. Dink's Song (Bob Dylan's cover)
14. Alive
15. 3 is a Magic Number (Blind Melon's cover)

1997-02-04: New York City, NY The Knitting Factory

Setlist:
1. Lover, You Should've Come Over
2. Jewel Box
3. Morning Theft
4. Grace
5. The Sky Is a Landfill
6. Everybody Here Wants You
7. Yard of Blonde Girls

Vashti Bunyan

2006-07-03: Malmö, Sweden Accelerator

Setlist:
1. Hidden
2. Diamond Day
3. Lately
4. Winter is Blue
5. Here Before
6. Where I Like To Stand
7. Feet of Clay
8. Window Over The Bay
9. Against the Sky
10. I'd Like to Walk Around in Your Mind

Kate Bush

1979-04-16: London, UK The Palladium

Setlist:
1. Moving
2. The Saxophone Song
3. Them Heavy People
4. The Man With the Child in His Eyes
5. Egypt
6. L'Amour Looks Something Like You
7. Violin
8. The Kick Inside
9. In The Warm Room
10. Fullhouse
11. Strange Phenomena
12. Hammer Horror
13. Kashka From Baghdad
14. Don't Push Your Foot On The Heartbrake
15. Wow
16. Coffee Homeground
17. In Search Of Peter Pan
18. Symphony in Blue
19. Feel It
20. Kite
21. James and the Cold Gun
22. Oh England My Lionheart
23. Wuthering Heights

Fr., 3. Okt. – The Lemonheads, Racoon
Es sind schon einige Jahre ins Land gezogen, seit ich die Lemonheads aus Boston zum letzten Mal live gesehen habe, denn das war Anfang der Neunziger Jahre. Damals absolvierte die Band um Sänger Evan Dando einen überragenden Gig in der Essener Zeche Carl, der mir stets in bester Erinnerung geblieben ist. Leider hatte sich danach nicht mehr die Gelegenheit ergeben, und wenn doch, wie vor fast genau zwei Jahren im Kölner Bürgerhaus Stollwerck, dann war ich verhindert. Letztmalig passierte mir dies im Mai, als ihr Auftritt in Essen leider parallel zum Wave-Gotik-Treffen in Leipzig stattfand. Als ich nun hörte, dass die Zitronenköpfe für die Kulturkirche in Köln gebucht waren, schlug ich gleich zu. Glück hatte ich dann knapp eine Woche vor dem Konzert, als mir Christoph rein zufällig schrieb, dass das Konzert ins Gebäude 9 verlegt worden war, so dass ich auf direktem Weg dorthin fahren konnte, statt überrascht vor der geschlossenen Kulturkirche zu stehen. Als Vorgruppe waren Racoon aus Holland gebucht, von denen ich zuvor noch nicht gehört hatte. Wie sich herausstellte, handelte er sich um vier Sympathische Jungs, die zwischen den Songs immer zu Scherzen aufgelegt waren. Musikalisch bekam man zudem gut gemachten Indie-Pop mit leicht folkigem Einschlag geboten, der irgendwo im Spannungsfeld von den Goo Goo Dolls und der Band Live anzusiedeln ist. Nicht unbedingt hochgradig spannend, aber sehr nett anzuhören. Ein schöner (bodenständiger) Auftakt in den Konzertabend, der im Anschluss mit den Lemonheads natürlich seinen Höhepunkt fand.

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