There have been way too many last year, so the reviews are very limited. Probably I forgot a few bands, nevermind.
15 January 2009 - Oasis, Tomte - Dresden - 6/10A great start with two of my alltime-favourites, but location and audience spoilt the experience a bit.
16 January 2009 - Oasis - Hamburg - 8/10Best of the Oasis-indoor shows I saw in 2009.
18 January 2009 – Oasis - Berlin - 7/10Fun night with a lot of booze.
4 February 2009 – Oasis - Düsseldorf - 6/10Rather average gig.
5 February 2009 – Slut - Bremen - 8/10Beautiful night, I can still cry just thinking of “Global Cut”.
12 February 2009 - Bernd Begemann - Bremen - 5/10Nice gig.
19 February 2009 - The Gaslight Anthem, Frank Turner - Hamburg - 4/10Too crowded, maybe my expectations were too high, but disappointing.
23 February 2009 - Maxïmo Park - Berlin. - 8/10Lido… No barriers… Front row… And my favourite band...
2 March 2009 - Maxïmo Park - München - 8/10Another tiny venue and still my favourite band.
3 March 2009 - Maxïmo Park - Cologne - 8/10The clubtour was on another level, apart from Leeds and Hamburg I haven’t seen the Park as strong again in 2009.
5 March 2009 - Ghost of Tom Joad - Bremen - 6/10They’re not bad, not they’re not overwhelming either.
21 March 2009 - Gisbert zu Knyphausen, Nils Koppruch - Bremen - 8/10Even if the on/off between Gisbert and Nils was a bit annoying, Gisbert won my heart by storm.
9 April 2009 – ClickClickDecker - Bremen - 6/10Great moments, annoying moments, mixed memories.
17 April 2009 - Tiger Lou - Bremen - 8/10Lovely.
8 May 2009 - Maxïmo Park - Münster - 3/10Don’t get me started, neither the band nor the audience were on form that night.
8 May 2009 - Little Boots - Münster - 3/10Just not my cup of tea (and my night…).
22 May 2009 - Maxïmo Park - Leeds, United Kingdom - 8/10I didn’t plan to go this gig, but my decision to skip the Stag & Dagger at Leeds and to stay at the Academy turned out to be right.
23 May 2009 - Maxïmo Park - Manchester, United Kingdom - 7/10The Academy was like a steam bath, everything and everyone was soaking wet after the show.
25 May 2009 - Crystal Stilts - London, United Kingdom - 6/10Fun night for various reasons, I can still p*ss myself about the singer being on who-knows-what and a call from the audience “Hey! Turn up your micro, we can’t hear you, it’s so lo-fi!”.
26 May 2009 - Maxïmo Park - London, United Kingdom - 6/10Solid.
27 May 2009 - Maxïmo Park - London, United Kingdom - 6/10Somehow Brixton shows are never the best.
31 May 2009 - Kristofer Åström - Bremen - 7/10Even if Sinkadus wasn’t his best record, I still love him.
6 June 2009 - Oasis, Kasabian - Manchester, United Kingdom - 8/10Madferit.
7 June 2009 - Oasis, Kasabian - Manchester, United Kingdom - ?/?Sources say that I had a lot of fun at the gig, but… Blame the cider.
8 June 2009 - ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead - Bremen - 7/10A small free acoustic show by one of the nicest bands I ever met and still hungover from Manchester. Nice.
9 June 2009 - ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead - Bremen - 8/10The loudest show I went to in 2009 and one of my songs for eternity “Will you smile again?”.
13 June 2009 – CocoRosie - Bremen - 6/10Still cute and crazy.
14 June 2009 – Morrissey - Bremen - 7/10The Mozfather still knows how to put on a show.
1 July 2009 - Breminale Festival 2009 at Breminale Festival – Erdmöbel etc. - Bremen, Germany - 5/10Wasn’t the best year of the Breminale or maybe I wasn’t in the mood for it.
9 July 2009 - Oasis, Kasabian - London, United Kingdom - 8/10Wembley. Monsters of Rock. Love it or hate it.
10 July 2009 - Cymbals Eat Guitars - London, United Kingdom - 3/10I don’t get the hype.
11 July 2009 - Oasis, Kasabian, Reverend and the Makers - London, United Kingdom - 9/10A magic night. “Fire” burning down the walls of Wembley. Oasis even better.
12 July 2009 - Oasis, Kasabian, The Enemy - London, United Kingdom - 8/10I had no idea it’d probably be the last time I’d seen Oasis. Whatever. Tears. Where were you when we were getting high?
6 August 2009 - Maxïmo Park, The Maccabees - Hamburg - 8/10Surprisingly good, both.
14 - 16 August 2009 - Dockville Festival 2009 at Elbinsel - Hamburg, Germany - 6/10Way too crowded on Saturday, spoilt the whole weekend.
Health 7/10 Weird guys, weird show.
Patrick Wolf 7/10 Love him or hate him, I enjoy his show.
Mediengruppe Telekommader 3/10 I don’t like the new bad-electro-thing.
Wintersleep 4/10 One of the biggest disappointment of the years, just one word: Kermit.
Good Shoes 5/10 Well, Good Shoes, eh, no more, no less.
Element of Crime 8/10 Timeless.
dancing pigeons 6/10 Nice.
MGMT 2/10 Worst show of the year. Don’t EVER go to see them live.
Metronomy 7/10 They saved my night with sweet electro.
William Fitzsimmons 5/10 Chilling on Sunday.
Trashmonkeys 6/10 Fun.
Dan Le Sac vs Scroobius Pip 6/10 Good, but half an hour is enough.
28 - 30 August 2009 - Reading Festival 2009 - Reading, United Kingdom - 8/10Great experience!
A Place to Bury Strangers 5/10 Weird, not always in a positive way.
Jack Peñate 7/10 Saw him by chance only, the NME tent was on fire.
Florence and The Machine 5/10 Disappointing.
Placebo 7/10 Running up to the front during “The bitter end”. Good memory.
Kaiser Chiefs 7/10 Took me by surprise, just wanted to chill a bit, but they got me back.
Soulsavers & Mark Lanegan 8/10 Magic all around.
Faith No More 7/10 You’re perfect, yes it’s true, but without meeeee, you’re only you.
Metric 6/10 Nice, lazy start into Day 2.
Patrick Wolf 6/10 Hamburg was better.
Them Crooked Vultures 5/10 Just another supergroup.
Ian Brown 3/10 Plain boring.
Maxïmo Park 5/10 Average show.
Glasvegas 6/10 Better than expected.
Arctic Monkeys 3/10 Ladies and Gentlemen, this was officially the last try – 3 strike out!
The Gossip 7/10 Wow… WOW!
The xx 8/10 Beautiful.
Metronomy 5/10 Average.
Broken Records 7/10 Very nice.
Vampire Weekend 4/10 Sorry, boring to me.
Crystal Castles 4/10 Sorry, too much for me.
The Gaslight Anthem 8/10 Yes, yes, yes!!! So much better than Hamburg, this IS the ’59 sound!
Bloc Party 7/10 I still like them.
Radiohead 10/10 Hail to the masters, best show of the year again. Radiohead. Full stop.
1 October 2009 - Dear Reader - Bremen - 7/10 Sweet. Super-sweet.
3 October 2009 – Sophia - Bremen - 8/10 Dark, mellow, tender, soft, haunting.
14 October 2009 - The Swell Season - Bremen - 7/10 Dark, mellow, tender, soft, haunting #2
15 October 2009 - Friska Viljor - Bremen - 6/10 Fun night, but not overwhelming.
22 October 2009 - Maxïmo Park, Blood Red Shoes - Düsseldorf - 3/10 Well… There was a lack of everything.
23 October 2009 - Maxïmo Park, Blood Red Shoes - Bremen - 4/10 Slightly better, but still disappointing.
24 October 2009 – Bosse - Bremen - 7/10 Nice friends, nice guy, nice music.
28 October 2009 - Maxïmo Park, Blood Red Shoes - Frankfurt - 6/10 Much better than the week before.
29 October 2009 - Molotov Jive - Bremen - 2/10 A dark night in many ways.
31 October 2009 - Montreal, Scumpies, Mofa - Bremen - 3/10 PUNK!!! Well, maybe I’m just too old…
6 November 2009 - RollingStone Weekender - Weißenhäuser Strand, Germany - 6/10 Debut of this new festival and still a lot of work to do…
The Soundtrack of Our Lives 7/10 Moses at the mic and a keyboard-player on drugs – ace!
Editors 9/10 It kicks like a sleep twitch!!!
Brendan Benson -/- Had to leave to safe my ears, waaaaaay toooo loud.
The Flaming Lips 8/10 Party!!!
I Am Kloot 5/10 My friend loved them, I was bored.
Gisbert zu Knyphausen 9/10 *sigh*
Billy Bragg 5/10 Less talk more music would have been nice.
Wilco 10/10 YES, another 10 in 2009, magic.
13 November 2009 - Portugal. The Man - Bremen - 3/10 Too crowded and have seen them much better before.
21 November 2009 - New Model Army - Bremen - 6/10 Much better than I thought.
24 November 2009 – Cornershop - Bremen - 4/10 Strange… Pretty strange…
4 December 2009 - Alcoholic Faith Mission - Bremen - 6/10 Pretty sweet.
11 December 2009 – Saboteur – Bremen - 7/10 Great album and nice guys, even if they’re from Hamburg.
14 December 2009 - Jochen Distelmeyer - Bremen - 7/10 The Hamburger Schule still can rock.
20 December 2009 – Turbostaat - Bremen - 4/10 Preeeeeetty average.
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