Gig Lists - 2009 & 2010

Last updated January 2011


2009


screamfeeder kitten licksWhereas in the early to middle part of the decade I went to gigs virtually every weekend, once I started a dual Masters degree and PhD in 2007, things changed.  I suddenly had far less time on my hands and as a result my gig going and general interest in new music decreased.  In 2009 I only went to a paltry 12 shows, and many of the bands I saw could be considered "heritage acts" from the 90s!  Highlights of the year included witnessing Jay Reatard play a blistering set at the Laneway Festival in Perth.  A few months later he would be dead from a drug overdose.  Blistering is also a good word to describe Eagles of Death Metal's show at Metropolis Fremantle.  The show almost didn't go ahead as frontman Jesse 'The Devil' Hughes had a very sore throat, but he pulled through and knocked everyone dead with sexy.  Jebediah also played a fun set just in time for Christmas, which saw me mosh for the first time in years!  And I ventured to Brisbane to see Custard play a one-off reunion show to celebrate Brisbane's 150th Birthday.  The weirdest show of the year was seeing Marky Ramone's band massacre Ramones songs to a largely empty Capitol.  I didn't know whether to laugh or cry!  Links to reviews, photos, etc of the shows can be found below.


List of Gigs (2009)

340. JAY REATARD, NO AGE, SPIRAL STAIRS, HOLLY THROSBY, BORN RUFFIANS, JOHN STEEL SINGERS, PORT O'BRIEN, WILL STOKER & THE EMBERS
@ Laneway Festival, Perth Cultural Centre, Friday February 6th, 2009

341. SIX FT HICK
@ Amplifier Bar, Friday March 27th, 2009

342. PROJECT MAYHEM, BOYS BOYS BOYS
@ Hydey, Friday April 3rd, 2009

343. MARKY RAMONES BLITZKREIG, PROJECT MAYHEM
@ Capitol, Saturday April 11th, 2009

inthepines344. IN THE PINES 2009 - BOYS BOYS BOYS, SASCHA ION AND THE VOODOO ECONOMIC, ROLY SKENDER AND THE TONICS, UMPIRE, KEVIN SMIT & THE SEVEN STORY JUMPERS, PROJECT MAYHEM, THE GHOST HOTEL, 6S & 7S, POND
@ Somerville Auditorium, UWA, Sunday April 26th, 2009

345. EAGLES OF DEATH METAL, The PROTECTORS
@ Metropolis Fremantle, Tuesday April 28th, 2009

346. THE CABALEROS (debut show)
@ Dr Green's 21st, North Perth Bowls Club, Friday June 26th, 2009

347. SCREAMFEEDER
@ Norfolk Basement, Fremantle, Friday July 3rd, 2009

348. SCREAMFEEDER (Kitten Licks show)
@ Amplifier Bar, Saturday July 4th, 2009

349. HARD ONS, PROJECT MAYHEM, SUREFIRE MIDNIGHTS
@ Newport Hotel, Sunday November 1st, 2009

350. PROJECT MAYHEM, THE FLOORS, BLACK BUZZARDS
Album launch @ Amplifier Bar, Saturday November 7th, 2009

351. JEBEDIAH, ADAM JAMES
Xmas Party @ Rocket Room, Thursday December 3rd, 2009

352. CUSTARD, YVES KLEIN BLUE
Brisbane Riverstage @ Brisvegas, Thursday December 10th, 2009

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2010


Chuck BerryIn 2010 I saw my first rock shows outside Australia, as I ventured to the USA.  A major highlight of the year to date was seeing one of the pioneers of Rock n Roll, Mr Chuck Berry, play at BB King's Blues Club in New York at the spritely age of 83.  Berry started singing the wrong song in the middle of another song twice and he can't play solos anymore but he was still awesome. He played for an hour and had the audience in the palm of his hand the whole time, and did the mother fuckin' duckwalk two or three times.  Whilst in the USA I also saw a 9-piece incarnation of the New Pornographers play a great, 90 minute sold out set in New York at Terminal 5.  I was particularly happy about this as when they toured Perth in 2008 they played on the same night as Supergrass and I went to see them instead.  Supergrass were crap that night and I have regretted my decision ever since!  I also saw the Futureheads play an energetic Monday night set at the Paradise Rock Club in Boston, supported by a lovely bunch of ladies called The Like (pictured below) who played a great set of 60s Shangri-La esque tunes.  And in 2010 I finally got to witness the brilliance of Bob Log III live on stage.  Boooooooob Scotch!


List of Gigs (2010)

The Like the band353. BOYS BOYS BOYS, SABRE TOOTH TIGERS, BRASH & SASSY
Boys Boys Boys Video Launch @ Rosemount Hotel, Friday April 9th, 2010

354. WILL STOKER & THE EMBERS, EMPERORS, BROW HORN ORCHESTRA
Will Stoker Album Launch @ Rosemount Hotel, Friday April 16th, 2010

355. THE FUTUREHEADS, THE LIKE, STATIC JACKS
@ Paradise Rock Club, Boston, Monday June 7th, 2010

356. EULA
@ New Haven, Saturday June 12, 2010

357. THE NEW PORNOGRAPHERS, THE DODOS, THE DUTCHESS & THE DUKE
Together album tour @ Terminal 5, New York, Saturday June 19th, 2010

358. CHUCK BERRY
@ BB King's Blues Bar & Grill, Friday June 26th, 2010

359. CABALLEROS, SCREAMING LIFE
@ The Bird, Northbridge, Friday July 17th, 2010

360. GRIM FANDANGO
Under the Cover of Darkness III @ Velvet Lounge, Friday June 17th, 2010

361. VILLAGE KID, THE KIRBENS, SAM CARMODY, THE CABALLEROS, DAVE, RACHEL & HENRY CLIMB A HILL
NATIONAL CAMPUS BANDS COMPETITION STATE FINAL @ Rosemount Hotel, Friday September 17th, 2010

362. BOB LOG III, DAY OF THE DEAD
My Shit is Perfect tour @ Deville's Pad, Thursday September 23rd, 2010

363. DAN KELLY'S DREAM BAND, DAVID MCCORMACK, UMPIRE
@ Rosemount Hotel, Friday September 24th, 2010

364. DAN KELLY'S DREAM BAND, DAVE MCCORMACK
@ Mojos Fremantle, Sunday September 25th, 2010

365. REGURGITATOR
@ Amplifier Bar, Monday September 26th, 2010

366. THE NEW PORNOGRAPHERS
@ Rosemount Hotel, Tuesday November 17th, 2010

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