2008 Wrapup

posted Jan 17, 04:51 PM by Rick Webb

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OKAY!

Let 2009 begin.

First, a few wrapups from last year. You’ll find my full gig list – you’ll find my full gig list – 280 some performances and five festivals – over here. Highlights from 2008:

65days of static at Boston
A Place to Bury Strangers at SXSW and Boston
Acid Mothers Temple at Boston
Auburn Lull at Boston
Bon Iver (three times) at SXSW & Boston
Broken Social Scene at Lollapalooza
Dean & Britta at Boston
Dinosaur Jr at ATP NY
Echo & The Bunnymen at NY
Fleet Foxes at SXSW
George Michael at Boston
Glasvegas at NYC
Goldfrapp at Coachella & NYC
Gutter Twins at Boston & Lollapalooza
Hot Chip at Boston, ACL and Coachella (ACL Wins)
James at Boston
Jarvis at NYC
Jason Collett at SXSW
Kanye West at Moline, IL and Lollapalooza
Kraftwerk at Coachella
Laurie Anderson at Boston
Leonard Cohen at Toronto
Les Savy Fav at ATP NY
Lilys at ATP NY
Loney, Dear at NYC
Mark Kozelek at SXSW
MC Hammer at SF
Mercury Rev at ATP NY & Boston
MGMT at Boston, SXSW, Lollapalooza and Coachella
Mogwai at ATP NY
My Bloody Valentine at ATP NY
My Morning Jacket at Coachella
Naked Raygun at SXSW
Neil Halstead at NYC
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds at DC
Phosphorescent at SXSW
Portishead at Coachella
Prince at Coachella
Radiohead at Lollapalooza
REM at Boston
Rihanna at Moline, IL
Roger Waters at Coachella
Roky Erikson at ACL
She & Him at Northampton, MA
Shellac at ATP NY
Six Organs of Admittance at Boston
Spectrum at NY and ATP NY
Spiritualized Electric Mainlines at ACL
Spiritualized Acoustic Mainlines at Boston & Coachella
Submarines at NYC
Super Furry Animals at Boston
Swell Season at Coachella
Swervedriver at Coachella
The Cure at Boston
The Elephant 6 Collective at Boston
The Hold Steady at SF
The Magnetic Fields at Boston & Northampton, MA
The National at Lollapalooza and Boston
The New Year at Boston
The Shout Out Louds at Coachella and SXSW
The Smashing Pumpkins at Boston
The Vaselines at NYC
The Verve at Coachella
The Wedding Present at Boston and SXSW
Till We’re Blue Or Destroy at SXSW and Austin
Tilly and the Wall at SXSW, Boston
Ulrich Schnauss at Boston
Wilco at Lollapalooza
Yeasayer at SXSW and Boston

And then here’s my year-end wrap up/best of on the recorded music:.’‘

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