2007 at a Glance

[oaksy]

Hey just thought i would start a thread for people to talk about their music experiences for this year and rate their favourite gigs, songs and albums.

I personally had a massive music year going to nearly 20 gigs. It was my first year out of school and i wanted to go to as many concerts as i could to make up for not seeing many bands in previous years.

Bands seen live:

Muse x2
Daft Punk
Roger Waters
Bloc Party
The Pixies
The Killers
Kasabian
The Shins
Sparta
Sum 41
Unwritten Law
+ 44
Yellowcard
The Panics
The Beautiful Girls
The Midnight Juggernauts x2
The Presets x2
The Cops
Expatriate
Josh Pyke
Whitley
Damn Arms
The Ruby Suns
Responder
Cut Copy
Young and Restless
The Checks
Muscles

Top 5 Gigs:

1. Muse @ Rod Laver Arena

2. Daft Punk @ Sidney Myer Music Bowl

3. The Pixies @ The Palace

4. Bloc Party @ Festy Hall

5. Roger Waters @ Rod Laver Arena


Top 5 Albums:

1. A Weekend in the City - Bloc Party

2. Because of the Times - Kings of Leon

3. In Rainbows - Radiohead

4. Dystopia - Midnight Juggernauts

5. Drop it In Their Laps - The Cops

Top 5 Songs:

1. On Call - Kings of Leon

2. Pioneer to the Falls - Interpol

3. Uniform - Bloc Party

4. Good to Sea - Pinback

5. Don't Fight It - The Panics

Best discovery:

The Wombats/British India

 

[Abaddon]

The top 5 gigs of 2007:

1. Tool - Sidney Myer Music Bowl
2. Nine Inch Nails - Horden Pavillion, Sydney (re-scheduled show)
3. Muse - Festival Hall
4. Daft Punk - Sidney Myer Music Bowl
5. The Killers - Rod Laver Arena

 

[superfraser]

Good post Oaksy.

I like that your rating songs which aren't necessarily singles.

 

[Mr Sensitive]

Top 5 Gigs of '07
1. Bad Religion @ Festy
2. The Bronx @ the HiFi
3. Mars Volta @ Festy
4. Muse @ Festy (also saw them at Rod Laver, though I liked the Festy gig more because they played Citizen Erased)
5. NOFX @ the Palace: Seeing the Decline played live was just too awesome for words. (r.i.p the mighty palace!)

Honourable mentions to the Shins, Cancer Bats, Mid Youth Crisis and the Arctic Monkeys

Worst set of the year

Sparta @ the HiFi.... Really should've been a knock out set, but christ they were ordinary. Didn't help that the support act were so bloody good.

Strung Out: they weren't crap or anything, but they weren't flash either. Don't see why they're so popular over here.

Best Local Acts

Responder: seen these blokes four or five times in the last 18 months and they're never less than completely kick arse

Mercy Arms: the next jjj darlings for sure. Cannot get enough of them and they're terrific live.

Ghostwood: Sorta like a cross between Radiohead and Nirvana.... Kinda grungy at times but they construct these beautiful, sweeping songs that just take you away.

50 Lions: flat out brutal local metalcore band. Played many an awesome set at the Arty.

Hold Up: only just heard these guys, but they're an exciting hardcore band from Melbourne. Got my hands on their demo and they certainly promise big things in the future. Black Flag-esque.

Worst Local Act

Deez Nuts: they didn't get the memo that nu-metal died a horrible death back in 2001 and should never ever be brought back to life.

 

[mansize rooster]

Top 5 Gigs of '07

1. The Shins - metro city/ crowded house - supreme court gardens
2. Maximo Park - capital
3. Regurgitator - Amps
4. Darren Hanlon - boot hotel
5. Silverchair - metro freo

Honourable mentions to M.Ward,Divinyls

Worst set of the year

Grinspoon @ Wintersun. stale as ever,to ****ing loud and distorted. completly outgrown these hacks. worst thirty odd bucks spent

Best Local Acts

The Silents, Mercy Arms,ruby suns(N.Z)

 

[sweepi4]

yeah 2007 was good for me, went to bout 10 concerts
1. BDO - tool were awesome!!!
2. Blues an Roots - loved seein john mayer again and good to see he played a few john mayer trio songs, and ben harper was excellent
3. alexisonfire/moneen - both in perth and sydney never mind best concert of the yr ... HOW BOUT MY LIFE and i got to meet kenny from moneen twice, nicest dude ever, bring on soundwave festival 08 woo
4. saosin - got cove's signature on their album cover woo
5. anberlin - got nice an drunk for this one an sang hehe
6. good charlotte - good value
7. linkin park/chris cornell - was sad didnt get to see much of chris cornell cos we got there late

well then almost 10
was mad i didnt end up goin to this yrs soundwave fest ... oh well i stood on me roof an got to hear deftones

 

[Lockyer24]

How do people rate this year compared to the past few? I reckon its been a very lean one.

 

[sweepi4]

How do people rate this year compared to the past few? I reckon its been a very lean one.

sorry dude not in my eyes, but im lookin forward to 08

 

[Bomber Bears]

Top 5 gigs
NOFX - Luna Park
Frenzal Rhomb - Factory
Bad Religion - Hordern Pavillion
Frenzal Rhomb - Metro
Dropkick Murphys - Roundhouse

In that order i suppose, altho it is much of a muchness, they were all absolutely awesome. NOFX for hilarity and the decline live, Frenzal Rhomb were so ****en fun + drunkeness, Bad Religion were simply amazing and i'll probly never see them again, and dropkick murphys were fugging tops as well, nice long set with almost everything ou'd want to hear. Great year for gigs

Top 5 Albums
NOFX - I think they've gotten worse live (live album)
Bad Religion - New Maps Of Hell
Dropkick Murphys - Meanest of times - i think these were the only 3 new albums i bought all year

Best new act - my mates band is quality, they are called hornography look out for em. Mary Jane Kelly also from wollongong go allright as well. Disable arent exactly new but ive seen them a couple of times this year and they were friggen great.
Havent heard much new from overseas this year except against me, and they arent new just i hadnt heard them, they are decent. Other stuff like gallows hasnt impressed me much despite the hype.

Best local acts - Frenzal Rhomb and The Living End (still), been blasting the debut album frm TLE in the car recently it is an absolute beauty, one of the best 5 albums of all time (IMO of course).

Best International Acts - same old same old, still enjoying the like of nofx bad religion dropkick murphys etc, just good quality music

Worst International Acts - Radiohead, almost all hiphop and rap apart from maybe 3 songs and just alot of crap is out there.

Worst Local Acts - The Panics are aweful, sad to see what grinspoon have become after their first two albums, likewise silverchair, there is alot of shit out there.

Hope 2008 is better release wise, but im not confident. New Metallica album will be interesting altho probably shithouse like everything else since the 80's.

 

[ize_]

Bands seen live:

Muse
The Drones
Lily Allen
Violent Femmes
Arctic Monkeys
Crowded House
Bob Evans
Augie March
The Walls
Bobby Flynn
Operator Please (not my fault, wrong place, wrong time)
The Herd
Eskimo Joe

Top 5 Gigs:

1. The Drones @ Big Day Out

2. Crowded House @ Rod Laver

3. Muse @ Big Day Out

4. Arctic Monkeys @ Festival Hall

5. Violent Femmes @ Big Day Out


Top 5 Albums:

1. Panic Prevention - Jamie T

2. Robbers And Cowards - Cold War Kids

3. Favourite Worst Nightmare - Arctic Monkeys

4. Because Of The Times - Kings Of Leon

5. Shotters Nation - Babyshambles

Top 5 Songs:

1. If You Got The Money - Jamie T

2. Salvador - Jamie T

3. Teddy Picker - Arctic Monkeys

4. The Pretender - Foo Fighters

5. Hang Me Up To Dry - Cold War Kids


Best discovery:
From this year Jamie T, but I fell in love with The Strokes in a big way. My favuorite band. I always new them and their singles but I bought their albums this year and I'm in love.

 

[Bomber Bears]

hey mr jamie t fan, do you know what rancid song he covered on like a version?

 

[superfraser]

Ize of the world,

loving the Jamie T praise.

Panic Prevention is all thriller no filler..

Simply brilliant album.

Also loving your user name. Its my favourite strokes song. Brilliant.

 

[ize_]

hey mr jamie t fan, do you know what rancid song he covered on like a version?

No I don't but I'd like to hear it. I hope it was Time Bomb.

Ize of the world,

loving the Jamie T praise.

Panic Prevention is all thriller no filler..

Simply brilliant album.

Also loving your user name. Its my favourite strokes song. Brilliant.

Cheers mate, we have a bit in common then. Biggest regret of the year was not seeing Jamie T in Melbourne. Heard it on live at the wireless, sounded like an unbelieveable gig.