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The Nonimage 2007 Review

Jan 13, 2008
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Late you say? Well yes, but I've been busy.

And I'm still too busy to do this properly, so I shall quickly list some stuff that rocked my world in 2007.

Events

SXSW was one of the best things I've done in a long time. i can't wait to do it all again in 2 months, this time with for Interactive and Music (and Film, although I'm not sure how much of that I'll see). Going to Ibiza off season was a great experience and just the relaxing time I needed. Continuing Black Tape has been great fun, especially having our first band, Broken Records. I started my own freelance business, which has been incredibly rewarding and fun so far, and pleasing successful for a new startup. I really am very lucky to be doing this.

Music

My 4 new obsessions from 2007 were Cut Off Your Hands, Ra Ra Riot, Broken Records and Black Kids (in order of discovery). I also was loving Kissaway Trail, Jens Lekman, Twilight Sad, Menomena, Seasick Steve, Beirut, Low, Malcolm Middleton, Justice, Simian Mobile Disco, Voxtrot, The Hold Steady, Radiohead, Modest Mouse, Gruff Rhys, Field Music, Battles, Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin, CSS, You Say Party! We Say Die!, Frightened Rabbit, Fujiya & Miyagi...and a huge amount more that I cant think of right now. Plus the usual stuff I have loved for years.

Live highlights were all of SXSW, all of Connect, finally seeing The Verve, Ra Ra Riot, Broken Records a few times, Foals, Kissaway Trail, Flaming Lips (as always), Twilight Sad, Jens Lekman, Menomena, Sonic Youth performing Daydream Nation, Al Green, Seasick Steve, Low, Bis, Battles, Dartz! and the NME New Rave Tour. Oh and Josh Ritter.

Films

I'm no film Buff, and I can't really remember what films I saw that I liked. Superbad was funny. If you are interested in visual culture at all, Helvetica is a documentary worth watching. And while I havent actually got round to sitting down with peace and quiet to watch it yet, the trailer for Heima, the Sigur Ros documentary looks incredible.

Other stuff

Coda is amazing and has changed the way I work. Ace Jet 170 is my favourite discovery, blog-wise. It gets me wanting to go out and find great old design stuff.

And that's all I have time for, which is a shame. So much more I want to say. Maybe I will soon.

Triptych.

Mar 9, 2007
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The Triptych lineup has been announced and as usual it's pretty excellent. 5 days of quality bands that don't play here very often, if at all. Now the dilemma of who to see. I have a ticket for Low in Glasgow on the Thursday night (not part of Triptych), which is good, but also bad as I have seen them about 6 times already and there are 2 excellent looking gigs on the same night in Edinburgh. So, assuming that I can scrape together some cash to buy tickets before anything sells out, what should I go to? One per night, possibility of a second late one on either Friday Or Saturday. Hmmm.

EDINBURGH, WED 25.04.07

7.00pm CSS, Prinzhorn Dance School, Ratatat Liquid Rooms £12

8.00pm Fujiya & Miyagi, xvectors Bongo Club £8

8.00pm Cat Power, Tom Brosseau Renfrew Ferry £15 (Glasgow)

EDINBURGH, THUR 26.04.07

7.00pm Cinematic Orchestra, Fitkin Wall Liquid Rooms £12

7.00pm Bat For Lashes, Euros Childs Cabaret Voltaire £9

EDINBURGH, FRI 27.04.07

6.00pm Beat Kings: The History of Hip Hop Filmhouse £6

7.00pm Bobby Conn, Black Lips Cabaret Voltaire £9

7.00pm Field Music, Future Pilot AKA feat Found Bongo Club £8

11.00pm DJ Premier & Marley Marl, Great Ezcape Bongo Club £14

EDINBURGH, SAT 28.04.07

7.00pm Micah P Hinson, Califone, Grant Campbell Cabaret Voltaire £10

11.00pm Nostalgia 77 with Lizzy Parks, Belleruche, Astroboy The Caves £6 / £8

EDINBURGH, SUN 29.04.07

7.00pm Gruff Rhys, Espers Liquid Rooms £12

7.00pm 65daysofstatic, Park Attack Cabaret Voltaire £8

8.00pm The Pastels, Electrelane, The Royal We Bongo Club £10

Gigs 2007

Feb 27, 2007
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This list will be constantly updated

Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan - ABC, Glasgow - Sun 21st January
Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan
Kathryn Williams

Ray Lamontagne - Usher Hall, Edinburgh - Wed 24th January
Ray Lamontagne
Leona Naess

Dogtooth Club - Henry's, Edinburgh - Fri 2nd February
Bono Must Die

Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - Barrowland, Glasgow - Sat 3rd February
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
Cold War Kids
Elvis Perkins

NME New Rave Tour - Barrowland, Glasgow - Tues 6th February
Klaxons
CSS
Sunshine Underground
New Young Pony Club (didn't see)

Clean George IV - Henry's, Edinburgh - Sun 11th February
Clean George IV
Korova
Honeytrap

Bloc Party - Corn Exchange, Edinburgh - Tues 20th February
Bloc Party
Noisettes

Brakes - Cabaret Voltaire, Edinburgh - Mon 26th February
Brakes
Le Reno Amps
(Not sure what the other support were called)

Malcolm Middleton (instore appearance) - Fopp, Rose St, Edinburgh - Tues 27th Feb
Malcolm Middleton

Alterkicks - King Tut's, Glasgow - Wed 28th Feb
Alterkicks
Dirty Weekend

Dartz! - Wee Red Bar, Edinburgh - Sat 3rd March
Dartz!
V2 Schneider

Popup - Cabaret Voltaire, Edinburgh - Sun 4th March
Popup
Edgar Prais
Remnant Kings

SXSW - Austin, Texas - Wed 14th to Sat 17th March
List of bands coming soon

The Shins - Barrowlands, Glasgow - Sun 25th March
The Shins
Viva Voce
Jeremy Warmsley

Camera Obscura - Liquid Rooms, Edinburgh - Tues 27th March
Camera Obscura
Ned Collette

Bis - King Tuts, Glasgow - Fri 6th April
Bis
(Can't remember their name)
Juno

Arctic Monkeys - Caird Hall, Dundee - Tues 17th April
Arctic Monkeys
The Little Flames
Gas Club (didn't see)

Cat Power - The Ferry, Glasgow - Wed 25th April
Cat Power
Tom Brousseau

Low - Oran Mor, Glasgow - Thurs 26th April
Low
Death Vessel

Bobby Conn - Cabaret Voltaire, Edinburgh - Fri 27th April
Bobby Conn
Black Lips

Micah P. Hinson - Cabaret Voltaire, Edinburgh - Sat 28th April
Micah P. Hinson
Califone
Grant Campbell

Great Escape Festival - Brighton - Saturday
Edgar Prias
Maccabees
The Strange Death Of Liberal England
Neon Plastix

Seasick Steve - The Arches, Glasgow - Sat 26th May
Seasick Steve
(didn't see support)

Evolution Festival - Newcastle & Gateshead - Mon 28th May
Maximo Park
Simian Mobile Disco
Datarock
Echo & The Bunnymen
Bonde Do Role
Calvin Harris
Hot Club De Paris
Shy Child

2006 Best-ofs: Gigs

Jan 4, 2007
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Top 15 gigs attended in 2006, in particular order. This was really hard to pick, and i certainly couldnt put them in order. It has been a really good gig year.

regina spector – cabaret voltaire, edinburgh – wed 1st feb
broken social scene – temple bar music centre, dublin – sat 11th feb
how to swim – cabaret voltaire, edinburgh – wed 26th april
silver jews – bongo club, edinburgh – thurs 27th april
guillemots – liquid rooms, edinburgh – fri 26th may
we are scientists & primal scream & death cab for cutie - t in the park festival
teenage fanclub – kentish town forum, london – mon 24th july
low – koko, london – wed 26th july
seasick steve - belladrum festival
spank rock – cabaret voltaire, edinburgh – wed 30th aug
hot chip & tapes n tapes & CSS - indian summer festival
the gossip – oran mor, glasgow – tues 31st oct
flaming lips – secc, glasgow – fri 10th nov
josh ritter – cabaret voltaire, edinburgh
j spaceman – queens hall, edinburgh
arab strap – abc, glasgow

QotD: It's Going To Be Different This Year

Jan 2, 2007
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What are your resolutions for 2007?

eat better
drink slightly less
see more gigs
listen to more music
see more films
read more books
put more time and energy into my business
stay alive at sxsw
have more fun
learn some javascript
play golf
get more organised
finish my flat renovations

pretty standard stuff really

The Nonimage 2007 Review

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Gigs 2007

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