deaths_friend

im just listening back to an awesome bootleg of the muse show i went to thanks to musebootlegs.com and it feels sooo great to be able to relive the night! :D while im on the topic of the show i went to. here are the figures Acer Arena Revenue - $3,391,810 Tickets Sold - 29,845 out of 29,845

just what i would expect from a kiwi :P

and if it's a list of songs, smells like teen spirit must be no.1 or at least near the top.

its stumps!!! finally thats over.

i think the klaxons and mgmt let me down for the same reasons. both produced incredible indie anthems on their debuts and i expected more of them on their follow ups. instead the new albums felt a little drawn out with the odd great moment. im not saying they were bad albums, i enjoyed both but they both paled in comparisons to their debut efforts.

i still havent received my laneway tickets in the mail!! have any of you guys? also im on a self imposed 2 month new CD ban because i need to save up for a new car. so its back to torrents *cough* i mean itunes for me.

bands that have had many great albums/songs are always at a disadvantage in such lists as their fans will be divided on which album/song to go for. i'm actually pretty impressed by that list. i agree with the no.1 and the only albums i dont think belongs there is black holes by muse and only by the night by KoL.

90 000 packed in. here we go!

i thought interpol's 4th album wasnt too bad but it is easily their worst.

shame their latest album was a little dull. but otherwise one of australia's finest bands.

i've spent much of my christmas day watching episodes of Seinfeld and i saw that episode about Festivus, which is a way of celebrating the holidays without the usual gift giving and family commitments that come with it. Part of the celebration includes the "Airing of Grievances" where you tell everyone things and people who have disappointed you that year. i thought we could celebrate the day (which is typically december 23) world of music style by listing the bands/artists who have let you down this year. now i hate to create any negativity around here but i thought this would be interesting. maybe their new album wasnt as good as you expected or you saw them live and they were crap or they collaborated with an artist you really hate. here is my list Klaxons John Butler Trio Birds of Tokyo The Dead Weather MGMT

The National.

surprised to see vampire weekend in your top 10. did you ever get around to listening to their debut?

cant wait to see these on their next tour. i was really bummed out on missing them last time.

yeah he is nothing without dangermouse.

thanks to my job i got to see the 2nd show for free :D from one of the best seats! i have a few gigs coming up 7th Jan - The National @ Enmore Theatre 28th Jan - Sufjan Stevens @ Sydney Opera House 6th Feb - Laneway Festival - Sydney w/ Foals, Deerhunter, Cut Copy, Beach House, Cloud Control, Two Door Cinema Club and Yeasayer.

add to that their first big hits like under the bridge and give it away. but live on stage is where RHCP is at their best.

this place is pretty quiet considering we're only 4 days away from the deadline. hows everyone going with their lists?

that cant be good. we have a bad record at the end of seasons, we dont need things to be complicated by having to play the defending champions twice in the final month.

yeah he really really loves it down here, mostly for the surfing culture. but i dont see why he needed to make the ticket prices so high. it's actually just as expensive as the last PJ tour down here and far far more expensive than previous PJ tours.

P4K and FL now added so no more lists. the biggest surprise for me is that High Violet has featured on less than half of these lists. and i cant remember the last time a commercially successful, chart topping "pop artist" has done as well as Kanye has on these lists. and LOL @ all the lists with Mumford on them.

Gorillaz is the show that i wish i hadnt missed but i guess i cant go to every show. cant say i have too much interest in the Hottest 100 this year but i will vote anyways for these 10 songs 1.Sufjan Stevens - From the Mouth of Gabriel 2. Crystal Castles - Baptism 3. Kanye West - Monster 4. Jonsi - Animal Arithmetic 5. The National - England 6. Hot Chip - One Life Stand 7. Gorillaz - On Melancholy Hill 8. Arcade Fire - We Used to Wait 9. LCD Soundsystem - Dance Yrself Clean 10. Foals - After Glow i will not be surprised if NONE of those songs make the 100. did anyone get good vibes tix? cee lo green has pulled out.

thanks. if P4K calls it 2010 im calling it 2010 :P but thats the last album on my list so i dont care if it isnt counted

dp

i saw them on 22nd Jan and 9th Dec. first show was them headlining a massive festival and my best memory from that show (aside from being crushed by 50 000 people) was after the crowd was shouting "water water water" in between songs so during Unnatural Selection matt screamed "GIVE THESE PEOPLE SOME FUCKING WATTTTERRRR!" video of it below [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KixfCiBIVpA]YouTube - Muse - Unnatural Selection (Sydney BDO 2010)[/ame] 2nd time was an indoor arena show. where i finally got hear Citizen and Stockholm!!!!