Leah performs sterling work at that nice Cardiff Bay venue The Point. She likes her owls.
Recorded music highlights of 2008:
The Jim Jones Revue – The Jim Jones Revue, they’re soooooo loud, Cement Mixer is in the running for my favourite song of the year.
Fuck Buttons – Street Horrrsing.
Headless Heroes – The Silence Of Love.
Deerhoof – Offend Maggie.
Sweet Baboo – The Mighty Baboo, I just can’t get his songs out of my brain.
Leisure Society – Last Of The Melting Snow, my favourite festive song of the year.
Live music highlights of 2008:
Sŵn was ACE, here are a few of my highlights: Connan Mockasin, The Voluntary Butler Scheme, Agaskodo Teliverek & Sweet Baboo.
Primavera Sound – Devo, Bill Callahan (I don’t think I’ve ever swooned as much in my life), Silver Jews & Les Savy Fav (wearing a skintight floral leotard accessorised with palm leaves).
ATP vs Pitchfork – Deerhunter, Caribou, Wooden Shjips, Marissa Nadler, Times New Viking.
Kling Klang at Clwb.
Truckers Of Husk at Cineworld.
Efterklang at The Point.
What else did you enjoy this year?
Jarvis’s beard, my first End Of The Road & Primavera Sound, the baths in Budapest, Hellfire (the best music biography ever written), Club Foot Foot, Edinburgh festival, Man On Wire, Sailor Jerry’s (thanks Bones), In Search Of A Midnight Kiss, Ebbw Vale Owl Sanctuary, The Little Christmas and summer fate, Sleeveface DJs at Latitude, The Junket Club’s Christmas extravaganza, Swansea dog choir and my lovely red Dansette.
2008 was…
Full of owls, cakes (making them and eating them), the best friends ever, ace music, dancing, IP, B-movies and a lot of tea.
2009 will be…
A hoot.
