November 2016

1 January, 2017

This month’s bands

New bands are in italics

Bands I liked

Goat Girl, Happy Meals Ltd, REVERE, John Paul White, Professor Elemental, Mr B The Gentleman Rhymer, Snowapple, H.Hawkline, Aldous Harding, Savoy Motel, Black Mountain, The Gravestones, Brandy Row, Bonfire Nights, LA Witch, Public Service Broadcasting, Haiku Salut, Savages, Moses, The Joy Formidable

Bands that were okay

Boys Forever, Colm Mac Con Iomaire, Alasdair Maclean, Rory Buttler, Ed Dowie, North Sea Radio Orchestra, Quilt, Mass Datura, Freddie Webber, More is More, Cevanne & Crewdson, Woodpigeon, Good Sad Happy Bad, Mythos of Violins, Laura Cannell, Charles Haywood, The Estrons

Bands I won’t be going out of my way to see again

None!

Best Gig

The Savages are simply the best band around.

Best new band

A pretty strong month. Goat Girl, Happy Meals, Savoy Motel, and Moses were really good. I think simply for the quality of their live performance, I’ll give it to Happy Meals Ltd.

Albums of the Month

Babes Never Die – Honeyblood
Arrival – Jóhann Jóhannsson
The Dear One – Baltic Fleet
Older Terrors – Essen and the Witch
Teens of Denial – Car Seat Headrest

Best photo

I love my Savages set, taken with a pocket camera, there’s some really effective photos. It was tempting to select the whole set! But I’ve decided to select this photo instead. I like the way it’s a glimpse of the drummer.