We had a great weekend, particularly Friday night. In no real order, here’s my binary review of the bands we saw this year:
Thursday
The Melvins – 0
The Smashing Pumpkins – 0
Dirty Three – 1
The White Stripes – 1
Elvis Perkins – 1
Comets On Fire – 1
Friday
The Fall – 1 – truly brilliant
Maximo Park – 0 – truly awful
Blonde Redhead – 0 – pretty forgettable
Beirut – 1
Hot Chip – 0 – abysmal
Modest Mouse – 1
Billy Bragg – 1 – great fun
How Dare You! – 1
Ginferno – 1 – also they have the best name in the world
Dj Yoda – 1 – but leave the records on for more than 15 seconds next time
Bonde Do Role – 1 – utterly mental
Kid Koala – 1
Saturday
Patti Smith – 1
Sonic Youth – 1 – fantastic
Wilco – 1
Architecture in Helsinki – 1
The Good, The Bad And The Queen – 0 – really disappointing
Buzzcocks – 1 – awesome
Jonathan Richman – 1 – more fun in the AuditorÃ
Ovni – 1
Roll on Benicassim!
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* for those of you as yet unfamiliar with the binary review system, allow me to explain it: it’s a brilliant system which I invented which allows you to rate something on a sort of ‘Yes’ or ‘No’ basis. You could use the words ‘Hot’, ‘De Puta madre’ or ‘Funkalicious’ instead of ‘Yes’ (or the number ‘1’, which is the most classical form of the binary review).