Best of the last 12 months

Bob-Dubery

So what were your best 3 album (CD or vinyl) or DVD purchases and the 3 best live shows you attended between Christmas this year and last year?

For me
Albums/DVDs
1) Pull Up Some Dust and Sit Down - Ry Cooder
2) Aman Iman - Tinariwen
3) Spectacle Series 2 - Elvis Costello & guests

Live shows
1) Tony Cox & Steve Newman - return of the road warriors
2) Fulka @ Andy McGibbon's Acoustic Music Forum
3) Joshua Grierson, Arlyn Culwick & JP Redpath @ Arts on Main

Squonk

Albums

1. Anthology - June Tabor
2. A trick of the Tail - Genesis
3. Remember That Night - David Gilmour

Live shows

1. U2
2. James Blunt (don't laugh)
3. The Kickstands (local KZN Band in Ballito)

Delta-Male

Albums/DVD's:

1. Bruce Springsteen - Live @ Hyde Park
2. Green Day - Awesome as F*ck
3. Kings Of Leon - Come Around Sundown

Live Shows:

1. Kings Of Leon
2. Symphonic Rocks
3. 30 Seconds To Mars (This was just before last xmas...)

IceCreamMan

Albums/DVD's:

1. Slash
2. Ozzy - Scream

Live Shows:

1. RAMMSTEIN - without a doubt the most frenetic in yr face hard core show i have ever been to...
2. Cliff Richard and the Shadows...yip i enjoyed this one ...i must admit it was great seeing em on stage ... and me surrounded by blue rinses

Jack-Flash-Jr

1. Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears: Scandalous and previous album Tell 'em What Your Name Is
2. Joe Lally: Why Should I Get Used To It
3. The Black Keys: El Camino

DVD: Ladies & Gentlemen, The Rolling Stones!

Best live shows:
Pretty much every Hellfire Blues Club show ?

singemonkey

That's easy. Fleetwood Mac's Live in Boston is a 3 cd live album. So it's by far the 3 best cds and the 3 best live shows I've heard this year ?

Keira-WitherKay

i love this ............. and 'everyday i'm shufflin" ? coolist synth hook line on the airwaves when it kicks in ......so infectious ........not to mention a great video if you seen the movie 28days ? ......it';s foot tappingly delicious .......best pop song of the year ...

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Bob-Dubery

Keira, did you purchase the disc or go to the show?

shaunf

Best Album:
Slash

Best live show:
Rammstein

Ray

havent been to live shows.

Albums:
John Hiatt - dirty Jeans and Mudslide Hymns
Dave Alvin - Eleven Eleven
Eric Sardinas and Big Motor - Sticks and Stones

Seventhson

Live show
Rammstien.

deefstes

Best shows:

U2 @ FNB Stadium
Gibson Launch Party @ Tanz Café - specifically the set by Super Flies.
Blues Fever Fest @ Tanz Café
Open mic night at TJ's

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IceCreamMan

Keira WitherKay wrote i love this ............. and 'everyday i'm shufflin" ? coolist synth hook line on the airwaves when it kicks in ......so infectious ........not to mention a great video if you seen the movie 28days ? ......it';s foot tappingly delicious .......best pop song of the year ...

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I've got a shit eating grin ...this is awesome

MikeM

Max Hoba @ Oppikoppi