Posted December 17th 2010
Wishing you a Happy New Year!
2010 has seen some possibly the best line up of shows ever, including Beirut’s epic and only English show at the Winter Gardens in Eastbourne, Jonsi’s mesmerising live performance at the Dome Concert Hall, and for those lucky enough to get tickets, Laura Marling’s beautiful set at the Melting Vinyl & Willkommen Foxtrot at Stanmer House.
With 2011 upon us, we look back on a decade of Melting Vinyl that brought the likes of The Strokes, The White Stripes, Sigur Ros, Elliot Smith, Godspeed You Black Emperor, The Yeah Yeah Yeahs to these shores.
Next year promises to hold a wealth of delights, featuring Brighton’s own Esben & the Witch’s largest home town show at the Pavilion Theatre, the return of Brooklyn’s finest, The Walkmen, and tickets flying out for the likes of Iron & Wine, Gruff Rhys and The Go! Team.
Also, hold onto your hats for a HUGE announcement coming in January!
See our top fives for 2010 (well after many arguments, we had to go for top tens for gigs for some) and here goes ours for this year…
Paul (Booking)
Top 10 Gigs:
Beirut – Winter Gardens, Floral Hall, Eastbourne: 27th August 2010
Caribou – Coalition, Brighton: 24th October 2010
The Libertines – The Forum, London: 25th August 2010
Neon Indian – Green Man Festival, Wales: 21st August 2010
Sons of Noel & Adrian – Green Man Festival, Wales: 22nd August 2010
JJ – Europavox, France: 22nd May 2010
Richmond Fontaine – Brighton Ballroom, Brighton: 25th February 2010
Esben & the Witch – Duke of Yorks Picturehouse, Brighton: 15th May 2010
Toro Y Moi – The Hope, Brighton: 18th July 2010
Beach Fossils – The Lexington, London: 16th November 2010
Top 5 Albums:
How To Dress Well – Love Remains
Beach Fossils – Beach Fossils
Girl Talk – All Day
Perfume Genius – Learning
Caribou- Swim
Top 5 Songs:
How To Dress Well – Decisions feat. Yuksel Arslan
Beach Fossils – Twelve Roses
Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeroes – Home
La Boetie – The Head
Caribou – Leave House
Diana (Production)
Top 10 Gigs:
Beirut – Winter Gardens, Floral Hall, Eastbourne: 27th August 2010
Joan As Policewoman – The Melkweg, Amsterdam- 30th January 2010
Caribou – Coalition, Brighton: 24th November 2010
Jonathan Richman – Coalition, Brighton: 7th October 2010
Jonsi – The Dome, Brighton: 14th September 2010
KRS ONE – Concorde 2, Brighton: 22nd October 2010
The Rhinestoned Immaculates with Warren Ellis – Fiztherberts, Brighton: 9th September 2010
Junip – Komedia, Brighton: 11th October 2010
Broken Bells – Digital, Brighton: 22nd June 2010
Johnny Flynn and The Sussex Wit – St. George’s Church, Brighton: 11th December 2010
Top 5 Albums:
Joanna Newsom – Have One On Me
Emeralds – Does It Look Like I’m Here?
Caribou – Swim
Danger Mouse and Sparklehorse – Dark Night Of The Soul
Laura Marling – I Speak Because I Can
Top 5 Songs:
Cascadeur – Walker
Joanna Newsom – Baby Birch
Caribou- Odesssa
Yeasayer- O.N.E.
Grinderman – Heathen Child
Anna (Booker/Music promoter)
Top 5 records:
Frankie & The Heartstrings- Ungrateful
Errors- A Rumour in Africa
The Best of- Warm Heart of Africa
The Bewitched Hands- On Top of Our Heads
Wild Palm- Deep Dive
Top 5 shows:
The Enormous Shadow- The Hope – 18th July
Beirut – Eastbourne Winter Gardens- 27th August
Anna Calvi- Foxtrot- Stanmer House- 12th September
Yann Tiersen- Concorde 2 – 5th November
Caribou- Coalition – 24th November
Here’s to more fantastic music in 2011!