Paddy
Has Needs
Using email receipts and photos I've managed to find most gigs ive been to since 2007, logged them and aligned them to the photos I took. I've also brought my annual year end music blogs and spotify playlists from each year that I have - 15 years of reviews and tracks - Enjoy!
Gigs this year: 19
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Annual Reviews: My #1's
Every list since 2010 →Paddy's Gig Log
Every show I could find a ticket for, from Anathallo at the Borderline in 2008 to whatever's on next week in Brooklyn. Festivals and club nights are logged as events but kept out of the band stats, since nobody remembers exactly who they saw at Gov Ball.
Tap any name for that artist's page: every time I've seen them, photos from Instagram, and where they turn up in my albums of the year.
Shows per year
Busiest year: 2025 with 38 shows. 2020 has just one: New Colossus in March, the week everything shut down. Everything else booked that year was cancelled.
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all event typesThe full log
394 of 394 shows| Date | Who | Where | Type |
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Albums of the Year
Every year-end list from the blog, ranked the way Paddy ranks them: by how much each record actually got played.
“Every now and again a band come along that truly defines that moment in time, IDLES are the most important band in the world right now. …”
Top 5 only. Honourable mentions: Titus Andronicus, Shame, Rolling Blackouts C.F., Parquet Courts, Janelle Monáe.
- 1
Every now and again a band come along that truly defines that moment in time, IDLES are the most important band in the world right now. They rally against toxic masculinity on Samaritans, fight fascism in (song of the year) Danny Nedelko and lampoon Brexiteers in GREAT. With such heavy material you may think that the album could drag, but they tackle it with such humor and energy the album flies by with hooks and sing-a-long choruses at every turn. 2018 was all about IDLES, no one else came close.
- 2
One of my favorite artists and a great act to see live. His latest is all about running away from it all, a cross country road trip. It’s a little darker than his last album but still laced with brilliant lyrics and hooks. He’s our generations Bob Dylan, a unique story teller who lays his heart on his sleeve.
Ezra Furman - Love You So Bad - 3
It’s hard to describe Marian Hill. They’re a three-piece, a guy on electronics who does 90% of the music, a saxophonist who occasionally chimes in and a female vocalist. Its minimalist electro pop, a bit like The XX, they have some fantastic tunes and this latest is probably the best collection of them.
Marian Hill - Wish You Would - 4BeyondlessIceage
From the opening horns of Pain Killer I was in love with this album. What a tune, it’s post punk but with horns and strings. It reminds me a little of Spiritualized. The rest of the album has some great songs on too, all trying to reach the highs of Pain Killer but none can quite get there. It’s still a great listen though from start to finish.
Iceage - Pain Killer (feat. Sky Ferreira) - 5
Released on Jan 1st 2018, so i’ve technically had the longest time to love this, which certainly helped as it wasn’t instant love. It’s slightly different to Worry, which was full of catchy 2-3 minute pop-punk songs. In POST Jeff is angrier, more ambitious, tracks take turns into different melodies and last up to 11mins as on the epic album closer “Let Them Win”. There’s still time for his signature 2 minute pop punk though like on album highlight “Beating My Head Against Against A Wall”.
Jeff Rosenstock - Beating My Head Against A Wall [OFFICIAL AUDIO]
Every number one
Regulars
Artists who made the list in three or more years.
Artists
One page per artist, with every gig in date order, photos and clips from Instagram where I posted any, and their appearances in Albums of the Year. Festivals and nights out get a page per event series.