22Oct 2011Show 1 of 4
No photos from this one.
A living music journal
Paddy
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!
Shows seen *since 2007394322 gigs, 58 festivals, 14 club nights & other
Playlist · 20262026 Tracks
Gigs this year: 19
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Annual Reviews: My #1's
Every list since 2010 →
Admit one · 2007 to now
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. A band only counts as seen at a festival if I called them out at the time, 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 attended
394
2007–2026
Shows per year
GigsFestivalsClub nights & other
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.
Most seen
headline or supportMost visited venues
all event typesMost visited cities
all event typesThe full log
399 of 399 shows| Date | Who | Where | Type |
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Paddy Has Needs · annual blog, 2011–2026
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 number one
Regulars
Artists who made the list in three or more years.
Everyone in the log and the lists
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.
Latest photos
from InstagramA to Z
491 pages3× times seen liveAOTY in Albums of the YearPhotos has Instagram photos
CMJ
Editions
oldest first20Oct 2012Show 2 of 4
Festival
CMJ 2012
Various venues · New York Saw: Wu-Tang Clan, Dinosaur Feathers, Wildlife Control, American Royalty, ConveyorsNo photos from this one.
Oct2014Show 3 of 4
Festival
CMJ 2014
Various venues · New York Saw: Wampire, Dune Rats, Concord America, CYMBALS, Bo Ningen, White Fence, MOTHXR, Baby AlpacaWe won't talk about the first band. But this is Wampire. I like. #cmj
Posted on Instagram · 24 Oct 2014
17Oct 2015Show 4 of 4
Festival
CMJ 2015 (Saturday)
Various venues · New York Saw: Car Seat Headrest, Hooton Tennis Club, Ancient Cities, John Grant, Wet LeatherEarly Saturday show start for CMJ. Car Seat Headrest providing the early 90s college rock vibes. Very good start! #cmj
Posted on Instagram · 17 Oct 2015
6th band of the day yesterday and final #CMJ show. A very different John Grant to what we saw 5 months ago. Strutting and dancing around the stage to his new more upbeat (and weird) tracks. Still a great show but I missed the older material.
Posted on Instagram · 18 Oct 2015
New tumblr idea, crappy photos of bands from dimly lit rooms at #cmj Ancient Cities the victim this time. Pretty good 60s bluesy rock.
Posted on Instagram · 17 Oct 2015
Hooton Tennis Club. Again, 90s vibe, but more britpop. From Liverpool, 2 bands and 2 thumbs up so far from me :) #cmj
Posted on Instagram · 17 Oct 2015