The War On Drugs · 2022

A living music journal

Paddy
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Shows seen *since 2007389322 gigs, 53 festivals, 14 club nights

Most seen12The NationalEzra Furman 10 · Jeff Rosenstock 9 · The Magnetic Fields 9

Playlist · 20262026 Tracks

Gigs this year: 19

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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 attended 389 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.

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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 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.

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Artist

The Thing

Seen live ×210 photos

Gigs

oldest first

2025Date not knownShow 1 of 2

Headline

'Save Owl' Fundraiser (The Thing / Sugar Pit / Grumpers / Skorts + more)

New York With: Sugar Pit, Grumpers, Skorts

First gig of the year was a success! 11 bands all for a good cause to keep this awesome venue going. We got OWL tattoos obviously and @paulowenart even won a smashed guitar from @pons_worldwide #livemusic #nyc #livemusicnyc Every band were ace but personal faves @skorts_ @pons_worldwide and @sugar___pit
Posted on Instagram · 7 Feb 2025

12Jul 2025Show 2 of 2

Support / on the bill

Maker Park Music & Art Fest 2025

Maker Park · Staten Island NY Bill: Skorts, NOBRO, Jon Spencer

Clip from Instagram

Cracking evening in Staten Island with a brilliant lineup. @skorts_ @thingthething @nobromusic killed it and then it was all topped off seeing the legend @jonspencerhitmaker for the first time, despite me writing an essay on him at college 25 years ago 😬. Thank you @makerparkradio happy birthday!! #livemusicnyc #jonspencer
Posted on Instagram · 13 Jul 2025

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