Gigs I’ve caught in London, more or less.

2012 – Year of the micro-gigs…so far

Terra Lightfoot, Alex Highton, and Luke Doucet & Melissa McClelland (Whitehorse), 1 February, The Slaughtered Lamb

Tom McKean and the Emperors, plus The Maybirds, and Jenny Lindfors, 28 January, The Perseverance

Dan Raza and The Shrouds, plus All the Queen’s Ravens, and Jason McNiff with Bryony, 23 January, The Borderline

The Toy Hearts, January 14, Green Note

Year in review – 2011

Devon Sproule and Paul Curreri, supported by Two Wings, 8 December at Cafe Oto (Klub Zoo Gang)

Snake Oil Rattlers, and Horse Brothers, 29 November at The Social

Troubadour Rose, 27 November, The Harrison Pub

Dan Raza and The Band With No Name, 27 November, The Apple Tree’s “Come Down and Meet the Folks”

Foster the People, supported by Unknown Mortal Orchestra, 20 November, Shepherd’s Bush Empire

Alison Krauss and Union Station, 14 November, Royal Festival Hall

Rob Thom (backed by Lyle Zimmerman), 12 November, The Stage Door

Redlands Palomino Company, 11 November, Cargo

Piefinger, 11 November, 12 Bar Club

The Hallelujah Trails, Susan James and Jeremy Mendonca, 30 October, The Apple Tree’s “Come Down and Meet the Folks”

Feist, supported by Chilly Gonzales, 17 October, Palladium

The Dreaming Spires, The Hankdogs and Ian McFeron, 9 October, The Apple Tree’s “Come Down and Meet the Folks”

Metronomy, supported by Django Django, 3 October, Royal Albert Hall

The Barker Band (in the cellar); and Alan Tyler with Jim Morrison (upstairs), 31 September, The Betsey Trotwood

Chilly Gonzales, 30 September, Soho Theatre

The Civil Wars, 27 September, Union Chapel (sadly, a gig I walked out of – much too cheesy sweet…great venue though!)

Simon Stanley Ward with openers Trent Miller, Jack Day, Benjamin Folk Thomas, and Greg Harrisburg, 24 September, The Betsey Trotwood

John Grant with Midlake, 7 September, Royal Festival Hall

Austra, 6 September, Scala (another early exit show…style overshadowed substance)

London Symphony Orchestra led by Sir Colin Davis, Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis, BBC Proms, 4 September, Royal Albert Hall

Megafaun, 2 September, the Lexington (LOVE)

Warpaint and Electrelane (yep, again) at Field Day, 6 August, Victoria Park

Big Audio Dynamite, 23 July, Royal Festival Hall

Electrelane, 21 July, Scala

My Morning Jacket, Circuital tour, and

The Head and The Heart, 17 July, Somerset House

Eels , 7 July, Somerset House

Flaming Lips, 1 July, Alexandra Palace

Dan Mangan, 22 June, St Pancras Old Church

Yo La Tengo, 12 June, Royal Festival Hall, Southbank
(Loved it – blogged it.)

Elbow, 1 March, Koko for the Album Chart Show Season 13 Episode 1

Cold War Kids, Wye Oak, 23 February, Koko

Eduardo Niebla, 29 January, Queen Elizabeth Hall at Southbank

September through December – 2010

British Sea Power , 31 December, Koko

Jimmy C & the Blues Dragon, 30 December, Ain’t Nothin But…

Allan Wilson led the London Philharmonia and Jarvis Cocker in Prokofiev’s Peter & The Wolf, 29 December. Also, the animated film Peter & The Wolf at the Royal Festival Hall, Southbank

Paul Weller, 10 December, Wembley Arena

Arcade Fire, 2 December, O2 Arena in Greenwich

Herbie Hancock, 14 November, Royal Festival Hall

Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings, 3 November, The Roundhouse

Van Morrison, 24 October, Royal Albert Hall

The Cat Empire, 23 October, O2 Academy in Brixton

Tricky, 22 October, Koko

Eilen Jewell and Benjamin Folke Thomas, 30 September, The Luminaire