Favorite Albums of the year in no particular order.
Flaming Lips - Dark Side Of The Moon (Warner Bros.)
A great redo of the classic Pink Floyd album.(vinyl)
The Sadies - Darker Circles (Outside Music)
My fave of all their studio albums. (CD)
Gaslight Anthem - American Slang (Side One Dummy Records)
This band just keeps getting better. (vinyl)
Grinderman - Grinderman II (Anti records)
A dirty gritty record. (vinyl)
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers - Mojo (Reprise Records)
A blues gem from Tom and the boys. (vinyl)
Black Mountain - Wilderness Heart (Jagjaguwar Records)
Love the album cover, and the music rocks too, very Zeppelin/Sabbathish. (vinyl)
Black Crowes - Croweology (Silver Arrow Records)
A best of album done all acoustic, another great record by the Crowes, two in a row and now they go on hiatus,damn them.
Carpenter - Sea To Sky (Gold Stock Records)
A Vancouver band that my brother got me into this summer, great Farmcore. (CD)
Drive-By Truckers - The Big To Do (ATO Records)
Great southern rock, the new Allman Bros. (CD)
Bob Dylan - The Witmark Demos 1962-1964 The Bootleg Series Vol.9 (Columbia Records)
What can you say,Bob rules!!! (vinyl)
Titus Andronicus - The Monitor (XL Recordings)
Hard band to describe, just good ol' rock n' roll, so wanna see this band live. (CD)
Metallica - Live At Grimey's (Warner Bros.)
A raw live recording of Metallica from 2008 in a basement of a record store, old school recording. (vinyl)
John Mellencamp - No Better Than This (Rounder Records)
Back to roots album, not as dark as his last album, great stuff, looking forward to seeing him this April. (vinyl)
Neil Young - LeNoise (Reprise Records)
Neil and his guitar, love this album, the more I listen to it the more I like it. (vinyl)
Concerts Of The Year in no order.
Wilco at The Jubilee Feb.15th
Yet another awesome performance by Wilco.
Grady with Flash Lightnin at The Starlite Room Apr.17th
You just can't go wrong with Grady, always a great show.
Band Of Skulls with Saint Motel at The Starlite Room Apr.26th
A great show by Band Of Skull and opening band Saint Motel were also amazing.
Paul Rodgers at The Shaw Conference Centre Apr.30th
Won tickets for this concert, Paul still has his voice and put on a great show.
The Sadies with The Pack A.D. at The Starlite Room May 27th
The Sadies always put on a great show and The Pack A.D. were way better then I expected.
Tom Petty and Joe Cocker at Rexall Place June 16th
A great double bill, Joe Cocker was surprisingly good and Tom rocked too.
Tool at Rexall Place July 7th
Wow, an amazing psychedelic concert.
SOS Fest (Sounds Of Old Strathcona Music Fest) Shout Out Out Out Out July 11th
A new music fest on Whyte Ave. here is hoping they do this again. Nothing like shutting down the ave and having bands play all day. Good times!!!
Gaslight Anthem with Menzingers and Fake Problems at Edmonton Events Centre Sept.8th
Gaslight always rocks, I had no idea who the first two bands but was very impressed with them, now a fan of both bands.
Flaming Lips with Ariel Pink at Edmonton Events Centre Sept.24th
Another great psychedelic concert.
Mike Plume Trio at The Haven Nov.18th
As always Mike put on a great show,and really liked the trio line up, Mike keeps getting better every time I see them play live.
Roger Waters at Rogers Arena in Vancouver Dec.10th
An epic show of Roger doing The Wall, such an amazing concert.
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