2008年 Apr 2日 Wednesday, 17:56

Here are my musical tops and flops of January, February and March 2008:

Top Concerts:
Slut - Hamburg, Knust
Laura Imbruglia + Black Rust - Hamburg, Grüner Jäger
Stereophonics - Hamburg, Markthalle
The Cinematics - Hamburg, Grünspan
Nada Surf (unplugged) - Hamburg, Michelle Records
Mad Caddies - Hamburg, Markthalle
Donots - Lübeck, Riverboat

Live Flops:
Shout Out Louds live in Bremen (not the best setlist, very bad atmosphere/venue)

Highlights:
80 Windows unplugged by Nada Surf in Hamburg
Stop The Clocks live by Donots in Lübeck
Disintegration live by Jimmy Eat World in Hamburg
Wednesday live by Slut feat. Dillon in Hamburg

Top Records released:
Donots - Coma Chameleon
Johnossi - All They Ever Wanted
HushPuppies - Silence Is Golden
Slut - StillNo1
Fettes Brot - Strom und Drang
Nada Surf - Lucky
The Feeling - Join With Us
Muse - Haarp (CD+DVD)
Mad Caddies live in Munich (DVD)
Blackmail - Tempo Tempo

Top Songs (new):
Slut feat. Dillon - Wednesday
Nada Surf - See These Bones
Donots - Stop The Clocks
Donots - Anything
Donots - To Hell With Love
Johnossi - Party With My Pain

Top Songs (not new):
Nada Surf - 80 Windows
Manic Street Preachers - My Little Empire
Manic Street Preachers - I Live To Fall Asleep
Manic Street Preachers - Born A Girl
Knochenfabrik - Der Pfadfinder
The Cinematics - Grace (Jeff Buckley Cover)
The Cribs - I'm A Realist
The Cribs - I've Tried Everything
The Cribs - You Were Always The One
The Cribs - Our Bovine Public
The Cribs - Don't You Wanna Be Relevant?
The Cribs - We Can No Longer Cheat You
The Cribs - The Lights Went Out
Silverchair - Insomnia
Silverchair - All Across The World
Silverchair - Low
Jimmy Eat World - Claire
Franky Lee - No Lies That Small
Moneybrother - Blow Him Back Into My Arms
Moneybrother feat. Ane Brun - It Might As Well Be Now
Johnossi - 18 Karat Gold
Mad Caddies - Backyard
Mad Caddies - State Of Mind
Mad Caddies - Tired Bones
Mad Caddies - Today
Jeff Buckley - Hallelujah
James Dean Bradfield - Days Slip Away
James Dean Bradfield - Kodachrome Ghosts
many more…

Best Music Video:
Johnossi - Party With My Pain

Best Car Driving Music:
The Cribs
Laura Imbruglia
Black Rust
Donots

Best Cover Song (in general):
The Cinematics - Grace (Jeff Buckley Cover)
The Frames - Cry Me A River (JT Cover)

Worst Cover Song (new):
Manic Street Preachers - Umbrella (Rihanna Cover - it sounds good but it's a very very bad idea for them to cover such a song)

Bands of the first quarter 2008:
The Cribs
Manic Street Preachers
Silverchair
Donots
James Dean Bradfield
Mad Caddies
Laura Imbruglia
Franky Lee

Best New-Found Bands:
Laura Imbruglia
Belasco
Moneybrother
Black Rust
Pascow
Malcolm Middleton

Best Album Cover/Design:
Donots - Coma Chameleon