Best Shows I Saw in 2009 (+ Deerhunter Live at Club 529)

Major Stars/Mayyors/Obits – WFMU/Aquarius Records SXSW showcase
Eat Skull/Rusted Shut/Mayyors – Sound On Sound gig at SXSW
Mayyors/Thee Oh Sees/Intelligence – 1118 Linden house party at SXSW
Gentleman Jesse & His Men – Star Bar, EARL and Club 529, Atlanta

Mayyors’ John Pritchard at 1118 Linden kitchen party, Austin

The Axemen – in-store at Permanent Records, Chicago
Les Savy Fav – Whirlyball Atlanta, Roswell
Double Negative/GG King/Bukkake Boys/Vincas/a crust punk band called Bucket Flush (no joke) – Lenny’s, Atlanta
Obits – Drunken Unicorn, Atlanta
Deerhunter – Club 529, Atlanta
Harvey Milk, The Jesus Lizard, Sleep, The Pastels, Th’ Faith Healers at ATP in Minehead, UK
Sunn O))) – Seney-Stovall Chapel, Athens

Harvey Milk @ ATP, Minehead

Stuff I didn’t get to see, but heard was great:
TV Ghost/The Oh Sees – The EARL, Atlanta
The Scion Fest, Atlanta
Oblivians/Gories reunion tour

I’m sure I’ve missed a few and since I’ll be asked, yes, The Jesus Lizard are getting their own posting.

As a special gift, and as a way to say we still miss you BJ, I’m including a recording I made (and had mastered by Jeff Capurso) for a Deerhunter/Black Lips live LP that was going to benefit BJ’s burial expenses, but obviously never happened. I still think this 529 gig was one of the better Deerhunter gigs I’ve seen. Enjoy!