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Right, at the insistence of my flatmate Pete, i'm keeping a record of every gig I go to this year. So, here we go...
JANUARY
24th - Space in the 50s, Gindrinker, Evils @ Welsh Club
FEBRUARY
2nd - Dj Scotch Egg @ Callaghans
8th - Plan B @ Spillers Records
8th - DJ Blame @ Clwb Ifor Bach
10th - Future of the Left, Kill Kenada, Stray Borders @ Clwb Ifor Bach
19th - the Secret Show @ Clwb Ifor Bach
22nd - Big Joan, the Elephant Rescue Plan, Mister Manana, Thinking with Sand @ Joy in Meze Lounge, Newport
MARCH
5th - Euros Childs @ the Point, Cardiff
6th - Amy Winehouse and Mr Hudson & the Library @ Cardiff Student Union
7th - Silver Spurs, Gethin Pearson & the Scenery @ Hot Burrito in Le Pub, Newport
18th - The Blackout, Dopamine, the Guns, the Loves, Gethin Pearson & the Scenery, Halflight, Gindrinker, Ashokan, Little My @ Cardiff Student Union
24th - Mattoidz, Ashokan @ Clwb Ifor Bach
29th - Future of the Left, Alamos, frommars, Toru @ Joy, Meze Lounge, Newport
APRIL
4th - Treecreeper, Blind River Scare @ Hot Burrito in Le Pub, Newport
17th - Loudon Wainwright III, Lucy Wainwright-Roche @ St David's Hall
20th - Halflight, Gethin Pearson & the Scenery @ Clwb Ifor Bach
26th - Glow, Jump the Underground, Cloud Atlas, Smokestacks @ Joy, Meze Lounge, Newport
29th - Night & the City of Broken Promises, Bedford Falls, Four Letter Word, Solomon Kane, Brooke, Twist the Knife, the Slowdance, Gunrack?, Threat Manifesto, Laughing Out Loud @ MSF benefit gig, Clwb Ifor Bach
MAY
2nd - Lone Pine, Black Sand Band @ Hot Burrito, Le Pub, Newport
13th - Lemonheads, the Icarus Line @ Cardiff Student Union
19th - Coldcut @ Coal Exchange, Cardiff
22nd - Along Came Man, Gethin Pearson & the Scenery, Kill the Kids First @ Barfly
31st - Space in the 50s, Die! Die! Die!, Stray Borders, the Ash and the Oak @ Joy in Meze Lounge, Newport
JUNE
5th - The Lost Patrol Band (gig of the year so far!), Bedford Falls, Gethin Pearson & the Scenery @ Le Pub, Newport
6th - Alan Tyler and the Lost Sons of Littleton, Redlands Palomino Company (acoustic) @ Hot Burrito in Le Pub, Newport
16th - Future of the Left, Space in the 50s, Gindrinker @ Clwb Ifor Bach
29th - Untitled Musical Project, the Viva Knievils, Gindrinker @ Joy in Meze Lounge, Newport
JULY
10th - the Silent League, Christina Silva, Lone Pine, Blind River Scare @ Barfly, Cardiff
15th - the Brian Jonestown Massacre, Will Carruthers @ Clwb Ifor Bach
26th - Howards Alias, Estevez, Circa Tona Regnat, Zissou @ Joy in Meze Lounge, Newport
27th - Miles Hunt, the Henrys @ Le Pub, Newport
AUGUST
1st - Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan, Jaymay @ the Point, Cardiff
4th - Jimmy Cliff @ the Cardiff Big Weekend
6th - 80s Matchbox B-Line Disaster, Victorian English Gentlemen's Club and Kutosis @ Clwb Ifor Bach
9th - Martin Carthy @ the Norwegian Church, Cardiff Bay
24th, 25th, 26th - Reading Festival (including Bloc Party, Enter Shikari, Dwarves, Mad Caddies, Long Blondes, Sonic Boom 6, Lethal Bizzle, Ash, Seasick Steve, Gogol Bordello, Frank Turner, Against Me!, Eagles of Death Metal, Arcade Fire, RHCP, Billy Talent, Dinosaur Junior, the Hold Steady, Living End, Big D and the Kids Table, Turbonegro, Kids in Glass Houses)
30th - Fury of the Headteachers, Fuzz Against Junk, Kaimera, Little My @ Joy in Meze Lounge, Newport
SEPTEMBER
5th - Morning Bride, Ghost of a Dog @ Hot Burrito in Le Pub, Newport
6th - Future of the Left, Victorian English Gentleman's Club, Viva Machine @ Clwb Ifor Bach
OCTOBER
6th - the Lowlifes, King Nothing @ the Flapper, Birmingham
7th - Manu Chao & Radio Bemba @ the Academy, Bristol
12th - Ian Calford & the Railmen @ St David's Hall
25th - Victorian English Gentlemens Club, LR Rockets, The Indigos and Everyone Must Win @ Joy in Meze Lounge, Newport
NOVEMBER
7th - Ox and Saltflat @ Hot Burrito in Le Pub, Newport
29th - King Alexander, Heck, the Clay and Dress-Up @ Joy in the Meze Lounge, Newport
30th - Vito @ Clwb Ifor Bach
DECEMBER
10th - Madness @ the CIA
15th - the Redlands Palomino Company, the Snakes @ Hot Burrito Xmas Party in Le Pub, Newport
Quite a mixed bag there, i'm sure you'll agree. And i'll be DJing at Joy, last Thursday of every month at Meze Lounge in Newport, with lots of cool bands. Check out their Myspace page which is linked in My Friends.
People that appreciate the genius of the Clash and realise they are more important than the Libertines, people who dance to Talking Heads in Barfly, people who love weird music, fellow West Ham and Cardiff fans, people who like drinking in old men pubs and others who like to steal cool pint glasses from aforementioned old men pubs.
Definitive proof that Sheffield United deserved to go down. Hitler supports them.
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