Hmmm, tricky one
Ooberman at the Metro Club: not the greatest, but the first proper gig I ever went to. So it has a special place in my heart.

Then (in no particular order):
Foos amd Queens of the Stone age at Hyde Park (also saw QOTSA at Hammersmith)
Eels at Royal Festival Hall
Gogol Bordello at Astoria
The Crimea at the Windmill (Brixton)
Skin Dread at Astoria
Brakes and The Chalets at teh Mean Fiddler
Gnarls Barkely at Mean Fiddler
Soulwax at Royal Festival Hall
UNKLE at Somerset House
CSS at Koko
DJ Yoda at Koko
Kid Koala and DJ Shadow VS. Cut Chemist at Roundhouse
DJ Shadow and Cut Chemist (not vs. each other though) at the Sage carpark in Newcastle
Beatie Boys at Brixton Academy
Vincent Vincent at the Islington Academy
The Crimea at the 12 Bar club
Patrick Wolf in Shepherd's Bush

Worst: toss-up between Goldfrapp at Brixton Academy, and LCD Soundsystem at the Astoria. They're both fantastic to listen to on CD, but these particular gigs just didn't do anything for me. Completely lacklustre.


EDIT: this prob doesn't count as a gig, but I saw Immodesty Blaize do her burlesque night at Koko. Phenomenal.
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