Best gigs of 2009

In no particular order, what I saw, what brought my attention, what was fun to shoot and made me cry. What made me to buy the band’s CD or just Youtube their stuff for the whole day. What stuck to my skull and will be there even after this year’s concert season will finish…

…or in short: the best things I saw in 2009. Lot’s of text, links to photos so be prepared! However, if you’re looking for reviews filled with professional comments, enlisting the best chords the guitarist played that day, naming all the genres the band has stepped into during the certain gig – don’t waste your time. This list is just about the sole love for live music. And all the photos and feeling that come with it.

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Tauron Nowa Muzyka 2009 @ Katowice – 28/29/30 VIII 2009

I didn’t know if I would go to the festival with or without my camera (Aśka Combik got her confirmation months ago), but two days before I was finally told, that I’m gonna shoot the event.

I was, and still am, stunned by the line-up. A nice mix of diversity and the “new” sounds from around the globe.
However, non of the concerts stunned me like HEALTH, Fucked Up or M83 did that summer. I really expected a lot from Pivot and Planningtorock but walked away dissapointed big time. Not that much from Fever Ray – I really didn’t get the into her solo work, but I was more than happy to hear the voice that made me cry when I saw that video. See you next time Karin, but please, with The Knife this time!

And Dan Deacon got cancelled so I threw my pain of not posessing a wide-angle lens away…at least for a week. But using a wide angle and a fisheye would be fun – the stages weren’t that big and you could use it for a few nice shots. Next week I’m at the Orange Warsaw, so there’s gonna be a huge difference.

It’s all a proof of the fact that Poland became with many interesting concerts and festivals. And no matter how “strangely” the Tauron Nowa Muzyka is organised and how it deals with a problem of it’s set location (I hope it will be the same place again next year), it’s still one of the most interesting events to go to. I just hope that next year I won’t be sleeping in different places every night:)

Lots, lots of thanks goes out to Hennessy Williams (again!), Marceli Szpak, Graftmann and my last.fm mates!

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