Retro Man Blog & Retrosonic Podcast's Favourite Gigs of 2024 with Photos & Videos

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Welcome to this selection of some of our favourite gigs of 2024. There were some super shows this year, from intimate solo performances in churches to full-on orchestral shows and of course the usual raucous Rock 'n' Roll gigs in classic venues. Please click on the highlighted band name for links to access our videos from the relevant shows and I've added links to various corresponding reviews in our archive too.

1. Love Revisited with Johnny Echols - Shepherds Bush Empire

 For review with photos and videos check out our Retro Man Blog feature here

2. The Soundtrack of Our Lives - Camden Electric Ballroom

3. The Prisoners - The Roundhouse, Camden

For review with more photos from the show, check out the feature here

4. Bill Ryder-Jones - "Iechyd Da" Live at The Barbican

5. Lenny Kaye & Friends Play Nuggets - 100 Club, London

Check out the feature here for review and more photos and videos

6. The Woggles, The Len Price 3 & The Galileo 7 - 100 Club, London

See more photos and videos from the show at our Retro Man Blog feature here

7. The Blue Aeroplanes - Lafayette, London

For review with photos and videos from the show check out the Retro Man Blog feature here

8. Michael Head - St. Pancras Old Church, London

9. Love Revisited with Johnny Echols - The Stables, Milton Keynes

10. Indochine - Rough Trade East, London

See more photos and videos from the show at our Retro Man Blog feature here

11. Altin Gun - The Troxy, London

12. Elephant Stone & Karma Sheen - The Lexington, London

Check the feature here for review with photos and videos

13. The WitchDoktors, The Phobics & Damage - The Half Moon Putney

14. Michael Head & The Red Elastic Band - EartH Hackney

For review with photos and videos from the show, check out the feature here

15. The Damned - Waterside Theatre Aylesbury

16. Lalalar - The Garage, Islington

See photos and more videos from the show at the Retro Man Blog feature here

17. Michael Head - Rough Trade East, London

18. Ruts DC - ElectrAcoustic at 100 Club, London

For feature on ElectrAcoustic Vol. 3 check out the the Blog archive here

19. Bill Ryder-Jones - Islington Assembly Hall

20. Robyn Hitchcock - Foyles, London

For original videos from most of the shows above, please check out our Retromanblog65 YouTube channel, you can subscribe for free here. All photos and videos copyright Retro Man Blog.

Retro Man Blog & Retrosonic Podcast's Favourite LP's of 2024

Here's a selection of 24 of Retro Man Blog and Retrosonic Podcast's favourite albums released in 2024, we hope you like our choices and I'm sure you'll have your own favourites too. Please click on the highlighted band names below to access their official web-sites or social media pages for details and more information, please support the featured Bands, Artists and Record labels.

1. The Everlasting Yeah - "Staying Cool Free Staying Free" (Hear a track in Retrosonic 54)

2. The Prisoners - "Morning Star" (Hear a track in Retrosonic 54)

3. Bill Ryder-Jones - "Iechyd Da"

4. The Courettes - "The Soul of The Fabulous Courettes" (Hear a track in Retrosonic 54)

5. Michael Head & The Red Elastic Band - "Loophole"

6. Peter Perrett - "The Cleansing" (Hear a track in Retrosonic 54)

7. X - "Smoke & Fiction"

8. The Woggles - "Time Has Come" (Hear a track in Retrosonic 54)

9. Elephant Stone - "Back Into The Dream" (Hear a track in Retrosonic 53)

10. Kit Sebastian - "New Internationale"

11. Ruts DC - "ElectrAcoustic Vol. 3"

12. Julian Cope - "Friar Tuck"

13. The Galileo 7 - "You, Me & Reality"

14. BMX Bandits - "Dreamers On The Run"

15. The Jackets - "Intuition" (Hear a track in Retrosonic 54)

16. Pixies - "The Night The Zombies Came"

17. Deadly Spirits - "Shadows & Serenades of The Deadly Spirits" (Hear a track in Retrosonic 54)

18. Def.fo - "Music For Dinosaurs"

19. Indochine - "Babel Babel"

20. Wine Lips - "Super Mega Ultra"

Live Album of The Year: 

The Stranglers - "Fifty Years In Black, The Anniversary Tour 2024"

Reissue of The Year:  

Shack - "H.M.S. Fable"

Compilation Album of The Year: 

"Roots Rock Rebels, When Punk Met Reggae 1975-82"

From The Vaults (Previously Unreleased Album of The Year):  

Flesh For Lulu - "Cosmic Mind Fuck" (Hear a track in Retrosonic 54)

Thanks and seasonal greetings to all subscribers and supporters of Retro Man Blog and Retrosonic Podcast. Don't forget to check out our Retromanblog65 YouTube channel for all original videos of most of the gigs and events we've attended this year.

Indochine - Photos & Videos from "Babel Babel" Album Launch & Signing Session, Rough Trade East London, September 25th

French superstars Indochine were back in London for an intimate semi-acoustic performance and signing session to promote their new album "Babel Babel" at Rough Trade East record store last week. The event sold out in advance quickly and the band treated the lucky fans who were there to a thirty minute semi-acoustic performance, which included tracks from the new album and some crowd favourites, including "Nos Célébrations", "Kao Bang" and "Un été Français". Here are some photos and videos from a very special evening...

 

 

 

 

 

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