Stats

Yup, some more stats, this time about the 7 months I spend in London doing my placement at UCL.

I was in London from 26 October 2009 to 23 May 2010, that's 7 months, or 29 weeks or 209 days. I have seen a total of 171 bands during this time, which is 24 bands per months or 6 per week. Impressive, no? In total, I have now seen 521 bands, so my London residency makes up 32% of my total. My files go back to 2004, so it took me about half a decade to see the other 68%. If I continue at this pace, I'll reach 1,000 on 11 December 2011.

Surprisingly maybe, I've still got a lot bands I want to see. These include:
Sufjan Stevens
Perfume Genius (and he's playing in London on 13 July)
Zola Jesus
Interpol with Carlos D (not gonna happen)
David Bowie
Crying (not sure whether they actually exist yet though)
Infinite Body
Maps & Atlases
Washed Out
Dum Dum Girls (playing de Affaire :) )
Toro Y Moi (also playing de Affaire)

Best bands I saw in London:
Former Ghosts

(appropriate distance)

Parenthetical Girls
LCD Soundsystem
Los Campesinos! (first time was the best)
Vega (though he was officially performing as Neon Indian)
Wolf Parade
Cold Cave
The National
YACHT
Phoenix
Beach House
Grizzly Bear
Xiu Xiu
Islet
Shy Child
Memory Tapes
Fever Ray
Mew
The Whip