In 2009 whatisbetter saw 79 performances during 46 concerts with 74 bands at 37 venues in 5 locations.

Date Concert Venue Location
Dec 11, 2009 –
Dec 13, 2009
All Tomorrow's Parties - ATP 2009
Modest Mouse / Yeah Yeah Yeahs / Explosions in the Sky / Devendra Banhart / The Breeders / Battles / The Mars Volta / Melvins / múm / Deerhoof / Mudhoney / Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks / Tortoise / Fuck Buttons / Shellac / Lightning Bolt / Sunn O))) / Dirty Three / Sleepy Sun / Beak> / OM / The Drones / Six Organs of Admittance / Josh T. Pearson / Polvo / Edan / Bardo Pond / Porn / Papa M / Growing / J. Mascis & The Fog / The For Carnation / APSE / Alexander Tucker / The Magic Band / Tall Firs / Afrirampo / Crispin Glover / Crispin Hellion Glover / PORN (The Men Of) / Belle and Sebastian (DJ Set) / Ricky Powell / Youm Show all bands
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Butlins Minehead Resort Minehead, England, United Kingdom
Dec 08, 2009
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart / Male Bonding / Allo Darlin' Scala London, England, United Kingdom
Dec 07, 2009
Asobi Seksu / Airship Cargo London, England, United Kingdom
Nov 08, 2009
Yo La Tengo / Euros Childs
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Roundhouse London, England, United Kingdom
Nov 04, 2009
Chilly Gonzales / Jarvis Cocker The Pigalle Club London, England, United Kingdom
Oct 27, 2009
Magik Markers / Johnny Saw Horses The Grosvenor London, England, United Kingdom
Oct 08, 2009
The Fiery Furnaces
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Cargo London, England, United Kingdom
Oct 06, 2009
HTRK / Factory Floor / ddd / The Quietus DJs Madame JoJo's London, England, United Kingdom
Oct 02, 2009
Au Revoir Simone / Alessi's Ark / CALLmeKAT Union Chapel London, England, United Kingdom
Sep 18, 2009
Metronomy
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O2 Forum Kentish Town London, England, United Kingdom
Sep 15, 2009
PVT / Pivot / White heat / The Oscillation / Hind Ear Madame JoJo's London, England, United Kingdom
Sep 09, 2009
A Fistful of Fandango 2009
Herman Düne / Factory Floor / Eugene McGuinness / Neils Children / Gaggle / An Experiment On a Bird In the Air Pump / V.E.G.A.S. Whores
229 London, England, United Kingdom
Sep 03, 2009
Sarah Blasko / Fergus Brown The Borderline London, England, United Kingdom
Aug 28, 2009
Samuel & the Dragon / Maps / Poni Hoax / Hook & The Twin Cargo London, England, United Kingdom
Aug 27, 2009
Axxonn / power up! The Horse Hospital London, England, United Kingdom
Aug 21, 2009 –
Aug 23, 2009
Green Man Festival 2009
Andrew Bird / Cate Le Bon / Noah and the Whale / She Keeps Bees / Amorphous Androgynous Aka Future Sound of London / jc carroll / Bright Light Bright Light / Magic Arm / Amorphous / Sibrydion / The Phantom Band / PVT / Stornoway / Joe Gideon & The Shark / Peter Broderick / Pictish Trail / Dirty Three / Wooden Shjips / The Leisure Society / Beach House / Four Tet / Sweet Baboo / Roky Erickson / Broken Records / Unicorn Kid / Animal Collective / Peggy Sue / James Yuill / 9Bach / Nive Nielsen / Golden Animals / Dent May / Hawkwind / Alisha Sufit / Erland & The Carnival / Player Piano / Errors / Zun Zun Egui / The Three Craws / Vetiver / Dollboy / Richard James / Gang Gang Dance / Megson / No Thee No Ess / Wave Machines / Scott Matthews / Trembling Bells / 6 Day Riot / Sound Carriers / Rozi Plain / Rodriguez / Birdengine / Cranium Pie / Camera Obscura / Martin Carr / Blue Roses / The Yellow Moon Band / Beth Jeans Houghton / British Sea Power / Meilir Tomos / The Strange Boys / Its a Buffalo / Bon Iver / Grizzly Bear / Wilco / Jarvis Cocker / Emmy the Great / Diagonal / Mary Hampton Show all bands
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Unknown venue Powys
Aug 18, 2009
Grizzly Bear / Magic Arm
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KOKO London, England, United Kingdom
Aug 05, 2009
The Twilight Sad / Magic & Fur
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The Lexington London, England, United Kingdom
Aug 01, 2009
Field Day 2009
Mumford & Sons / The xx / The Temper Trap / Santigold / First Aid Kit / Mogwai / Four Tet / Rusko / The Horrors / Jon Hopkins / Gold Panda / Wild Beasts / Mystery Jets / Little Boots / The Big Pink / Skream / fanfarlo / Delphic / Fake Blood / Aeroplane / King Charles / Daniel Avery / The Invisible / Final Fantasy / Erol Alkan / Toumani Diabaté / Fennesz / Juana Molina / Audion / Errors / Malcolm Middleton / James Yorkston / Micachu & The Shapes / S.C.U.M / Woodpigeon / Drums of Death / Plugs / The Thing / Wet Paint / worriedaboutsatan / Allez Allez / Sian Alice Group / T.E.E.D / JD Twitch / Gaggle / The Wild Geese / Drowned in Sound / Greco-Roman Soundsystem / Skull Juice / The Devil Made Me Do It / work it / Casper C / Aeroplane Djs / Crispin Dior / Eat Your Own Ears Djs / No Pain in Pop DJs Show all bands
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Victoria Park London London, England, United Kingdom
Jul 20, 2009
Growing / Nisennenmondai / Team Brick The Luminaire London, England, United Kingdom
Jul 17, 2009 –
Jul 19, 2009
Melt Festival 2009
Diplo / Phoenix / Deadmau5 / Passion Pit / Foals / Kasabian / Cold War Kids / Bloc Party / La Roux / Miike Snow / Crystal Castles / Metronomy / Röyksopp / Caribou / Animal Collective / Aphex Twin / Travis / Gossip / Klaxons / Digitalism / Moderat / Paul Kalkbrenner / The Whitest Boy Alive / Fever Ray / Boys Noize / Trentemøller / Simian Mobile Disco / MSTRKRFT / Glasvegas / Skream / The Dodos / Hudson Mohawke / DJ Koze / Tiga / Magnetic Man / This Will Destroy You / The Virgins / Delphic / WhoMadeWho / Yuksek / Âme / Jazzanova / Benga / !!! (Chk Chk Chk) / Patrick Wolf / Goldie / The Wedding Present / Kakkmaddafakka / Anna Ternheim / Ellen Allien / Videoclub / Brodinski / Buraka Som Sistema / James Yuill / Kevin Devine / Oasis / James Holden / Henrik Schwarz / The Soundtrack Of Our Lives / Erol Alkan / Bonaparte / Dixon / Sascha Funke / Azzido Da Bass / Kasper Bjørke / Matias Aguayo / Matthew Herbert / Anna / Kode9 / Frittenbude / The Twelves / Drop The Lime / Rex the Dog / Cosmin TRG / Radio Slave / DJ Hell / Jesse Rose / Gisbert zu Knyphausen / Polarkreis 18 / Thunderheist / Boy 8-Bit / Klute / Amazing Baby / Hell / Kiki / Filthy Dukes / DJ Mujava / Ruede Hagelstein / Bodi Bill / Luke Slater / LCMDF / Kode9 & The Spaceape / Dinky / Planetary Assault Systems / Channel X / The New Wine / Circlesquare / spaceape / Fagget Fairys / Marcus Meinhardt / Daniel Haaksman / ClickClickDecker / Pilooski / Daniel Stefanik / Mujava / Muff Potter / Skinnerbox / Gunnar Stiller / Virginia Jetzt! / Tim Exile / Super700 / Luna City Express / Mediengruppe Telekommander / Gunjah / DJ Phono / Coop / Paul Randolph / Mikroboy / Jochen Distelmeyer / Lexy / Baddies / Deize Tigrona / Fabiano / Zander VT / Lars / The Cheapers / DJ Eric / Le Hammond Inferno / David Dorad / Samavayo / Markus Kavka / Cajuan / Tobias Thomas / Hecker / Whitenights / Tos / Shïr Khan / ND_Baumecker / King Kong Kicks / Radioslave / Empro / Avid / DJ Supermarkt / Andioliphilipp / Miss Bliss / The Rising Rocket / Kleinschmager Audio / Koze / Werner Krauss / Fraenzen Texas / Michael Mac / revolver club / Das Actionteam / Kassette Boys / Karrera Klub / Phases of Life / markus welby / Team Monster / Radio&fernseh / Les Yper Sound / Team Recorder / A Critical Mass / Sven Jozwiak / Lars Christian Müller / Andreas Eckhardt / King Kong Klub / Sick Sinus / Lars-Christian Müller / Taktzyklus / MC Justyce / Scharrenbroich Show all bands
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Ferropolis - Stadt Aus Eisen Arena Gräfenhainichen, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
Jul 13, 2009
múm / The Half Sisters The Tabernacle London, England, United Kingdom
Jul 07, 2009
!!! (Chk Chk Chk) / The Temper Trap / De Tropix Electric Ballroom Camden London, England, United Kingdom
Jun 29, 2009
Shugo Tokumaru / Rose Elinor Dougall / The Half Sisters The Garage London, England, United Kingdom
Jun 20, 2009 –
Jun 21, 2009
Meltdown Festival 2009
Mark Ronson / Moby / Four Tet / Yo La Tengo / Patti Smith / Yoko Ono / The Plastic Ono Band / Cornelius / Soap&Skin / Sean Ono Lennon / Flea / Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra / Ornette Coleman / Marc Ribot / Get the Blessing / Evan Parker / Kieran Hebden and Steve Reid / Master Musicians Of Jajouka / Mats Gustafsson / Adrian Utley / Yuka Honda / Han Bennink / Pamelia Kurstin / Shahzad Ismailly / Shimmy Shimizu / Charlotte Muhl Show all bands
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Queen Elizabeth Hall, Southbank Centre London, England, United Kingdom
Jun 18, 2009
Patti Smith / Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra / Soap&Skin / Master Musicians Of Jajouka / Flea / Adrian Utley
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Southbank Centre London, England, United Kingdom
Jun 06, 2009
Tenniscoats / DALE BERNING / Duke Garwood Cafe OTO London, England, United Kingdom
Jun 05, 2009
Caribou / Junior Boys / Pantha du Prince / Shackleton / Circlesquare Arcadia London, England, United Kingdom
Jun 01, 2009
Tenniscoats / The Balky Mule Cafe OTO London, England, United Kingdom
May 28, 2009
Final Fantasy / Cryptacize / Castlemusic
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Union Chapel London, England, United Kingdom
May 21, 2009
I Heart Hiroshima Camden Assembly London, England, United Kingdom
May 19, 2009
Metric / Connan Mockasin
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Electric Ballroom Camden London, England, United Kingdom
May 16, 2009
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart / Help Stamp Out Loneliness / The Understudies The Windmill, Brixton London, England, United Kingdom
May 14, 2009
PVT / Factory Floor / Portasound Hoxton Square Bar & Kitchen London, England, United Kingdom
May 11, 2009
Telepathe 93 Feet East London, England, United Kingdom
Apr 24, 2009
The Crayon Fields / Le Man Avec Les Lunettes / The Super Wolfgang / Mascot Fight
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Buffalo Bar London, England, United Kingdom
Apr 19, 2009
Bat For Lashes
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O2 Shepherd's Bush Empire London, England, United Kingdom
Apr 16, 2009
Errors / BLK JKS / Tiny Masters of Today Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA) London, England, United Kingdom
Apr 08, 2009
Handsome Furs / Fujiya & Miyagi / Dan Smith Cargo London, England, United Kingdom
Mar 26, 2009
Mono / IROHA(イロハ)
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Scala London, England, United Kingdom
Mar 11, 2009
Psapp / sam and the plants Cargo London, England, United Kingdom
Mar 02, 2009
The Cloud Room / Maps & Atlases / Atlases / Pattern Is Movement / So Many Dynamos Mercury Lounge New York, New York, United States
Feb 28, 2009
Oorutaichi Marianne Boesky Gallery New York, New York, United States
Feb 27, 2009
The Magic Numbers The Water Rats London, England, United Kingdom
Feb 24, 2009
M. Ward / The Lost Brothers Bush Hall London, England, United Kingdom
Jan 31, 2009
Stereototal / Stereo Total Bar Rumba London, England, United Kingdom