2004 will take some beating for gigs (I saw Shellac, Hot Snakes, and Hoover play in the space of a month ffs…), but 2005 is starting to look pretty good already. Victory at Sea are playing at the end of January:

01/30/05: Brighton (Freebutt) UK
01/31/05: Manchester UK
02/01/05: Newcastle UK
02/02/05: Nottingham UK
02/03/05: Exeter (Cavern) UK
02/04/05: London (Garage upstairs)

And apparently (according to these guys anyway), Lungfish will be playing in the UK again in March followed by Medications in April. Fuck yeah.