Best show of 2008? Working For A Nuclear Free City

Huh? Yeah, I know it's an upset, but I decided to do something a bit different this year. I went to plenty of shows in 2008 that were events; Radiohead and Kanye at Lollapalooza, Lupe Fiasco , My Bloody Valentine... They were amazing, but they didn't surprise me. Trundling down to Schubas on a chilly March weeknight, sitting through a torturous opening act, then seeing an amazing live show by a band I'd only recently heard of? That was a surprise.
For some reason their show has stayed with me as pretty monumental. I still have the show poster on my bedroom wall, the design of which I sort of stole for the best show of 2008 logo! I rarely get to "discover" a new band without reading about them on a blog or in a review, and to some extent that always skews my opinion of them. Unusually, I heard Working For A Nuclear Free City for the first time on the music player at fredperry.com! I quickly jotted down the band name, then went to their myspace, where they so kindly emailed me the mp3 for Kingdom (which was unreleased at the time). One of their best songs, it later appeared on their US release Businessmen and Ghosts.
After hearing the rest of their stuff through the end of 2007 and early 2008, by the time March rolled around I was pretty excited to see them live. Despite the late start (and snowy night) the small crowd didn't want to leave when it was over. We pressured them into a fantastic encore of So, a song which has been on constant repeat for the entire year, and has no signs of being relegated.
So here's the obligatory spam of my show highlights in shaky, blurry youtube video format:
Kingdom:

Heaven Kissing Hill:

Rocket:

Working For A Nuclear Free City on Myspace.
Working For A Nuclear Free City on Facebook.