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All of these shows were f*ckin great. Best live music year of my life.
1 Deerhunter 40 Watt 2 Neutral Milk Hotel Tabernacle 3 Goat The Masquerade 4 Thee Oh Sees Terminal West 5 Tame Impala Georgia Theatre 6 Yeah Yeah Yeahs Music Midtown 7 Swans Bonnaroo 8 Savages The Loft 9 Animal Collective Bonnaroo 10 Yeezus Philips Arena 11 OBN III's Terminal West 12 Bob Dylan Aaron's Ampitheatre 13 Disclosure Terminal West 14 Black Lips Terminal West 15 The Breeders Variety Playhouse 16 Ty Segall Terminal West 17 Killer Mike The Goat Farm 18 Mount Kimbie Vinyl 19 Chelsea Light Moving The Earl 20 Deafheaven The Earl
Honorable Mentions: Diarrhea Planet - 529 Deadcat - 529 Paul McCartney - Bonnaroo Divine Fits - Bonnaroo Queens of the Stoneage - Music Midtown
I wish I lived in a place where I could see that many live shows. I've had to travel great distances.... #1. THEE Oh Sees - The Rickshaw, Vancouver. #1 of my entire life!) #2. Jon Spencer Blues Explosion - Sled Island Music fest, Calgary #3. Soul Jam & Bustle in your Hedgerow Binnaroo #4. Iceage - Sled Island Music fest #5. Swans - Sled Island music Fest #6. Swans - Bonnaroo #7. Killer Mike - Bonnaroo #8. The Men - The Vera Project, Seattle #9. Paul McCartney - Bonnaroo #10. Divine Fits - Bonnaroo
Post by problem dog on Dec 2, 2013 19:47:59 GMT -5
I started making a list, then realized I've been to maybe 25 concerts this year and got a little bummed out. At least I saw Television and the Bad Seeds.
Post by Delicious Meatball Sub on Dec 2, 2013 19:52:18 GMT -5
Top 10 Headliner Shows: Atoms For Peace - Patriot Center The National/Local Natives/Frightened Rabbit - Red Rocks Yo La Tengo - 930 Club Deerhunter/MsaYsa - 6th and I Synagogue Solange - Black Cat Beach House/Yo La Tengo - Lyric Opera House Rustie - UStreet Music Hall Jim James - 930 Club US Royalty - DIY Venue Autre Ne Veut - Rock and Roll Hotel
Great festival sets:
Coachella Top 5- Nick Cave Hot Chip Booka Shade Blur Eric Prydz
Bonnaroo Top 5- Divine Fits R Kelly Hip Hop Superjam Bjork Animal Collective
Other good shows this year: Belle and Sebastian/Yo La Tengo - Merriweather Post Pavilion Phosphorescent - Rock and Roll Hotel Eleanor Friedberger - UStreet Music Hall
Shows I went to at a friend's request and kinda liked: Garbage - Fillmore Silver Spring David Guetta - Echostage
Shows I went to at a friend's request and was f*cking terrible: Jimmy Buffett/Jackson Browne - Alpine Valley
I started making a list, then realized I've been to maybe 25 concerts this year and got a little bummed out. At least I saw Television and the Bad Seeds.
Another slim year for me as far as concerts go, but next year is looking up...
1. Zola Jesus and JG Thirlwell - Thomas Wolfe Auditorium 2. Nine Inch Nails - Asheville Civic Center (yeah, I'm still calling it that) 3. The Orb - The Orange Peel 4. Jessie Ware - Thomas Wolfe Auditorium 5. Godspeed You Black Emperor - Asheville Civic Center 6. Laurel Halo - The Orange Peel 7. Bosnian Rainbows - Asheville Civic Center 8. Marriages - Asheville Music Hall 9. Mount Kimbie - The Orange Peel 10. Bosnian Rainbows - Asheville Music Hall (my friend thought this show was better, but I felt the MOEMS set was the superior performance, personally)
I started making a list, then realized I've been to maybe 25 concerts this year and got a little bummed out. At least I saw Television and the Bad Seeds.
Is 25 bad? I've done 16 and two fests.
Recounted, I've done 14 and one fest. It's not bad, but it's lighter than usual.
I started making a list, then realized I've been to maybe 25 concerts this year and got a little bummed out. At least I saw Television and the Bad Seeds.
Top 10 Headliner Shows: Atoms For Peace - Patriot Center The National/Local Natives/Frightened Rabbit - Red Rocks Yo La Tengo - 930 Club Deerhunter/MsaYsa - 6th and I Synagogue Solange - Black Cat Beach House/Yo La Tengo - Lyric Opera House Rustie - UStreet Music Hall Jim James - 930 Club US Royalty - DIY Venue Autre Ne Veut - Rock and Roll Hotel
Great festival sets:
Coachella Top 5- Nick Cave Hot Chip Booka Shade Blur Eric Prydz
Bonnaroo Top 5- Divine Fits R Kelly Hip Hop Superjam Bjork Animal Collective
Other good shows this year: Belle and Sebastian/Yo La Tengo - Merriweather Post Pavilion Phosphorescent - Rock and Roll Hotel Eleanor Friedberger - UStreet Music Hall
Shows I went to at a friend's request and kinda liked: Garbage - Fillmore Silver Spring David Guetta - Echostage
Shows I went to at a friend's request and was f*cking terrible: Jimmy Buffett/Jackson Browne - Alpine Valley
Items in bold largely made the list because of the company he kept at those shows.
Post by billypilgrim on Dec 2, 2013 20:27:39 GMT -5
In chronological order and hastily assembled:
Black Keys – Bottle Rock (Napa) Ben Harper with Charlie Musselwhite - Bottle Rock (Napa) Bjork – Craneway Pavilion (Richmond, CA) Paul McCartney - Bonnaroo Rock n’ Soul Dance Party Superjam feat. Jim James, John Oates, Zig Modeliste, R. Kelly, B. Howard, B. Idol – Bonnaroo Bustle In Your Hedgerow – Bonnaroo North Mississippi Allstars Duo (w/ P. Lesh, Anders Osborne) – Terrapin Crossroads – San Rafael Bombino – Outside Lands Ivan Neville’s Dumpstaphunk – Outside Lands The Felice Brothers – Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Gogol Bordello – Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Gov’t Mule (w/ R. Krieger) – Fox Theater, Oakland
The 3 acts I wish I saw the most, but didn't get a chance to were My Bloody Valentine, Chromatics, and Spiritualized. The band I should have seen and didn't was Destruction Unit.
1. Depeche Mode and Bat for Lashes – Jiffy Lube Live 2. Tame Impala – 9:30 Club 3. Joy Formidable – 9:30 Club 4. Bob Dylan, MMJ, Wilco – Merriweather Post Pavilion 5. Yo La Tengo – 9:30 Club 6. Jessie Ware – 9:30 Club 7. Jim James – 9:30 Club 8. Billy Bragg – Birchmere 9. Alt-J and Lord Huron – 9:30 Club 10. Punch Brothers – The Hamilton
Top Five Bonnaroo Shows
1. Paul McCartney 2. Rock n Soul Superjam 3. Bjork 4. Local Natives 5. The National
Top Five MOEMS Shows
1. Chromatics 2. Disclosure 3. Cut Copy 4. The Orb 5. Zola Jesus and JG Thirlwell
I started making a list, then realized I've been to maybe 25 concerts this year and got a little bummed out. At least I saw Television and the Bad Seeds.
Make a list, you whiner.
Jerk.
Top 10 non-festival shows:
1. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Sharon Van Etten (Ryman, Nashville) 2. Thee Oh Sees, Small Black (Beerland, festival aftershow but I'm counting it, Austin) 2. Code Orange Kids (Gasworks, Albuquerque) 3. The Men, Diarrhea Planet, Organs (Stone Fox, Nashville) 4. Bob Dylan, Wilco, My Morning Jacket, Ryan Bingham (whatever amphitheater, Denver) 5, Chelsea Light Moving, Talk Normal, Merchandise (The Earl, Atlanta) 6. Okkervil River, Matthew E. White (Tricky Falls, El Paso) 7. Howl, Lord Dying, Wartorn (Launchpad, Albuquerque) 8. Black Keys (who kind of sucked), Flaming Lips (who did not) (Bridgestone, Nashville) 9. Blondie, X (Santa Fe Opera House) 10. Heartless Bastards (Launchpad, Albuquerque)
Top 5 Fun Fun Fun sets:
1. Television 2. Thee Oh Sees 3. Deerhunter 4. Dismemberment Plan 5. Slayer
Which is actually a pretty awesome year with a few bucket list checks. Now I feel like a jerk.
Top Non-Festival Shows 1. Kanye West- Philips Arena (show of the year) 2. Atoms for Peace- War Memorial Auditorium 3. Flying Lotus- Orange Peel 4. Tame Impala- Orange Peel 5. Run the Jewels- Orange Peel
Top Bonnaroo Shows 1. David Byrne & St Vincent 2. Paul McCartney 3. Hip Hop Superjam 4. Four Tet 5. R Kelly
Top Mountain Oasis Shows 1. Disclosure 2. Nine Inch Nails 3. Rustie 4. Chromatics 5. Deltron 3030
Post by FuzzyWarbles on Dec 2, 2013 21:47:57 GMT -5
1. Prince and A Tribe Called Quest at La Zona Rosa in Austin. 2. Rock N Soul Superjam at Bonnaroo 3. All sets and nights of Furthur at Lockn' in Arrington, VA 4. Yeezus at American Airlines Center-Dallas 5. The Cure - ACL weekend 2 6. Paul McCartney - Bonnaroo 7. Sigur Ros - Coachella 8. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Coachella 9. Bjork - Bonnaroo 10. The National - Bonnaroo
other favorites include
Bill Callahan - Fun Fun Fun Bonobo Live Band - Fun Fun Fun Chelsea Light Moving - Red 7 Austin Chromatics - Fun Fun Fun Erykah Badu's Birthday Jam - Granada Theater Dallas Flume - Latitude 30 Austin GOAT - Austin Psych Fest Jason Isbell 2 hour solo acoustic at Twilght Lounge Dallas Patti Smith - Beale Street Music Fest Rhye - Buffalo Billiard's Austin Sarah Jaffe - Index Fest Dallas Savages - ACL Weekend 2 String Cheese Incident 3 day run over the 4th of July at The Backyard-Austin, TX
Post by FortSteuben on Dec 2, 2013 21:52:28 GMT -5
2013 I did 10 shows, 2 fests, and Global Citizens in NYC.
Top 5 Non Fest Shows
1. Pearl Jam (Consol Energy Center, Pittsburgh) 2. Lettuce (Rex Theatre, Pittsburgh) 3. Umphrey's McGee (Stage AE Pittsburgh) 4. Papadosio/Dopapod (Rex Theatre, Pittsburgh) 5. Black Crowes/Tedeschi Trucks Band (Stage AE)
Top 5 Bonnaroo 1. Rock & Soul Superjam 2. Paul McCartney 3. Tom Petty 4. The National 5. Hip Hop Superjam
Top 5 All Good Shows 1. Primus 2. STS9 3. The Werks 4. Lettuce 5. John Butler Trio
Post by Longtime and Frequent Poster on Dec 2, 2013 22:18:03 GMT -5
1. The National-Riverside Theater (Milwaukee) 2. Built to Spill-Turner Hall Ballroom (Milwaukee) 3. Paul McCartney-Miller Park (Milwaukee) 4. Belle and Sebastian-Pitchfork Music Festival (Chicago) 5. Frightened Rabbit-Pabst Theater (Milwaukee) 6. Tame Impala-Turner Hall Ballroom (Milwaukee) 7. Phosphorescent-Pitchfork Music Festival (Chicago) 8. The Walkmen/Father John Misty-Capitol Theater (Madison) 9. Savages-Pitchfork Music Festival (Chicago) 10. Japandroids-Turner Hall Ballroom (Milwaukee)
The Sheepdogs (Austin) The Sword (Portland ME) DMB (Hartford) Jim James (Newport Folk) Bombino (Newport Folk) Black Joe Lewis (Freefest) Vampire Weekend (Freefest) Nine Inch Nails (Boston) Toro y Moi (Boston) Cut Copy (Boston)
*11, if you want to count the 40 minutes or so of the MMJ show that ended in 2013.
1. Soul Superjam (Bonnaroo) 2. Pearl Jam (Charlottesville) 3. Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers (Bonnaroo) 4. Paul McCartney (Bonnaroo) 5. Alt-J (Bonnaroo) 6. The Black Keys (Raleigh) 7. Trampled by Turtles (Floydfest, Blacksburg) 8. Of Monster and Men (Bonnaroo) 9. Luke Bryan (Charlottesville) 10. Old Crow Medicine Show (Floydfest)
Post by captaina152 on Dec 3, 2013 14:04:38 GMT -5
Non-Fest Top Ten
Foals-The Orange Peel Yonder Mountain String Band-Pisgah Brewing Co Jim James-The Orange Peel Big Boi-The Orange Peel Mastodon-The Orange Peel Black Moth Super Rainbow-The Orange Peel Beats Antique-The Orange Peel Del the Funky Homosapien-Isis March Forth Marching Band-The Orange Peel Kurt Vile-The Grey Eagle
Top 5 Bonnaroo
Tom Petty Paul McCartney Soul Superjam David Byrne and St. Vincent Trombone Shorty
Top 5 MOEMS
Darkside NIN Zola and JG Deltron 3030 Bosnian Rainbows
