top 10 Concerts of 2005

Originally posted by Mobius:
Paul Westerberg - 9:30

Aagh, I'm still kicking myself for missing that show. :mad:

Top 10 Concerts this year:

Scissor Sisters - 9:30 club
Brendan Benson / Greenhornes - Black Cat
Brazilian Girls (oct. show) - 9:30 club
Garbage - 9:30 club
LCD Soundsystem / MIA - 9:30 club
Esthero - 9:30 club
Queens of the Stone Age / Eagles of Death Metal - 9:30 club
Fiery Furnaces / Blood On The Wall - 9:30 club
Death Cab for Cutie / Stars - (Night 1) - 9:30 club
X / Juliana Hatfield - 9:30 club

Honorable Mention: Xiu Xiu - Warehouse

Worst Concert: Berlin - 9:30 club

WHAT THE FUCK WAS THAT???

the frames-north star bar
emiliana torrini-iota
idlewild-black cat
thievery corporation-2nd and 3rd night
ash-black cat
interpol-930
springsteen-patriot center
david gray-world cafe live & 930 club

oh, and of course, u2-all 5 nights in 3 cities

honorable mention to alejandro escovedo at 930 and pixies at mpp

Originally posted by ixkpd-bk:
Top 10 Concerts this year:


Esthero - 9:30 club

Hasn't she cancelled every area appearance? My friend and I have given up after 3 attempts to see her in DC and Baltimore.

Originally posted by distance:
my tops, in no particular order:
1. gang of four - 930
2. tortoise - acl
3. bunnymen - chameleon club
4. kraftwerk - 930 (night2)
5. pixies - merriweather
6. do make say think - stage 2 underground
7. slint - 930

ok, i'm having to add in explosions in the sky - bowery (night 2) to this list after tonight.
definitely in my top 5 as far as eits shows go.

here they are in no partic order…
1.The Mars Volta 5/1/05 Electric Factory
2.The Mars Volta 5/3/05 Electric Factory
3.Billy Corgan 6/24/05 9:30 Club
4.Billy Corgan 6/25/05 Electric Factory
5.HFStival
6.Garbage 4/21/05 9:30 Club
7.QOTSA/NIN 11/2/05 MCI Center
8.Muse @ UMD Cole Field House
9.Coldplay 9/30/05 Nissan Pavillion
10.Echo & the Bunnymen Theatre of Living Arts

If I could throw in another, it would be the Mars Volta at Baltimore Arena. Since their set was so short I didn't list it, besides–System of a Down ruined it for me anyway. Honorable mention goes to OkGo who I saw at the 9:30 with Rufus Wainwright last month.

Best Shows:
Broken Social Scene @ 930
Arcade Fire @ 930
Crooked Fingers @ Black Cat
Okkervil River @ Iota
Pixies & Bloc Party @ Merriweather
Bright Eyes @ DAR
Bloc Party @ Black Cat
Secret Machines @ Coachella
Ted Leo @ 930
Sigur Ros @ Strathmore

Disappointments:
Doves @ 930
Andrew Bird @ Black Cat (though I think I'm alone on this one)
Snow Patrol @ both 930 and Coachella
Sufjan Stevens @ 930
Interpol @ 930

Regret Missing:
M83, The Wrens, Echo, Stephen Malkmus, Dungen (all @ Black Cat)

Too Drunk to Remember:
Nada Surf @ Black Cat
Black Crowes @ 930
Tom Petty & Black Crowes @ Merriweather
Green Day @ Merriweather
Wilco & The Roots @ Merriweather
Every Kings of Leon show

1) Broken Social Scene @ 9:30 Club
2) The Decemberists @ 9:30 Club
3) Aqualung w/ Augustana @ Housing Works Bookstore, NY
4) Art Brut @ Tribeca Grand Hotel, NY
5) Kaiser Chiefs w/ The Cribs @ Webster Hall, NY
6) Ted Leo and the Pharmacists @ The Ottobar
7) The White Stripes w/ The Shins @ Merriweather Post Pavillion
8) Coldplay w/ Rilo Kiley @ Nissan Pavillion
9) Maria Taylor w/ Statistics @ Knitting Factory, NY
10) Interpol @ 9:30 Club

Was there nobody on this forum that was at the Brian Jonestown Massacre show? It kicked ass.

1. The Brian Jonestown Massacre @ DC9
2. The Roots @ 930
3. Social D @ 930
4. Death Cab/Stars (first night) @ 930
5. BRMC @ 930
6. Bright Eyes @ DAR
7. Echo @ Black Cat
8. The Shins @ The Norva
9. Henry Rollins (spoken word) @ The Birchmere
10.HFStival

Originally posted by SalParadise:
animal collective @ black cat
lcd soundsystem/mia @ 930
bss/feist @ 930
los amigos invisibles @ black cat (march)
bloc party @ black cat
los amigos invisibles @ black cat (october)
metric @ 930
stephen malkmus @ black cat
kings of convenience @ IOTA

and i'm reserving a spot for the roots on 12/29.

Metric @ 9:30 was amazing, wasn't it?
I was so disappointed to miss BSS/Feist at 930 in October… and now I'm missing Feist again in February when she's at the Black Cat!

You might be interested in knowing that Stars is now on the Black Cat schedule. I don't know; Metric, Feist… Stars seems like it might fit in there.

Oh, and Metric is returning to 930 on March 9. I haven't been able to find it on the site, but the tickets have gone on sale already.

Originally posted by rrm1847:

6. Bright Eyes @ DAR
7. Echo @ Black Cat

How did you manage to pull off seeing both of these? Bright Eyes didn't let out until like 11:30.

Originally posted by kmb187:

Originally posted by SalParadise:
animal collective @ black cat
lcd soundsystem/mia @ 930
bss/feist @ 930
los amigos invisibles @ black cat (march)
bloc party @ black cat
los amigos invisibles @ black cat (october)
metric @ 930
stephen malkmus @ black cat
kings of convenience @ IOTA

and i'm reserving a spot for the roots on 12/29.

Metric @ 9:30 was amazing, wasn't it?
I was so disappointed to miss BSS/Feist at 930 in October… and now I'm missing Feist again in February when she's at the Black Cat!

You might be interested in knowing that Stars is now on the Black Cat schedule. I don't know; Metric, Feist… Stars seems like it might fit in there.

Oh, and Metric is returning to 930 on March 9. I haven't been able to find it on the site, but the tickets have gone on sale already.

yep, i'm well aware of those upcoming shows. i walked into that metric show about 15 minutes into their set. that last half hour or so was that good.

In no order:

1. Paul McCartney@MCI
2. Decemberists/Sons and Daughters@Sonar
3. Pixies@Merriweather
4. Okkervil River@Iota
5. Death Cab/Stars@9:30
6. The Old Ceremony@The Deej
7. Sleater Kinney@9:30
8. Washington Social Club/Monopoli/Cartel@Black Cat
9. Broken Social Scene@9:30
10. Mountain Goats@Black Cat

In no order:

- Teenbeat Anniversary #2 (Black Cat)
(Tuscadero, Butch Willis, Versus, Flin Flon, Aden, Hot Pursuit, Holland.)
- Bruce Springsteen (solo acoustic) (Patriot Center)
- Two If By Sea, The Cassettes, Bang! Bang! (Warehouse Next Door)
- Gang of Four (9:30)
- Kraftwerk #1 (9:30)
- Bob Mould (9:30)
- Foo Fighters (9:30)
- X, Juliana Hatfield (9:30)
- Sleater-Kinney (9:30)
- Arcade Fire (9:30)


Honorable Mention:

Teenbeat #1 (Black Cat)
Dinosaur, Jr. (9:30)
Mac Attack (DC9)
Pixies/Bloc Party/Bellrays (MPP)

Originally posted by [username edited by p.c. moderator]:

Originally posted by rrm1847:

6. Bright Eyes @ DAR
7. Echo @ Black Cat

How did you manage to pull off seeing both of these? Bright Eyes didn't let out until like 11:30.

I think Bright Eyes got out a little after 11 and then we hauled ass to the Echo show. We got there 3 or 4 songs into their set but it was worth it.


Also worth mentioning…M.I.A./Spank Rock @ 930. I thought Spank Rock stole the show.

Originally posted by rrm1847:

Originally posted by [username edited by p.c. moderator]:

Originally posted by rrm1847:

6. Bright Eyes @ DAR
7. Echo @ Black Cat

How did you manage to pull off seeing both of these? Bright Eyes didn't let out until like 11:30.

I think Bright Eyes got out a little after 11 and then we hauled ass to the Echo show. We got there 3 or 4 songs into their set but it was worth it.

More power to you. I looked at the schedules and figured there was no way to pull it off, even though I wanted to.

this has been really fun to read and it has reminded me of all the shows i saw this year! i think i'm going to make a list tonight. off the top of my head though:

dungen @ bc
wrens @ bc
xiu xiu @ warehouse
quintron @ warehouse (well, the part i saw)
sxsw
intonation festival
tom petty @ merriweather
teenbeat with unrest, +/- (damn i forgot that was 2005)
last q and not u show

- Roky Erickson & Explosives (SXSW, Austin, Sept)
- NY Dolls (930 Club, DC, July)
- Oasis/Kasabian (Atlantic City HOB, October)
- Plimsouls/Magic Christian (Cafe DuNord, SF, July)
- Freddie Krc (acoustic gig, Eric Sorensen's house, Arlington, Sept)
- Mike Smith (Dave Clark 5) Tribute Show (BB Kings, NYC, August)
- 4 way tie among 4 Raspberries reunion shows (2 at BB Kings, NYC, July, Atlantic City HOB, Sept,
Los Angeles HOB, Oct)