top 10 Concerts of 2005

Here are mine:

1) Bob Mould @ 9:30 Club
2) Pixies @ Merriweather
3) Kraftwerk @ 9:30 (2nd show)
4) Chemical Brothers @ Coachella
5) Echo & the Bunnymen @ TLA, Philly
6) Sleater-Kinney @ Warfield, SF
7) Gang of Four @ 9:30
8) Social Distortion @ M&T Stadium (HFStival)
9) X @ 9:30
10) Queens of the Stone Age @ MCI Center

Honorable mentions: Judybats @ Ram's Head, New York Dolls @ 9:30, Teenage Fanclub @ 9:30, Bob Mould @ the Metro (Chicago), Queens of the Stone Age @ 9:30

1) colin meloy - iota
2) m83 - black cat

i don't really have a record of the shows i went to, but these two definitely stand out

edit:

wilco - 930 club
arcade fire - 930 club
bloc party - black cat

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

i liked most of the other stuff i went to, but i think these were the best shows. kraftwerk @ miami was better than dc, i think, but that was last year.
i still have 3 more shows coming up this year (eits *3 this weekend/next week in nyc).. so..

Guessing I saw about 75 or so local shows this year, and of those (in order of swellness)…

John Vanderslice @ BC
Animal Collective @ BC
Alejandro Escovedo @ Barns
Magnolia Electric Co. @ BCBS
Thievery @ 930 (3rd show, I think)
Dirtbombs @ IOTA
M83 @ BC
Pernice Brothers @ Jammin Java
Sam Prekop @ BC
Fantomas @ 930

Off the top of my head:

Meloy @ iota
Detroit Cobras @ iota
Immortal Lee County Killers @ iota
Gang of Four @ 9:30
Pixies @ Merriweather
Idlewild @ Black Cat

I know I'm forgetting some…

Devotcka, 8x10 Club
Robbie Fulks, Jammin Java
Devotchka, Media Club, Vancouver
Iggy and the Stooges, Bumbershoot
Keren Ann, Bumbershoot
Old 97's, 9:30 Club
Nada Surf, Black Cat
Son Volt, Bumbershoot
High Strung, Jammin Java
Drive By Truckers, Artscape
Josh Rouse, Rams Head

sorry, had to add an 11th.

The Roots-Winter Break Jan 05-930 club

best gigs

1. Ed Harcourt @ Iota
2. The Frames @ The Black Cat
3. Josh Rouse @ Vicar Street (Dublin)
4. Teenage Fanclub @ 9.30
5. Arcade Fire @ 9.30
6. Bloc Party @ Black Cat
7. Alejandro @ The Barns

probably went to about 20 shows total but these are the ones that stood out

In no order…….

The Knitters-Birchmere & Ram's Head

Pixies- Merriweather & Sonar

Gang Of Four-9:30 & Sonar

Kraftwerk-Both Nights at 9:30

The Fleshtones-IOTA

Joseph Arthur-Rosewood Theater

in no real order:

1. colin meloy - iota
2. kasabian (opening for the music) - 9:30
3. bright eyes - DAR
4. crooked fingers - black cat
5. death cab - 9:30, second night with 405 encore
6. thievery corp - on the mall
7. ryan adams & the cardinals - tennessee theater
8. brazilian girls - college of william & mary
9. rolling stones - charlottesville
10. the faint - 9:30

Chronoligical Order…

1) Secret Machines, Moving Units, Autolix (Starr Hill 03-02)
2) Queens of the Stine Age, Throw rag (930 03-27)
3) Sevendust, Skindred, Bobaflex, One (HOB Orlando 04-07)
4) BB King (Norva 05-17)
5) Devo (930 08-14)
6) System of a Down, Mars Volta (Hampton Coliseum 08-21)
7) Alice Cooper, Cheap Trick (Wolf Trap 08-25)
8) Rolling Stones (UVA 10-06)
9) Foo Fighters (930 10-16)
10) Nine Inch nails, Queens of the Stone Age (MCI 11-02)

i dont know if I went to 10 this year, damn

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.

In no order…

Thievery Corporation @ 930 show #2 of three night run
Kasabian @ 930 opening for The Music
Brazilian Girls @ 930 opening for STS9
Snow Patrol @ 930 Club
Kaiser Chiefs @ 930 Club
Oasis, Kasabian, JET @ Merriweather Post
Hot, Hot, Heat @ 930 Club
Detroit Vipers @ Iota

that's it for good shows, others just were okay or terrible…and in the category of WORST SHOW OF 2005, the winner is…

Coldplay @ Nissan Pavilion. What a joke! But then again, I am a tool for going to see them anyways.

Aquabats- Ottobar
Against Me!- Recher
Thievery Corp. - Op. ceasefire
Q And Not U- Black Cat (final show)
Pietasters- 9:30
Weezer/Kaiser Chiefs- Patriot Center
Reel Big Fish/Zolof the Rock and Roll Destroyer- 9:30
White Stripes- Merriweather
Gwar- 9:30
Streetlight Manifesto- Nation

My top 5 of the year:

1) Broken Social Scene w/ Feist @ 9:30
2) The White Stripes w/ the Shins @ Merriweather
3) Ted Leo/Pharmacists @ 9:30
4) Operation: Ceasefire (Thievery Corp., Bouncing Souls, Le Tigre)
5) Spoon @ Metro (Chicago)

No particular order…

Interpol @ 930
Oasis @ Merriweather (might be the best of the year)
Secret Machines, Moving Units, Autolux @ 930
The Music, Kasabian @ 930 (Music not nearly as good as last time)
Kasabian @ 930
Wilco @ 930
U2 @ MCI (never seen em before pretty cool)
Snow Patrol @ 930

2nd tier of shows that were just ok…
Death Cab @ 930 1st night
Doves @ 930
Coldplay @ Nissan
Arcade Fire @ 930

This fall has been very disappointing. Missed some shows that I wouldve liked to see and nothing catching my interest.

Wow. Amazing. Nobody has yet listed a single show that I went to. And nobody has listed any of my top ten shows (though admittedly four of them were on the West Coast).

1. Arcade Fire @ Carling Bristol Academy
2. Electrelane, Scout Niblett, and French Toast @ St. Pauls, Bristol
3. Fruit Bats/Rogue Wave @ Black Cat Back Bar
4. M. Ward w/ Micah P Hinson: St. Bons Social Club Bristol
5. Architecture in Helsinki @ Black Cat
6. Death Cab/Stars @ 9:30..1st night.
7. The Clientele @ Iota
8. New Pornographers @ 9:30
9. Teenage Fanclub @ Carling Bristol Academy
10. Sondre Lerche @ Fiddlers, Bristol

DMBQ - DC9
Black Mountain - Warehouse
Raveonettes - Black Cat
Dungen - Black Cat
Autolux - Black Cat
Immortal Lee County Killers - Iota
Dinosaur Jr - 9:30
Kasabian - 9:30
New Pornographers - 9:30
Idlewild - Black Cat
Stellastarr - 9:30

Disappointments:
Spoon - 9:30
Okkervil River - Iota
Devo - 9:30