Top 10 Concerts of the Year

Top 10:

1. Flaming Lips (in Tennessee)
2. Out Hud @ Black Cat
3. Black Eyes/Et At It @ the Warehouse
4. BRMC/Warlocks @ 930
5. Tortoise (also in Tennessee)
6. Sigur Ros @ 930
7. Blur (in Philly)
8. An Albatross @ Black Cat
9. Dis Plan @ Black Cat
10. Buzzcocks/Carlsonics @ 930

Honorable mentions to El Guapo, Radio 4, Stellastarr/The Fever, Earlimart, Immortal Lee Country Killers II, French Toast, Dirtbombs and Q & Not U.

Too many great ones to name 10 -

Guided By Voices - 11/23/03 - Abbey Pub, Chicago
Guided By Voices - 11/22/03 - Abbey Pub, Chicago
Guided By Voices - 11/10/03 - Recher Theatre
Cinerama - 06/24/03 - Black Cat
Dismemberment Plan - 9/1/03 - 9:30
Ted Leo Solo - Black Cat Backstage
Wrens - Black Cat Backstage
Decemberists - Black Cat Backstage
Postal Service - 4/15/03 - Black Cat
Delgados - 4/23/03 - Black Cat
Jayhawks - 4/8/03 - birchmere
Stephen Malkmus - 5/11/03 - 9:30
BJM & High Strung - Mojo
Lucero - Velvet Lounge
Godspeed You! Black Emperor - 03/04/2003 - 9:30
Burning Brides - 1/17/03 - Black Cat

and Lambchop was last year Mark

Originally posted by pollard:


and Lambchop was last year Mark

Was it? They played twice last year and not at all this year? Damn then for confusing me like that. It must have been a good show. It is still vivid in my mind.

Brennser, the Ash show was pretty good. But also for some reason quite forgettable.

Grandaddy and Super Furry Animals - 9:30
Interpol and Elefant - 9:30
Grandaddy and Super Furry Animals - Irving Plaza
Yo la Tengo - 9:30
Bettie Serveert - Iota
Delgados - Blackcat
Burning Brides - Blackcat

Was Ballboy this year?

Originally posted by Barcelona:


Was Ballboy this year?

No, that was with cinerama last year. Ballboy do have a new album out though. I just ordered mine. You can pay via paypal through the SLrecords site. Find the skinny at ballboy.org

Of note:
The Buzzcocks, Carlsonics - 930
The White Stripes - Smith Ctr
Radiohead - MPP
RHCP - Stone Ridge
A Perfect Circle - 930
The Darkness - Fletchers
R.E.M. - Patr Ctr
Jane's Addiction, Audioslave at Lollapalooza

wish I saw BRMC - prob. would be on the list

Originally posted by mankie:
I've been lucky with the few shows I've seen…been impressed with every one.

Johnny Marr…(it was this year wasn't it?)
Badly Drawn Boy
Belle & Sebastian
Lamont/Worrystones
Waterboys

That's all I can remember right now, there's probably a couple more which I don't recall but were also good because I haven't seen a bad show in 03.

I knew there was a couple more…

Carbon Leaf
Marrianne Faithful

Originally posted by rich_WDC:
RHCP - Stone Ridge

I would agree – that was an excellent show.

So was Foo Fighters at Patriot Center.

Foo Fighters are going to be on the Billboard Awards show with a bunch of other great bands. Maybe the show already happened.

Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:

Originally posted by rich_WDC:
RHCP - Stone Ridge

I would agree – that was an excellent show.

So was Foo Fighters at Patriot Center.

Canyon at Iota
Black Rebel w/ Warlocks at 9:30
X at 9:30
combination of Driveby Truckers and Immortal Lee County Killers at Black Cat
Washington Social Club at Velvet Lounge
The Coral (opening for Supergrass at 9:30)
The !!!s at the Siren Festival
The Datsuns at 9:30 Club
Andrew WK at 9:30 Club
Soundtrack of our Lives at 9:30
The Fall at the Black Cat

Disappointments:
Grandaddy and SFA
Buzzcocks (I don't know why, I just couldn't get into it)
Fountains of Wayne at 9:30
Wilco/Sonic Youth at Constitution Hall

1. Radiohead - MPP
2. Flaming Lips - 930 Club
3. Bruce Springsteen - FedEx
4. Idlewild - 930 Club
5. Lucinda Williams/Jayhawks - 930 Club
6. Badly Drawn Boy - 930 Club
7. Field Day Fest
8. Jesse Malin/Warren Zanes - IOTA
9. Shelby Lynne - 930 Club
10. Fountains of Wayne - 930 Club

A few others:

REM - Patriot Center
Grandaddy/SFA - Irving Plaza
Sountrack of our Lives - 930 Club
Sigur Ros - 930 Club

Originally posted by Relaxer:
Soundtrack of our Lives at 9:30

Was that this year?

If so, I'd add it to my list also.

AFI
warped tour*
freya w/ age of ruin
arch enemy
explosion
take action
ozzfest-i got to meet SF, KSE, and LoG vocalist!!!!
MM
sPineshank, pm5k
misfits
anti-flag
dc101 chili cookoff……flashing!!!!!!
BSF w/ HOPE CONSPIRACY
hfstival w/ friends and…this one is last


* ok, i got a shit load of free stuff, ton of crowd surfing, and i could last in those pits………

probaly some after i post this……and hatebreed in dec.

1. White Stripes at Hammerstein
2. Foo Fighters at BC
3. Foo Fighters at Patriot Center
4. Radiohead at MPP
5. X at 9:30
6. BRMC at 9:30
7. White Stripes at Smith Center
8. Audioslave at Nissan (Lollapalooza)
9. QOTSA at Towson
10. Cheap Trick at 9:30

Originally posted by eip:
1. White Stripes at Hammerstein
2. Foo Fighters at BC
3. Foo Fighters at Patriot Center
5. X at 9:30
6. BRMC at 9:30
7. White Stripes at Smith Center
9. QOTSA at Towson
10. Cheap Trick at 9:30

eip, HOW FUN!! I think that's a great list. Wish I'd seen QOTSA. My bad. And I was out of town for X…(I saw Foo at Black Cat as well; helluva show. The acoustic set is apparently on the new DVD.)

Dunno if I have 10:
1. Libertines, BSP - Black Cat
2. Goldfrapp - 930
3. Mars Volta - 930
4. Yeah Yeah Yeas/The Kills - Black Cat
5. Idlewild - 930
6. Rainer Maria/Denali - Black Cat
7. Placebo - 930 (despite the short set)
8. Cypress Hill - 930

Disappointments:
1. Interpol - 930
2. Le Tigre - 930
3. Hot Hot Heat - 930

Wish I'd made it to:
1. BRMC - 930 (damn hurricane)
2. Grandaddy/SFA - 930
3. DeathCab for Cutie

Wish I'd made it to:

Longwave, Black Cat (Tues, 5/27)
Brendan Benson, BC (Sat, 6/7)
Ash, BC (Wed, 6/11)
X, 930 (Sat, 6/14)
Psychedelic Furs, 9:30 (Tues, 8/19)
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, 9:30 (Thur, 9/18) -
My Morning Jacket, 9:30 (Fri, 9/19)
Brian Jonestown Massacre, The High Strung, BC (Sun, 10/19)
Death Cab for Cutie, BC (Mon, 10/20)
Killing Joke, BC (Thur, 10/23)

- Pageninetynine (last show) w/ Majority Rule, City of Caterpillar, Crestfallen, Circle Takes the Square, Triac, free show @ Casa Del Pueblo, May
- Darkest Hour w/ Majority Rule, Mannequin, Out Circuit, a day in black and white @ GW Mitchell Hall, February
- Melt Banana w/ 302 Acid @ Black Cat, July
- Majority Rule w/ I farm, Del Cielo, blacken the skies @ AU Tavern, January
- Darkest Hour w/ Good Clean Fun, Fairweather (last show), Age of Ruin @ St. Andrew's, December
- Pietasters w/ Shakedowns, Octupus @ Black Cat, July
- Solomon Burke @ The Birchmere, June
- Q and Not U, 302 Acid @ Fort Reno, August
- Steel Pulse w/ Jah Works @ 9:30 Club, July
- Mastodon w/ Uphill Battle, Dysrhytmia, Misery Index @ the Ottobar, May
- The Locust w/ Les George's Leningrad & Kill Me Tommorow @ Black Cat

thanks, bagster. and there were so many others that were good and so many others that i wanted to see!

Originally posted by Bagster:

Originally posted by eip:
1. White Stripes at Hammerstein
2. Foo Fighters at BC
3. Foo Fighters at Patriot Center
5. X at 9:30
6. BRMC at 9:30
7. White Stripes at Smith Center
9. QOTSA at Towson
10. Cheap Trick at 9:30

eip, HOW FUN!! I think that's a great list. Wish I'd seen QOTSA. My bad. And I was out of town for X…(I saw Foo at Black Cat as well; helluva show. The acoustic set is apparently on the new DVD.)

Originally posted by Captain Jack:
- Pageninetynine (last show) w/ Majority Rule, City of Caterpillar, Crestfallen, Circle Takes the Square, Triac, free show @ Casa Del Pueblo, May
- Darkest Hour w/ Majority Rule, Mannequin, Out Circuit, a day in black and white @ GW Mitchell Hall, February
- Melt Banana w/ 302 Acid @ Black Cat, July
- Majority Rule w/ I farm, Del Cielo, blacken the skies @ AU Tavern, January
- Darkest Hour w/ Good Clean Fun, Fairweather (last show), Age of Ruin @ St. Andrew's, December
- Pietasters w/ Shakedowns, Octupus @ Black Cat, July
- Solomon Burke @ The Birchmere, June
- Q and Not U, 302 Acid @ Fort Reno, August
- Steel Pulse w/ Jah Works @ 9:30 Club, July
- Mastodon w/ Uphill Battle, Dysrhytmia, Misery Index @ the Ottobar, May
- The Locust w/ Les George's Leningrad & Kill Me Tommorow @ Black Cat

how was misery index???
and did age of ruin play new songs???