Top Shows of 2010

So what were your favorite shows of 2010?

Here's my fav local shows:
http://www.welovedc.com/2010/12/22/the-ten-best-concerts-in-and-around-dc-for-2010/

Very close runners-up:

Liturgy @ Comet Ping Pong
Spectrum @ Velvet Lounge
This Will Destroy You @ DC9
Buzzcocks @ Black Cat

ha, beat me to it!  i was going to start this thread earlier this week while i was still at home and able to consult my ticket stub collection.  but now i'm on the road until NYE so my submission will have to wait.

underworld and jonsi will definitely be on my list as well, PiL may be, not so sure about Muse - great show but not sure it cracks my top 10 (i preferred their last tour, in 2007?).

Prince @ IZOD Center

not sure anyone else will come close to topping that show

Rangda @Golden West Cafe
Anvil @930
Gang Gang Dance @RNR
Buzzcocks @BC
Thee Mt. Silver Zion @Ottobar
Beach House @2640 Space
LCD Soundsystem @Fillmore, SF
Mono @930
Boris @930
Tinariwen @930
Heartless Bastards @Ottobar
Spiritualized @Radio City Music Hall
Fabulous Diamonds @Golden West Cafe
Lower Dens @Ottobar
Isobel Campbell w/ Mark Lanegan @RNR
The Walkmen @930
Underworld @930
FLOOR @FunFunFun Austin
Magma @La Maison Française
Magnetic Fields @Lisner

ok, that's 20

LCD Soundsystem was number one..one of the best shows I've ever seen.. being a few feet away helped.

PHoenix was great

The top 11 I went to this year.  Spank Rock on Thursday will probably make the list as well.
Cloud Cult at BC
Future Islands at BC
Voxtrot farewell tour - Black Cat
Rival Schools - Ottobar
Serenah-Maneesh with Depreciation Guild - DC9
Spectrum and SVI - Velvet Lounge
Previously on Lost - Iota
Ceremony, Soundpool, SVI  - U st
Farmfest (Flying Eyes, An Albatross, the Vandelles, plus getting to hang with Jag!)
Thrushes cd release party with Screen Vinyl Image - Metro Gallery
Mates of State/ Nick Thune/Free Energy - Ottobar

My first ever Spoon show and my zillionnth Nada Surf show

Nice to see another Serena-Maneesh fan on here!

Spiritualized at Radio City Music Hall was probably my favorite non-area show of the year.

I only saw 10 shows this year but these were my favorites:

St.Vincent @ 930
Arcade Fire @ Merriweather
Richard Thompson Band @ Grand Opera House
John Cale @ UCLA Royce Hall

robyn/kelis
scissor sisters hob in boston
blonde redhead
beach house
chromeo
Telephoned!!! probably my new favorite unknown act. 

1) Peter Hook presents Unknown Pleasures
December 1, 2010  9:30 Club (DC)
2&3) Air w/ AM
March 17, 2010  9:30 Club (DC)
March 27, 2010  4th and B (San Diego, CA)
4) Social Distortion w/ Lucero and Frank Turner
October 29, 2010  Electric Factory (Philadelphia, PA)
5) The Feelies
April 17, 2010  World Café Live (Philadelphia, PA)
6) Teenbeat 26th Anniversary Show
Featuring: Unrest w/ Versus, The Rondelles, and Bossanova
July 10, 2010  The Black Cat (DC)
7) The Buzzcocks w/ the Dollyrots
May 11, 2010  The Black Cat (DC)
8 ) Belle and Sebastian w/Versus
October 14, 2010  DAR Constitution Hall (DC)
9) Teenage Fanclub w/ The Vaselines and the Radar Brothers
October 2, 2010  9:30 Club (DC)
10) Echo & the Bunnymen w/ Kelley Stoltz
April 30, 2010  The Black Cat (DC)

blipvurt wrote:
Nice to see another Serena-Maneesh fan on here!

Of course! Dont forgot Jaguar, Im sure she is also a fan.

A Tribe Called Quest @ Rock The Bells
Boris @ 9:30 Club
That 9:30 30th Anniversary party was a blast
Harvey Milk and a bunch of other cool bands at Ottobar
Gorillaz @ Pat Center
Puerto Rico Flowers @ Talking Head Club

But the best show of the year for me goes to Drunkdriver @ the Golden West

^ugh that hurts.


I had no excuse to miss that show and now they will never play another. :(

Hole - 930 Club  :o

(Ducking Quickly)

theres a few of us im sure.

killsaly wrote:

blipvurt wrote:
Nice to see another Serena-Maneesh fan on here!

Of course! Dont forgot Jaguar, Im sure she is also a fan.

1.  Spiritualized-Radio City Music Hall-7/30
2.  Orbital-Coachella-4/18
3.  Caribou/Emeralds-Fox Theater-10/12
4.  Roger Waters-Pepsi Center-11/23
5.  Pavement-Ogden Theater-9/9 (almost exactly 16 years since the last time I saw them at the Ogden)
6.  Holy Fuck/Tjutjuna-Larimer Lounge-6/12
7.  Black Angels/Overcasters-Bluebird Theater-12/7
8.  Jonsi-Paramount Theater-4/21
9.  Gorillaz-Wells Fargo Theater-10/24
10.  Mono-Bluebird Theater-5/15

And last Saturday, Low at the Larimer Lounge playing a bunch of stuff from their Christmas album.

Jack Rose tribute/album release party at Latvian Society in Philly
DNA Test Fest at Sonar/Talking Head and Ruintown (both days included here)
Swans at Black Cat
Rangda/Major Stars at Velvet
Mono at 930
Mission of Burma at BC
Lightning Bolt at DC9
Death Unit/Northampton Wools/Dog Lady/Regression/Spykes/Nautical Almanac at Floristree
Magma at French Embassy
Grinderman at 930
Buzzcocks at BC
Tortoise at BC
International Noise Conference at Velvet
Keith Fullerton Whitman/Expo 70/Ancient Ocean/Plums/Violet at Pyramid Atlantic
Superchunk/Tommy Keene/Let's Wrestle at 930
Audrey Chen+Andrew Eizenberg at Crittendon
Double Dagger at Comet
Puerto Rico Flowers/Pfisters/Screen Vinyl Image at Talking Head
Merzbow + Richard Pinhas at French Embassy
Spiritualized at RCMH in NYC

(this was done off the top of my head, therefore it is subject to change)

i saw only widespread panic in 2010.  no need to say which show was the best . . . all of them are.

oh wait . . . i saw roger waters at verizon on ten/ten/ten.  that was nice too.