2012 best shows

weird year for me

Roger @ Verizon
Dead Can Dance @ Wolf Trap
Justice @ 930
Radiohead @ Verizon
BMSR @ Ust
Patti Smith @ Rams Head Live
Dr. Dog @ 930 was a nice surprise

That's it.
that japandroids show was up there for me.
That was indeed a blast.

Made me realize how out of shape I am, though.
In Chronological order:
Feb 23 - White Life, Dope Body, DDm (Ottobar)
Mar 8 - Secret Mountains, Arboretum, Sri Aurobindo (Ottobar)
Mar 12 - Roomrunner, Priests (Black Cat Backstage)
Mar 28 - Alcest, Deafheaven (Golden West)
May 9 - Balam Acab, Active Child (Black Cat)
May 21 - Polyphonic Spree (Sixth and I)
July 7 - Farm Fest
Jul 19 - mc chris, Powerglove, Richie Branson (Ottobar)
Jul 26 - A Place to Bury Strangers, Hunters (Rock and Roll Hotel)
Aug 30 to Sep 2 - ScapeScape (the best fest I have probably ever attended.  Highlights included Wye Oak, Believers, Roomrunner, Dope Body, Rapdragons, Raindeer, and about 75 other Baltimore area bands)
Sep 19 - Purity Ring, Evian Christ, Headaches (Rock and Roll Hotel)
Oct 12 - Swans (Black Cat)
updated …down to 25


Nicolas Jaar @ FYF, Los Angeles
Bjork @ Roseland Ballroom
Antony & the Johnsons @ Radio City
PULP @ Radio City
Afghan Whigs @ 930
Omar Souleyman @930 & Mezzanine SF
Chromatics @ RNR/FYF
Tim Hecker @ Public Assembly
Bill Orcutt/Chris Corsano @ Wind Up Space
Dirty Three @ Sixth and I
ASH @ DC9
Jon Spencer Blues Explosion @ U Street Music
Papa M @ Golden West Cafe
Ssion @ Ottobar
Trust @ 930
Fiona Apple @ Sixth and I
Shabazz Palaces @ Sonar
Cass Mccombs @ Ottobar
Refused @ Fillmore
Integrity @ Sonar
Jack White @ Merriweather
Mount Eerie @ U Street Music
Swans @ Black Cat
Leonard Cohen @ Wang Theater
Lee Fields & the Expressions @ 930 Club