Your fave live shows of 2006?

I know this is too early but here's my list…subject to change 'cause I have 2 more shows to see this month…what's yours?

1. Sleater-Kinney - Starlight Ballroom (Philadelphia, PA) - July '06
2. Hot Chip - Sonar - Nov. '06
3. Broken Social Scene + Do Make Say Think - 930 Club - Nov. '06
4. Bruce Springsteen & the Seeger Sessions Band - Nissan Pavillion - May '06
5. Belle & Sebastian - 930 Club, March '06
6. Muse - Shoreline Ampitheater (Mountain View, CA) - Sept. '06
7. Radiohead - Tower Theater (Upper Darby, PA) - June '06
8. Jamie Lidell - Black Cat - Nov. '06
9. Sonic Youth + Erase Errata - Fillmore (SF, CA) - Oct. '06
10. Neko Case - 930 Club - April 06
11. Calexico - Make Out Room (SF, CA) - Jan. 06
12. Cat Power with Memphis Rhythm Band - June 06 & Nov. 06
13. Brian Wilson - Warner Theater - Nov '06
14. Man Man - The Independent (SF, CA) - Oct. '06
15. Wilco - 930 Club - Oct. '06

Since I have no more to see, I'll list mine.

Nada Surf, 8x10
Robbie Fulks, Jammin Java
Joseph Arthur, Jammin Java
Drive By Truckers, 9:30 Club
Neko Case, 9:30 Club
M. Ward, Birchmere
Long Winters, KEXP BBQ

That's all I can think of.

1/18/06 We are Scientists/Oxford Collapse - Sonar
3/20/06 Ray Davies - 9:30 Club
3/24/06 Ted Leo And The Pharmacists/The Duke Spirit/Les Aus - Black Cat
4/ 9/06 Art Brut/The Rogers Sisters - Black Cat
7/15/06 Mission Of Burma/Antelope - Black Cat
8/ 3/06 Sleater-Kinney/French Toast - 9:30 Club
8/16/06 Foo Fighters (acoustic) - Tower Theater
8/28/06 French Toast - Warehouse Next Door
10/10/06 Eric Clapton - Verizon Center
11/10/06 Wreckless Eric - Velvet Lounge
11/26/06 New York Dolls/Supersuckers/Chesterfield Kings - Black Cat

oops - forgot one:

10/17/06 Joan Jett and the Blackhearts/Eagles Of Death Metal 9:30 Club

this is the top 20 or so ive seen this year.

1. basement jaxx 10/11 - webster hall, ny
2. birdmonster, the boris yeltsins, catfish haven 9/7 - mercury lounge, ny
3. people in planes/bril 5/11 - mercury lounge, ny
4. kasabian, mew, one thousand picture 9/20 - webster hall, ny
5. tie - We Are Scientists, Bishop Allen 4/23 - Stone Pony - asbury park, NJ or WAS, Oxford Collapse 1/18 - Sonar - B'more, MD
6. editors, lake trout 7/28 - irving plaza, ny
7. of montreal 9/26 - irving plaza, ny
8. dirty pretty things, scissors for lefty 8/15 - bowery ballroom, ny
9. under the influence of giants 11/21 - north 6, brooklyn, ny
10. rakes, boy kill boy 3/21 - bowery ballroom, ny
11. spinto band, lovely feathers 6/9 - bowery ballroom, ny
12. annie 3/20 - mercury lounge, ny
13. hard-fi 4/1 - warsaw, brooklyn, ny
14. art brut 4/5 - bowery ballroom, ny
15. toad the wet sprocket 7/10 - irving plaza, ny
16. Starsailor 9/11 - irving plaza, ny
17. the kooks 10/23 - bowery ballroom, ny
18. the charlatans 5/16 - webster hall, ny
19. phoenix, la rocca 5/10 - bowery ballroom, ny
20. johnette napolitano (acoustic) 11/9 - joe's pub - ny

honorable mention - lily allen 10/10 hiro ballroom, ny (but at a record 25 mins max set, it was disappointing at the price)

best show this year (part of a festival so did not count it)
11/4 - the head set, division day, ra ra riot and birdmonster sin-e, ny
and 11/3 - the thermals, birdmonster - studio-b, brooklyn, ny

damn - ive seen way too many shows and thats not nearly half of them. :eek:

1. Yeah yeah yeahs @ 930 Club [april?]
2. Wolfmother @ Black Cat [6.6.06]
3. Gogol Bordello @ 930 Club [last night!]
4. The Raconteurs @ Pimlico Race Course, Virgin Festival
5. Arctic Monkeys @ The Norva
6. She Wants Revenge @ Sonar & 930 Club
7. Art Brut @ Black Cat
8. Eagles of Death Metal @ Black Cat
9. The FLaming Lips @ Virgin Festival
10. The Killers @ Virgin Festival
11. Tapes N Tapes @ Black Cat
12. Peaches @ 930 Club

I'm probably forgetting some

Originally posted by Bombay Chutney:
4/ 9/06 Art Brut/The Rogers Sisters - Black Cat

This was my favorite show in DC (also my only show in DC, but still great).

Overall, I'd have to go with Nouvelle Vague at the Fillmore or the jam session I had in my basement with Johnny Marr and Isaac Brock warming up for their tour.

Black Keys @ 930 Club

i didnt really see many shows this year.

Lollapalooza and V-Fest were my two favourites, but as far as single shows go. the best go to:

Wolfmother - Flecthers
Ben Harper / Damian Marley - Merriweather
Elton John - Air Canada Centre
Radio 4 / Small Sins - Sonar
Starlight Mints - Fletchers (i think)

Hot Chip and Lupe Fiasco kicked sonar's butt as well!

Sleater Kinney (930)
Shellac (Black Cat)
Neko Case (930)

David Bazan @ Black Cat
Twilight Singers @ 9:30 Club
Nada Surf @ Black Cat & 8X10
Flaming Lips @ Virgin Fest
Lemonheads @ Black Cat
Ben kweller @ 9:30 Club
Alice In Chains @ 9:30 Club
+/- @ Black Cat

daft punk @ coachella
metric @ 930 club (march or april?)
radiohead @ greek theatre (berkeley, ca in june)
jamie lidell @ coachella

Best:
Radiohead (Tower Theater)
B&S (930)
Massive Attack (930)
Pearl Jam (Verizon)

Disappointing:
B&S (Merriweather)
Arctic Monkeys (930)

Originally posted by le sonick:
i didnt really see many shows this year.

Lollapalooza and V-Fest were my two favourites, but as far as single shows go. the best go to:

Wolfmother - Flecthers
Ben Harper / Damian Marley - Merriweather
Elton John - Air Canada Centre
Radio 4 / Small Sins - Sonar
Starlight Mints - Fletchers (i think)

Hot Chip and Lupe Fiasco kicked sonar's butt as well!

oh and i almsot forgot the Flyleaf concert in Boston..but that was for reasons other than the musical talent of the band members…..

1. secret machines @ 930
2. jenny lewis w/ watson twins @ 930
3. the elected/the magic numbers @ satellite ballroom
4. art brut @ satellite ballroom
5. pussycat dolls @ borgata (im not embarassed to say that i was wasted and had a lot of fun…i didnt stick around for black eyed peas though)
6. editors/lake trout/the cedars @ 930

disappointments:
1. tv on the radio @ 930
2. built to spill @ 930 (show was free so cant really complain)
3. of montreal @ state theater

#1 by a mile, Comets on Fire at the Black Cat

followed in no real order by:
Secret Machines - 9:30
Arctic Monkeys - 9:30
Rye Coalition - BC
The Subways - 9:30
Massive Attack - 9:30
Rollins/Riverboat Gamblers - 9:30
Sleater-Kinney - 9:30
Priestess - BC
B&S/New Pornos - 9:30
Eagles of Death Metal - BC
Gogol Bordello - 9:30 (the 1st one, not last night)
Pogues - 9:30
Editors - 9:30

Disappointments:
My Morning Jacket - 9:30
X - 9:30
Pearl Jam - Verizon (not bad, just not my kind of show)
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - 9:30
Built to Spill - 9:30

oh yeah, forgot about the subways @ 930. what a great show.

i started putting together a list but i've seen so many shows this year i'm afraid i've forgotten some (my memory is swiss cheese). i need to consult my ticket stub collection at home. plus, waiting until tomorrow allows me to consider thievery for the list, since i'm seeing them tonight. last year's TC@930 show was definitely in my top-3 for 2005.

early stand-outs, in order:
radiohead at tower theater
foo fighters at DAR
gogol bordello (last night) at 930
massive attack at 930
raconteurs (opening for dylan) at patriot center

chavez - warsaw (nyc)

1. Sleater-Kinney/French Toast @ 9:30 Club
2. Sonic Youth/Be Your Own Pet @ 9:30 Club (back to back sets)
3. The Evens/Soccer Team @ St. Stephen Church
4. Gogol Bordello @ 9:30 Club
5. The Slits @ Black Cat
6. X/Rollins Band/Riverboat Gamblers @ 9:30 Club

I'm bummed they cancelled the ottobar show earlier this month. I saw Wider back in the day but never Chavez.

Originally posted by throatneedle:
chavez - warsaw (nyc)