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=> GENERAL DISCUSSION => Topic started by: bearman🐻 on December 15, 2015, 11:20:11 am
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This was a truly great year for live music, one of the best that I can remember. I saw a lot of concerts, and narrowing it down to only 10 was really tough for me. But here they are.
1) Ride @ 9:30
2) Luna @ 9:30/Paradise (both totally different shows, both superb for different reasons)
3) The Feelies @ World Cafe Live (still my favorite live band)
4) Wire @ Black Cat
5) Fleetwood Mac @ Verizon Center
6) The Replacements @ Festival Pier, Penn's Landing (their last-ever US show, and it was great)
7) Face to Face @ Bottom Lounge
8 ) Social Distortion @ House of Blues (Boston)
9) Best Coast @ Virgin Hotel (Chicago)
10) Motley Crue with Alice Cooper @ Wells Fargo Center (one of the most bombastic, over-the-top things I've ever seen in my life...Alice Cooper was the winner when it came to the music, but the Crue was by far the grandest, most explosive production I've ever seen...I'll never forget it).
Honorable mentions: Belle and Sebastian @ Echostage, Pixies @ 9:30, Eagles of Death Metal @ 9:30, Rush @ Prudential Center, Billy Idol @ Lincoln Theater, PiL @ U Street Music Hall, Manic Street Preachers @ 9:30, Peaches @ 9:30, Jesus and Mary Chain @ 9:30, Ex Hex @ Black Cat.
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My 10 favorite sets of 2015, in chronological order:
- Crimson Wave at Sidebar (second to last ever show; last show was too sad to be a favorite)
- The Body at Charm City Art Space (loudest show)
- Prince at Royal Farms Arena
- Blacksage at ScapeScape
- Chastity Belt at Metro Gallery
- Faith No More at MPP
- Roomrunner at the Ottobar (last ever show)
- Sun Ra Arkestra at the Ottobar
- Expert Alterations at the Crown (record release show as a four-piece)
- the Polyphonic Spree at Rams Head Annapolis
Honorable mentions: Dinosaur Jr at Black Cat (finally!!!!), Birth (Defects) at the Ottobar, Pill at the Crown (their first ever non-NYC show), Locrian at Metro Gallery, Celebration at Bombadillo, Pleasure Leftists at Metro Gallery, Wildhoney at the Ottobar (record release), Wolf Eyes at Metro Gallery
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I saw a bunch of shows but in my advanced age I'm gonna have to see if I can remember any of them.
I need to start a spreadsheet.
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Honestly it was Kesha at the Black Cat. That show was a blast.
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So many great shows this year...a top 17
17. Punch Brothers @930
16. U2 @MSG
15. Ex Hex, Shirks, Ar Kaics @BlackCat
14. Belle & Sebastian @Echostage
13. Tommy Keene @Iota
12. Jason Isbell @Lincoln
11. Craig Finn @Ottobar
10. Replacements Echostage
9. Lydia Loveless & Justin Jones @RNRH
8. Okkervil River @BlackCat
7. Courtney Barnett @930
6. Pixies @930
5. Watkins Family @Birchmere
4. Frank Turner @930
3. Ex Hex @DocMartens
2. Prince @Warner
1. Replacements (& Superchunk) @FestivalPier Philly
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1. Diarrhea Planet's BC show in April
2. Vince Staples at USMH
3. Jesus & Mary Chain at 9:30
There were a few others but those are the ones I look back and think, yeah that was great. Didn't go to a lot of shows this year.
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i did not go to many shows this year. GYBE @ 930 was easily my favorite. DCFC @ MPP was even more fun than i expected it to be. after that... nothing much i would put on a "best of" list.
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Bjork @ Carnegie Hall
Prince @ Baltimore Arena
Dead @ Soldier Field
Phish @ Magnaball
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I can't really remember which shows I went to this year, but a few that do lodge themselves in my memory:
Ashley Monroe @Sixth and I and Robbie Fulks @ Jammin Java were great because I got to go with both my wife and daughter.
Thanks to one my by board friends (he knows who he is!) who hooked me up with a reduced price ticket to Neko Case @the Lincoln and a free ticket to Luna @9:30.
Jason Isbell @Merriweather was fantastic, wouldn't be surprised if he headlines there someday soon.
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I can't really remember which shows I went to this year
prevagen
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p.i.l. @ u st.
deerhunter @ 9:30
rolling stones @ heinz field
tesla/styx/def leppard @ the lube
beppe gambetta @ drum & strum warrenton
bluegrass pickin' parties @ sumerduck ruritan club
u.s. marine band @ gmu
bummed that I missed gybe and destroyer shows.
looking forward to wilco, beauty pill and holy holy.
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Luna in Philly
Marah at Jammin java
Ride at 930
PIL at U St. Hall
Sleater at 930
Cracker at State Theatre
Mudhoney at Black Cat
Jon Spencer Blues Explosion at Black Cat
Outer Body Llama at some Ethiopian bar on 9th St
Deerhunter at 930
Jonathan Richman in Charlottesville
Misses:
Replacements at Echostage.. lousy lousy venue
Luna at 930... partied a little too hard...
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The ones I can recall (today anyway):
Manic Street Prechers @ 930
Sturgill Simpson @ Lincoln
Failure / Hum @ 930
Replacements @ Echostage (last hurrah / bad sound)
Weekend Nachos / Full of Hell (twice, both at /Metro Gallery)
Priests / Protomartyr @ U Street
Ex Hex @ Doc Martens
Replusion / Pig Destroyer / Noisem @ American U
Royal Headache @ Windup Space
Roomrunner, Creepoid & others @ both nights of Unfest
Parquet Couts / Priests @ Ottobar
I'm forgetting a bunch but I guess these are the ones that stood out.
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Here are the ones that come to mind as really enjoying:
July Talk - February 26th - DC9
Horse Lords / Sahnnet / Liturgy - April 2nd - DC9
Screeching Weasel - July 24th - Howard Theater
Hum - August 11th - 930 Club
Hum - August 14th - Electric Factory
Screaming Females - August 28th - RNRH
Holly Miranda - September 15th - RNRH
Fidlar - September 28th - Black Cat
Saintseneca - October 8th - Black Cat
Natalie Prass - November 12th - RNRH
But, by far the best of the year was..
Refused - June 5th - RNRH
And the worst of the year was..
all dogs / frankie cosmos - November 19th - Comet Ping Pong
(and not because of the band; all dogs were just as awesome as always, but the crowd was absolutely wretched)
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Bjork, City Center NYC
Idlewild, Knitting Factory Brooklyn
Blood Orange, Apollo Theater
Super Furry Animals, Pier 84 NYC
Ezra Furman, DC9
Dilly Dally, DC9 and Baby's Allright Brooklyn
Low, Black Cat
Shamir, Ottobar
GY!BE, 930
Sleater-Kinney, 930 (2nd night), Terminal 5 NYC shows (February and December)
Ride, Terminal 5 NYC
Royal Headache, Wind-Up Space
Dick Diver, Ottobar
Radioactivity, Ottobar
Neneh Cherry, Highline NYC
Makthaverskan, Ortlieb's Philly
Neko Case, Lincoln Theater
Colleen Green w/ band, Metro Gallery
YOB, Metro Gallery
Mercury Rev, RNR
Kiasmos, Paradiso Amsterdam
Hot Chip, Paradiso
Built to Spill, Electric Ballroom London
Mikal Cronin, Subterranean Chicago
Jesus and Mary Chain, Union Transfer Philly
Dinosaur Jr, Taste of Randolph Chicago
Best Festival in 2015: Le Guess Who? (Utrecht NL)
Also enjoyed Maryland Deathfest (sunday) - with Primordial, Neurosis, Winter, Amorphis, Tombs)
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The worst set of the year for me was, Sheer Mag at WindUp Space.
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The worst set of the year for me was, Sheer Mag at WindUp Space.
I heard that was a doozy.
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Sheer Mag makes garbage music for garbage people.
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Azaghal, what sayeth thou?
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In no order:
Jesus and Mary Chain - 9:30
Reverend Horton Heat & The Adicts - the NorVa
Ride - 9:30
The Prodigy & Public Enemy - Capital FM Arena (Nottingham, U.K.)
Dinosaur Jr - the National
The Replacements - Echostage
Swans - The Broadberry
Simple Minds & The Stranglers - O2 Arena (London, U.K.)
Psychic TV - StrangeMatter
Public Image Ltd - U Street Music Hall
Interpol - the National
The Psychedelic Furs - the National
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Best show of the year for me was MONO at R&R Hotel, the run of Manic Street Preachers DC/NYC/Boston shows being second and a shit ton of honorable mentions in no particular order, honestly I didn't catch a show this year that let me down:
Ride (NYC and DC)
Death
Jason Isbell
My Morning Jacket
Toadies
Sturgill Simpson
Rush
Deceased
King Diamond
Leon Bridges
Rolling Stones
Deafheaven
Geto Boys
Oddisee
Reverend Horton Heat
Dale Watson
Rosie Flores
Robert Gordon
Chris Duarte
REO Speedwagon (was never really a fan but was comped front row seats and actually had a great time)
Hum
Failure
Prince
Replacements
Midge Ure
Benjamin Booker
Torche
Obliterations
Beach House
Culture Club
Exodus
Thor
King's X
Pentagram
Power Trip
Foreseen
The only band that stands out as sucking real bad where I walked away to grab dinner was Hellyeah who were playing before King Diamond
(and hopefully the 2 Foals shows I catch this week don't suck haha and that'll be it for the year)
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That's a shame that Hellyeah weren't very good. I would've thought they kill it on stage.
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That's a shame that Hellyeah weren't very good. I would've thought they kill it on stage.
I watched a few songs because I was glad to see Vinnie still playing drums and musically they were tight but their singer was god awful.
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I think I only go to shitty concerts.
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Sheer Mag makes garbage music for garbage people.
They just announced a show in RVA in March. I almost want to go see them now just to see how bad they are to merit this response.
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Sheer Mag makes garbage music for garbage people.
They just announced a show in RVA in March. I almost want to go see them now just to see how bad they are to merit this response.
you are going to have a blast...
(http://www.brooklynvegan.com/img/ah/sheer-mag/lpr/sheer-mag-13.jpg)
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Sheer Mag makes garbage music for garbage people.
They just announced a show in RVA in March. I almost want to go see them now just to see how bad they are to merit this response.
you are going to have a blast...
(http://www.brooklynvegan.com/img/ah/sheer-mag/lpr/sheer-mag-13.jpg)
Oh, well, see now I am definitely going.
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Sheer Mag makes garbage music for garbage people.
They just announced a show in RVA in March. I almost want to go see them now just to see how bad they are to merit this response.
Do it.
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Sheer Mag makes garbage music for garbage people.
They just announced a show in RVA in March. I almost want to go see them now just to see how bad they are to merit this response.
Do it.
*shrugs*
Ok, I will.
. . .
I'm not wearing a suit.
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You might like them. Did you already check out their music?
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You might like them. Did you already check out their music?
No. I literally have not heard of them. I saw your post and then 30 min later a local venue posted a show announcement. Wouldn't have registered with me otherwise.
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Prince @ Warner
Refused @ RNR Hotel
Bjork @ King's Theater
Faith No More @ Electric Factory
Death Grips @ 9:30 Club
Miguel @ Landmark Festival
Nicolas Jaar @ U Street Music Hall
The Jesus and Mary Chain @ 9:30 Club
D'Angelo @ The Fillmore
Jessie Ware @ 9:30 Club
Young Father's @ RNR Hotel
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This was a down year for me, but, for my money, the best shows of 2015 were (roughly in this order):
2015/06/09 Florence + The Machine @ Merriweather Post Pavilion -- just stands out as the best performance of the year
2015/09/27 The Jesus and Mary Chain @ 9:30 Club -- most memorable show, electrifying
2015/02/10 Glen Hansard @ Lincoln Theatre -- he performed for nearly three hours, and it still felt like it wasn't enough!
2015/07/10 The New Pornographers/Thao & the Get-Down, Stay-Down @ 9:30 Club -- left this show with the biggest smile on my face
2015/10/29 Garbage @ 9:30 Club -- surprisingly, remarkably fun show; the crowd was really into it
2015/02/24&25 Sleater-Kinney @ 9:30 Club -- it's Sleater-fucking-Kinney, baby!
2015/03/04 The Juliana Hatfield Three @ Black Cat -- exceeded my expectations by a wide margin
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These are the shows that stood out for me. In somewhat alphabetical order...
Belle & Sebastian- Echnostage
Bill Frisell and Charles Lloyd's set at Solid Sound
4 Dark Star Orchestra Shows (my tribute to the GD's 50th)- Pisgah Brewery (outdoors) Black Mountain, NC, 9:30 (January-1st night),
Penns Peak, Pa, Hamilton Theater (acoustic)-
Luna-9:30
Mountain Goats-9:30
New Pornographers/Thao-9:30
Real Estate's set at Solid Sound
Sufjan Stevens-Meyerhoff
Watkins Family Hour-Birchmere
Wilco's acoustic set at Solid Sound
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I am doing a top 30 list of favorite sets on my blog, in ten show sets. I have a few sentences of why I picked each show, and pictures from all of them.
http://draggedtohell.com/2015/12/21/my-30-favorite-sets-of-2015-part-1-of-3/
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I am doing a top 30 list of favorite sets on my blog, in ten show sets. I have a few sentences of why I picked each show, and pictures from all of them.
http://draggedtohell.com/2015/12/21/my-30-favorite-sets-of-2015-part-1-of-3/
We were right next to each other at Prince!
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Nice! That was such a good night.
Part 2:
http://draggedtohell.com/2015/12/21/my-30-favorite-sets-of-2015-part-2/
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Any 2015 show regrets? I regret not grabbing a Death Grips ticket before they sold out. I also regret skipping Exodus at Black Cat.
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oh I have many regrets.. its not unusual that I don't go see a band and then I really start listening to their music and am like 'hey when are they coming to town?'
I think I regret missing Def Leppard.. I been listening a lot to their first two albums.. very rockin'....they played Nissan this year but look like they are skipping next year....
I regret drinking 49 beers before the Luna DC show...
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Vince staples
Protomartyr
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Protomartyr
Which one?
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oh I see how it is..
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I don't like Def Leppard or Luna so I didn't have anything to add to your post.
http://draggedtohell.com/2015/12/28/my-30-favorite-sets-of-2015-part-3/
Part 3 of my top 30 shows of 2015 blog
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Top 20 Live Sets outside of DC area in 2015:
1 Metallica @ Rock in Rio Vegas
2 St. Vincent @ Coachella
3 Geseffalstein @ Coachella
4 The Pop Group @ Rough Trade NYC
5 Drive Like Jehu @ Coachella
6 Pallbearer @ Union Transfer (Philly)
7 Dave Gahan & The Soulsavers @ Town Hall ( NYC)
8 L7 @ The Troc (Philly)
9 Philip Selway @ Coachella
10 The Gaslamp Killer @ Rock in Rio Vegas
11 Blur @ Madison Square Garden
12 Ride @ Terminal 5 (NYC)
13 Interpol @ Coachella
14 Deftones @ Rock in Rio Vegas
15 Run The Jewels @ Coachella
16 Jack White @ Coachella
17 Faith No More @ Mann Music Center
18 Bongzilla @ Saint Vitus Bar (NYC)
19 AC/DC @ Coachella
20 Gary Clark Jr, @ Rock in Rio Vegas
Top 20 Live Sets in and around DC in 2015:
1 Autechre @ U St. Music Hall
2 Faith No More @ Merriweather Post Pavilion
3 Kamasi Washington @ Howard Theater
4 Kendrick Lamar @ Lincoln Theater
5 Neurosis @ Maryland Deathfest.
6. Helmet playing "Betty" @ Black Cat
7 Yob @ Metro Gallery
8 Philip Selway @ Rock & Roll Hotel
9 Inter Arma @ Maryland Deathfest
10 Gnaw Their Tongues @ Maryland Deathfest
11 Portal @ Maryland Deathfest
12 A Place To Bury Strangers @ Metro Gallery
13 Napalm Death @ Maryland Deathfest
14 Deftones @ Fillmore
15 Royal Blood @ 930 Club
16 Public Image Limited @ U St. Music Hall
17 Clutch @ The Shindig
18 Monolord @ Metro Gallery
19 Yvette @ Metro Gallery
20 Conan @ Maryland Deathfest
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Is Gesaffelstein a DJ set? I missed out on his U Hall show a couple years back.
Top 20 Live Sets outside of DC area in 2015:
1 Metallica @ Rock in Rio Vegas
2 St. Vincent @ Coachella
3 Geseffalstein @ Coachella
4 The Pop Group @ Rough Trade NYC
5 Drive Like Jehu @ Coachella
6 Pallbearer @ Union Transfer (Philly)
7 Dave Gahan & The Soulsavers @ Town Hall ( NYC)
8 L7 @ The Troc (Philly)
9 Philip Selway @ Coachella
10 The Gaslamp Killer @ Rock in Rio Vegas
11 Blur @ Madison Square Garden
12 Ride @ Terminal 5 (NYC)
13 Interpol @ Coachella
14 Deftones @ Rock in Rio Vegas
15 Run The Jewels @ Coachella
16 Jack White @ Coachella
17 Faith No More @ Mann Music Center
18 Bongzilla @ Saint Vitus Bar (NYC)
19 AC/DC @ Coachella
20 Gary Clark Jr, @ Rock in Rio Vegas
Top 20 Live Sets in and around DC in 2015:
1 Autechre @ U St. Music Hall
2 Faith No More @ Merriweather Post Pavilion
3 Kamasi Washington @ Howard Theater
4 Kendrick Lamar @ Lincoln Theater
5 Neurosis @ Maryland Deathfest.
6. Helmet playing "Betty" @ Black Cat
7 Yob @ Metro Gallery
8 Philip Selway @ Rock & Roll Hotel
9 Inter Arma @ Maryland Deathfest
10 Gnaw Their Tongues @ Maryland Deathfest
11 Portal @ Maryland Deathfest
12 A Place To Bury Strangers @ Metro Gallery
13 Napalm Death @ Maryland Deathfest
14 Deftones @ Fillmore
15 Royal Blood @ 930 Club
16 Public Image Limited @ U St. Music Hall
17 Clutch @ The Shindig
18 Monolord @ Metro Gallery
19 Yvette @ Metro Gallery
20 Conan @ Maryland Deathfest
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At Coachella, Gesaffelstein's set was a major visual production, driven by him behind a bunch of gear. Pretty certain it was all original music. It felt like a big US debut of a major force in electronic music. Justice's first time at Coachella had a similar impressiveness.
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FWIW, the top 20 tours (gross)
http://www.pollstarpro.com/files/charts2016/011816Top20WorldwideTours.pdf
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At Coachella, Gesaffelstein's set was a major visual production, driven by him behind a bunch of gear. Pretty certain it was all original music. It felt like a big US debut of a major force in electronic music. Justice's first time at Coachella had a similar impressiveness.
I watched the YouTube of this basically just off this comment and it was absolutely awesome.
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Top 10 concerts seen in 2015:
10. Ride -- 9:30 Club 9/17
9. The Darkness -- Fillmore Silver Spring 10/25
8. Punch Brothers w/ Bela Fleck & Abigail Washburn -- Wolf Trap 7/15
7. Weird Al Yankovic -- Wolf Trap 6/12
6. Rush -- the Lube 5/30
5. Django Reinhardt Festival Band - Birdland, NYC, 6/27
4. Manic Street Preachers -- 9:30 4/20
3. Parquet Courts / Priests / Sheer Mag - Black Cat 2/7
2. Courtney Barnett - 9:30, 6/13
1. Deafheaven - Howard Theater, 11/6
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Later 2015! Every band I saw in that year! Slow year for me, only averaged around a show a week...
1/29 - Elisa Ambrogio, Nathan Bowles, Terrors at the Crown
1/31 - Wet Brain, Crimson Wave, Friendbeast, the Degenerettes, Hive Bent at Sidebar
2/6 - War on Women, Dai Burger, Big Mouth at Metro Gallery
2/19 - A Place To Bury Strangers, Ed Schrader's Music Beat, Thrushes, and Black Clouds at Metro Gallery
2/25 - Helmet at Black Cat
3/7 - Screaming Females, Downtown Boys, Post Pink at Windup Space
3/26 - Deerhoof, Perfect Pussy, Wume, Eula at Ottobar
4/2 - Lower Dens at WTMD
4/2 - Superheaven, Crimson Wave at the Ottobar
4/8 - Natural Velvet Mobtown Microshow
4/8 - Colleen Green, Upset, Sweepstakes at Metro Gallery
4/11 - the Body, Noisem, Curse, Babelfishh at Charm City Art Space
4/16 - Priests, Protomartyr, the Gotobeds at U St Music Hall
4/17 - Father Murphy, Jeff Carey, the Holy Circle at 5th Dimension
4/21 - Peach Kelli Pop, Expert Alterations, Boy Spit, Moist at Metro Gallery
5/10 - Prince at Royal Farms Arena
5/13 - Lightning Bolt, Buck Gooter, Strange Times People Band at Floristree
5/20 - Girlpool Tiny Desk
6/5 - Blacksage, Arbouretum at ScapeScape
6/6 - Deaf Scene, Holy Fingers, Mighty Mark, TT the Artist, Abdu Ali at ScapeScape
6/7 - Curse, Nerftoss, Radical Discharge, War on Women, Bond St District at Scapescape
6/12 - Chastity Belt, Wing Dam, Post Pink at Metro Gallery
6/25 - Broken Water, Unholy Two, Post Pink, CPM at Windup Space
6/29 - Romantic States, Alter, Blessin', Retired at the Crown
7/7 - Swirlies, Wing Dam, Creepoid at the Ottobar
7/19 - Dinosaur Jr at Black Cat
7/20 - Liturgy, Yvette at Metro Gallery
8/2 - Faith No More, Refused at MPP
8/11 - Hum, Nothing at 930 Club
8/20 - Colleen Green, Mannequin Pussy at Metro Gallery
8/22 - Dark Blue, Retired, Birth (defects), Jail Solidarity, the Holy Circle at Ottobar
8/27 - Royal Headache, Sheer Mag, Young Trynas at Windup Space
9/4 - Swervedriver, Dearly Beloved at Ottobar
9/4 - Pill at the Crown
9/10 - Locrian, Barbelith at Metro Gallery
9/11 - Chelsea Wolfe, Wovenhand at U St Music Hall
9/13 - Death Cab For Cutie at MPP
9/17 - Ride, DIIV at 930 Club
9/19 - Thrushes at Metro Gallery
9/26 - Lower Dens, Celebration, Cex, Ultra Nate, Arbouretum, Chiffon, Sick Din, Schwarz, Blacksage at Bombadillo
10/2 - Screaming Females, Priests, Pure Disgust, Wing Dam, BARRERACUDAS, Creepoid, Sneaks, Honey Radar, Post-Pink, Snail Mail at UN Fest
10/3 - Roomrunner (last show), Blank Spell, Big Eyes, Angie Du$t, Expert Alterations, Red Death, Downtown Boys, Christi at UN Fest
10/7 - Chameloeons VOX, Pleasure Leftists at Metro Gallery
10/9 - Sun Ra Arkestra, Mind over matter music over mind, Horse Lords at Ottobar
10/18 - Pity Sex, Wildhoney (release show), Spencer Radcliffe, Romantic States, Blacksage at the Ottobar
10/24 - Expert Alterations (release show), Mercury Girls at the Crown
10/26 - the Polyphonic Spree (2 sets) at Rams Head on Stage
11/4 - Wolf Eyes, Lent at Metro Gallery
11/6 - Expert Alterations (duo set), Foul Swoops, halfsour, Summer Saints at Yum's Asian Bistro
11/19 - Wing Dam, Blacksage at the Crown
12/5 - Deerhunter, Atlas Sound at 930 Club
12/15 - Paint Branch at Southeast Library
12/19 - Pefect Pussy, Big Ups, Birth (defects) at Black Cat
12/27 - Sports at House Show in DC
12/30 - Wildhoney, Gauche, Expert Alterations, Sneaks at Windup Space
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When, do you eat and pee?
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Later 2015! Every band I saw in that year! Slow year for me, only averaged around a show a week...
1/29 - Elisa Ambrogio, Nathan Bowles, Terrors at the Crown
1/31 - Wet Brain, Crimson Wave, Friendbeast, the Degenerettes, Hive Bent at Sidebar
2/6 - War on Women, Dai Burger, Big Mouth at Metro Gallery
2/19 - A Place To Bury Strangers, Ed Schrader's Music Beat, Thrushes, and Black Clouds at Metro Gallery
2/25 - Helmet at Black Cat
3/7 - Screaming Females, Downtown Boys, Post Pink at Windup Space
3/26 - Deerhoof, Perfect Pussy, Wume, Eula at Ottobar
4/2 - Lower Dens at WTMD
4/2 - Superheaven, Crimson Wave at the Ottobar
4/8 - Natural Velvet Mobtown Microshow
4/8 - Colleen Green, Upset, Sweepstakes at Metro Gallery
4/11 - the Body, Noisem, Curse, Babelfishh at Charm City Art Space
4/16 - Priests, Protomartyr, the Gotobeds at U St Music Hall
4/17 - Father Murphy, Jeff Carey, the Holy Circle at 5th Dimension
4/21 - Peach Kelli Pop, Expert Alterations, Boy Spit, Moist at Metro Gallery
5/10 - Prince at Royal Farms Arena
5/13 - Lightning Bolt, Buck Gooter, Strange Times People Band at Floristree
5/20 - Girlpool Tiny Desk
6/5 - Blacksage, Arbouretum at ScapeScape
6/6 - Deaf Scene, Holy Fingers, Mighty Mark, TT the Artist, Abdu Ali at ScapeScape
6/7 - Curse, Nerftoss, Radical Discharge, War on Women, Bond St District at Scapescape
6/12 - Chastity Belt, Wing Dam, Post Pink at Metro Gallery
6/25 - Broken Water, Unholy Two, Post Pink, CPM at Windup Space
6/29 - Romantic States, Alter, Blessin', Retired at the Crown
7/7 - Swirlies, Wing Dam, Creepoid at the Ottobar
7/19 - Dinosaur Jr at Black Cat
7/20 - Liturgy, Yvette at Metro Gallery
8/2 - Faith No More, Refused at MPP
8/11 - Hum, Nothing at 930 Club
8/20 - Colleen Green, Mannequin Pussy at Metro Gallery
8/22 - Dark Blue, Retired, Birth (defects), Jail Solidarity, the Holy Circle at Ottobar
8/27 - Royal Headache, Sheer Mag, Young Trynas at Windup Space
9/4 - Swervedriver, Dearly Beloved at Ottobar
9/4 - Pill at the Crown
9/10 - Locrian, Barbelith at Metro Gallery
9/11 - Chelsea Wolfe, Wovenhand at U St Music Hall
9/13 - Death Cab For Cutie at MPP
9/17 - Ride, DIIV at 930 Club
9/19 - Thrushes at Metro Gallery
9/26 - Lower Dens, Celebration, Cex, Ultra Nate, Arbouretum, Chiffon, Sick Din, Schwarz, Blacksage at Bombadillo
10/2 - Screaming Females, Priests, Pure Disgust, Wing Dam, BARRERACUDAS, Creepoid, Sneaks, Honey Radar, Post-Pink, Snail Mail at UN Fest
10/3 - Roomrunner (last show), Blank Spell, Big Eyes, Angie Du$t, Expert Alterations, Red Death, Downtown Boys, Christi at UN Fest
10/7 - Chameloeons VOX, Pleasure Leftists at Metro Gallery
10/9 - Sun Ra Arkestra, Mind over matter music over mind, Horse Lords at Ottobar
10/18 - Pity Sex, Wildhoney (release show), Spencer Radcliffe, Romantic States, Blacksage at the Ottobar
10/24 - Expert Alterations (release show), Mercury Girls at the Crown
10/26 - the Polyphonic Spree (2 sets) at Rams Head on Stage
11/4 - Wolf Eyes, Lent at Metro Gallery
11/6 - Expert Alterations (duo set), Foul Swoops, halfsour, Summer Saints at Yum's Asian Bistro
11/19 - Wing Dam, Blacksage at the Crown
12/5 - Deerhunter, Atlas Sound at 930 Club
12/15 - Paint Branch at Southeast Library
12/19 - Pefect Pussy, Big Ups, Birth (defects) at Black Cat
12/27 - Sports at House Show in DC
12/30 - Wildhoney, Gauche, Expert Alterations, Sneaks at Windup Space
early contender for post of the year
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Wow, that's impressive - congrats!
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My list is short. I know a few people on here would have longer ones. I was just bored the other day and decided to count them all.
I also do things like post my band t-shirts on their own Instagram... https://www.instagram.com/jjsbandtshirts/
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My question, was just asked again.
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Top 20 Live Sets in and around DC in 2015:
1 Autechre @ U St. Music Hall
easily my biggest regret of 2015... really wanted to make it to this one.