2004

[SalParadise]

shows:
 
 broken social scene @ black cat
 los amigos invisibles @ black cat
 pixies @ coachella
 air @ 930 club
 the hives @ 930 club
 joanna newsom @ IOTA
 kid koala @ iceland airwaves
 
 albums:
 
 the bees - 'free the bees'
 kanye west - 'college dropout'
 air - 'talkie walkie'
 erlend oye - 'dj kicks'
 kings of convenience - 'riot on an empty street'
 leslie feist - 'let it die'

[eltee]

Originally posted by SalParadise:
  shows:
 kid koala @ iceland airwaves
 

Oh yeah, I've forgotten. Are you the one who won that trip? How was it??

[SalParadise]

Originally posted by El Tee:
   

Originally posted by SalParadise:
  shows:
 kid koala @ iceland airwaves
 

Oh yeah, I've forgotten. Are you the one who won that trip? How was it?? [/b]

nah, that's not me.
 
 the trip itself was great (i'd still say that even if i hadn't heard a single note of music, kid koala just happened to play possibly the most brilliant dj set i'd ever heard). i think it's worth it just for the blue lagoon.
 
 reykjavik is small...and expensive. very friendly people, and gorgeous women.
 
 we're probably going back next year.

[Darth Ed]

I've been to 40 shows in 2004 and I still have a few more coming up. Here's my list of best concerts of 2004 (in chronological order):
 
 2004/03/23 The Decemberists/Clearlake/Tom Heinl (Black Cat)
 2004/04/22 Sleater-Kinney/The Thermals (9:30 Club)
 2004/05/13 TV on the Radio/The Birdland/The Apollo Heights/The Six Parts Seven/The Hush (Supreme Imperial, Baltimore)
 2004/06/01 Beulah/Dios (Black Cat)
 2004/06/09 Wilco/The M's (9:30 Club)
 2004/06/20 Franz Ferdinand/Sons and Daughters (9:30 Club)
 2004/10/14 Mission of Burma/Channels (Black Cat)
 2004/11/08 Muse/The Zutons (9:30 Club)
 2004/12/02 Ted Leo+Pharmacists/Matt Pond PA/Vague Angels (Black Cat)
 2004/12/08 Pixies/TV on the Radio/The Bennies (D.A.R. Constitution Hall)
 
 I'd probably put Wilco, Mission of Burma, TV on the Radio (Supreme Imperial), Beulah, and The Decemberists, and Sleater-Kinney at the top, if I were ranking them in order.
 
 Worst shows: Carbon Leaf (I had a free ticket that someone gave me, I just hated them), PJ Harvey (most disappointing, lamest audience ever)
 
 Personally, I rather liked the 50 Foot Wave concert at Iota.
 
 Favorite albums: I'm still catching up. I just got Nick Cave and Secret Machines last week and haven't had time to listen to them yet because I've been listening to the Pixies non-stop in preparation for last night's concert. I'll think about it and maybe post some albums later.

[kurosawa-b/w]

Well, I've been to 56 shows this year, and believe it or not I've cut back in the last two  months in order to save money. I have to agree that this year wasn't as good as last year. I feel like I went to a lot of "okay" or "good but not transcendent" shows. However, several do stand out as being special. Here they are in no particular order:
 
 Stars @ Black Cat opening for BSS
 The Cooper Temple Clause @ The Khyber in Philly
 TV on the Radio @ Black Cat backstage
 Phaser @ Iota
 Pixies + Radiohead @ Coachella
 The High Dials @ Black Cat backstage
 The Blueskins @ Mercury Lounge in NYC
 Hope of the States @ Double Door in Chicago
 Uncut @ Pianos in NYC
 Soledad Brothers @ Iota
 Interpol @ 9:30 Club
 
 I'm looking forward to 2005. After all, Idlewild will be touring again!

[ratioci nation]

my top 10 non gbv shows
 
 Unicorns, The
 Black Cat - Backstage
 2/1/2004
 
 Shins, The
 Black Cat
 2/11/2004
 
 Metric opening for South
 9:30 Club
 2/14/2004
 
 Elefant
 Velvet Lounge
 2/18/2004
 
 Decemberists, The
 Black Cat
 3/23/2004
 
 Pernice Brothers w/ Long Winters
 Black Cat
 4/15/2004
 
 Okkervil River w/ Shearwater
 Common Grounds
 5/22/2004
 
 Mclusky
 Black Cat
 6/19/2004
 
 Secret Machines
 Black Cat
 7/15/2004
 
 Mountain Goats
 Black Cat
 
 Top 12 non gbv albums  
 
 Von Bondies - Pawn Shoppe Heart
 Shearwater - Winged Life
 Of Montreal - Satanic Panic In The Attic
 Icarus Line - Penance Soiree
 Mountain Goats - We Shall All Be Healed
 Q and not U - Power
 Mirah - C'mon Miracle
 Burning Brides - Leave No Ashes
 Secret Machines - Now Here Is Nowhere
 Magnetic Fields - I
 Thermals - Fuckin A
 Destroyer - Your Blues

[chaz]

Originally posted by kurosawa-b/w:
  The High Dials @ Black Cat backstage
 

I forgot about this one too....I really enjoyed this show.

[shoot ur shot]

show-wise, heres the rundown for me in 2004 in no order:
 
 -converge/cave in/between the buried and me @ alley katz
 -suicide @ knitting factory
 -andrew wk/the locust - 930 club
 -slick rick @ ottobar
 -m.o.p. @ ottobar
 -leo kottke @ lewis ginter botanical gardens
 -an albatross/karate/circle takes the square - vcu student commons building
 -cursive/darkest hour - 930 club
 -mogwai/interpol - merriweather
 -sonic youth - 930 club
 
 records:
 wolf eyes - burned mind
 converge - you fail me
 madvillain - madvillainy
 the un - un or u out
 mission of burma - onoffon
 today is the day - kiss the pig
 pig destroyer - terrifyer
 animal collective - sung tongs
 the arcade fire - the funeral
 comets on fire - blue cathedral
 the gris gris - s/t (thanks snail)
 xiu xiu - fabulous muscles
 wilco - a ghost is born
 sonic youth - sonic nurse
 the microphones - mount eerie
 six strings of admittance - for octavio paz
 mare - s/t ep
 jolie holland - escondida

[markie]

Originally posted by pollard:
 
 Mirah - C'mon Miracle
 

Did you give me that then?
 
 Every time a song comes on the ipod it pricks up my ears. You might like the concretes. I can barely guess which is which when they play randomly.
 
 I thought both were too slow and girly for you.

[ratioci nation]

Originally posted by Deepak Chopra:
  Did you give me that then?
 
 Every time a song comes on the ipod it pricks up my ears. You might like the concretes. I can barely guess which is which when they play randomly.
 
 I thought both were too slow and girly for you.

yes I did, Concretes are a band I keep my eye out for because of reviews I have read, but have never heard them
 
 i can like slow and girly, doesnt hurt that some of it was produced by phil elvrum of The Microphones, the influence is audible

[palahniukkubrick]

Shows:
 
 Primus at D.A.R.
 Morrissey at Radio City Music Hall
 The Hives & Reigning Sound at 930 (Sahara hotnights sucks)
 Pixies & TV on the Radio at D.A.R. on wednesday
 
 Albums:
 Brian Wilson's Smile, PJ Harvey's Uh Huh Her, Loretta Lynn's Van Lear Rose, Bjork's Medulla, Mos Def's the New Danger

[Guiny]

Originally posted by palahniukkubrick:
 Primus at D.A.R.
 [/QB]

Definetely!!!!!!!!!!!

[twangirl]

my favorite 11 shows of the year:
 
 Alejandro Escovedo w/ Jim Lauderdale â?¢ 3/21 â?¢ Continental Club
 16 Horsepower â?¢ 4/10 â?¢ Bowery Ballroom
 Slim Cessna's Auto Club â?¢ 4/20 â?¢ Black Cat
 Kraftwerk â?¢ 4/23 â?¢ some small arena in Toronto
 Unknown Hinson â?¢ 5/6 â?¢ Iota
 The Mavericks w/a bitchin horn section â?¢ 6/2 â?¢ Stubbs BBQ
 Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder â?¢ 7/1 â?¢ Ryman Auditorium
 The Hives â?¢ 7/2 â?¢ 9:30
 Dave Alvin & Los Straitjackets â?¢ 7/28 â?¢ Birchmere
 Laibach â?¢ 11/5 â?¢ TLA
 John Fogerty â?¢ 11/12 â?¢ 9:30

[helicon1]

1. Elbow/Alfie at Brixton Academy
 2. The Polyphonic Spree at the Kennedy Centre
 3. Morrisey at Constitution Hall
 4. The Faint w/ TV on the Radio at 9:30 Club
 5. Curiosa Festival at Merriweather Post
 6. The Secret Machines w/ The Helio Sequence at Black Cat
 7. Air/Joy Zipper at Brixton Academy
 8. Zero 7 at 9:30 Club
 9. Velvet Revolver at 9:30 Club
 10. Super Furry Animals/Papa M at 9:30 Club

[Bags]

Out of 50 shows this year, my faves in chronological order --the best shows were Sloan in NYC, GBV in NYC, and the Hives, which surprised the hell out of me:
 
 - Urge Overkill, the Shazam, Bowery Ballroom,  NYC (Feb 7)
 - Metric (but not South), 9:30 (Feb 14)
 - The Decemberists, BC (Mar 23)
 - Long Winters (opening for Pernice Bros). BC (4/15)
 - Snow Patrol, 930 (4/17)
 - GBV, Bowery Ballroom in NY, (Sat., 4/24)
 - Sloan, BC (5/13)
 - Sloan (opening for, and NOT including, Jet) Roseland Ballroom, NYC (7/10)
 - The Rosebuds, BC Backstage ( 7/13)
 - The Hives, 930 (7/20)
 - Muse, 930 (11/8)