top 10 Concerts of 2005

[bearman🐻]

Here are mine:
 
 1) Bob Mould @ 9:30 Club
 2) Pixies @ Merriweather
 3) Kraftwerk @ 9:30 (2nd show)
 4) Chemical Brothers @ Coachella
 5) Echo & the Bunnymen @ TLA, Philly
 6) Sleater-Kinney @ Warfield, SF
 7) Gang of Four @ 9:30
  Social Distortion @ M&T Stadium (HFStival)
 9) X @ 9:30
 10) Queens of the Stone Age @ MCI Center
 
 Honorable mentions: Judybats @ Ram's Head, New York Dolls @ 9:30, Teenage Fanclub @ 9:30, Bob Mould @ the Metro (Chicago), Queens of the Stone Age @ 9:30

[HoyaSaxa03]

1) colin meloy - iota
 2) m83 - black cat
 
 i don't really have a record of the shows i went to, but these two definitely stand out
 
 edit:
 
 wilco - 930 club
 arcade fire - 930 club
 bloc party - black cat

[distance]

my tops, in no particular order:
 1. gang of four - 930
 2. tortoise - acl
 3. bunnymen - chameleon club
 4. kraftwerk - 930 (night2)
 5. pixies - merriweather
 6. do make say think - stage 2 underground
 7. slint - 930
 
 i liked most of the other stuff i went to, but i think these were the best shows.  kraftwerk @ miami was better than dc, i think, but that was last year.
 i still have 3 more shows coming up this year (eits *3 this weekend/next week in nyc).. so..

[mrpee]

Guessing I saw about 75 or so local shows this year, and of those (in order of swellness)...
 
 John Vanderslice @ BC
 Animal Collective @ BC
 Alejandro Escovedo @ Barns
 Magnolia Electric Co. @ BCBS
 Thievery @ 930 (3rd show, I think)
 Dirtbombs @ IOTA
 M83 @ BC
 Pernice Brothers @ Jammin Java
 Sam Prekop @ BC
 Fantomas @ 930

[ggw]

Off the top of my head:
 
 Meloy @ iota
 Detroit Cobras @ iota
 Immortal Lee County Killers @ iota
 Gang of Four @ 9:30
 Pixies @ Merriweather
 Idlewild @ Black Cat
 
 I know I'm forgetting some...

[Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer]

Devotcka, 8x10 Club
 Robbie Fulks, Jammin Java
 Devotchka, Media Club, Vancouver
 Iggy and the Stooges, Bumbershoot
 Keren Ann, Bumbershoot
 Old 97's, 9:30 Club
 Nada Surf, Black Cat
 Son Volt, Bumbershoot
 High Strung, Jammin Java
 Drive By Truckers, Artscape
 Josh Rouse, Rams Head
 
 sorry, had to add an 11th.

[definitivedoodle]

The Roots-Winter Break Jan 05-930 club

[brennser]

best gigs
 
 1. Ed Harcourt @ Iota
 2. The Frames @ The Black Cat
 3. Josh Rouse @ Vicar Street (Dublin)
 4. Teenage Fanclub @ 9.30
 5. Arcade Fire @ 9.30
 6. Bloc Party @ Black Cat
 7. Alejandro @ The Barns
 
 probably went to about 20 shows total but these are the ones that stood out

[Dr. Anton Phibes]

In no order.......
 
 The Knitters-Birchmere & Ram's Head
 
 Pixies- Merriweather & Sonar
 
 Gang Of Four-9:30 & Sonar
 
 Kraftwerk-Both Nights at 9:30
 
 The Fleshtones-IOTA
 
 Joseph Arthur-Rosewood Theater

[Sage 703]

in no real order:
 
 1. colin meloy - iota
 2. kasabian (opening for the music) - 9:30
 3. bright eyes - DAR
 4. crooked fingers - black cat
 5. death cab - 9:30, second night with 405 encore
 6. thievery corp - on the mall
 7. ryan adams & the cardinals - tennessee theater
 8. brazilian girls - college of william & mary
 9. rolling stones - charlottesville
 10. the faint - 9:30

[RatBastard]

Chronoligical Order...
 
 1) Secret Machines, Moving Units, Autolix (Starr Hill 03-02)
 2) Queens of the Stine Age, Throw rag (930 03-27)
 3) Sevendust, Skindred, Bobaflex, One (HOB Orlando 04-07)
 4) BB King (Norva 05-17)
 5) Devo (930 08-14)
 6) System of a Down, Mars Volta (Hampton Coliseum 08-21)
 7) Alice Cooper, Cheap Trick (Wolf Trap 08-25)
  Rolling Stones (UVA 10-06)
 9) Foo Fighters (930 10-16)
 10) Nine Inch nails, Queens of the Stone Age (MCI 11-02)

[ratioci nation]

i dont know if I went to 10 this year, damn

[SalParadise]

animal collective @ black cat
 lcd soundsystem/mia @ 930
 bss/feist @ 930
 los amigos invisibles @ black cat (march)
 bloc party @ black cat
 los amigos invisibles @ black cat (october)
 metric @ 930
 stephen malkmus @ black cat
 kings of convenience @ IOTA
 
 and i'm reserving a spot for the roots on 12/29.

[ccperkdog]

In no order...
 
 Thievery Corporation @ 930  show #2 of three night run
 Kasabian @ 930 opening for The Music
 Brazilian Girls @ 930 opening for STS9
 Snow Patrol @ 930 Club
 Kaiser Chiefs @ 930 Club
 Oasis, Kasabian, JET @ Merriweather Post
 Hot, Hot, Heat @ 930 Club
 Detroit Vipers @ Iota
 
 that's it for good shows, others just were okay or terrible...and in the category of WORST SHOW OF 2005, the winner is...
 
 Coldplay @ Nissan Pavilion. What a joke! But then again, I am a tool for going to see them anyways.

[lukiedookie89]

Aquabats- Ottobar
 Against Me!- Recher
 Thievery Corp. - Op. ceasefire
 Q And Not U- Black Cat (final show)
 Pietasters- 9:30
 Weezer/Kaiser Chiefs- Patriot Center
 Reel Big Fish/Zolof the Rock and Roll Destroyer- 9:30
 White Stripes- Merriweather
 Gwar- 9:30
 Streetlight Manifesto- Nation