top 10 Concerts of 2005

[mr. pretentious]

My top 5 of the year:
 
 1) Broken Social Scene w/ Feist @ 9:30
 2) The White Stripes w/ the Shins @ Merriweather
 3) Ted Leo/Pharmacists @ 9:30
 4) Operation: Ceasefire (Thievery Corp., Bouncing Souls, Le Tigre)
 5) Spoon @ Metro (Chicago)

[beedubyah]

No particular order...
 
 Interpol @ 930
 Oasis @ Merriweather (might be the best of the year)
 Secret Machines, Moving Units, Autolux @ 930
 The Music, Kasabian @ 930 (Music not nearly as good as last time)
 Kasabian @ 930
 Wilco @ 930
 U2 @ MCI (never seen em before pretty cool)
 Snow Patrol @ 930
 
 2nd tier of shows that were just ok...
 Death Cab @ 930 1st night
 Doves @ 930
 Coldplay @ Nissan
 Arcade Fire @ 930
 
 This fall has been very disappointing. Missed some shows that I wouldve liked to see and nothing catching my interest.

[Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer]

Wow. Amazing. Nobody has yet listed a single show that I went to. And nobody has listed any of my top ten shows (though admittedly four of them were on the West Coast).

[allmy$to930]

1. Arcade Fire @ Carling Bristol Academy
 2. Electrelane, Scout Niblett, and French Toast @ St. Pauls, Bristol
 3. Fruit Bats/Rogue Wave @ Black Cat Back Bar
 4. M. Ward w/ Micah P Hinson: St. Bons Social Club Bristol
 5. Architecture in Helsinki @ Black Cat
 6. Death Cab/Stars @ 9:30..1st night.
 7. The Clientele @ Iota
 8. New Pornographers @ 9:30
 9. Teenage Fanclub @ Carling Bristol Academy
 10. Sondre Lerche @ Fiddlers, Bristol

[Relaxer]

DMBQ - DC9
 Black Mountain - Warehouse
 Raveonettes - Black Cat
 Dungen - Black Cat
 Autolux - Black Cat
 Immortal Lee County Killers - Iota
 Dinosaur Jr - 9:30
 Kasabian - 9:30
 New Pornographers - 9:30
 Idlewild - Black Cat
 Stellastarr - 9:30
 
 Disappointments:
 Spoon - 9:30
 Okkervil River - Iota
 Devo - 9:30

[BLACKSTORM]

Black Rebel Motorcycle Club @ 9:30.

[kurosawa-b/w]

Here are my top shows (in chronological order):
 
 Idlewild (acoustic) - RNCM, Manchester,UK
 Arcade Fire - 9:30 Club
 M83 - Black Cat
 Uncut - Warehouse Next Door
 Hopewell/The Comas/The Sights - Iota
 Maximo Park - Tonic, NYC
 Lollapalooza (the whole event was great)
 The Octopus Project - Rothko, NYC
 The Rakes - Northsix, NYC
 Black Mountain - Warehouse Next Door
 BRMC - 9:30 Club
 Immortal Lee County Killers III - Iota

[Bags]

In no order:
 
 - Arcade Fire, 9:30
 - Decembrists, Crystal Ballroom, Portland OR, March 17
 - OK GO, BC, Apr 10
 - The Judybats, Chicago (outdoor festival)
 - ABC & English Beat, 9:30 (Sept.
 - The Wrens, BC (Sep 9)
 - Brendan Benson, BC, Sept 29
 - Bob Mould, 9:30. Oct 7
 - Foo Fighters, 9:30, Oct 16
 - X, 930, Dec 5
 
 Disappointments:
 
 - Spoon, 930, June 3
 - Freedy Johnston, Iota (Aug 22)
 - The Posies, Black Cat, Sept 26

[Fico]

In no particular order:
 
 Sigur Ros @ Strathmore
 Oasis @ Merriweather
 Elbow @ Hiro Ballroom (NYC)
 Doves @ 930
 Interpol @ 930
 DCFC/Stars @ 930
 Kasabian @ 930
 Ash @ Black Cat
 Emiliana Torrini @ IOTA
 Snow Patrol @ 930
 
 Missed a bunch of shows I wanted to attend this year...Elbow at Hiro was prolly my favorite...or maybe Sigur Ros...

[BookerT]

the wedding present @ black cat was definitely my favorite. other good sets...
 
 reigning sound @ iota
 unrest @ black cat
 the oranges band @ the ottobar
 holly golightly @ iota
 the ponys @ black cat
 nethers/make a rising @ warehouse
 broadcast @ black cat
 bob dylan @ somewhere in bowie (not really, but i did get to see bob dylan)
 
 two shows i'm most bummed to have missed: the dirtbombs @ iota and love as laughter @ the warehouse.
 
 i didn't go to 930 too much this year and a lot of what i saw there was kinda disappointing -- spoon, new pornographers, teenage fanclub. i might be forgetting some.

[conorh98]

1. Alejandro Escovedo- 930
 2. Extra Action Marching Band- Warehouse
 3. Chuck Brown- 930
 4. Local H- 2 shows BC
 5. Fishbone- 930
 6. Familiar Faces- Bud's
 7. Rare Essence- Kili's
 8. Eezeetiger- Snailhook's

[HoyaSaxa03]

Originally posted by BookerT:
 the ponys @ black cat
 

was this their opening set for bloc party?  (did they open for bloc party?) ... i saw them open for someone at BC and it was fantastic...

[BookerT]

yep, that was opening for bloc party. it wasn't quite as awesome as their show last year on the backstage, but it was pretty crucial.

[Bags]

Originally posted by Etan de Balzac, Footie Ball Player:
  Wow. Amazing. Nobody has yet listed a single show that I went to. And nobody has listed any of my top ten shows (though admittedly four of them were on the West Coast).

Did you go to more than 10 shows this year?  Seems like you pride yourself on being about one a month or so...

[stu47]

white stripes - merriweather
 devotchka     - bumbershoot
 robyn hitchcock/harvey danger - seattle
 decemberists  - bumbershoot
 son volt      - 9:30
 Jesse Sykes   - bumbershoot
 blue rodeo    - rams head
 josh rouse    - rams head
 black 47      - rams head
 modest mouse  - DAR
 magic numbers/bright eyes- DAR
 bright eyes   - 9:30 (w/the faint)
 
 these, minus the ryan adams myerhoff debacle, were what I saw this year....all, excluding the ryan adams myerhoff debacle, were good in their own way....the white stripes show rocked, devotchka was awesome, and robyn hitchcock was well, robyn hitchcock