top 10 Concerts of 2005

[beedubyah]

What happened at the Ryan Adams debacle?

[stu47]

I left halfway through....he was drunken then normal, yelling, then had to go get a "cortisone" shot
 
 compared to the show I saw at the 9:30 in 2002, it was just bad

[OffKeyMelodies24]

Dropkick Murphys, Big D and The Kids Table @ 930 Club
 
 Streetlight Manifesto, Whole Wheat Bread, 33 West @ Nation

[xneverwherex]

dandy warhols - fillmore (SF)
 of montreal - north six (brooklyn)
 maximo park - tonic (NYC)
 idlewild - Black Cat
 snow patrol - somewhere in NY
 long-view, dogs die in hot cars, phoenix - 9:30 club
 lollapalooza - chicago, il
 the rakes - CMJ/North Six (Brooklyn)
 Ash - black cat
 bloc party - black cat

[PigIron]

I think these were all 2005, and good:
 
 Reverend Horton Heat/Supersuckers in Philly
 Pixies at Merriweather
 NIN/QOTSA at Philly
 Roots at Rams Head
 Clutch at Sonar
 Tom Petty/Black Crowes in PA

[brennser]

Originally posted by Fico:
  In no particular order:
 Elbow @ Hiro Ballroom (NYC)
 
 Missed a bunch of shows I wanted to attend this year...Elbow at Hiro was prolly my favorite...or maybe Sigur Ros...

damn - so you went up to NYC for that show - I'm very very jealous

[you be betty]

chron. order...
 
 1) Ratatat/The Double/Soft Complex, Black Cat
 2) U2/Kings of Leon, Arrowhead Stadium (or something like that) in Anaheim, CA
 3) Muse/Razorlight, UMD
 4) Ben Folds, 9:30
 5) Rilo Kiley/Portastatic/The Brunettes, 9:30
 6) Q and not U, Fort Reno
 7) The White Stripes/The Greenhornes, Greek Theatre in LA
  Phantom Planet, USC in LA
 9) U2, MCI
 10) Rufus Wainwright/Ok Go, 9:30
 
 
 other winners:
 Ben Kweller, UMD
 The Wrens, Black Cat
 Nickel Creek, in LA
 The Evens, Fort Reno
 Anyone I also saw at Op. Ceasefire
 & I also went to 3479754354 Army Of Me shows in 2005, and the band put fourth 1000% each time, and rocked harder each time.

[chancegardener]

1. Wilco 9:30 2/23
 2. Brian Wilson Wolf Trap 8/10
 3. Paul McCartney MCI 10/8
 4. Nickel Creek XM Studios 7/19
 5. Gang of Four  9:30 5/20
 6. U2  MCI 10/19
 7. Pixies / Bloc Party  MPP 6/13
 8. Alice Cooper / Cheap Trick  Wolf Trap 8/25
 9. 21st Century Consort  Natl Cathedral 7/12
 10. Dead Can Dance  Strathmore 10/10

[eilo97]

no order:
 wilco @ 930
 ok go @ black cat
 british sea power @ black cat
 decemberists @ 930
 death cab @ 930 (1st night)
 bright eyes @ 930- w/ the faint
 damnwells @ star hill
 u2 @ mci
 ben lee @ black cat
 fountains of wayne @ wrnr fall festival

[helicon1]

1. Porcupine Tree @ 930 Club -- 9/26/05
 2. Sigur Ros @ Strathmore -- 9/11/05
 3. 33 HZ @ DC9 -- 5/12/05
 4. Mark Knopfler @ Wolf Trap -- 6/26/05
 5. Blackfield @ IOTA -- 3/14/05
 6. Depeche Mode @ Patriot Center -- 12/9/05
 7. Kasabian @ 930 Club -- 2/18/05
 8. Phoenix @ 930 Club -- 3/31/05
 9. Slint @ 930 Club -- 3/22/05
 10. The Lucksmiths @ DC9 -- 5/10/05

[Jesse]

Kanye West@ baltimore arena
 Coldplay @ hfstival
 Interpol @ Sonar
 Depeche Mode @ Patriot center
 Gratitude/Minus the Bear @ the ottobar
 Sleater Kinney @ 930 Club
 311 @ nissan
 Coheed And Cambria @ 930
 Warped Tour
 Mos Def & TAlib Kweli@ 930 (2nd night)
 The Faint/Bright Eyes @ 930 (2nd night)
 
 I am also reserving a spot for the roots

[palahniukkubrick]

no order, man:
 
 -Nine Inch Nails & QOTSA at MCI (DFA was good, but was better at the BC)
 -U2 at MCI (1st night)
 -Interpol & Blonde Redhead at 930 (forget which night)
 -Black Crowes opening for Tom Petty (who wasn't so bad himself) at Merriweather
 -Paul McCartney at MCI
 -Dinosaur Jr at 930
 -Devo at 930 (2nd night)
 
 I didn't really go to much this year...  :confused:

[choreops]

Old Crow Medicine Show -- 9:30
 Old Crow Medicine Show -- Recher
 Sigur Ros -- Strathmore
 Eels -- 9:30
 Devotchka -- 8X10
 Pinback -- Black Cat
 Crooked Fingers -- Black Cat
 Weezer -- Aragon Ballroom (Chicago)
 Decemberists -- 9:30
 Old 97s -- 9:30
 
 Worst Show -- Ryan Adams at the Myerhoff.  Someone mentioned this above, but they left out the part where he walked out into the seats with no mic and played for about 45 minutes.  If you were within 10 feet of him it was probably the show of a lifetime for you.  For everyone else it sucked. If any of you have been to the Myerhoff you realize it's a crappy 70s era Symphony hall.  I even left my balcony seats to run down there but there was no way to hear him unless you were literally right by him.  I've never seen so many people pissed at a show.

[Darth Ed]

Went to 32 shows this year. Have to say I think this year was a little weaker than last year, with fewer stand-out shows at the Black Cat this year. Here's my list:
 
 1. 2005/09/27 The White Stripes/The Shins (Merriweather)
 2. 2005/01/30 The Arcade Fire (9:30 Club)
 3. 2005/10/05 Stellastarr* (9:30 Club)
 4. 2005/02/23 and 2005/02/24 Wilco (9:30 Club) (tie)
 5. 2005/01/21 Colin Meloy (Iota)
 6. 2005/05/12 Kasabian/Mad Action (9:30 Club)
 7. 2005/03/04 Secret Machines/Autolux/Moving Units (9:30 Club)
 8. 2005/03/23 Robyn Hitchcock/Meredith Bragg (Black Cat)
 9. 2005/10/02 The Decemberists/Sons and Daughters (9:30 Club)
 10. 2005/06/25 Sleater-Kinney/Dead Meadow (9:30 Club)
 
 Shows I didn't attend but really wish I had:
 
 1. 2005/04/09 Bloc Party/The Ponys (Black Cat)
 2. 2005/04/21 Garbage (9:30 Club)
 3. 2005/05/12 British Sea Power (Black Cat)
 4. 2005/06/28 Eels (9:30 Club)

[jeffnar]

top 5 acts i saw :
 
 kraftwerk (1rst night) @930
 rolling stones @ durham
 pixies @ ritz thtr/DR, raleigh
 rtx @ 506, chapel hill
 stones @ mci
 coldplay @ alltell pav., raleigh
 
 really should have gone to: bauhaus, x.