top 10 Concerts of 2005

[palahniukkubrick]

Originally posted by Mobius:
  Paul Westerberg - 9:30
 

Aagh, I'm still kicking myself for missing that show.   :mad:

[Firebutt McGee]

Top 10 Concerts this year:
 
 Scissor Sisters - 9:30 club
 Brendan Benson / Greenhornes - Black Cat
 Brazilian Girls (oct. show) - 9:30 club
 Garbage - 9:30 club
 LCD Soundsystem / MIA - 9:30 club
 Esthero - 9:30 club
 Queens of the Stone Age / Eagles of Death Metal - 9:30 club
 Fiery Furnaces / Blood On The Wall - 9:30 club
 Death Cab for Cutie / Stars - (Night 1) - 9:30 club
 X / Juliana Hatfield - 9:30 club
 
 Honorable Mention: Xiu Xiu - Warehouse
 
 Worst Concert: Berlin - 9:30 club
 
 WHAT THE FUCK WAS THAT???

[lily1]

the frames-north star bar
 emiliana torrini-iota
 idlewild-black cat
 thievery corporation-2nd and 3rd night
 ash-black cat
 interpol-930
 springsteen-patriot center
 david gray-world cafe live & 930 club
 
 oh, and of course, u2-all 5 nights in 3 cities
 
 honorable mention to alejandro escovedo at 930 and pixies at mpp

[helicon1]

Originally posted by ixkpd-bk:
  Top 10 Concerts this year:
 
 
 Esthero - 9:30 club
 

Hasn't she cancelled every area appearance? My friend and I have given up after 3 attempts to see her in DC and Baltimore.

[distance]

Originally posted by 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
 

ok, i'm having to add in explosions in the sky - bowery (night 2) to this list after tonight.
 definitely in my top 5 as far as eits shows go.

[Lively One]

here they are in no partic order...
 1.The Mars Volta 5/1/05 Electric Factory
 2.The Mars Volta 5/3/05 Electric Factory
 3.Billy Corgan 6/24/05 9:30 Club
 4.Billy Corgan 6/25/05 Electric Factory
 5.HFStival
 6.Garbage 4/21/05 9:30 Club
 7.QOTSA/NIN 11/2/05 MCI Center
 8.Muse @ UMD Cole Field House
 9.Coldplay 9/30/05 Nissan Pavillion
 10.Echo & the Bunnymen  Theatre of Living Arts
 
 If I could throw in another, it would be the Mars Volta at Baltimore Arena. Since their set was so short I didn't list it, besides--System of a Down ruined it for me anyway.  Honorable mention goes to OkGo who I saw at the 9:30 with Rufus Wainwright last month.

[amnesiac]

Best Shows:
 Broken Social Scene @ 930
 Arcade Fire @ 930
 Crooked Fingers @ Black Cat
 Okkervil River @ Iota
 Pixies & Bloc Party @ Merriweather
 Bright Eyes @ DAR
 Bloc Party @ Black Cat
 Secret Machines @ Coachella
 Ted Leo @ 930
 Sigur Ros @ Strathmore
 
 Disappointments:
 Doves @ 930
 Andrew Bird @ Black Cat (though I think I'm alone on this one)
 Snow Patrol @ both 930 and Coachella
 Sufjan Stevens @ 930
 Interpol @ 930
 
 Regret Missing:
 M83, The Wrens, Echo, Stephen Malkmus, Dungen (all @ Black Cat)
 
 Too Drunk to Remember:
 Nada Surf @ Black Cat
 Black Crowes @ 930
 Tom Petty & Black Crowes @ Merriweather
 Green Day @ Merriweather
 Wilco & The Roots @ Merriweather
 Every Kings of Leon show

[akaash]

1) Broken Social Scene @ 9:30 Club
 2) The Decemberists @ 9:30 Club
 3) Aqualung w/ Augustana @ Housing Works Bookstore, NY
 4) Art Brut @ Tribeca Grand Hotel, NY
 5) Kaiser Chiefs w/ The Cribs @ Webster Hall, NY
 6) Ted Leo and the Pharmacists @ The Ottobar
 7) The White Stripes w/ The Shins @ Merriweather Post Pavillion
  Coldplay w/ Rilo Kiley @ Nissan Pavillion
 9) Maria Taylor w/ Statistics @ Knitting Factory, NY
 10) Interpol @ 9:30 Club

[tdcpinoy]

Was there nobody on this forum that was at the Brian Jonestown Massacre show?  It kicked ass.
 
 1. The Brian Jonestown Massacre @ DC9
 2. The Roots @ 930
 3. Social D @ 930
 4. Death Cab/Stars (first night) @ 930
 5. BRMC @ 930
 6. Bright Eyes @ DAR
 7. Echo @ Black Cat
 8. The Shins @ The Norva
 9. Henry Rollins (spoken word) @ The Birchmere
 10.HFStival

[kmb187]

Originally posted by 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.

Metric @ 9:30 was amazing, wasn't it?
 I was so disappointed to miss BSS/Feist at 930 in October... and now I'm missing Feist again in February when she's at the Black Cat!
 
 You might be interested in knowing that Stars is now on the Black Cat schedule. I don't know; Metric, Feist... Stars seems like it might fit in there.
 
 Oh, and Metric is returning to 930 on March 9. I haven't been able to find it on the site, but the tickets have gone on sale already.

[Julian, Alleged Computer F**kface]

Originally posted by rrm1847:
 
 6. Bright Eyes @ DAR
 7. Echo @ Black Cat
 

How did you manage to pull off seeing both of these? Bright Eyes didn't let out until like 11:30.

[SalParadise]

Originally posted by kmb187:
   

Originally posted by 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.

Metric @ 9:30 was amazing, wasn't it?
 I was so disappointed to miss BSS/Feist at 930 in October... and now I'm missing Feist again in February when she's at the Black Cat!
 
 You might be interested in knowing that Stars is now on the Black Cat schedule. I don't know; Metric, Feist... Stars seems like it might fit in there.
 
 Oh, and Metric is returning to 930 on March 9. I haven't been able to find it on the site, but the tickets have gone on sale already. [/b]

yep, i'm well aware of those upcoming shows. i walked into that metric show about 15 minutes into their set. that last half hour or so was that good.

[jude376]

[jude376]

In no order:
 
 1. Paul McCartney@MCI
 2. Decemberists/Sons and Daughters@Sonar
 3. Pixies@Merriweather
 4. Okkervil River@Iota
 5. Death Cab/Stars@9:30
 6. The Old Ceremony@The Deej
 7. Sleater Kinney@9:30
 8. Washington Social Club/Monopoli/Cartel@Black Cat
 9. Broken Social Scene@9:30
 10. Mountain Goats@Black Cat

[Bombay Chutney]

In no order:
 
 - Teenbeat Anniversary #2  (Black Cat)
    (Tuscadero, Butch Willis, Versus, Flin Flon, Aden, Hot Pursuit, Holland.)
 - Bruce Springsteen (solo acoustic) (Patriot Center)
 - Two If By Sea, The Cassettes, Bang! Bang! (Warehouse Next Door)
 - Gang of Four  (9:30)
 - Kraftwerk #1  (9:30)
 - Bob Mould  (9:30)
 - Foo Fighters  (9:30)
 - X, Juliana Hatfield  (9:30)
 - Sleater-Kinney  (9:30)
 - Arcade Fire  (9:30)
 
 
 Honorable Mention:
 
 Teenbeat #1  (Black Cat)
 Dinosaur, Jr.  (9:30)
 Mac Attack  (DC9)
 Pixies/Bloc Party/Bellrays (MPP)