Top 10 Concerts of the Year

[bearman🐻]

I know the year isn't over yet, but here are mine:
 
 1) Queens of the Stone Age w/ the Distillers @ the Warfield, SF (probably the best concert I've EVER seen)
 2) Radiohead @ Alpine Valley, WI (DC show at Merriweather also great)
 3) Belle and Sebastian @ 9:30 (also saw the Philly Tower Theater show, good)
 4) Rollins Band (doing Black Flag) @ 9:30
 5) X @ 9:30 Club
 6) Supergrass w/the Coral @ 9:30
 7) Blur @ 9:30
  Grandaddy w/Super Furry Animals @ 9:30
 9) Echo & the Bunnymen @ Webster Hall, NY
 10) Buzzcocks @ the Double Door, Chicago
 
 Honorable mentions: Patti Smith @ the Kennedy Center and the B-52's @ 9:30

[mankie]

There were 10 worth seeing?  

[markie]

Oooo many more than Ten:
 
 1: Libertines vs British Sea Power
 1: Arthur Lee and Love (thanksa again Kosmo for dragging us along)
 3Lambchop
 4The Tyde
 5Adam Green at the Makor in NY
 6 The Decemberists
 7Cinerama (wait this belongs higher)
 8 idlewild at Baltimore (that was this year, right?)
 9Adam Green at pier 54 in NY
 10 Supergrass and the Coral
 11Detroit Cobras, something about hearing three songs outside and then getting let in for four songs made it oddly magical.

[ggw]

Rollins Band / Black Flag
 BRMC
 The Wrens
 Mission of Burma
 Paul Weller
 Libertines / British Sea Power
 Immortal Lee County Killers / Drive-By Truckers
 Idlewild
 Mars Volta
 
 I know there are more that I'm forgetting at the moment.  
 
 I think this year was better for shows than albums.

[Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer]

In a particular order:
 
 1. Bobby Bare Jr: Bloodshot Barbeque, Brooklyn; also at Bumbershoot and Cat's Cradle, Chapel Hill
 
 2. Pernice Brothers, Iota
 
 3. Beulah, Black Cat
 
 4. Slobberbone, Iota
 
 5. the Yayhoos, Iota
 
 6. Legendary Shack Shakers, Bloodshot Barbeque, Brooklyn
 
 7. Shins, Subpop Showcase, Bowery Ballroom
 
 8. Rhett Miller, Black Cat, also at Bumbershoot, but not the Kennedy Center show
 
 9. Drive By Truckers, Black Cat
 
 10. Neil Young, but only for the 5 song encore, Saratoga PErforming Arts Center, NY

[grotty]

My best:
 
 *Twilight Singers @ Grog Shop, Cleveland
 
 *Idlewild @ Laga, Pittsburgh
 
 *Black Keys & Legendary Shack Shakers @ Antones, Austin
 
 *Drive-by Truckers @ either Black Cat or Rosebud, Pittsburgh
 
 *Radiohead @ Blossom, Cleveland
 
 *My Morning Jacket @ Rosebud
 
 *Pearl Jam @ PNC Arts Ctr, NJ (5th row, last US show)
 
 *Wilco @ Pt State Park, Pittsburgh
 
 *New West Records sxsw showcase show @ Cedar Street Courtyard, Austin featuring: Vic Chesnutt, Tim Easton, John Dee Graham, Drive-by Truckers & Slobberbone
 
 Honorable mentions:
 
 Interpol & Raveonettes @ Trocadero, Philadelphia
 
 Sigur Ros @ Byham Theatre, Pittsburgh
 
 Flaming Lips @ Metropol, Pittsburgh
 
 Neil Young & Lucinda Williams @ Starlake, Pittsburgh

[Sir HC]

In no particular order but I too know I am missing some:
 
 1. Sex Pistols - 9:30
 2. Sigur Ros - 9:30 second night (only one I was at)
 3. Explosions in the Sky - The Ottobar
 4. Mission of Burma - 9:30 (two great sets with Bob Weston of Shellac mixing)
 5. American Analog Set - Black Cat
 6. Yo La Tengo - 9:30
 7. Sea and Cake - 9:30
 8. Spiritualized - 9:30, I really liked this rawer show than some of their other more orchestral productions.
 9. Helios Creed - Fletchers.  He rocks big time live.
 10. Dismemberment Plan - 9:30.  Was a great show.
 
 Some honorable mentions:
 
 Bardo Pond at Fletchers
 The Fall at the Black Cat (despite the uberfallfan there hoping up and down and whistling)

[DemonD82]

1. Metallica/Death Angel @ The Fillmore (San Francisco)
 2. Jagermeister Music Tour (Slayer, Hatebreed, Arch Enemy) @ Nation
 3. Headbangers Ball Tour (Killswitch Engage, Shadows Fall, Lamb of God, Mr. Robotron) @ 930
 4. Marilyn Manson @ 930
 5. Summer Sanitarium Tour @ Giants Stadium
 6. Lollapalooza @ Nissan Pavilion (namely Audioslave)
 7. Nothingface @ Fletchers
 8. Hatebreed @ Nation
 9. Evanescence/Blank Theory @ 930
 10. Unearth @ The Spotlight

[Bombay Chutney]

Some of my favorites:
 
 Patti Smith @ 9:30
 Dismemberment Plan/Beauty Pill/The Aquarium @ 9:30
 Mission of Burma @ 9:30
 The Dead/Willie Nelson - Camden, NJ
 REM - Raleigh, NC  (Bill Berry!)
 REM - Atlanta, GA
 Joe Jackson Band @ 9:30
 Gray Matter @ Black Cat  (short, but great set)
 Sex Pistols @ 9:30
 Macy Gray @ 9:30
 
 I'll probably add Simon and Garfunkel after I see them.

[mankie]

I've been lucky with the few shows I've seen...been impressed with every one.
 
 Johnny Marr...(it was this year wasn't it?)
 Badly Drawn Boy
 Belle & Sebastian
 Lamont/Worrystones
 Waterboys
 
 That's all I can remember right now, there's probably a couple more which I don't recall but  were also good because I haven't seen a bad show in 03.

[sonickteam2]

top 10 shows.....
 
 
 number 1 without a doubt
 
 Coachella 2003 - April 26,27 Indio,CA
 
 2. Radiohead - Merriweather PP
 3. Bjork w/ Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Suffolk Downs,MA
 4. Billy Idol - 930 Club
 5. Ours - Ottobar
 6. field day festival (yes, it was fun, way too much money, and wet, but i had the best time)
 7. Siren Festival - coney island, NY
 8. White Stripes - the rave, milwaukee,WI
 9. Ben Folds - GW Smith center, DC
 10. Our Lady Peace - toronto,ON

[lily1]

neil finn-930 club
 david gray-patriot center (i know, i know, but it was good!)
 paul weller-930 club
 johnny marr (the january show was better than the june show)-black cat
 cinerama-black cat
 badly drawn boy-930 club
 rem-patriot center (the mere fact that i heard fall on me and i believe and don't go back to rockville puts them on this list)
 damien rice-930 club
 delgados-black cat
 
 i think this year had more ok/very good shows than stellar shows.

[Celeste]

hard to come up with 10, but...

[Celeste]

Originally posted by Celeste:
  hard to come up with 10, but...perhaps the order of the top 4 can be switched a bit...
 
 1. Yayhoos at Iota
 
 2. Pernice Brothers at Iota
 
 3. Beulah at Black Cat
 
 4. Young Criminals Starvation League (Bobby Bare Jr's band) at Union Pool in Brooklyn, Bloodshot Showcase, CMJ Music Marathon
 
 5. Legendary Shack Shakers at Union Pool in Brooklyn, Bloodshot Showcase, CMJ Music Marathon
 
 6. Slobberbone at Iota
 
 7. Rosie Thomas at Jammin' Java
 
 8. Rhett Miller at Black Cat
 
 9. Drive By Truckers, not including their sucky openers, at the Black Cat
 
 10. Mary Lou Lord at Bumbershoot Festival in Seattle

[chaz]

Can't think of ten, but here's a few in no particular order (except for the first one...Arthur Lee gets my show of the year hands down).
 
 -Arthur Lee @ Birchmere
 -Detroit Cobras @ Iota
 -Rollins/Black Flag show @ 9:30
 -Flaming Lips @ 9:30
 -Radiohead @ MPP
 -BJM @ Black Cat