Top 10 Concerts of the Year

[brennser]

a little surprised noone has mentioned the Ash show at the Black Cat - I thought they were excellent
 
 my ever deteriorating memory ensures I will forget some but those that stick in my mind are
 
 Grandaddy/Super Furries @ 9.30
 Cinerama @ Black Cat
 Alejandro Escovedo @ Iota
 Throwing Muses @ Irving Plaza
 Decemberists @ Black Cat
 
 to be honest I can't remember being terribly dissapointed with any show this year
 
 I can feel in my bones that the Ted Leo show on Sat will be good

[lily1]

gee, thanks for reminding me that work sucked me in like the evil monster it is and that's why i missed the damn show.  :mad:
 
 

Originally posted by brennser:
  a little surprised noone has mentioned the Ash show at the Black Cat - I thought they were excellent
 

[kurosawa-b/w]

BRMC @ 9:30 Club
 The Libertines & British Sea Power @ Black Cat
 The Cooper Temple Clause @ Irving Plaza, NYC
 Idlewild @ Fletchers, Baltimore
 Blur @ TLA, Philly
 James Mercer/Rosie Thomas/Iron & Wine @ Iota
 Supergrass & The Coral @ 9:30 Club
 Immortal Lee County Killers II @ Black Cat
 Radiohead @ Tweeter Center, Philly
 White Stripes @ Smith Center
 
 Special Mention:  Siren Fest @ Coney Island
 
 My top 5 shows are the top 5 of the list.

[Mobius]

White Stripes- Hammerstein Ballroom NYC
 White Stripes- Smith Center
 Radiohead- MPP
 Libertines- Black Cat
 Television- 9:30
 Sex Pistols- 9:30
 REM- Patriot Center
 Pearl Jam- MPP
 Strokes- UMBC
 Bad Brains/Soul Brains- 9:30
 
 Big year for nostalgia shows. Didn't see enough new music, or enough music period.  Both White Stripes shows were disappointing (NYC show was too short; Smith Center show could have been higher energy) but were still my favorite shows of the year.
 
 Bring on the Pixies and the Stooges in '04! (and another round of Stripes shows . . .)

[Bags]

I'm going with 14....
 
 - Hot Hot Heat w/ Washington Social Club, 9:30 (4/2)  [because I discovered WSC]
 - Joe Jackson, 9:30 (4/7)
 - Soundtrack of our Lives, 9:30
 - Foo Fighters, Black Cat AOL show (acoustic & electric)
 - Fountains of Wayne, 9:30 (7/8)
 - Idlewild, 9:30 (7/16)
 - Carlsonics, Washington Social Club, BC (8/22)
 - Sex Pistols, 9:30 (Sun, 8/24)
 - Deathray Davies, Velvet (Sun, 8/24)
 - Cheap Trick, 9:30 (Th, 9/4)
 - The Decemberists, BC (Tues, 10/28)
 - Duran Duran, Warner (Sun, 11/9)
 - The Wrens, Backstage (Sun, 11/9)
 - Buzzcocks & Carlsonics, 9:30 (Fri, 12/5)
 
 Honorable mention:  WSC at Velvet Lounge, Dressy Bessy at Black Cat Backstage, The Datsuns at 9:30

[walkman]

Top 10:
 
 1.  Flaming Lips (in Tennessee)
 2.  Out Hud @ Black Cat
 3.  Black Eyes/Et At It @ the Warehouse
 4.  BRMC/Warlocks @ 930
 5.  Tortoise (also in Tennessee)
 6.  Sigur Ros @ 930
 7.  Blur (in Philly)
 8.  An Albatross @ Black Cat
 9.  Dis Plan @ Black Cat
 10. Buzzcocks/Carlsonics @ 930
 
 Honorable mentions to El Guapo, Radio 4, Stellastarr/The Fever, Earlimart, Immortal Lee Country Killers II, French Toast, Dirtbombs and Q & Not U.

[ratioci nation]

Too many great ones to name 10 -
 
 Guided By Voices - 11/23/03 - Abbey Pub, Chicago
 Guided By Voices - 11/22/03 - Abbey Pub, Chicago
 Guided By Voices - 11/10/03 - Recher Theatre
 Cinerama - 06/24/03 - Black Cat
 Dismemberment Plan - 9/1/03 - 9:30
 Ted Leo Solo - Black Cat Backstage
 Wrens - Black Cat Backstage
 Decemberists - Black Cat Backstage
 Postal Service - 4/15/03 - Black Cat
 Delgados - 4/23/03 - Black Cat
 Jayhawks - 4/8/03 - birchmere
 Stephen Malkmus - 5/11/03 - 9:30
 BJM & High Strung - Mojo
 Lucero - Velvet Lounge
 Godspeed You! Black Emperor - 03/04/2003 - 9:30
 Burning Brides - 1/17/03 - Black Cat
 
 and Lambchop was last year Mark

[markie]

Originally posted by pollard:
 
 
 and Lambchop was last year Mark

Was it? They played twice last year and not at all this year? Damn then for confusing me like that. It must have been a good show. It is still vivid in my mind.
 
 Brennser, the Ash show was pretty good. But also for some reason quite forgettable.

[Barcelona]

Grandaddy and Super Furry Animals - 9:30
 Interpol and Elefant - 9:30
 Grandaddy and Super Furry Animals - Irving Plaza
 Yo la Tengo - 9:30
 Bettie Serveert - Iota
 Delgados - Blackcat
 Burning Brides - Blackcat
 
 Was Ballboy this year?

[markie]

Originally posted by Barcelona:
 
 
 Was Ballboy this year?

No, that was with cinerama last year. Ballboy do have a new album out though. I just ordered mine. You can pay via paypal through the SLrecords site. Find the skinny at ballboy.org

[rich_WDC]

Of note:
 The Buzzcocks, Carlsonics - 930
 The White Stripes - Smith Ctr
 Radiohead - MPP
 RHCP - Stone Ridge
 A Perfect Circle - 930
 The Darkness - Fletchers
 R.E.M. - Patr Ctr
 Jane's Addiction, Audioslave at Lollapalooza
 
 wish I saw BRMC - prob. would be on the list

[mankie]

Originally posted by 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.

I knew there was a couple more...
 
 Carbon Leaf
 Marrianne Faithful

[ggw]

Originally posted by rich_WDC:
 RHCP - Stone Ridge
 

I would agree -- that was an excellent show.
 
 So was Foo Fighters at Patriot Center.

[Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer]

Foo Fighters are going to be on the Billboard Awards show with a bunch of other great bands. Maybe the show already happened.
 
 

Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:
   

Originally posted by rich_WDC:
 RHCP - Stone Ridge
 

I would agree -- that was an excellent show.
 
 So was Foo Fighters at Patriot Center. [/b]

[Relaxer]

Canyon at Iota
 Black Rebel w/ Warlocks at 9:30
 X at 9:30
 combination of Driveby Truckers and Immortal Lee County Killers at Black Cat
 Washington Social Club at Velvet Lounge
 The Coral (opening for Supergrass at 9:30)
 The !!!s at the Siren Festival
 The Datsuns at 9:30 Club
 Andrew WK at 9:30 Club
 Soundtrack of our Lives at 9:30
 The Fall at the Black Cat
 
 Disappointments:
 Grandaddy and SFA
 Buzzcocks (I don't know why, I just couldn't get into it)
 Fountains of Wayne at 9:30
 Wilco/Sonic Youth at Constitution Hall