Top Shows of 2010

[lagas]

in no particular order

james @ 930
puscifer @ lincoln theatre
silvio rodriguez @ dar
phish @ merriweather
lcd ss @ vfreefest
anvil @930
charlatans uk @ bc
spoon @ 930 (3/23)
sspu @ dar
sleigh bells @ r&rh
yeasayer @ 930
broken bells @ 930
buzzcocks @ bc

[azaghal1981]

Lots of good lists here.

Since it's Ecstatic Peace!, most do lean in an obvious direction but there are a few diversions.

Good amount of local shows are included on quite a few lists.

[Vas Deferens]

quite painful to see some of these lists, particularly Thou @ Big Bear (didn't you miss this show too out of laziness?).  Looks like Rangda got mentioned the most?

Lots of good lists here.

Since it's Ecstatic Peace!, most do lean in an obvious direction but there are a few diversions.

Good amount of local shows are included on quite a few lists.

[azaghal1981]

Yeah I did flake on that. It only lasted a couple songs until cops pulled the plug on it, I think.


Rangda did get mentioned a lot because they are simply put, the best "supergroup" ever.
(Cream sucked/sucks)
 

[Unsanity]

Aww man Thou played DC? what is Big Bear?

[Vas Deferens]

http://www.yelp.com/biz/big-bear-cafe-washington

Aww man Thou played DC? what is Big Bear?

[azaghal1981]

They hit DC and Baltimore in the same day.


It would have been possible to have caught Thou in Baltimore, DC and High on Fire at the Black Cat all in that day, as a matter of fact.

[snailhook]

Cream sucked/sucks

oh, c'mon, man, this ain't true.  what is true is that clapton is quite possibly the most overrated guitarist ever, but i still like his playing in the yardbirds, cream, john mayall's bluesbreakers, and blind faith. ginger baker and jack bruce are great, and cream had some killer songs ("tales of brave ulysses" being my personal favorite).

the jack rose tribute show in philly was a popular pick, and rightfully so.

[azaghal1981]

Yeah that's one of those nights that will be impossible to ever forget.

[Mobius]

Cream sucked/sucks

 clapton is quite possibly the most overrated guitarist ever, but i still like his playing in the yardbirds, cream, john mayall's bluesbreakers, and blind faith. ginger baker and jack bruce are great, and cream had some killer songs ("tales of brave ulysses" being my personal favorite).

Derek and the Dominoes!  Recently relistened to their amazing 1970 live stuff from the NY Fillmore on Wolfgang's Vault and couldn't help thinking Clapton is somehow totally underrated as a result of his late vintage boring dreck being so overrated

[TheREALHunter]

My Top 3 in order:

1. Stooges@HOB AC
2. Public Enemy@930
3. Government Issue@Black Cat

other shows of note in no particular order:
Trans Am@R&R Hotel
Peter Hook@930
Midlake@930
Mono@930
Chris Duarte@Rams Head Tavern
Sharon Jones@Rams Head Tavern
Iron Maiden@Anal Lube Live
While Heaven Wept@Volume 11 Tavern
Pentagram@Jaxx

[Unsanity]

Yeah that Pentagram show at Jaxx was a hoot. Bobby Liebling's parents in crowd watching him perform was epic. Death Row at Jaxx was cool too.

[Giles]

Phoenix - DAR
Julian Casablancas - 9:30
Arcade Fire - MPP
deadmau5 - Roseland
30th Anniversary - 9:30

I wish I had gone to the deadmau5 show at the 9:30 - the visuals alone looked utterly amazing!

[sweetcell]

ha, beat me to it!  i was going to start this thread earlier this week while i was still at home and able to consult my ticket stub collection.  but now i'm on the road until NYE so my submission will have to wait.

underworld and jonsi will definitely be on my list as well, PiL may be, not so sure about Muse - great show but not sure it cracks my top 10 (i preferred their last tour, in 2007?).

finally got around to consulting the collection:

underworld @ 930
jonsi @ 930
PiL @ 930
talvin singh @ echoplex
belle & sebastian @ DAR
gogol bordello (nye) @ 930
faith no more @ warfield
phoenix @ filllmore (DAR was damn solid too)
LCDSS @ freefest
temper trap @ freefest
30th anniversary party @ 930
atoms for peace @ roseland
groove armada @ webster hall