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Re: Favorite Concerts of 2015
« Reply #45 on: December 28, 2015, 10:19:54 pm »
At Coachella, Gesaffelstein's set was a major visual production, driven by him behind a bunch of gear. Pretty certain it was all original music. It felt like a big US debut of a major force in electronic music. Justice's first time at Coachella had a similar impressiveness.

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Re: Favorite Concerts of 2015
« Reply #46 on: December 29, 2015, 06:08:05 pm »

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Re: Favorite Concerts of 2015
« Reply #47 on: December 29, 2015, 08:37:40 pm »
At Coachella, Gesaffelstein's set was a major visual production, driven by him behind a bunch of gear. Pretty certain it was all original music. It felt like a big US debut of a major force in electronic music. Justice's first time at Coachella had a similar impressiveness.
I watched the YouTube of this basically just off this comment and it was absolutely awesome.
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Re: Favorite Concerts of 2015
« Reply #48 on: December 30, 2015, 01:13:48 am »
Top 10 concerts seen in 2015:

10. Ride -- 9:30 Club 9/17
 9. The Darkness -- Fillmore Silver Spring 10/25
 8. Punch Brothers w/ Bela Fleck & Abigail Washburn -- Wolf Trap 7/15
 7. Weird Al Yankovic -- Wolf Trap 6/12
 6. Rush -- the Lube 5/30
 5. Django Reinhardt Festival Band - Birdland, NYC, 6/27
 4. Manic Street Preachers -- 9:30 4/20
 3. Parquet Courts / Priests / Sheer Mag - Black Cat 2/7
 2. Courtney Barnett - 9:30, 6/13
 1. Deafheaven - Howard Theater, 11/6
« Last Edit: December 30, 2015, 01:24:42 am by chancegardener »

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Re: Favorite Concerts of 2015
« Reply #49 on: January 02, 2016, 05:22:23 pm »
Later 2015!  Every band I saw in that year! Slow year for me, only averaged around a show a week...

1/29 - Elisa Ambrogio, Nathan Bowles, Terrors at the Crown
1/31 - Wet Brain, Crimson Wave, Friendbeast, the Degenerettes, Hive Bent at Sidebar
2/6 - War on Women, Dai Burger, Big Mouth at Metro Gallery
2/19 - A Place To Bury Strangers, Ed Schrader's Music Beat, Thrushes, and Black Clouds at Metro Gallery
2/25 - Helmet at Black Cat
3/7 - Screaming Females, Downtown Boys, Post Pink at Windup Space
3/26 - Deerhoof, Perfect Pussy, Wume, Eula at Ottobar
4/2 - Lower Dens at WTMD
4/2 - Superheaven, Crimson Wave at the Ottobar
4/8 - Natural Velvet Mobtown Microshow
4/8 - Colleen Green, Upset, Sweepstakes at Metro Gallery
4/11 - the Body, Noisem, Curse, Babelfishh at Charm City Art Space
4/16 - Priests, Protomartyr, the Gotobeds at U St Music Hall
4/17 - Father Murphy, Jeff Carey, the Holy Circle at 5th Dimension
4/21 - Peach Kelli Pop, Expert Alterations, Boy Spit, Moist at Metro Gallery
5/10 - Prince at Royal Farms Arena
5/13 - Lightning Bolt, Buck Gooter, Strange Times People Band at Floristree
5/20 - Girlpool Tiny Desk
6/5 - Blacksage, Arbouretum at ScapeScape
6/6 - Deaf Scene, Holy Fingers, Mighty Mark, TT the Artist, Abdu Ali at ScapeScape
6/7 - Curse, Nerftoss, Radical Discharge, War on Women, Bond St District at Scapescape
6/12 - Chastity Belt, Wing Dam, Post Pink at Metro Gallery
6/25 - Broken Water, Unholy Two, Post Pink, CPM at Windup Space
6/29 - Romantic States, Alter, Blessin', Retired at the Crown
7/7 - Swirlies, Wing Dam, Creepoid at the Ottobar
7/19 - Dinosaur Jr at Black Cat
7/20 - Liturgy, Yvette at Metro Gallery
8/2 - Faith No More, Refused at MPP
8/11 - Hum, Nothing at 930 Club
8/20 - Colleen Green, Mannequin Pussy at Metro Gallery
8/22 - Dark Blue, Retired, Birth (defects), Jail Solidarity, the Holy Circle at Ottobar
8/27 - Royal Headache, Sheer Mag, Young Trynas at Windup Space
9/4 - Swervedriver, Dearly Beloved at Ottobar
9/4 - Pill at the Crown
9/10 - Locrian, Barbelith at Metro Gallery
9/11 - Chelsea Wolfe, Wovenhand at U St Music Hall
9/13 - Death Cab For Cutie at MPP
9/17 - Ride, DIIV at 930 Club
9/19 - Thrushes at Metro Gallery
9/26 - Lower Dens, Celebration, Cex, Ultra Nate, Arbouretum, Chiffon, Sick Din, Schwarz, Blacksage at Bombadillo
10/2 - Screaming Females, Priests, Pure Disgust, Wing Dam, BARRERACUDAS, Creepoid, Sneaks, Honey Radar, Post-Pink, Snail Mail at UN Fest
10/3 - Roomrunner (last show), Blank Spell, Big Eyes, Angie Du$t, Expert Alterations, Red Death, Downtown Boys, Christi at UN Fest
10/7 - Chameloeons VOX, Pleasure Leftists at Metro Gallery
10/9 - Sun Ra Arkestra, Mind over matter music over mind, Horse Lords at Ottobar
10/18 - Pity Sex, Wildhoney (release show), Spencer Radcliffe, Romantic States, Blacksage at the Ottobar
10/24 - Expert Alterations (release show), Mercury Girls at the Crown
10/26 - the Polyphonic Spree (2 sets) at Rams Head on Stage
11/4 - Wolf Eyes, Lent at Metro Gallery
11/6 - Expert Alterations (duo set), Foul Swoops, halfsour, Summer Saints at Yum's Asian Bistro
11/19 - Wing Dam, Blacksage at the Crown
12/5 - Deerhunter, Atlas Sound at 930 Club
12/15 - Paint Branch at Southeast Library
12/19 - Pefect Pussy, Big Ups, Birth (defects) at Black Cat
12/27 - Sports at House Show in DC
12/30 - Wildhoney, Gauche, Expert Alterations, Sneaks at Windup Space
« Last Edit: January 02, 2016, 05:24:22 pm by killsaly »

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Re: Favorite Concerts of 2015
« Reply #50 on: January 02, 2016, 10:06:40 pm »
When, do you eat and pee?

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Re: Favorite Concerts of 2015
« Reply #51 on: January 02, 2016, 10:09:19 pm »
Later 2015!  Every band I saw in that year! Slow year for me, only averaged around a show a week...

1/29 - Elisa Ambrogio, Nathan Bowles, Terrors at the Crown
1/31 - Wet Brain, Crimson Wave, Friendbeast, the Degenerettes, Hive Bent at Sidebar
2/6 - War on Women, Dai Burger, Big Mouth at Metro Gallery
2/19 - A Place To Bury Strangers, Ed Schrader's Music Beat, Thrushes, and Black Clouds at Metro Gallery
2/25 - Helmet at Black Cat
3/7 - Screaming Females, Downtown Boys, Post Pink at Windup Space
3/26 - Deerhoof, Perfect Pussy, Wume, Eula at Ottobar
4/2 - Lower Dens at WTMD
4/2 - Superheaven, Crimson Wave at the Ottobar
4/8 - Natural Velvet Mobtown Microshow
4/8 - Colleen Green, Upset, Sweepstakes at Metro Gallery
4/11 - the Body, Noisem, Curse, Babelfishh at Charm City Art Space
4/16 - Priests, Protomartyr, the Gotobeds at U St Music Hall
4/17 - Father Murphy, Jeff Carey, the Holy Circle at 5th Dimension
4/21 - Peach Kelli Pop, Expert Alterations, Boy Spit, Moist at Metro Gallery
5/10 - Prince at Royal Farms Arena
5/13 - Lightning Bolt, Buck Gooter, Strange Times People Band at Floristree
5/20 - Girlpool Tiny Desk
6/5 - Blacksage, Arbouretum at ScapeScape
6/6 - Deaf Scene, Holy Fingers, Mighty Mark, TT the Artist, Abdu Ali at ScapeScape
6/7 - Curse, Nerftoss, Radical Discharge, War on Women, Bond St District at Scapescape
6/12 - Chastity Belt, Wing Dam, Post Pink at Metro Gallery
6/25 - Broken Water, Unholy Two, Post Pink, CPM at Windup Space
6/29 - Romantic States, Alter, Blessin', Retired at the Crown
7/7 - Swirlies, Wing Dam, Creepoid at the Ottobar
7/19 - Dinosaur Jr at Black Cat
7/20 - Liturgy, Yvette at Metro Gallery
8/2 - Faith No More, Refused at MPP
8/11 - Hum, Nothing at 930 Club
8/20 - Colleen Green, Mannequin Pussy at Metro Gallery
8/22 - Dark Blue, Retired, Birth (defects), Jail Solidarity, the Holy Circle at Ottobar
8/27 - Royal Headache, Sheer Mag, Young Trynas at Windup Space
9/4 - Swervedriver, Dearly Beloved at Ottobar
9/4 - Pill at the Crown
9/10 - Locrian, Barbelith at Metro Gallery
9/11 - Chelsea Wolfe, Wovenhand at U St Music Hall
9/13 - Death Cab For Cutie at MPP
9/17 - Ride, DIIV at 930 Club
9/19 - Thrushes at Metro Gallery
9/26 - Lower Dens, Celebration, Cex, Ultra Nate, Arbouretum, Chiffon, Sick Din, Schwarz, Blacksage at Bombadillo
10/2 - Screaming Females, Priests, Pure Disgust, Wing Dam, BARRERACUDAS, Creepoid, Sneaks, Honey Radar, Post-Pink, Snail Mail at UN Fest
10/3 - Roomrunner (last show), Blank Spell, Big Eyes, Angie Du$t, Expert Alterations, Red Death, Downtown Boys, Christi at UN Fest
10/7 - Chameloeons VOX, Pleasure Leftists at Metro Gallery
10/9 - Sun Ra Arkestra, Mind over matter music over mind, Horse Lords at Ottobar
10/18 - Pity Sex, Wildhoney (release show), Spencer Radcliffe, Romantic States, Blacksage at the Ottobar
10/24 - Expert Alterations (release show), Mercury Girls at the Crown
10/26 - the Polyphonic Spree (2 sets) at Rams Head on Stage
11/4 - Wolf Eyes, Lent at Metro Gallery
11/6 - Expert Alterations (duo set), Foul Swoops, halfsour, Summer Saints at Yum's Asian Bistro
11/19 - Wing Dam, Blacksage at the Crown
12/5 - Deerhunter, Atlas Sound at 930 Club
12/15 - Paint Branch at Southeast Library
12/19 - Pefect Pussy, Big Ups, Birth (defects) at Black Cat
12/27 - Sports at House Show in DC
12/30 - Wildhoney, Gauche, Expert Alterations, Sneaks at Windup Space

early contender for post of the year

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Re: Favorite Concerts of 2015
« Reply #52 on: January 02, 2016, 11:08:36 pm »

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Re: Favorite Concerts of 2015
« Reply #53 on: January 02, 2016, 11:50:40 pm »
Wow, that's impressive - congrats!

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Re: Favorite Concerts of 2015
« Reply #54 on: January 03, 2016, 02:57:56 am »
My list is short.  I know a few people on here would have longer ones.  I was just bored the other day and decided to count them all.

I also do things like post my band t-shirts on their own Instagram... https://www.instagram.com/jjsbandtshirts/

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Re: Favorite Concerts of 2015
« Reply #55 on: January 03, 2016, 05:03:43 pm »
My question, was just asked again.

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Re: Favorite Concerts of 2015
« Reply #56 on: January 04, 2016, 10:03:15 pm »
Top 20 Live Sets in and around DC in 2015:

1 Autechre @ U St. Music Hall


easily my biggest regret of 2015... really wanted to make it to this one.
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