Mid Year Best Live Shows

[azaghal1981]

I would've enjoyed that Boredoms show so much more if I wasn't so tired.
 
 
 A huge ball of chaotic energy crushing you repeatedly for 100 minutes nonstop while you're already beat to begin with isn't very pleasant.
 
 
 I did love the Brian Chippendale set, though.

[kosmo vinyl]

Carl Craig @ DEMF
 DBX @ DEMF
 Egyptian Lover @ DEMF
 The Dirtbombs
 The Points at some Greenbelt festival

[azaghal1981]

What I came up with after racking my brain for honorable mentions:
 A Place To Bury Strangers at RNR Hotel (would've been in my top 5 if it wasn't a short opener set; the 10/22 930 club show with Sian Alice Group will be up there for sure)
 Stars of the Lid/Christopher Willits/Hammock at Iota (the setting for this show was horrible but the music was blissful)
 Jens Lekman at Black Cat (this was great but the show I saw last year was greater)
 Fuck Buttons at RNR Hotel (amazing set but the night had a damper on it due to Caribou's drummer getting injured at the last minute)
 Boredoms at 930 (I was way too tired for this show; way too drained to enjoy it properly; sorry boredoms, it's not you, it's me)
 Psychedelic Horseshit/Fabulous Diamonds at 611 Florida AVE
 Jack Rose and one Black Twig picker/Fern Knight/Glenn Jones/Alexander Turnquist at Velvet Lounge
 Full House Fest at Floristree
 Kohoutek/Major Stars at Velvet Lounge

[kosmo vinyl]

Forgot about the Hives show...

[Vas Deferens]

forgot this:
 
 The Magnetic Fields, 2 shows in SF. Probably my #2.

[Firebutt McGee]

Top 10 so far, in no particular order.
 
 Calvin Harris @ Bowery Ballroom
 Radiohead @ Tampa
 Liz Phair @ Hiro Ballroom
 Gnarls Barkley @ Penn's Landing
 Escort / Gui Boratto / Kelley Polar @ Brooklyn Masonic Temple
 R.E.M. @ Boston
 Spice Girls @ Verizon Center
 Santogold / Spank Rock / The Whip @ SXSW
 Hot Chip @ Highline Ballroom
 Jill Scott @ Carnegie Hall
 
 If the Goldfrapp show would've been a little bit longer, I'd have added it. Robyn, B-52's, Spoon are runner ups.

[sweetcell]

i totally forgot calvin: fail.  please put him as my #3.  amazing show, he's consistent that way.

[Jesse]

DJ Shadow/Cut Chemist @ 930
 Jay-z @ 1st Mariner
 M83 @ the black cat
 Thievery Corporation, Tv on the radio, etc. @ Merriweather

[Mobius]

Lou Reed  -  National/Richmond
 Radiohead  -  Hell (3rd level)
 R.E.M.  -  Merriweather
 The Verve  -  WaMu NYC

[DeathFromAbove1979]

MSTRKRFT
 The Raconteurs
 
 All others escape me

[serpent boy]

1.) Pearl Jam w/ Kings of Leon - Virginia Beach Amphitheater
 2.) Pearl Jam - Verizon Center (D.C.)
 3.) Nicole Atkins & The Sea - Rock N' Roll Hotel
 4.) Iron Maiden - Merriweather Post Pavilion
 5.) Ambulance LTD - Rock N' Roll Hotel
 
 Looks like I missed out on that Radiohead show. It's appearing on most of the lists.
 
 By the end of the year, I'm sure I'll be able to add:
 - Spiritualized - 9:30 Club
 - Eddie Vedder - Warner Theatre
 - Cat Power and BRMC - V-Fest

[mdh9857]

Since I know I'll be in the minority for these:
 
 Cobra Starship: 9:30 Club/ Art Attack (UMD)
 The Bravery: Art Attack (UMD)
 The Cab: 9:30 Club
 
 Tonight going to see Jay Brannan and apparently he's great so that may be added to the list.  And I'm sure something from V-Fest will.

[xneverwherex]

I'd add the show last night - Damon Albarn and The Honest Jon's Revue

[hutch]

1. Los Autenticos Decadentes (State Theatre)
 
 
 2. The Silver Beats (930)
 3. Iron Maiden (Merriweather)
 4. Los Amigos Invisibles (Black Cat)
 
 
 5. The Pogues (930 both nights..)
 
 I enjoyed many others including Tom Petty, Lou Reed, Sonny Rollins..
 
 but the above 5 shows were a lot of fun emphasis on a good time...I just walked out of these on a high...