Top 10 Concerts for 2008

[pocket]

1a my bloody valentine w gemma hayes @ santa monica night 2
1b my bloody valentine @ sf concourse
1c my bloody valentine @ santa monica night 1
2 travis @ troubadour
3 mika @ warfield
4 lykke li w the friendly fires @ the el rey
5 pinhead gunpowder @ chain reaction
6 jason collett @ troubadour
7 robyn @ troubadour
8 portishead rehersal show @ mayan theatre
9 coachella day 2 @ polo grounds
10 sasquatch festival day 2 @ the gorge

the top 5 are pretty much set but there are more shows to come... janes addiction tomorrow night could make it on there... or the rivers solo show thing at fingerprints next week

[PJandBompton]

1. Pearl Jam - Mansfield, MA 6/30
2. Kanye West Glow In The Dark Tour - Glendale, AZ 6/8
3. Sigur Ros - Copley Symphony Hall 10/1
4. Pearl Jam - Mansfield, MA 6/28
5. Lupe Fiasco - HOB Sunset 1/2?
6. Eddie Vedder - Spreckles Theatre 4/16
7. Kanye West GITDT - San Diego Sports Arena 4/20
8. Beck - Club Nokia 11/8
9. Justice - Street Scene 9/19
10. Does It Offend You, Yeah? - Street Scene 9/20

i'm sure i'm forgetting a show somewhere...

Honorable Mentions to...

The Muslims w/ Grand Ole Party @ the Che
Jay-Z - Irvine
Lupe Fiasco - Club Nokia
MGMT - Street Scene
John Mayer - Coors Amphitheatre
Dave Matthews Band - Coors Amphitheatre

edit- damn i forgot My Morning Jacket and The Raconteurs back to back nights at OAT...

[JSam67]

8 portishead rehersal show @ mayan theatre

Tell me more.

[indietron]

Seriously... How can that possibly not get #1?

[Backwater]

Excluding PrinceWerkHead and The Verve

1.My Bloody Valentine - Santa Monica
2.Deftones - Spaceland
3.Asobi Seksu -Echo
4.MMJ - LA Greek
5.Local H - Troubadour
6.NIN - Forum
7.Umphrey's Mcgee - HOB Sunset
8.Marilyn Manson - Wiltern
9.Devo - Street Scene
10.Explosions in the Sky - Wiltern

[pocket]

Seriously... How can that possibly not get #1?

easy, i am just not that into portishead. I had their albums when i was in junior high and such and never really liked it much. all the hype on the message boards made me do alot of listening to them before coachella, and then i saw they were doing a rehersal show and you could win tickets by going to fingerprints in long beach and preordering their album.

made the drive, got there 6 hours early and my free passes.

the show was at the mayan in downtown and there were two lines to get in, one for fanclub the other for industry and people that won tickets. it took forever to get in and was all GA.

the show was pretty good, a little over an hour of material with most of the songs from third played and many from the other two albums. beth was really quite the whole show and often turned her back to the audiance. someone in the front row had a sign that said something like "will you play at my wedding". i mean they sound great live.... but i was really bored by some of it.

they were alot better at the rehersal than at coachella IMO. i dont think i would pay to go see them again though.

oh and on a side note i put my extra ticket up to the rehersal up on the message board to trade for a saturday coachella ticket, which ended up working out for me...

[paulb]

1. Gogol Bordello - 8/1 The Metro
2. Justice - Coachella 2008
3. Radiohead - 8/19 Vancouver
4. Bad Religion - HOB Anaheim 3/1 night B setlist
5. Portishead - Coachella 2008
6. Jay Z - Pemberton Festival
7. Mstrkrft/Felix Cartal - Fist of God tour @ Celebrities
8. Matt Nathanson - 10/29 HOB Sunset
9. Gogol Bordello - 10/11 Vancouver night 2
10. Bad Religion - 9/14 Commodore Ballroom

and the best is yet to come...

[LooseAtTheZoo]

Not in any particular order. And does Coachella count as one show?

My Morning Jacket - Marquee Theater
Sigur Ros - Marquee Theater
Prince - Coachella
Gogol Bordello - Coachella
Aphex Twin - Coachella
Beck - Dodge Theater
Portishead - Coachella
Adam Freeland - Coachella
Roger Waters - Coachella
I'm From Barcelona - Coachella

I just realized I need to go to more concerts. Wow

[faxman75]

In no particular order.

My Morning Jacket - The Marquee Theater
Calexico -The Rialto
Wilco - The Riviera Winter Residency Night 1
Roger Waters - Coachella
Prince - Coachella
Portishead - Coachella
The National - Sasquatch
The Flaming Lips - Sasquatch
Rodrigo y Gabriella - Sasquatch
Wilco - Lollapalooza

edit: I am going to assume that Nine Inch Nails playing in Vegas at the smallest venue on the tour next month would make this list.

[shotglass75]

I can't count festival shows for me since all of them were pretty amazing so here is my list of individual performances in no order

The Secret Machines - Metro, Chicago
Kings of Leon - Aragon Ballroom, Chicago
Beck/MGMT - Aragon Ballroom, Chicago
The Faint - Vic Theater, Chicago
Sea Wolf/Jealous Girlfriends - Schubas, Chicago
Radiohead - Victoria Park, London
Girl Talk - Congress Theater, Chicago
Adam Freeland - Smartbar, Chicago
TV on The Radio - The Riviera Theater, Chicago

and for my 10th I'm gonna say that
My Morning Jacket at The Chicago Theater probably would have made this list if it wasn't postponed

[shotglass75]

Excluding PrinceWerkHead and The Verve

1.My Bloody Valentine - Santa Monica
2.Deftones - Spaceland
3.Asobi Seksu -Echo
4.MMJ - LA Greek
5.Local H - Troubadour
6.NIN - Forum
7.Umphrey's Mcgee - HOB Sunset
8.Marilyn Manson - Wiltern
9.Devo - Street Scene
10.Explosions in the Sky - Wiltern

The next dumb thing you say is forgiven due to the fact you have Local H in your top 10.

[bmack86]

1a my bloody valentine w gemma hayes @ santa monica night 2
1b my bloody valentine @ sf concourse
1c my bloody valentine @ santa monica night 1
2 travis @ troubadour
3 mika @ warfield
4 lykke li w the friendly fires @ the el rey
5 pinhead gunpowder @ chain reaction
6 jason collett @ troubadour
7 robyn @ troubadour
8 portishead rehersal show @ mayan theatre
9 coachella day 2 @ polo grounds
10 sasquatch festival day 2 @ the gorge

the top 5 are pretty much set but there are more shows to come... janes addiction tomorrow night could make it on there... or the rivers solo show thing at fingerprints next week

When's the Rivers show?

[wmgaretjax]

1. Boredoms - Neumos
2. Jacob Kirkegaard - Issue Project Room
3. Harmonia - ATP NY
4. Yellow Swans / Sissy Spacek - Vera Project
5. Radiohead - White River Amphitheater
6. Cecil Taylor - Town Hall
7. My Bloody Valentine - ATP NY
8. Thurston Moore - ATP NY
9. Sigur Ros - Benaroya Hal
10. No Age/Mika Miko/Abe Vigoda - Healthy Times

Deerhunter is Friday... So that might intrude on this list.

[bmack86]

Cecil Taylor still performs? I bet that was amazing.

[wmgaretjax]

It was incredible. Devastatingly so, and I don't listen to his music very much... It's a little to strictly intuitive for me, but it was an unreal experience.

[amyzzz]

easy, i am just not that into portishead.
....made the drive, got there 6 hours early and my free passes. .....i mean they sound great live but i was really bored by some of it.

Those statements do not make sense when added together. You drove all the way out there and waited 6 hours to see a band that bores you? WTF?

[faxman75]

I was questioning that myself. I guess basically he had really high expectations from the hype on this board and decided it was worth the 6 hours of waiting/driving and was let down by the performance. I would think you would know what you are getting into with some youtube clips though.

[amyzzz]

Leave the tickets for the REAL fans. Jesus.

[Robototron]

1. Lykke Li @ Le Poisson Rouge 8/28
2. Flying Lotus @ Le Poisson Rouge 9/7
3. Modeselektor, Ellen Allien, JDH & Dave P @ Highline Ballroom 9/4
4. Rufus Wainwright @ Wiltern 2/29
5. The Juan Maclean w/ Chairlift @ Bowery Ballroom 10/18
6. Cut Copy w/ Walter Meego @ Echo 3/10
7. Hercules and Love Affair @ Echo 7/23
8. Les Savy Fav @ Music Hall of Williamsburg 10/12
9. Portraits of Past, Ampere, Off Minor @ Cake Shop 8/30
10. These New Puritans, Riz MC, Emmy the Great @ Roxy 3/18

[betao]

my top 10:

Gogol Bordello - Richmond, VA
Ulrich Schnauss - DC
Kraftwerk - Coachella
Aphex Twin - Coachella
Portishead - Coachella
Underworld - V-fest
Rabbit in the Moon - V-fest
Radiohead - Bristow VA
NIN - Charlottesville, VA
Mogwai - Richmond, VA

honorable mentions go to:

Coldplay - DC
M83 - DC
Lichens - Norfolk, VA
Moby - V-fest
Battles - V-fest
Adam Freeland - Coachella
Pendulum - Coachella
Roger Waters - Coachella
Fuck Buttons - Richmond, VA

[Robototron]

Ulrich Schnauss - DC

Was this a dance set? When he came through last year it was just typical screengazer stuff, but he opened for Sasha in NYC recently and apparently he's releasing a techno album or something?

[MarkO]

I still think Swervedriver at Coachella was the best and it was pathetic the tent was only about halfway full to see them. I guess many potential attendees were seeing Autolux (my worst conflict for this year).

I walked away. Sorry, they were boring.

[kroqken]

Swervedriver was amazing live, pure perfection. NOTHING boring about them. ON another topic, did anyone go to the "F Yeah Festival" in Los Angeles, they had some good bands there. I was not able to make it. Also, I regret not going to any shows for the International Pop Overthrow series that takes place every spring in Los Angeles.

[mvanwinkle]

1.sigur ros-greek theater
2.gogol bordello-hardly strictly blues grass
3.coldplay-sj
4.prince-coachella
5.beck-outsidelands
6.roger waters-coachella
7.wilco-outsidelands
8.portishead-coachella
9.radiohead-outsidelands
10.sean penn-coachella gobi rape fest

[real talk]

10. Constantine's @ Slim's
9. Dosh @ Bottom of the Hill
8. Stephen Malkmus & the Jicks @ Great American Music Hall
7. Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin @ Rickshaw Stop
6. Ariel Pink @ Bottom of the Hill
5. No Age @ Great American Music Hall
4. Low @ Sub Pop Fest
3. Asobi Seksu @ Rickshaw Stop
2. Why? @ Mighty
1. The Mountain Goats @ Bottom of the Hill

I didn't go to as many shows this year, only a handful more than this not counting repeats.

[rage patton]

Sean Penn? hahahahaha

[mvanwinkle]

Sean Penn? hahahahaha

i was so baffled by his performance it just left me wanting more.

[rage patton]

The one if the gobi where he talked about raping babies? Or his mainstage performance where he was drunk?

[mvanwinkle]

The one if the gobi where he talked about raping babies? Or his mainstage performance where he was drunk?

the gobi raping babies one. i missed his mainstage performance. i dont no what i was doing instead i was bummed i missed it. everyones reaction to it just made it so funny. i think i saw the gobi rape fest with you, did my memory fail me once again?

[bmack86]

10. Constantine's @ Slim's
9. Dosh @ Bottom of the Hill
8. Stephen Malkmus & the Jicks @ Great American Music Hall
7. Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin @ Rickshaw Stop
6. Ariel Pink @ Bottom of the Hill
5. No Age @ Great American Music Hall
4. Low @ Sub Pop Fest
3. Asobi Seksu @ Rickshaw Stop
2. Why? @ Mighty
1. The Mountain Goats @ Bottom of the Hill

I didn't go to as many shows this year, only a handful more than this not counting repeats.

Hell yeah Malkmus.