Top 10 Concerts for 2008

[Xenocide]

1. Coachella 2008
2. Ministry - House of Blues, Hollywood
3. Carolina Chocolate Drops - Stagecoach Festival, Indio
4. Lewis Black - MGM Grand, Las Vegas
5. the Swell Season - Greek Theater, LA
6. Veruca Salt - Wasted Space @ Hard Rock, Las Vegas
7. Floater - Molly Malone's, LA
8. The Greencards - Stagecoach Festival, Indio
9. Mad Marge & The Stonecutters - Coconuts, Victorville
10. Otep & Walls of Jericho w/ Ill Nino (upcoming) - Key Club, Hollywood

[Boourns]

Hello, is it me you're looking for?

[bmack86]

1)Boredoms (Human Bell)-Henry Fonda (3/16/08)
2)Deerhunter (Times New Viking)-The El REy (11/22/08)
3)The Mae Shi (Pizza, Fucking Kenny, Yea Big and Kid Static)-Echo Curio (8/20/08)
4)Grizzly Bear (Los Angeles Philharmonic)-Walt Disney Concert Hall (3/1/08)
5)Harmonia-ATP NY (9/21/08)
6)My Bloody Valentine (Spectrum)-Santa Monica Civic Center (10/1/08)
7)Autolux (HEALTH)-The El Rey (2/1/08)
8)Man Man (Yeasayer)-Soho Bar, Santa Barbara (4/24/08)
9)Radiohead (Liars)-Hollywood Bowl (8/25/08)
10) No Age (Abe Vigoda)-1512 Washtenaw, Chicago (7/19/08) (This was the show that flooded that they talked about on Pitchfork)

updated.

[dorkfish]

Boredoms at the Fillmore doesn't make the list?

[bmack86]

I tried to have one show per artist, otherwise Boredoms would be 1,3,4 and 5, with the Fillmore show at #3. The LA show was just a step above the others for me.

[zenidogx]

my show going is done for the year (and maybe until Coachella).

final top 10 for reals:
1) Prince/ Roger Waters
3) I'm From Barcelona - Mojave Tent, Coachella Day 3
4) Manu Chao - Outside Lands Day 1
5) Deerhunter w/ Times New Viking- El Rey Theatre
6) The Who w/ Pearl Jam, The Flaming Lips, Foo Fighters, Tenacious D - Pauley Pavilion
7) Songs of the City (She and Him, Kyp Malone, and more) - Walt Disney Concert Hall, LA
8) of Montreal w/ HEALTH - Hollywood Palladium
9) The Raconteurs - Coachella Day 1
10) Los Campesinos! w/ Parenthetical Girls - Glass House, Pomona

[luckyface]

Let's see what we got here:

1. M83 - 5/20 Echoplex
2. Kraftwerk - Coachella
3. The Cure/65dos - 6/1 The Shrine
4. Apparat - 5/19 Knitting Factory
5. Ladytron - 5/30 Fonda
6. This Will Destroy You - 2/28 Silverlake Lounge
7. M83 - 11/29 Fonda
8. The Notwist - 10/29 Fonda
9. Portishead - Coachella
10. Plaid/Cornelius - 1/17 Disney Concert Hall

One update. The two SP shows couldn't crack the top 10. I have Longwave, God is An Astronaut, and AAC night 2 (if I can get a ticket) next week, so there is still a chance for movement. After that, my 2008 season will be over.

[hawkingvsreeve]

Best:

Beirut @ Wiltern
Prince @ Coachella
Boredoms @ La Brea Tar Pits
M83 @ Echoplex
Okkervil River @ Belly Up
Boyz Noise @ Coachella
Fleet Foxes @ Casbah
Elbow @ Avalon
Sigur Ros @ Copley Symphony Hall
Calexico @ Music Box


Worst:

Crystal Castles @ Casbah
Girl Talk @ Music Box
Pinback @ Del Mar Racetrack

[algunz]

Oasis - Staples Center

I'd like to take this back.

[Bosco]

Prince @ Coachella
Aphex Twin @ Coachella
Mum @ Coachella
Modeselektor @ Coachella
Simian Mobile Disco @ Coachella
Rage Against the Machine @ Lollapalooza
Ratatat @ The Hideout's Block Party
Man Man @ The Bottom Lounge
Kraftwerk @ The Rave
Ray Davies @ The Chicago Theatre
Barack Obama @ Grant Park


Worst: Diplo @ The Riviera and Coachella

[Psicosis]

1. Kimya Dawson @ Northcote Uniting Church Hall
2. Kanye West @ Nokia Theatre L.A. Live
3. Portishead @ Coachella
4. Paprika Balkanicus @ Toff in Town
5. Prince @ Coachella
6. Whitley & Jae Laffer @ Northcote Social Club
7. Broken Social Scene @ St Jerome's Laneway Festival
8. Air @ Palais Theatre
9. Bluejuice @ Grazzhopper Festival
10. French Rockets @ East Brunswick Club

Worst: Das Butcher @ Birmingham Hotel, Kes Band @ Evelyn Hotel, Kanye West @ Rod Laver Arena.

[erikua]

Nine Inch Nails this Saturday Las Vegas is going to be out of this world... last show of this tour, Vegas, Saturday Night... *shivers* See you all in April!

[merznerve]

underworld, ultra, miami
nin/health - ucf arena, orlando
modeselektor+otto von schirach - studio a miami
simian mobile disco+boys noize - studio a miami
venetian snares+otto von schirach -ps14, black sheep bar, miami
modest mouse - fillmore, miami
jamie lidell, heathrow lounge, south beach
beastie boys - langerado
radiohead - cruzan amphitheater, west palm beach
tie between gogol bordello/the faint, culture room, ft lauderdale

and though it wasn't really a concert, but more so an event, the alex grey exhibit last week during basel was fucking incredible, good musicians too.

[pancakespancakes]

Barack Obama @ Grant Park

Hahaha nice. I am jealous!

[pancakespancakes]

underworld, ultra, miami
nin/health - ucf arena, orlando
modeselektor+otto von schirach - studio a miami
simian mobile disco+boys noize - studio a miami
venetian snares+otto von schirach -ps14, black sheep bar, miami
modest mouse - fillmore, miami
jamie lidell, heathrow lounge, south beach
beastie boys - langerado
radiohead - cruzan amphitheater, west palm beach
tie between gogol bordello/the faint, culture room, ft lauderdale

and though it wasn't really a concert, but more so an event, the alex grey exhibit last week during basel was fucking incredible, good musicians too.

There is someone on the Bonnaroo message boards with your exact precise avatar. (Albeit slightly larger). Either you're the same person, or that's kinda eerie.

[IdiotequeThom]

1. Radiohead APW Night 2
2. Radiohead Paris Night 2
3. Nine Inch Nails at Arco Arena
4. Radiohead Paris Night 1
5. Portishead at Coachella
6. Sigur Ros at Copley Symphony Hall
7. Roger Waters at Coachella
8. My Morning Jacket at Open Air Theatre
9. Radiohead APW Night 1
10. The Mars Volta at SOMA

11. Radiohead at Cricket Wireless Amphitheatre
12. The Police at Isle of Wight
13. Smashing Pumpkins at Rimac Arena
14. Radiohead at Outside Lands
15. Foo Fighters at Wembley

Updated list

[merznerve]

There is someone on the Bonnaroo message boards with your exact precise avatar. (Albeit slightly larger). Either you're the same person, or that's kinda eerie.

well there is a little gonzo in all of us...

[slipmode]

1. Kraftwerk / Portishead / Prince - Coachella Saturday
2. Radiohead - APW
3. Soulwax / Simian Mobile Disco / Boys Noize / Deadmau5 - HHM
4. The Presets / Hercules & Love Affair - Detour
5. Booka Shade / Modeselektor / Roger Waters - Coachella Sunday
6. Rabbit in the Moon / Moby - EDC
7. Goldfrapp / Aphex Twin / Pendulum / Fatboy Slim - Coachella Friday
8. Cornelius / Plaid - Walt Disney Concert Hall
9. Cut Copy / Walter Meego - Echoplex (+Cut Copy dj set after party)
10. Ellen Allien & Modeslektor (jet lag tour) - Avalon

wish I had gotten to see Deerhunter & M83 this year. I need to hit up some more rock shows in 2009.

[rage patton]

I still have 2 more shows before the New Year... Monotonix on December 29 and Ghostland Observatory on New Years eve... I will update my list in January.

[MarkO]

I'm done for the year so time to consider my list.

What a year this has been, so many shows to consider. Kraftwerk, Prince, Portishead 3x, Radiohead 2x, Nick Cave 2x, Franz Ferdinand, MMJ 2x and on .........

[bmack86]

1)Boredoms (Human Bell)-Henry Fonda (3/16/08)
2)Deerhunter (Times New Viking)-The El REy (11/22/08)
3)The Mae Shi (Pizza, Fucking Kenny, Yea Big and Kid Static)-Echo Curio (8/20/08)
4)Grizzly Bear (Los Angeles Philharmonic)-Walt Disney Concert Hall (3/1/08)
5)The Cure-Troubadour (12/13/08)
6)My Bloody Valentine (Spectrum)-Santa Monica Civic Center (10/1/08)
7)Harmonia-ATP NY (9/21/08)
8)Man Man (Yeasayer)-Soho Bar, Santa Barbara (4/24/08)
9)Radiohead (Liars)-Hollywood Bowl (8/25/08)
10)Autolux (HEALTH)-The El Rey (2/1/08)

Mine's updated and completed.

[TommyboyUNM]

I this is an update from a month or so ago. I have 1 more show this year, so here we go:


1. Radiohead (Cricket Wireless Amphitheater in Chula Vista)
2. My Morning Jacket (Red Rocks in Denver)
3. Sigur Ros (Red Rocks in Denver)
4. Nine Inch Nails (Planet Hollywood in Las Vegas)
5. Rage Against The Machine (Lollapalooza)
6. My Morning Jacket (Bonnaroo)
7. Pearl Jam (Bonnaroo)
8. Calexico (Sunshine Theater in Albuquerque)
9. The Swell Season (Popejoy Hall in Albuquerque)
10. The Raconteurs (Bonnaroo)

[BlackSwan]

1. Radiohead - Lollapalooza 2008
2. Radiohead - Cricket Wireless Amphitheater
3. Thievery Corporation - Greek Theater
4. Simian Mobile Disco & Cut Copy - Mezzanine
5. The Killers - The Warfield
6. Jamie Lidell - Lollapalooza 2008
7. R.E.M. - Greek Theater
8. Radiohead - Outside Lands
9. Gnarls Barkley - Lollapalooza 2008
10. The Raconteurs - Bimbo's 365

Updated.

[amyzzz]

All I can come up with is
1) Portishead - coachella
2) Radiohead - all points west
3) Snow Patrol - the clubhouse, tempe, az
4) Sigur Ros - the marquee, tempe, az

I didn't go to a whole lot of shows last year, and nothing else was good enough to make a top whatever list.

[paulb]

ill have to redo mine at the end of the year...cause at the moment, Metallica in Ontario is probably my 2nd best show of the year... and i still have 7 or 8 shows before the end of the year...

[bballarl]

I am pretty sure my showgoing year is over, but I don't think I can narrow things down to 10.

[Jon Blazed]

I tried to have one show per artist, otherwise Boredoms would be 1,3,4 and 5, with the Fillmore show at #3. The LA show was just a step above the others for me.

you iced the cure?

[dorkfish]

1. Magnetic Fields @ Herbst Theatre
2. The Boredoms @ Fillmore
3. MBV @ Concourse
4. Coachella 2008
5. Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds with Red Sparowes @ Warfield
6. Sigur Ros @ Greek Theatre
7. Outside Lands Festival
8. My Morning Jacket @ Greek Theatre
9. Stephin Merrit interview/solo @ Herbst Theatre
10. Conor Oberst & the Mystic Valley Band @ Bottom of the Hill

[wmgaretjax]

i'm killing myself for missing Magnetic Fields....

[sbessiso]

This is it, more or less. I suck at lists!


1) Beck time 2 @ Aragon Ballroom in Chicago (i cheat, im counting them as one)
2) KraftHeadPrince
3) The Raconteurs @ Bonnaroo
4) Beastie Boys @ Langerado
5) My Morning Jacket @ The Fillmore
6) Of Montreal @ Revolution
7) Radiohead @ Cruzan Amphitheater
8) David Byrne @ The Fillmore
9) NIN @ UCF Arena in Orlando
10) BB King @ Bonnaroo

honorable mentions

REM @ Langerado
Jack Johnson @ Bonnaroo
Modest Mouse @ The Filmore
The Faint @ Culture Room
!!! @ Langerado
Gogol Bordello @ Culture Room
Yard Dogs Road Show @ Langerado
The Flaming Lips/The Roots @ 80/35 Festival in Iowa
Justice/Crystal Method/MSTRKRFT @ ULTRA Music Festival

Edited. Most likely the final product