Top Concerts You've Seen This Year

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The Antlers released the very well-received album "Hospice" last year... Pretty good album, but it translates much better live.

I agree. Unlike the studio with its horrendous mixing, I can actually hear the lyrics in the live performances and, guess what: they're fucking terrific. Who could've guessed? Clearly not the band.
 
1. U2/Muse (7 concerts in 2 weeks, too hard to rank so I'm going to cheat and lump them all in the top spot)
2. Amanda Palmer
3. Goldfrapp
4. Florence + The Machine
5. Lady Gaga
6. Big Day Out (Muse set was amazing, but as a whole day event not one of my favourite editions of this festival)
7. Mark Lanegan
8. Gogol Bordello
9. The Dead Weather
10. Regina Spektor
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11. Neko Case
 
lololololol

1. u2 auckland 1
2. u2 auckland 2
3. dukes (only ranked bottom since their set was shorter than u2's, not their fault as they only have two albums)

wow i saw so many shows this year!
 
pretty sure i only went to 3 concerts in 2010. like i've said, i haven't felt like going anywhere this past year. hell, 2009 was a slow year for me and i still went to a dozen or so shows.

the other day: street dogs, the have nots, flatfoot 56, dead friends

sometime during the summer, if i'm not mistaken: big head todd & the monsters, some shitty opening band i can't remember the name of (and didn't write down in the place where i used to write this stuff down)

back in feb or march...newfound glory, saves the day, and two shitty bands whose names don't even warrant mention (if i could remember who they were)



hmm. i'd say the big head todd show might have been the best? or maybe the street dogs one. i'd go with the former for which show i had more fun at, and the SD one being the "better" show. the third was just because it would be funny, the whole nfg playing the debut album from cover to cover thing. saves the day were good, but i still haven't forgiven their current guitar player for butchering the end of "at your funeral."
 
God damn, I forgot another one. Or two. I saw Jonsi this year. I was bored out of my mind - not a great concert to stand around to, especially if you can't see a damned thing.

But now I know - just because you like a quiet, atmospheric album doesn't mean it's going to be your kind of concert to see. Maybe in a theater type venue where you're sitting down, but it's not good "stand around with your arms folded and watch" concert-going music for me.

Also saw Little Boots (I thought that was last year, but the mention above made me pull out my ticket stub to check). She was pretty awesome.
 
The Antlers opened at the National show I saw and were boring because all of their songs sounded exactly the same. The musicianship was pretty good (aside from the lead singer strumming his guitar maybe 12 times the entire show) but it was like one 40 minute song as far as I could tell.
 
Also saw Little Boots (I thought that was last year, but the mention above made me pull out my ticket stub to check). She was pretty awesome.

She is great, and I kinda totally forgot about her. Might have to bust out a couple of her jams this morning. Remedy, Meddle, Stuck on Repeat, New In Town. Good stuff.
 
My top 3 from this year:

Daniel Lanois & Black Dub
Sting & The Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra
Needtobreathe
 
My top 9 shows this year

1. LCD Soundsystem, NYC
2. Arcade Fire, NYC
3. Atoms for Peace, NYC
4. Broken Social Scene, NYC
5. Muse/Metric, Newark
6. Crowded House, NYC
7. Pearl Jam, NYC
8. The New Pornographers, Brooklyn
9. The Swell Season, Brooklyn

I still have one more show this year - Prince this Wednesday, who I expect to be somewhere up there in my top 10, which is why I only put down a top 9 :D

Most disappointing show this year was MGMT.
 
U2 Auckland 1 :love:
U2 Auckland 2 :love:
U2 melbourne 1 :love:
U2 melbourne 2 :love:
AC/DC Westpac Trust stadium
Pretenders/Blondie Alana Estate

Only ones i went too
 
u2 and jay-z, auckland, mt smart stadium 25 november
u2 and jay-z, auckland, mt smart stadium 26 november
lady gaga, auckland, vector arena 14 march
dukes, auckland, juice bar 3 december
spandau ballet and tears for fears, auckland, vector arena 29 april

can't think of anything else offhand. would put tears for fears ahead of dukes if they hadn't been constrained to an opening set for spandau ballet.
 
1. U2 - Etihad Satium first concert melbourne
2. Phoenix - Festival Hall Melbourne
3. Big day out melbourne
4. The strokes - Festival Hall Melbourne
5. Tame Impala - The Palace, Melbourne
6. Gorillaz - Melbourne Rod Laver
 
2010 hurts to rehash... too few shows, too many disappointments. All shows in Memphis, except where noted.

1. Simon & Garfunkel, New Orleans Jazz Fest
2. Alex Chilton tribute with Big Star, Sondre Lerche, Mike Mills, Brendan Benson, etc.
3. The New Pornographers w/ the Dodos, Cannery Ballroom, Nashville

:vast dropoff:

Surfer Blood / The Pains of Being Pure at Heart
The Appleseed Cast
Drive-by Truckers
Cold War Kids w/ Cave Singers
Danielson
Allman Brothers Band, New Orleans Jazz Fest
Derek Webb
Magic Kids
The Twilight Sad
Matt Pond PA
Lionel Richie, New Orleans Jazz Fest :up::beer:

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My top 9 shows this year

1. LCD Soundsystem, NYC
2. Arcade Fire, NYC
3. Atoms for Peace, NYC
4. Broken Social Scene, NYC
5. Muse/Metric, Newark
6. Crowded House, NYC
7. Pearl Jam, NYC
8. The New Pornographers, Brooklyn
9. The Swell Season, Brooklyn

I still have one more show this year - Prince this Wednesday, who I expect to be somewhere up there in my top 10, which is why I only put down a top 9 :D

Most disappointing show this year was MGMT.


Not sure where exactly I'd put him, but yep, Prince would be in the top 3, he was the bomb last night! :dancing:
 
in no order

U2- Brussels 2- in the pouring rain, in the gold circle and a surprise rendition of Bad

Lady Gaga- O2 Arena- get your paws up- great night out with Gaga- and all sung live as well

White Lies- York Hall- 1200 capacity venue- first gig after U2 in Rome. Preview of upcoming album- and tickets were £17.50!

Depeche Mode- Royal Albert Hall- brilliant venue, and Alan Wilder made a short appearance on stage with the band for the first time since 1994
 
I'm not going to rank the concerts I saw, but these were the top ones for me, in chronological order (full list to be found here: http://www.u2interference.com/forums/f221/your-2010-concert-calendar-203987-9.html#post7030638 )

19 March: Bettie Serveert, Tivoli De Helling, Utrecht
20 June: Crowded House, Heineken Music Hall, Amsterdam
10 July: Prince, Werchter Boutique, Werchter
20 - 22 August: Lowlands festival, Biddinghuizen (LCD Soundsystem, The Ting Tings, The National, Mumford & Sons)
14 November: Tindersticks, Tivoli, Utrecht
14 December: U2, ANZ Stadium, Sydney
 
nah gorillaz were awesome dont get me wrong
but i just love the other bands so much im slightly biased because im not a huge gorrilaz fan i just knew it would be a good experience to go so thats why i went
such an awesome stage show and visuals and shit
 
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