Top Concerts You've Seen This Year

[Joey788]

Pretty much what it says in the title. Rank the top concerts you've seen this year. At least it'll be a little different than the usual album/songs list.

(all shows in New York City)
01. Arcade Fire at Madison Square Garden
02. The National at Terminal 5
03. Muse at Madison Square Garden
04. Atoms for Peace at Roseland Ballroom
05. X Japan at Roseland Ballroom
06. St. Vincent at Lincoln Center
07. Gorillaz at Madison Square Garden
08. Metric at Terminal 5
09. Florence and the Machine at Terminal 5
10. Silversun Pickups/Against Me! at Williamsburg Waterfront
11. The Duke Spirit at Santos Party House
12. St. Vincent at Central Park Summerstage
13. Ra Ra Riot at Music Hall of Williamsburg
14. School of Seven Bells at Brooklyn Bowl
15. She & Him at Terminal 5
16. Alice in Chains/Deftones/Mastodon at Madison Square Garden






1000000. Crystal Castles at Terminal 5


Yeah, I saw a lot of shows this year.

 

[MissVelvetDress_75]

Muse and Arcade Fire. I only saw two bands this year.

 

[cobl04]

i've seen a few this year, let's see...

1. U2, Etihad/Etihad/Suncorp
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2. LCD Soundsystem & Hot Chip, Festival Hall
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3. Broken Social Scene, Corner
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4. Ice Cube, Palace
5. Paul Dempsey, Corner
6. Temper Trap, Forum
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7. Passion Pit, Prince

 

[PhilsFan]

Top Concerts I've Seen This Year
1. The National - The Electric Factory (Philadelphia)
2. Bob Dylan - Bryce Jordan Center (State College)
3. Titus Andronicus - HUB Lawn (State College)
4. Less Than Jake - HUB Lawn (State College)
5. Matt & Kim - HUB Lawn (State College)

Top Concerts I Missed This Year
1. U2 - Lincoln Financial Field (Philadelphia) [Postponed]
2. Arcade Fire - Mann Center (Philadelphia) [Work Emergency]
3. Los Campesinos! - HUB Auditorium (State College) [Volcano Cancellation]

 

[bono_212]

Damn, Joey, I was driving home from Chicago and thinking of making this thread, get out of my head.

 

[Axver]

I've seen almost 100 bands this year (think I'll pass that mark on Tuesday), so this is my top ten, not repeating any artists. All gigs in Melbourne except where noted:

1. Porcupine Tree, 7 February, Palace Theatre
2. Any Alpine gig, but if I had to choose one, probably 28 October or 13 November, both at the Workers Club (they have definitely been the defining live band of 2010 for me)
3. Crowded House, 6 November, Hordern Pavillion (Sydney)
4. The Chills, 14 May, East Brunswick Club
5. Isis, 25 February, The Corner
6. Jakob, 3 April, King's Arms (Auckland)
7. Washed Out, 12 December, The Toff in Town
8. The Night Terrors, 13 August, Curtin Bandroom
9. The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart, 18 February, East Brunswick Club
10. Love Of Diagrams, 13 November, Workers Club

Can't quite find a place for The Bats (25 April, East Brunswick Club), even though I feel like they deserve to be there.

 

[bono_212]

I'll have to rank performances since I didn't go to many concerts, but I went to two festivals this year and that's where I saw most of the bands.

1) Roger Waters - United Center
2) Broken Social Scene - P4K Fest
3) Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - United Center
4) Cut Copy - Lollapalooza
5) Stars - Lollapalooza
6) B.O.B. - Lolla (Surprisingly enough that was a lot of fun)
7) The National - Lolla (Only ranked so low because by the time I saw them, I was in so much pain, I couldn't really enjoy much of anything any longer)
8) Mumford & Sons - Lolla
9) Liars - P4K
10) Arcade Fire - Lolla (This one ranked so low because I was about a mile away smashed in with a lot of people taller than me which was muffling the sound pretty damn badly. Also, they were after The National, so that pain level kind of hit a new high).

 

[GirlsAloudFan]

Not going to list everything, but The Strokes at Lollapalooza were my favorite.

 

[corianderstem]

I only saw a few, all in Seattle.

1. Arcade Fire
2. Lady Gaga
3. Wilco
4. Flaming Lips (not as good as the first time I saw them the year prior)
5. Neko Case





6. Muse (not nearly as good as the first time I'd seen them a few years ago)

and Bob Dylan, who I'm not ranking because I only stuck around for about a half hour and the crowd annoyed me so much I don't think I got a good feel for how he was live

 

[GirlsAloudFan]

Didn't you see the Lady of Gaga?

She had to have been better than Muse.

 

[BoMac]

Only saw a handful this year and two festivals:

1. Arcade Fire - Osheaga Music Festival - Montreal
2. Arcade Fire - Stampede Corral - Calgary
3. Weezer - Sonic Boom Music Festival - Edmonton
4. The National - Osheaga Music Festival - Montreal

 

[corianderstem]

Didn't you see the Lady of Gaga?

She had to have been better than Muse.

Yes. Thanks for the reminder!

She should be third on the list. Maybe second. Hmmmm...

 

[BoMac]

Didn't you see the Lady of Gaga?

And didn't you go to that Bumbershoots festival or whatever it's called?

 

[corianderstem]

Wow.

My memory is getting pretty craptacular.

I'm going to go back and edit my original post.

 

[BoMac]

Wow.

My memory is getting pretty craptacular.

It's not as sad as me remembering what concerts an online friend whom I've never met went to.

 

[corianderstem]

Ha!

 

[martha]

I just went through my calendar so I could contribute to this thread. Piss-poor year for concerts for me, but some highlights were (in chronological order):

Keith Emerson and Greg Lake
Red Sparowes and Fang Island
Dungen (maybe the best one of the year)
Arcade Fire
Robert McDuffie/Venice Baroque Orchestra playing Vivaldi and Philip Glass (also maybe the best one of the year)
Grinderman




(All of these were in the greater LA area.)

 

[LDM007]

All of these shows were in the Boston/ New England area... Pretty much the only "bad" concerts were Cyndi Lauper (a blues set that I was forced into going to, but it really didn't change my mind of the overall concert) and Passion Pit (the worst live act ever?). To say that an act like The National is on my list shows just how incredible the shows I went to were. Little Boots and The Mary Onettes cancelled on me.

1. 05.06.10 - Jonsi - House of Blues
2. 08.02.10 - Gaslight Anthem - House of Blues
3. 07.27.10 - Robyn/ Kelis - House of Blues
4. 08.12.10 - Green Day/ AFI – Comcast Theatre
5. 09.28.10 - LCD Soundsystem/ Sleigh Bells - Orpheum Theatre
6. 07.29.10 - Sting – Comcast Centre
7. 04.01.10 - Vampire Weekend - Orpheum Theatre
8. 01.31.10 - La Roux – The Paradise
9. 08.01.10 - The Arcade Fire – The Pavillion
10. 06.02.10 - The National/ The Antlers – House of Blues
11. 04.07.10 - Florence + The Machine - The Paradise
12. 09.12.10 - Vampire Weekend/ Beach House – The Pavillion
13. 10.18.10 – Phoenix/ Two Door Cinema Club – Agganis Arena
14. 06.04.10 - Broken Bells/ The Morning Benders – Club Royale
15. 08.16.10 - Green Day/ AFI - Comcast Centre
16. 02.18.10 - Editors - House of Blues
17. 06.02.10 - Broken Bells, Ra Ra Riot, Neon Trees – Orpheum Theatre
18. 06.06.10 - Conan O'Brien – Mohegan Sun
19. 05.13.10 - John Williams - Symphony Hall
20. 08.14.10 - Slayer, Megadeth, Testament – Tsongas Center
21. 05.29.10 - DMB/ Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings - Comcast Theatre
22. 09.01.10 - Marina and the Diamonds – The Paradise
23. 10.26.10 – Drake/ Tyga – Tsongas Center
24. 06.26.10 - Cyndi Lauper - House of Blues
25. 01.06.10 - Passion Pit - House of Blues

 

[bono_212]

Passion Pit were awful when I saw them as well.

 

[LemonMelon]

Just so people don't get the wrong idea: Passion Pit are very good live, much better than they should be, and bono_212 is just being ridiculous because the set they played was too heavy on EP material.

 

[bono_212]

Am I mistaking them for someone else we saw? I'm asking honestly, because I don't recall being impressed at all by their performance, regardless of the fact that they didn't play my favorite song by them and played like the entirety of their EP, which I don't like.

 

[LemonMelon]

My only slight disappointment (and I wouldn't even say it was a disappointment, more just a not quite as excited as I was the rest of the day) was Passion Pit. I was just pretty bummed they played so much from the EP, but I think it was mostly just disappointed bias because they didn't play my favorite song .

Doesn't sound like they were awful to me. I thought they were great.

 

[bono_212]

Bastard, using my own words against me. I apologize then. I wonder what band I was thinking of.

 

[LemonMelon]

KAISER CHIEFS KAISER CHIEFS clf

 

[bono_212]

No it was not Kaiser Chiefs. It was someone I actually like, but was really disappointed by them live.

 

[LemonMelon]

The Antlers?

 

[cobl04]

My disappointment with them stemmed from 1) a shit venue 2) not starting til like 11pm 3) their songs having no room to move live 4) I'd stopped listening to Manners by then

 

[bono_212]

The Antlers?

no, and now my inability to remember is starting to bug me. I'll have to go look through the 2009 Lolla lineup to see if that was it.

 

[LDM007]

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

The major reason why Passion Pit is so terrible live: have you ever heard the lead "singer" sing? Also, the music lacks a certain punch that the album and EP have. It's similar in the way that MGMT (a band I don't really like other than their "hot singles") sounds weak live. Look up "Electric Feel" live, and it generates a complete sense of malaise.

 

[bono_212]

And much as I loved Hospice I was bored bored bored seeing them live.