from the albums thread

i nominate

arcade fire and the national in asheville (although i missed the national )
smashing pumpkins x2 in asheville
future islands at the design school bash

12/1/2007 1:43:36 PM

White Stripes @ House of Blues 'n Myrtle
Flaming Lips @ Disco Rodeo

[Edited on December 1, 2007 at 1:54 PM. Reason : ]

12/1/2007 1:54:23 PM

do make say think at artscenter
arcade fire in DC
double barrel benefit at king's (the mountain goats' set was awesome)
and of course i can't forget dan deacon in asheville

12/1/2007 2:02:06 PM

arcade fire/the national - the tower, upper darby
panda bear - first unitarian church, sanctuary.. philadelphia
cloud cult - bowery, nyc

[Edited on December 1, 2007 at 2:10 PM. Reason : e]

12/1/2007 2:02:08 PM

tool @ winston-salem

12/1/2007 4:22:19 PM

albert hammond jr. and bloc party in toronto

12/1/2007 5:28:12 PM

Yo La Tengo @ CC
SP in Asheville

12/1/2007 5:30:19 PM

BTBAM Colors CD release show

and

smashing pumpkins in asheville

12/1/2007 5:44:23 PM

i had a lot of fun at Blind Melon in DC on Wednesday. The new kid they have singing really nailed it, and the band sounds as good as ever. The stuff from Soup was amazing. New songs.. kinda eh

12/1/2007 5:59:57 PM

white stripes at bonnaroo

12/1/2007 6:02:23 PM

okkervil river
the national

12/1/2007 6:13:12 PM

sparklehorse, cloud cult, ween, slint, sonic youth...many others

12/1/2007 7:35:10 PM

I've kept a record of all the concerts I've been to this year.
Here are the totals:

A Is Jump
Andrew Bird
Animal Collective
Annuals (4)
Arcade Fire
Arrah And The Ferns
Augie March
Bishop Allen (3)
Bloc Party
Blonde Redhead
Camera Obscura
Casiotone for the Painfully Alone
Damien Jurado
Dawn Landes
Dears
Decemberists
Deerhoof
Deerhunter
Dirty On Purpose
Do Make Say Think
Doveman
Eluvium
Essex Green
Explosions In The Sky
Flaming Lips
Georgie James
Graphery-Bivins-Davis
Grails
Gray Young
Grizzly Bear
Harlem Shakes
Hem of his Garment
Honored Guests
John Vanderslice
Johnny And The Moon
Jonathan Meiburg
Junior Boys
Magic Weapon
Magnet
Maple Stave
Megafaun
Menomena
Midlake (2)
Minmae
Mono
My Brightest Diamond
National (2)
Noisettes (2)
Noot
Okkervil River
Page France
Paper Chase
Papercuts
Plants And Animals
Polyphonic Spree
Rapture
San Serac
Scissors For Lefty
Six Parts Seven
Shearwater
Smashing Pumpkins
Sparklehorse
Stardeath And White Dwarfs
Stars
Street
Sunset Rubdown
Tacks, The Boy Disaster
Tickley Feather
Tiger Bear Wolf
TV On The Radio
Under The Influence Of Giants
Wold Parade
Worlds End Girlfriend
Xiu Xiu

With a ticket cost of $645.50.

Here's my top 5 list.
1. Okkervil River - CC
2. Xiu Xiu/Casiotone for the Painfully Alone/Shearwater - Duke Coffeehouse
3. Flaming Lips - Disco Rodeo
4. Midlake - Local 506
5. Animal Collective - CC

12/1/2007 7:46:19 PM

flaming lips
animal collective (both times i saw them)
antibalas
greg davis/megafaun/akron/family - megafaun was really really good

12/1/2007 8:35:48 PM

the grizzly bear show was really good too

12/1/2007 9:51:54 PM

Quote :

"1. Okkervil River - CC 2. Xiu Xiu/Casiotone for the Painfully Alone/Shearwater - Duke Coffeehouse 3. Flaming Lips - Disco Rodeo 4. Midlake - Local 506 5. Animal Collective - CC"

Though your concert attendance this year is impressive, this is all you really needed to post. The rest makes you look like an attention whore.

12/1/2007 10:47:24 PM

exactly

12/2/2007 12:25:39 AM

it wouldnt even be fair if i made a list, because the number of bands we've played with is ginmorous this year heh.

Telescreen put on a great show in raleigh tho. thats another one to add to my top 3.

12/2/2007 12:46:13 PM

RANDOM BAND
RANDOM BAND
RANDOM DUDE

seriously though i had a great time at the flaming lips show

[Edited on December 2, 2007 at 1:37 PM. Reason : ,]

12/2/2007 1:37:28 PM

The ones that really stand out in my mind are:
Xiu Xiu, Casiotone for the Painfully Alone, and Shearwater at Duke Coffeehouse
Dan Deacon, White Williams, and Girl Talk at The Orange Peel
Akron/Family, Megafaun, and Greg Davis (Bob Log III played there too, but fuck Bob Log III) at The Bowery Ballroom
Okkervil River and Shearwater at Cat's Cradle

12/2/2007 2:04:04 PM

My top 10:

1. Midlake @ Local 506 (and again at the Cradle)
2. Arcade Fire/The National in Asheville
3. Okkervil River @ the cradle
4. Smashing Pumpkins x 2 in Asheville
5. The Flaming Lips @ Disco Rodeo
6.. Polyphonic Spree @ Cradle (1st show was awesome, 2nd show they played the cover of "lithium").
7. The Decemberists @ Meymandi
8. Sean Lennon @ the Cradle
9. The National @ the Cradle
10. The Modern Skirts @ the Cradle

As much as I would love to put Grizzly Bear on this list, as I loved their album, that show had the life drained out of it by The Papercuts, as I've said before. I have never seen a band suck the life out of a crowd the way they did and I don't think Grizzly Bear ever recovered from it, haha.

I would also like to give a nod to The Broken West, as I thought their show at the Local 506 was damn good as well.

12/2/2007 9:28:11 PM

flaming lips at disco rodeo was cool as all get out

12/2/2007 9:53:57 PM

oh yeah, i forgot about the decemberists at meymandi. that show was the fucking complete kill. they opened with "the tain", played "mariner's revenge song", and ended with "sons and daughters".

12/2/2007 10:00:09 PM

explosions in the sky @ cats cradle

best show ive ever been to

[Edited on December 3, 2007 at 3:04 AM. Reason : durr]

12/3/2007 3:04:01 AM

BTBAM Colors release in Greensboro (possibly best concert I've ever been to)
Tool x2 (Winston-Salem, West Virginia)
Pumpkins in Asheville

12/3/2007 11:09:31 AM

Megadeth @ HOB
Smashing Pumpkins in Asheville

12/3/2007 2:26:04 PM

Quote :

"explosions in the sky @ cats cradle best show ive ever been to"

you should've seen them when they were at go! six years ago

12/3/2007 2:33:42 PM

tool in winston-salem ftw

12/3/2007 2:40:18 PM

in descending order, though all were 10/10 or 5 stars or whatever:

Ween in Baltimore
Arcade Fire/LCD Soundsystem in Columbus OH (long drive)
Smashing Pumpkins in Greensboro
White Stripes at George Mason
Dinosaur Jr. at Lincoln last week

12/3/2007 7:59:04 PM

my favorites:
dr. dog
midlake
pinback
ken andrews
the thermals
smashing pumpkins


but december 15th has a chance to be my favorites of the year:
queens of the stone age + pinback + rogue wave (and louis xiv, the kooks, mute math)

12/3/2007 9:57:40 PM

i'm pretty sure my favorite show of 2008 will be dan deacon in january

12/3/2007 10:03:32 PM

!!! @ Coachella (hands down best show of the year)
Daft Punk @ Red Rocks
Arcade Fire w/ LCD Soundsystem @ Red Rocks
Spank Rock @ Coachella
Ratatat @ The Bluebird in Denver
Cornelius @ The Fox in Boulder/Coachella
Hot Chip @ The Gothic in Denver/Coachella
Of Montreal @ The Bluebird in Denver
Wilco @ The Fillmore in Denver

12/3/2007 10:26:42 PM

1. Casey Dienel, Elfin Saddle, Horse Feathers, Clues @ Birks Chapel in Montreal PQ
2. Rosebuds @ Cat's Cradle
3. The Apples in Stereo, The Never, The Moaners @ Lincoln Theater
4. Camera Obscura @ Cat's Cradle
5. Lily Allen @ 9:30 Club in DC

12/3/2007 10:41:58 PM