1. Little Dragon - Osheaga 2. Dre & Snoop - Coachella 3. Beirut - Coachella 4. Rapture - Coachella 5. James Murphy DJ set - Commonwealth 6. Stone Temple Pilots - Mac Hall 7. Antlers - Alix Gooden Hall 8. Danny Byrd - Republik 9. Flaming Lips - Rifflandia 10. Buzzcocks - Coachella 11. Madness - Coachella 12. Electric Six - Gateway
I just did some math using the Souly formula and Dr. Garbanzoured out that I saw 103 bands this year. Then I did some more math using the Burrito theorem and Dr. Garbanzoured out that Goldbeard financially and spiritually supported about 20% of them. What a fucking guy. Can we get a round of applause for all the magical magnificence that the Goldbeard has bestowed upon us all this year? It is certainly well deserved.
Pulp @ Coachella Dre/Snoop/every rap artist on earth, alive or dead @ Coachella GY!BE @ Coachella Armin van Buuren @ Freaknight Feed Me @ Sasquatch Wolfgang Gartner @ Sasquatch Dan Deacon @ Nepchune Theater Girl Talk @ Sasquatch Blind Pilot @ Sasquatch Cloud Cult @ Sasquatch M83 @ Bumbershoot James @ Neumos Sub Focus @ Coachella We Were Promised Jetpacks @ Coachella
I can't really remember any other shows I went to outside of festivals this year. I definitely didn't attend a whole lot, though. Need to change that in the '13.
Now I think I am all done with shows this year. It was a year of really amazing live music and it is hard to pick my favorites. These are the ones that come to mind though:
Kowloon Walled City, Helms Alee, Cower, The Narrows @ The Shakedown Sandrider, Dog Shredder, Monogamy Party, Brokaw @ The Highline Bosnian Rainbows, Crypts @ Triple Door Russian Circles, ASIWYFA, Sandrider @ Neumos Absolute Monarchs, The Constant Lovers, Deadkill @ The Comet Spiritualized @ Sasquatch Cloud Cult @ Sasquatch Radiohead @ The Key Lightning Bolt @ The Showbox Market Death Grips @ The Crocodile Orbital @ The Paramount Sigur Ros @ The Paramount Maps & Atlases @ The Crocodile
** Totally forgot about: Black Dice @ The Sunset Dr. Dog @ The Nepchune
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Also forgot: Zechs Marquise, Fang Island @ The Crocodile