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Post by Dr. Crane on Dec 9, 2012 7:55:21 GMT -8
Use this thread to discuss the most awesome shows that we saw this year. I made a list. Many bands that I saw multiple times were only included once in the interest of diversity, even if the other show(s) were also phenomenal.
1. Black Dice @ Sunset 2. The Psychic Paramount @ Neumos 3. Phish @ Bonnaroo 4. Explosions in the Sky with Zammuto @ Moore 5. Death Grips @ Coachella 6. Godspeed You! Black Emperor @ Coachella 7. Tenacious D --> Beck @ Sasquatch (counts as one because MOTHERFUCKER, motherfuckers) 8. Atlas Sound @ Neumos 9. Animal Collective @ Crystal Ballroom 10. Battles @ Bonnaroo 11. Jeff Mangum @ Moore 12. Thee Oh Sees @ Allsaints 13. Mogwai @ Bonnaroo 14. Deerhoof @ Vera Project 15. NOFX @ King Cat 16. Radiohead @ Bonnaroo 17. Cass McCombs @ Sasquatch 18. The Men @ Chop Suey 19. Sigur Ros @ Edgefield 20. Dan Deacon @ Neptune 21. My Morning Jacket @ Marymoor
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Post by Drew on Dec 9, 2012 8:58:13 GMT -8
So each of Death Grips' albums is worth a separate spot, but BECK AND TENACIOUS D are lumped together in one spot...
...where the fuck did you learn to make a list, SIR?
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Post by Drew on Dec 9, 2012 9:03:46 GMT -8
1. Radiohead @ HP Pavilion 2. Jeff Mangum @ Fox Theater 2. Animal Collective @ Fox Theater 3. St. Vincent @ Fox Theater/Sasquatch 4. Godspeed You! Black Emperor @ Great American Music Hall
Honestly those are the only ones worth mentioning.
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Post by Friendly Destroyer on Dec 9, 2012 9:41:24 GMT -8
1. Stevie Wonder @ Outside Lands 2. The Drive-By Truckers @ Showbox Market, Seattle 3. The Drive-By Truckers @ Commodore Ballroom, Vancouver 4. Beck @ Sasquatch 5. Lucky and Tamara Petterson Band @ Blues on Whyte, Edmonton 6. Jack White @ Sasquatch 7. St. Vincent @ Sasquatch 8. Bison B.C @ Pawn Shop, Edmonton
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Post by emptyfox on Dec 9, 2012 10:05:30 GMT -8
1. Roger Waters @ BC Place 2. Snoop & Dre @ Coachella 3. Grizzly Bear @ Commodore Ballroom 4. deftones @ Commodore Ballroom 5. Puscifer @ The Centre for Performing Arts 6. The Shins @ Coachella 7. Pulp @ Coachella 8. Japandroids @ Biltmore Cabaret 9. At the Drive-In @ Coachella 10. Dan Mangan (fuck you) @ Queen Elizabeth Theatre
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Post by Geoff on Dec 9, 2012 12:08:49 GMT -8
I actually took some time to organize my list for once!
1. Roger Waters @ Rose Garden Arena 2. Tenacious D --> Beck @ Sasquatch 3. The Dead Milkmen @ Hawthorne Theater 4. Primus @ Cuthbert Amphitheater 5. Jeff Mangum @ Crystal Ballroom 6. Sigur Ros @ Edgefield 7. Animal Collective @ Crystal Ballroom 8. Opeth @ Showbox SoDo 9. Leonard Cohen @ Rose Garden Arena 10. GWAR @ Roseland Theater 11. David Byrne & St. Vincent @ Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall 12. Refused/Sleigh Bells @ Roseland Theater 13. Grizzly Bear @ Keller Auditorium 14. Sufjan Stevens @ Aladdin Theater 15. Dethklok @ Roseland Theater 16. Foxy Shazam @ BRANX 17. Hot Chip @ Crystal Ballroom 18. Death Grips @ Star Theater 19. Melvins @ Hawthorne Theater 20. Blondie/Devo @ Sleep Country Amphitheater
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Post by davers on Dec 9, 2012 12:11:39 GMT -8
In the order they popped into my head. I might have missed a couple, I'll check my stubs when I get home.
Beck @ Sasquatch The Naked and Famous @ The Commodore Ballroom Matt & Kim @ The Commodore Ballroom Girl Talk @ The Commodore Ballroom Japandroids @ The Biltmore Cabaret The Pack AD @ Live at Squamish Iggy and the Stooges @ Brussels Summer Festival St. Vincent @ Sasquatch Chromeo @ Live at Squamish Steel Panther @ The Commodore Ballroom
Edited to add Steel Panther, I forgot that was this year.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 9, 2012 13:39:14 GMT -8
In order:
1. Stevie Wonder @ Outside Lands 2. St. Vincent & David Byrne @ 5th Avenue 3. Snoop & Dre @ Coachella 4. Tenacious D ---> Beck @ Sasquatch 5. Pulp @ Coachella 6. Jack White @ Sasquatch 7. Miike Snow @ Coachella 8. Black Moth Super Rainbow @ Neumos 9. James @ Neumos 10. King Mustafa @ Blues on Whyte
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Post by Deleted on Dec 9, 2012 13:55:47 GMT -8
It's taking me 2 hours to figure out the shows I have seen this year, let alone pick favourites. I got around this year guys.
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Post by rimjobflashmob on Dec 9, 2012 14:13:49 GMT -8
Yeah I'm having trouble remembering all the shows I went to this year. Off the top of my head:
James Murphy DJ Set @ Sasquatch Grimes @ Capitol Hill Block Party Tenacious D @ Sasquatch Starfucker @ Sasquatch Fang Island @ The Crocodile Patrick Wolf @ The Triple Door
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Post by Pea on Dec 9, 2012 14:27:44 GMT -8
I literally have no idea who all I saw this year. I think I'll keep a list in 2013 so I can actually participate next year. Wolfgang Gartner at Sasquatch was probably number one though.
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Post by rimjobflashmob on Dec 9, 2012 14:38:55 GMT -8
Holy crap, that show was ridiculous. Might have to add him to my list.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 9, 2012 14:43:46 GMT -8
I think I finally got them all. My top 5 was easy, but the rest are kind of all on the same level of awesome.
1. Animal Collective @ Paramount Theatre 2. Death Grips @ Star Theatre 3. Dan Deacon @ The Neptune 4. Amon Tobin @ Coachella 5. The Flaming Lips @ Rifflandia
(not really in order) 6. Explosions in the Sky @ Sasquatch 7. Andrew WK @ Sled Island 8. RHCP @ Rexall Place 9. Modeselektor @ Coachella 10. Beck @ Sasquatch 11. St. Vincent @ Sasquatch 12. We are the City @ Sled Island 13. Crystal Castles @ Edmonton Event Center 14. Azealia Banks @ Coachella 15. Skrillex/Diplo/Pretty Lights @ Shaw Conference Center
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Post by Pea on Dec 9, 2012 14:51:27 GMT -8
Oh shit! Dan Deacon #1 for fucking suuuure!
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Post by emptyfox on Dec 9, 2012 15:08:02 GMT -8
I literally have no idea who all I saw this year. I think I'll keep a list in 2013 so I can actually participate next year. Wolfgang Gartner at Sasquatch was probably number one though. I did keep a list this year. Very handy!
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Post by Horned Gramma on Dec 9, 2012 15:46:21 GMT -8
This is gonna be tough.
1.) Roger Waters @ Rose Garden Arena 2.) Smurfjames Stephanopoulos @ Aladdin Theater 3.) Aaron Freeman @ Doug Fir 4.) Animal Collective @ Paramount/Crystal 5.) Dan Deacon @ Neptune Theater 6.) Jeff Mangum @ Crystal Ballroom 7.) Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band @ Rose Garden Arena 8.) Zammuto @ Doug Fir Lounge 9.) Magnetic Fields @ Roseland Theater 10.) Primus @ Cuthbert Amphitheater 11.) Death Grips @ Star Theater 12.) Amon Tobin @ Roseland Theater 13.) St. Vincent @ Sasquatch 14.) Beck @ Sasquatch 15.) EELS @ Aladdin Theater
It's been the best calendar year of live music of my entire life. Easily.
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Post by Dr. Crane on Dec 9, 2012 16:59:12 GMT -8
I literally have no idea who all I saw this year. I think I'll keep a list in 2013 so I can actually participate next year. Wolfgang Gartner at Sasquatch was probably number one though. I keep a master list of everyone I want to see in my life and then write down when I see each one and keep a tally of multiples. It's a pretty awesome thing to look at.
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Post by Dr. Crane on Dec 9, 2012 17:05:40 GMT -8
It's been the best calendar year of live music of my entire life. Easily. So fucking much of this. There ain't too many names left on my list.
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Post by Dr. Crane on Dec 9, 2012 17:16:25 GMT -8
So each of Death Grips' albums is worth a separate spot, but BECK AND TENACIOUS D are lumped together in one spot... ...where the fuck did you learn to make a list, SIR? This makes perfect sense to me because Death Grips spent an individual 3-4 month period working on each album, separated by a 6 month period, while Beck and Tenacious D rehearsed together (possibly maybe) to play the same song at the same time at the same event.
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Post by Dr. Crane on Dec 9, 2012 21:41:12 GMT -8
And obviously the racoon tied it all together nicely.
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