Music Is Happiness

Today I was thinking about all the concerts I've been to in recent memory and so I decided to make a list for absolutely no reason.

2009:

4/5 - Girl Talk (Barton Hall, Ithaca, NY)

9/13 - Muse (Walter Kerr Theatre, New York, NY)

9/26 - Phoenix & Passion Pit (Central Park, New York, NY)

10/23 - Portugal. The Man & The Temper Trap (Bowery Ballroom, New York, NY)

11/13 - Mute Math & As Tall As Lions (Nokia Theatre, New York, NY)

2010:

1/18 - Owen Pallett (Bowery Ballroom, New York, NY)

1/20 - Freelance Whales & Still Life Still (Mercury Lounge, New York, NY)

2/9 - Yeasayer & Javelin (Music Hall of Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY)

2/21 - The Phenominal Handclap Band (Brooklyn Bowl, Brooklyn, NY)

3/2 - The Ruby Suns & Toro y Moi (Brooklyn Bowl, Brooklyn, NY)

3/27 - Miike Snow & Delorean (Webster Hall, New York, NY)

4/9 - Cymbals Eat Guitars & Bear In Heaven (Music Hall of Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY)

4/30 - Here We Go Magic (Maxwell's, Hoboken, NJ)

5/5 - As Tall As Lions (Irving Plaza, New York, NY)

5/8 - The Receiving End Of Sirens (The Palladium, Worcester, MA)

6/3 - Stars (First Unitarian Church, Philadelphia, PA)

6/5 - Delorean & Restless People (Glasslands Gallery, Brooklyn, NY)

6/19 - The Morning Benders & Freelance Whales (Governor's Island, New York, NY)

7/7 - Delorean (Stuyvesant Town, New York, NY)

7/8 - Minus The Bear (Webster Hall, New York, NY)

7/22 - Dinosaur Feathers & The Antlers (Hudson River Park's Pier 54, New York, NY)

8/8 - Memory Tapes & Restless People (Williamsburg Waterfront, Brooklyn, NY)

8/8 - The XX (Central Park, New York, NY)

8/18 - Crystal Castles (Electric Factory, Philadelphia, PA)

9/24 - Porcupine Tree (Radio City Music Hall, New York, NY)

10/1 - Born Ruffians (The Knitting Factory, Brooklyn, NY)

10/7 - Miike Snow (Terminal 5, New York, NY)

10/29 - Local Natives & The Ruby Suns (Webster Hall, New York, NY)

11/4 - Wolf Parade (Trocadero Theatre, Philadelphia, PA)

11/11 - The Morning Benders & Twin Sister (First Unitarian Church, Philadelphia, PA)

Considering the concert I'm going to in just a few days, I will have attended 30 concerts in the last two years! What's even crazier is that 29 of those concerts are within the last 14 months; although it's arguable that I was really at The XX concert (the venue was filled to capacity so I simply listened from afar while sitting on a big rock and discussing life issues with Corey) and the Born Ruffians concert (I was there physically but not at all mentally) so I guess it's really been more like 27 concerts in the last 14 months. Still pretty awesome.