Sunday, October 28, 2012

Nightmusic

Following the trend of a previous blog post I wrote regarding concerts I attended in 2009 and 2010 (see "Music Is Happiness"), here's a complete list of the bands I've seen (or will see) over the last two years.

2011:

2/2 - The Radio Dept. (Music Hall of Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY)
3/25 - Gold Panda (103 Harriet, San Francisco, CA)
3/31 - Cut Copy (Trocadero Theatre, Philadelphia, PA)
4/5 - Anthony Green (The Rathskeller, Ewing, NJ)
5/31 - Sleigh Bells & Javelin (The Stone Pony, Asbury Park, NJ)
6/8 - Portugal. The Man (Rams Head Live, Baltimore, MD)
6/17 - Yeasayer & Smith Westerns (Trocadero Theatre, Philadelphia, PA)
6/18 - The Governor's Ball (Governor's Island, New York, NY)
7/11 - Washed Out & Grimes (Bowery Ballroom, New York, NY)
7/28 - The Flaming Lips & Weezer (PNC Bank Arts Center, Holmdel, NJ)
8/23 - Deerhunter (Webster Hall, New York, NY)
9/10 - Virgin Mobile Freefest (Merriweather Post Pavilion, Columbia, MD)
9/11 - Xiu Xiu & Hedgehog (Metro Gallery, Baltimore, MD)
10/23 - Portugal. The Man (Theatre of the Living Arts, Philadelphia, PA)
10/28 - M83 (Black Cat, Washington, DC)

2012:

3/2 - Beach Fossils (Music Hall of Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY)
3/4 - Korallreven (Bowery Ballroom, New York, NY)
4/1 - Cloud Nothings (Ottobar, Baltimore, MD)
4/2 - Keep Shelly in Athens (Glasslands Gallery, Brooklyn, NY)
4/17 - !!! & Shabazz Palaces (Sonar, Baltimore, MD)
5/11 - M83 & I Break Horses (Union Transfer, Philadelphia, PA)
5/16 -The Receiving End of Sirens (The Middle East, Cambridge, MA) 
6/24 - Body Language (South Street Seaport, New York, NY)
6/29 - Secret Mountains (Golden West Cafe, Baltimore, MD)
6/30 - Body Language (Brooklyn Bowl, Brooklyn, NY)
7/14 - Pitchfork Music Festival (Union Park, Chicago, IL)
7/15 - Flying Lotus (Bottom Lounge, Chicago, IL)
7/19 - Here We Go Magic (Music Hall of Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY)
9/21 - Gang Gang Dance (Public Assembly, Brooklyn, NY)
9/28 - Twin Shadow (Music Hall of Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY)
10/2 - Tennis (Maxwell's, Hoboken, NJ)
10/7 - Flying Lotus (Terminal 5, Brooklyn, NY)
10/18 - DIIV (Music Hall of Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY)
11/7 - Tame Impala (Music Hall of Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY)
11/16 - Dan Deacon (Bowery Ballroom, New York, NY)
12/13 - !!! (Music Hall of Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY)
12/14 - Grizzly Bear (Terminal 5, Brooklyn, NY)

That makes for a total of 34 concerts (granted one of them doesn't really count because the power went out before the headliner) and 3 music festivals that I've attended between 2011 and 2012. Not too shabby.