Wednesday, October 30, 2013

Give Life Back To Music

As you know, I've made a habit of sharing lists of all the concerts I've attended during a given period of time (see "Music Is Happiness" and "Nightmusic"). In keeping with tradition, here's a complete list of the bands I've seen (or will see) over the current year.

2013:

1/11 - Purity Ring & Young Magic (Webster Hall, New York, NY)
1/13 - DIIV (Brooklyn Bowl, Brooklyn, NY)
1/31 - Hooray For Earth (The Knitting Factory, Brooklyn, NY)
2/19 - Tame Impala (Terminal 5, New York, NY)
3/9 - Archie Pelago (Glasslands Gallery, Brooklyn, NY)
3/20 - Beach Fossils (Brooklyn Bowl, Brooklyn, NY)
5/5 - Body Language (Glasslands Gallery, Brooklyn, NY)
5/14 - Foxygen (The Knitting Factory, Brooklyn, NY)
6/7 - The Governor's Ball (Governor's Island, New York, NY)
6/13 - Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival (Great Stage Park, Manchester, TN)
8/1 - Body Language & AVAN LAVA (Bowery Ballroom, New York, NY)
9/18 - Washed Out & HAERTS (Terminal 5, New York, NY)
9/19 - Deerhunter (Webster Hall, New York, NY)
9/26 - Okkervil River (Terminal 5, New York, NY)
9/27 - Portugal. The Man (Terminal 5, New York, NY)
10/1 - Tame Impala & The Flaming Lips (Terminal 5, New York, NY)
10/2 - Miami Horror (Le Poisson Rouge, New York, NY)
10/4 - Zeds Dead & Paper Diamond (Terminal 5, New York, NY)
11/18 - Washed Out (Music Hall of Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY)
11/22 - Beach Fossils (285 Kent Ave, Brooklyn, NY)

By the end of the year, I will have attended 18 concerts and 2 music festivals. Here's hoping for many more!

And, for no reason, here's a list of the bands I've seen the most over the last few years:

Portugal. The Man (6 times)
Tame Impala (4 times)
Body Language (4 times)
DIIV (4 times)
Deerhunter (3 times)
Washed Out (3 times)
Cut Copy (3 times)
Delorean (3 times)
Empire of the Sun (3 times)
Beach Fossils (3 times)
Yeasayer (3 times)
Flying Lotus (3 times)