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Post by Kamera on Dec 1, 2023 14:16:23 GMT -6
It's that time of year. Let's see everyone's tk.
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Post by wanny on Dec 1, 2023 14:38:49 GMT -6
Very light year for me
1. The 1975
2. Arctic Monkeys
3. Ghost
All shows were fantastic so I'm not disappointed
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Post by mookie on Dec 1, 2023 14:49:45 GMT -6
I still have 3 shows that could potentially be in the best shows of the year
4 - Romy
5 - Mandy, Indiana
16 - The Armed/Model/Actriz
Plus the Spanish Love Songs show at the Aragon if I can find a way to not pay $50 for that
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Post by claypoolfan on Dec 1, 2023 14:49:59 GMT -6
Off the top of my head in no order:
Kamasi Washington at City Winery
Drain, Incendiary, Drug Church, Never Ending Game and Gel at the Metro
Drake and 21 Savage at the United Center
Never Ending Game, Gridiron, Big Boy and Spinebreaker at Don Quixote (LA)
Spy and Buggin at Subterranean
Drain, Twitching Tongues/Twitchfits cover set, Shakewell and Momentum at Midnight Hour (LA)
Fred Again at the Shrine (LA)
Harms Way and Weekend Nachos at the Metro
Festival sets:
Skrillex b2b Four Tet at Hard LA
The Cure at Riot Fest
Trapped Under Ice at Sound & Fury
God's Hate at Sound & Fury
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Post by isyourbedmade on Dec 1, 2023 15:15:13 GMT -6
A record 45 shows for me this year. Think I'll be seeing Andrew McMahon next week cause Jacks's Mannequin is my girlfriend's favorite band and I've seen him three times since we started dating but that's not going to crack any top spot. In no particular order:
Taylor/Girl In Red/Owenn at Soldier Field 6/2/23
Beyonce at Soldier Field 7/23/23
Pearl Jam/Inhaler at UC 9/5,7
Springsteen at The Fiserv Forum 3/7/23 and Wrigley 8/9,11
blink-182/Turnstile/Beauty School Dropout at UC 5/7/23
Goose at Salt Shed 4/14-15 and The Riv 6/21
The National/Soccer Mommy at The Auditorium 5/21/23
Bob Dylan at The Cadillac Palace Theatre 10/7/23
Carly Rae Jepsen/Kid Sistr at Metro 8/1/23
The Postal Service/DCFC/Warpaint at Salt Shed 9/23/23
MMJ/Devon Gilfillian at Chicago Theatre 11/10-11
Wilco/Horsegirl at The Riv 3/25-26, Wilco at Metro 10/30
Jessie Ware/Ty Sunderland at The Vic 10/5/23
Japanese Breakfast/Frankie Cosmos at Salt Shed 7/15/23
The Walkmen/RIP Dunes at Metro 5/20/23
Caroline Polachek/Ethel Cain/True Blue at The Riv 5/16/23
The Cure at Riot Fest 9/17/23
Dead & Co at Wrigley 6/9-10
The Hold Steady/The Mountain Goats/Dillinger Four at Salt Shed 7/1/23
Jonas Brothers/Lawrence at Wrigley 8/25/23
There's a lot more but these are probably my top shows. Outside of Taylor, Beyonce, PJ, and Springsteen, they're not really in any particular order, just ones where I had an amazing time. Probably the worst for me was the Phish run at the UC in October. My Grandma passed away the afternoon of the first night and my Mom kind of pushed me to go to get my mind off of things, and because she knew I was looking forward to it. I ended up having a panic attack which wasn't fun. Went on the third night with my gf who hated it and my mindset just wasn't in the right frame to enjoy it. Not saying they weren't good sets, but personally just wasn't in the mood for them. Also by the third night, they played way too much solo Trey.
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Post by clouddead on Dec 1, 2023 15:31:29 GMT -6
The aforementioned Kamasi Washington show at City Winery might’ve been the only show I saw this year. Even if I saw a bunch more shows, that one would’ve been near the top of the list.
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Post by irvred on Dec 1, 2023 15:48:03 GMT -6
Pulp
The Cure
Paramore
Pet Shop Boys
Liz Phair
Depeche Mode was much better than I expected, so props to those old guys. Avalon Emerson, both dj and with The Charm, is probably the best newer artist I saw. I’m desperately trying to think of other current acts and I think maybe I’m just an un-hip old man now.
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Post by Pale Hose on Dec 1, 2023 15:52:24 GMT -6
Favorite venue shows:
Dead & Co @ Wrigley
Pearl Jam @ The UC
Blink 182 @ The UC
Favorite festival sets:
The Cure @ Riot Fest
Alvvays @ Pitchfork
Fleet Foxes @ Summerfest
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Post by krentist on Dec 1, 2023 15:58:58 GMT -6
Ween and a bunch of other shitty bands.
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Post by Tweet on Dec 1, 2023 16:47:15 GMT -6
Venue shows and then fest shows, in order they happened:
Dry Cleaning @ Thalia Hall
Bruce Springsteen @ Tulsa arena
Unwound @ Thalia Hall
Iggy Pop @ Salt Shed
Phil Lesh @ Salt Shed
Dead & Co. @ Wrigley
Buck Tick @ Ueno Gunken Hall (Hiroshima Japan). One of their last shows I believe since the lead singer passed a few months ago.
Beck/Phoenix @ northerly
Ween @ Salt Shed
Black Country, New Road @ Thalia
Wilco @ Metro
Coachella: Overmono, Blink-182's reunion show, The Chemical Brothers, Yung Lean, Jai Paul, Alex G
P4k: MJ Lenderman, Soul Glo
Riot Fest: Yard Act, Turnstile, Jehnny Beth, Death Cab doing Transatlanticism, The Cure
Worst shows- Del Water Gap opening for Maggie Rogers, Frank at Coachella, very horny Smokey Robinson @ Summerfest
Edit- I've got Bill Callahan, Bar Italia, and Ratboys left this year
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Post by ten15 on Dec 1, 2023 17:37:04 GMT -6
Worst shows- Del Water Gap opening for Maggie Rogers, Frank at Coachella, very horny Smokey Robinson @ Summerfest Don’t forget the Salt Shed house band The Steens. 😫 |
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Post by Tweet on Dec 1, 2023 18:21:12 GMT -6
Worst shows- Del Water Gap opening for Maggie Rogers, Frank at Coachella, very horny Smokey Robinson @ Summerfest Don’t forget the Salt Shed house band The Steens. 😫 We still never found out what this bands deal is huh |
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Post by nanatod on Dec 1, 2023 20:03:58 GMT -6
I don't really rank shows by the best, anymore.
so here's the trapper keeper for 2023 chronologically:
tk 2023
james marlon magas, snooper. meatwave.
molly lewis [whistler], weyes blood.
the waco brothers.
daoui (angel bat dawid + oui ennui), hermeto pascoal.
mr. blotto, dead and company (from outside Wrigley).
joe nichols.
shab, nick osin, heather small.
royal & the serpent, the academy is (from outside Wrigley).
samepage, breland, caroline jones, paris paloma, autograph, radkey, vixen, deer tick, avett brothers.
dj mackie, iration, rebelution.
the hecks, dj heather, james curd.
the service.
ariel zetina, palm, rachika nayar, lucrecia dalt, florist, jockstrap, soul glo.
the astronomers, post sex nachos, jackie hayes.
charlotte sands.
susan voelz introducing cedric burnside with billy branch, vieux farka toure, with ugochi nwaogwugwu.
dj kid cut up, grouplove, pat benatar (from outside Wrigley).
lawrence, jonas brothers (from outside Wrigley).
modern english.
chico freeman with george freeman, mike allemana, yron israel, thaddeus tukes, avery sharpe, and margaret murphy-webb.
ron carter and foursight (payton crossley, jimmy green, donald vega).
subhi, bela fleck, shakti (john mclaughlin, zakir hussain, selvaganesh vinayakram, ganesh rajagopalan, shankar mahadevan).
slique jay adams, megan mcneal, epmd.
pinkshift.
total chaos, pool kids, enola gay with jenny beth, plosivs, snapcase, corey feldman, enter shikari, spitalfield, steve ignorant band / crass, frank turner & the sleeping souls, death grips, eshu tune, sleep token, insane clown posse.
finch, gorilla biscuits, the mars volta, godspeed you! black emperor.
taylor rae, john craigie.
josh berman and ben lamar gay, nikki giovanni and javon jackson, jeff chan and suwan choi.
forest management, tangerine dream.
ann wilson and the tripsetters.
the dreamtree shakers.
dusk, mike viola.
chelsea handler.
the better half and I are done w/ shows for the year, unless we win some tix from do312, and the most likely show of the ones we've entered (due to how few people have entered) is bill gaither, who I last saw as a special guest at the 1994 Chicago Gospel Festival. I don't really go to CCM shows, but Gaither is 87, and I don't know how long it'll be before he meets Moses.
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Post by ten15 on Dec 1, 2023 22:13:41 GMT -6
Don’t forget the Salt Shed house band The Steens. 😫 We still never found out what this bands deal is huh Nope. |
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Post by Tweet on Dec 1, 2023 22:18:05 GMT -6
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Post by teekoh on Dec 1, 2023 22:28:57 GMT -6
Looking at my year and I saw a lot of really good shows.
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Post by scoots on Dec 1, 2023 22:40:12 GMT -6
My favorites:
The Walkmen @ Ogden Theater
Big Thief/Lucinda Williams @ Red Rocks
The Cure @ Fiddler's Green
The Swell Season @ Leavitt Pavillion
Nickel Creek @ Mission Ballroom
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Post by lollaman44 on Dec 2, 2023 9:47:38 GMT -6
Kind of a light year for me as well.
Wilco at the Riv
Brandi Carlisle at Evolution Fest
Bully at Off Broadway
Wilco at Stifel Theatre
Queens of the Stone Age at St. Louis Music Park
Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit at Chesterfield Amphitheater
My Morning Jacket at Stifel Theatre
There are some other but those come to mind the easiest for 2023.
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Post by neader on Dec 2, 2023 10:00:36 GMT -6
The Cure at UC
Carly Rae Jespen at the Metro
Springsteen at Wrigley
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Post by cosmo on Dec 2, 2023 10:20:45 GMT -6
1. Ministry Bonner Springs, KS, Azura Amp
2. The 1975 KC, T-Mobile Center
3. Mastodon Bonner Springs, KS, Azura Amp
4. Yungblud KC, Uptown Theater
5. The Sisters of Mercy KC, Uptown Theater
6. Billy Idol KC, Uptown Theater
7. Berlin KC, Starlight Theater
8. The Linda Lindas, Lolla
9. The Beaches, Lolla
10. Sarah Kinsley, Lolla
11. Dehd, Lolla
12. Dope Lemon, Lolla
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Post by rango420 on Dec 2, 2023 10:23:38 GMT -6
Only one show I saw this year involved 10 minutes of the absolute worst guitar solo I've ever seen punctuated in chapters by a firework being shot off and missing yet still destroying various floating "ufos" so I'm gonna have to say Kiss @ Allstate Arena
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Post by rango420 on Dec 2, 2023 10:38:17 GMT -6
tommy thayer is no ace frehley. am I right, rango420? He is not. However less offensive Eric Singer doing "Beth" The solo highlight may have been the Gene Simmons bass solo where he never gripped the bass and instead just hit it 5 or 6 times while making a cartoon spooky face until blood started pouring out of his mouth |
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Post by Pale Hose on Dec 2, 2023 11:25:15 GMT -6
Rango basically validated all my reasons for avoiding KISS after Ace & Peter left (again).
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Post by doso on Dec 2, 2023 12:06:24 GMT -6
Chronological order (so far):
Sarah Shook at TV Eye
DBT at Bowery Ballroom (May 5 show)
Wallflowers at Prospect Park Bandshell
Near Beer + Grime Time and the Time Machine at Mama Tried
Pearl Jam at United Center (Sept. 5 show)
Old 97s + DBT + American Aquarium at Pier 17
Princess at Pier 17
Wilco birthday show at Metro
Pending shows that may be added: Lydia Loveless at Mercury Lounge, U2 at Sphere, Madonna at Barclays Center, YLT Hanukkah at Bowery Ballroom
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Post by rango420 on Dec 2, 2023 12:12:57 GMT -6
Rango basically validated all my reasons for avoiding KISS after Ace & Peter left (again). I had never seen them before and legitimately had a blast but this time you could tell they were not lying that it is the last tour |
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Post by Pale Hose on Dec 2, 2023 12:28:01 GMT -6
Rango basically validated all my reasons for avoiding KISS after Ace & Peter left (again). I had never seen them before and legitimately had a blast but this time you could tell they were not lying that it is the last tour I'm sure it was still a fun show, but after seeing the real thing I just couldn't justify paying to see a watered down product. I would probably have been willing to go for free but def would have walked out before watching Eric Singer sing Beth. |
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Post by fiveiron83321 on Dec 2, 2023 23:36:22 GMT -6
prolly something like...
The Cure @ RF
Yard Act @ RF
Nation of Language @ The Crocodile
Bruce @ Wrigley
Sparta @ Bottom Lounge
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Post by zircona1 on Dec 3, 2023 11:25:37 GMT -6
Bright Eyes @ Rose Music Park
Wednesday @ Record Bar
Ween @ Grinders KC
Modest Mouse w/Cat Power @ The Blue Note
SUMAC @ Rose Music Hall
Model/Actriz @ Off Broadway
Chat Pile @ Rose Music Hall
John Zorn's Cobra @ Big Ears
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Post by dij22 on Dec 3, 2023 12:00:18 GMT -6
Non-Phish/Non-festival top 5:
1.) Big Thief @ The Sylvee
2.) Flaming Lips @ Salt Shed
3.) Billy Strings @ Van Andel Arena
4.) The Walkmen @ Metro
5.) Ween @ Salt Shed
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Post by chvrchbarrel on Dec 3, 2023 12:15:58 GMT -6
rough best-of:
bruce springsteen @ t-mobile center
the cure @ xfinity center
john mellencamp @ midland theatre
the 1975 @ t-mobile center
janet jackson; ludacris @ t-mobile center
queens of the stone age; viagra boys @ starlight
dave matthews band @ xfinity center
billy joel; stevie nicks @ arrowhead stadium
new pornographers @ the truman
meat loaf @ knuckleheads
guns n roses @ kauffman stadium
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