Best Gigs Of 2011

[dragonboy]

2 standouts for me - Mogwai @ Brixton Academy in Feburary & again @ the Roundhouse in July . Two of the best gigs i've ever been to, both were simply incredible.

Mogwai Fear Satan @ Brixton exceded all expectations & brought tears to my eyes & New Paths @ the Roundhouse was just mindblowing.

Mogwai: New Paths To Helicon part 1

Too many others to chose from but these spring to mind - The Cult in January were great, Elbow @ the O2 in March, The Sword in May, Willy & Dan of Richmond Fontaine in July & MMJ last month.

[MarkW]

I'd have to agree on The Sword as one of my top gigs this year; also MMJ in Leeds and Manchester made for a great weekend.

Other standouts were White Denim (in a tiny room), Roger Waters in Barca/London, and Iron Maiden at the O2.

[Ruckus]

Astronautalis - DC9
Black Angels - Ottobar
JRoddy - Ottobar
Mastodon - 930
Deer Tick - Capital Arts Theater (York)

[YouAre_GivenToFly]

JRoddy - Ottobar

Ding ding!


Dr. Dog at Kung Fu Necktie is at the top of my list, too.

[mjk73]

Concert schedule was pretty limited this year for many (shitty) reasons

Jacket- After 5 years of not coming here I finally get a show. Not only a great show but with backstage passes and a chance to talk to TTT quite a bit and got to meet Jim. Proof that I'm an awesome dad as the boy still talks about this months later.

Slobberbone - Be jealous Penny. They were on f'n fire that night

Pokey laFarge & The South City 3- I cannot say enough good things about these guys. If you ever get a chance to see them, see them

The Black Angels - Fantastic show and the show was in the middle of a tornado outbreak. Nothing like rocking out while Mother Nature tears the area a new asshole (and with BH there too).

[Penny Lane]

MJK-very jealous of Slobberbone----hopefully in 2012!!

i also realized that most of my favorite concert moments were spent with a lot of you!  ;)


1. MMJ (Red Rocks) Jacket Fest West!
2. MMJ (Philly)  YNWA woo hoo
3. Deer Tick/Felice Bros/J Corndawg/Delta Spirit (Newp Folk Fest-night time show)
4. Drive-by Truckers (New Orleans, Night 2, Tipitinas) w/NovaNola
5. Wilco (Central Park Night 1) w/Headhunter
6. Drive-by Truckers (NYC NYE Term 5)
7. Drive-by Truckers (Asheville, NC Night 2)
8. Justin Townes Earl (Hangout Fest)
9. MMJ (Mt Jam) popping balls with ericM
10. Richard Ashcroft (NYC Bowery B)

and hopefully moving onto that list is Drive-by Truckers/AL Shakes/Booker T--NYE 9:30 Cl

[mjk73]

MJK-very jealous of Slobberbone----hopefully in 2012!!
10. Richard Ashcroft (NYC Bowery B)

Hopefully they have a new album ready. They mentioned recording one several times at the show.

and #10 = sigh and extreme jealousy

[buaawwww]

Roger Waters @ MSG
Foo Fighters @ MSG
MMJ @ MSG
Furthur @ Jones Beach (front row seats)

and probably #1...

THE BIG 4 @ Yankee Stadium!!!!!!

[ManNamedTruth]

MMJ
Avett Brothers
DBT
Iron & Wine
Ray Davies

[MrWhippy]

Here are my top 10, it's been a pretty amazing year.  I'm only going to list a band one time, or 3/4 or this list would be MMJ and Richard Thompson.  Still have Drive-By Truckers yet to go this year.

1.  MMJ, tie between Philly and MSG, with MSG probably winning thanks to Steamdonte
2.  LCD Soundsystem - Terminal 5, NYC
3.  Portishead, Convention Hall, All Tomorrow's Parties, Asbury Park, NJ
4.  Radiohead, Roseland Ballroom, NYC
5.  Jeff Mangum, Paramount Th., All Tomorrow's Parties, Asbury Park, NJ
6.  PJ Harvey, Coachella
7.  Richard Thompson, Maryland Hall, Annapolis, MD
8.  Soundgarden, Red Rocks, Morrison, CO
9.  Swans, Paramount Th., All Tomorrow's Parties, Asbury Park, NJ
10.  Arcade Fire, Coachella

[Fully]

MMJ (of course)
Avett Brothers
Das Racist -won free tickets
The Black Angels
The Black Keys
Widespread Panic - perfect night outside in the fall
Mumford and Sons
M. Ward
Dawes
Jeff The Brotherhood
Black Joe Louis (I only missed The Black Lips for a year full of Black named bands)

[jaye]

MMJ at the Fox (Oakland)
MMJ at the BG Civic
Tame Impala & Yuck at the Fillmore
Dawes at a little club down the street from my house.  :o

[ericm]

Have to put them in two categories. One for my top  MMJ shows, one for my top 5 other shows.

MMJ -  Red Rocks
MMJ - Philly
MMJ - San Francisco
MMJ - Mtn. Jam
MMJ - MSG
MMJ - LA


Peter Gabriel - Camden,N.J.
Furthur - MSG + Atlantic City, N.J.
Phish - Alpharetta, Ga.
Umphrey's McGee - Mtn. Jam
Warren Haynes Band - Mtn. Jam

[tdb810]

Here are my top 10, it's been a pretty amazing year.  I'm only going to list a band one time, or 3/4 or this list would be MMJ and Richard Thompson.  Still have Drive-By Truckers yet to go this year.

1.  MMJ, tie between Philly and MSG, with MSG probably winning thanks to Steamdonte
2.  LCD Soundsystem - Terminal 5, NYC
3.  Portishead, Convention Hall, All Tomorrow's Parties, Asbury Park, NJ
4.  Radiohead, Roseland Ballroom, NYC
5.  Jeff Mangum, Paramount Th., All Tomorrow's Parties, Asbury Park, NJ
6.  PJ Harvey, Coachella
7.  Richard Thompson, Maryland Hall, Annapolis, MD
8.  Soundgarden, Red Rocks, Morrison, CO
9.  Swans, Paramount Th., All Tomorrow's Parties, Asbury Park, NJ
10.  Arcade Fire, Coachella

Nice list mr whips!!!  I would have LOVED to have seen that Portishead show!!!!