2005 Concert Resume

Hot Hot Heat @ Axis (03/07/05) - this show was crap, just like their 2nd album.

Interpol w. Q and Not U @ Orpheum Theater (03/09/05) - I went more for Q and Not U (and they were awesome). Interpol was practically note perfect, but just stood their the whole time like they were being forced to play which just drove me nuts.

Queens of the Stone Age @ Roxy (03/28/05) - My favorite show of the year.

Bloc Party @ Paradise (04/05/05) - Great show in a small club. Thankfully I saw them here than at the larger club when they came back 6 months later.

…And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead w. Octopus Project @ Axis (04/12/05) - Trail of Dead with double drummers. What more could you ask for? Octopus Project puts on an awesome show too, well worth checking out.

Decemberists @ Avalon (05/25/05) - 2nd least favorite show. My brother really likes them so I was nice and went with him. Just not my thing.

Sleater-Kinney @ Avalon (06/22/05) - 3nd best show of the year just for the amazing version of 'Let's Call it Love'

Coldplay w. Black Mountain @ Tweeter Center (08/05/05) - Good show, Coldplay just hasn't made that "arena" leap, it was like they were trying too hard. Black Mountain was awesome. It was great to see a 70s Sabbath style heavy band open for Coldplay and have all the soccer moms wondering what the hell is going on.

Doves @ Avalon (09/12/05) - Ok show, the first time I saw them in a small club was much better.

Built To Spill @ Avalon (10/03/05) - Went on way too f'ing late for a Monday night, but was well worth it...now where is the new album?

My Morning Jacket @ Avalon (10/15/05) - 2nd best show of the year. The huge sing-a-long with 'One Big Holiday' was great. Too bad they didn't play 'At Dawn' although they did play 'Just One Thing' which made my night.

Spoon @ Avalon (11/03/05) - Wish I saw them at a smaller club when they came around earlier in the year, had tickets, couldn't go. They were really good. They must have played abour 22-23 songs.

Nine Inch Nails w. Queens of the Stone Age & Death From Above 1979 @ TD Banknorth Garden (11/08/05) - Note to self, bring earplugs to next NIN show. QOTSA was good, just not an arena band. DFA1979 were awesome. They sounded better than QOTSA.

Black Keys @ Avalon (11/16/05) - Another show with my brother, this one was much better than the Decemberists show.

slow year for me, well besides that fantastic four day weekend in september

Motorhead @ the halifax forum

the tragically hip/the rolling stones live in Moncton!!

pearl jam at the halifax metrocentre

pearl jam at mile one arena (twice)

sleater kinney, dead moon, sick of it all @ cbgbs, conflict, queens of the stone age & nin, fantomas, jello biafra and the melvins, the evens, eddie vedder with the rock school kids, gang of four, link wray, the evens, the gossip, and lots more that i cant think of right now

Didn't go to much shows this year but ive seen
Fun loving criminals
dEUS
Coldplay

And on my list for 2006
Pearl Jam
Tom Waits
Counting Crows
Ben Folds

i saw los lonely boys open up for santana...$15/ticket

i saw moe open up for the allmans...$15/ticket

that's $7.50 per band!!

now that's something to write home about

where have all the good days gone?

pretty good year for me. i'm sure i'll probably forget some.

Rilo Kiley
Weezer (twice)
Foo Fighters
Franz Ferdinand
Dinosaur Jr.
System of a Down
Green Day
Mars Volta

would've gone to more, but unfortunately a lot of musicians skip FL. rat bastards!

don't remember all the dates at the moment:

Tenacious D & Friends Tsunami Benefit, Wiltern Theater, LA, CA (including Beck, Josh Homme, Ed Vedder, Will Ferrel, Chris Rock, Dave Grohl)

NW School Benefit, Paramount Theater, Seattle, WA, (Pearl Jam, Ann & Nancy Wilson, POTUS)

CCFA Benefit, Showbox, Seattle, WA (Flight to Mars (Mike McCready & friends)

Social Distortion, Catalyst, Santa Cruz, CA

Sleater-Kinney, Catalyst, Santa Cruz, CA

Audioslave, Wiltern Theater, LA, CA

can't remember the others at the moment

Can't remember the specific dates...

Motely Crue
Red Hot Chili Peppers/Weezer
RHCP/Snoop/Ice Cube
KROQ'a Inland Invasion- Weezer/Oasis/Jet/311 etc

January:


February:


March:
8th - Modest Mouse, Mason Jennings*** (Awesome show, shit crowd)
9th - Modest Mouse, Headphones****
10th - Modest Mouse, Headphones****
11th - Modest Mouse, The Thermals*****(Spot on preformance high energy intense preformance from everyone)

18th - Pearl Jam, POTUSA, Anne & Nancy Wilson, Bill Frisell**** (sets could have been longer)
24th - Low, Pedro the Lion, Trampled by Turtles***

April:
7th - Dead Meadow, Jennifer Gentle, The Outcrowd, The Can't See**** (awesome pshychedelic show)
8th - Flight to Mars, Left Hand Smoke** (too Butt-rock)

May:
28th - Sasquatch Festival: The Pixies, Modest Mouse, Kanye West, Wilco, Arcade Fire, A.C. Newman, Ray Lamantagne, Jem, Smoosh, Bloc Party.**** (Great Day minus the sunburn)

June:
16th - Built to Spill, Ape Shape, Car Scars**** (loudest show of the year)
17th - Eels w/ strings***** (Most entertaining show of the year)
18th - Stephen Malkmus & the Jicks, Martha Wainwright****

July:


August:


September:
1st - Pearl Jam***** (need i say more)
4th - Bumbershoot - Too many bands to recount**
5th - Bumbershoot - Too many bands to recount Mudhoney & Iggy Pop**** (didnt think mudhoney would sound great at memorial stadium....i was wrong)
19th - BRMC, Mark Gardener****
20th - Black Mountain, Blood Meridian, Ladyhawk***** (possibly best show of the year)
21st - Social Distortion***(social D was grerat but the opening bands were pop punk quacks)
24th - Sigur Ros***** (most artistic show of the year)
29th - The Arcade Fire, Wolf Parade***

October:


November:
12th - Broken Social Scene, Feist**** (doors opened @ 7PM show ended @ 1 AM longest show of the year)
18th - Death Cab For Cutie, Stars*** (doors opened @ 7PM show ended @ 9:30PM shortest show of the year)

December:
29th - Sleater-Kinney, Stephen Malkmus & the Jicks, Quasi
31st - The Long Winters

Evillamrocks1234 wrote:

oct- thrice
system of a down
green day
vegoose- ween sleater kinney arcade fire flaming lips



might of missed a few....... best year ever :-)

Did the Flaming Lips play any new songs?