Your 2018 Concert Resume

Difficult to remember all of them:

PJ x 2 @ Fenway
NIN x 7
David Byrne
The National
Richard Ashcroft
Adam Ant
OMD
Jim James
Spiritualized
The The
X
David Cross
Glen Hansard
Ohana Festival (EV)
Cal Jam (Foo Fighters)
Florence & The Machine
Arroyo Seco Weekend 
Jeff Tweedy
Lily Allen
PIL

Feb 5th - First Aid Kit
Feb 6th - Black Rebel Motorcycle Club 
Feb 18th - Celebrating David Bowie (Adrian Belew, Angelo Moore, etc)
Mar 2nd - The Sheepdogs
Mar 10th - Plants & Animals
Mar 20th - Santana (Hamilton)
Mar 29th - Dan Auerbach & The Easy Eye Sound Revue
Mar 30th - BADBADNOTGOOD
Apr 1st - The Black Angels
Apr 3rd - Albert Hammond Jr 
Apr 7th - Jeff Tweedy (Hamilton)
Apr 16th - Zappa Plays Zappa
Apr 18th - Margo Price
Apr 23rd - Built To Spill & The Afghan Whigs
May 5th - Bruce Cockburn
May 12th - The Fratellis
May 28th - Ben Harper And Charlie Musselwhite
May 29th - Ben Harper And Charlie Musselwhite
May 30th - Johnny Marr
Jun 1st - Robert Randolph & The Family Band
Jun 2nd - Damien "Jr Gong" Marley & Bahamas 
Jun 5th - U2 (Montreal)
Jun 6th - U2 (Montreal)
Jun 12th - King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard
Jun 20th - Alt-J
Jun 24th - Russell Malone Quartet
Jun 26th - Snarky Puppy
Jun 28th - Snarky Puppy (Montreal)
Jun 29th - John Medeski & Marc Ribot Trio... early show (Montreal)
Jun 29th - Ry Cooder (Montreal)
Jun 30th - John Medeski's Mad Skillet... early show (Montreal) 
Jun 30th - Mike Stern & Randy Brecker Band (Montreal)
Jul 1st - Cory Henry & The Funk Apostles (Montreal)
Jul 2nd - Herbie Hancock & Thundercat (Montreal)
Jul 3rd - Ben Harper & Charlie Musselwhite (Montreal)
Jul 4th - Bombino (Montreal)
Jul 5th - Dr. Lonnie Smith Trio & Chris Potter (Montreal)
Jul 6th - The War On Drugs & St. Paul & The Broken Bones (Ottawa)
Jul 7th - Beck
Jul 9th - Courtney Barnett
Jul 10th - Dave Matthews Band
Jul 11th - Dave Matthews Band (Ottawa)
Jul 12th - Femi Kuti & The Positive Force (Montreal)
Jul 16th - Radiohead (Montreal)
Jul 17th - Radiohead (Montreal)
Jul 19th - Radiohead
Jul 22nd - Arcade Fire
Aug 4th - David Byrne
Aug 5th - Arctic Monkeys
Aug 6th - Gary Clark Jr.
Aug 7th - Gary Clark Jr.
Aug 10th - Toots & The Maytals
Sep 9th - Willie Nelson & Tedeschi Trucks Band (Outlaw Festival)
Sep 18th - Blackberry Smoke
Sep 19th - MC50
Sep 20th - Shakey Graves, The Sheepdogs, Blitzen Trapper
Sep 28th - Sting & Shaggy
Sep 30th - Simple Minds
Oct 14th - Thee Oh Sees
Oct 15th - Ghost Note
Oct 16th - Florence + The Machine
Oct 19th - Johnny Marr
Oct 24th - Jah Wobble 
Oct 28th - Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Nov 2nd - Bahamas
Nov 25th - John Butler Trio+
Nov 29th - Khruangbin
Dec 6th - Phosphorescent
Dec 8th - Dave Matthews Band (Montreal)

This may have been my greatest year for shows to date, and I didn't even get to see my top two bands, The Who and Pearl Jam. Also no Fishbone which would have put this year over the top.  

Middle Kids not interested in any others at the moment ..

2018
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - Columbus - 2/9
Glen Hansard - Detroit - 3/20
Jeremy Enigk - Cleveland - 4/11
The Weepies - Cleveland - 4/16
The National - Homecoming Festival - Cincinnati - 4/28 & 29
Minus The Bear - Cincinnati - 5/2
Joan Jett & The Blackhearts - Columbus 5/7
Jack White - Columbus - 6/4
Bon Iver - Indianapolis - 6/5
Pearl Jam - London - 6/18
Pearl Jam - London - 6/19
Mogwai - London - 6/21
Jeremy Enigk - Detroit - 6/29
Beck - Detroit - 7/6
Radiohead - Columbus - 7/23 
The Magpie Salute / Blackberry Smoke - Columbus - 7/24
Radiohead - Cincinnati - 7/25
Pearl Jam - Seattle 1 - 8/8
Pearl Jam  - Seattle 2 - 8/10
Pearl Jam - Missoula - 8/13
Pearl Jam - Wrigley 1 - 8/18 
The Magpie Salute / Gov't Mule - Dayton - 8/21
The Magpie Salute - Kent, OH - 9/6
Outlaw Music Festival: Willie Nelson, Van Morrison, Brandi Carlile & others / Burgettstown, PA - 9/7
Car Seat Headrest - Columbus - 9/9
Reignwolf - Columbus - 9/14
Interpol - Columbus - 9/17
Pete Yorn - Columbus - 10/15
Minus The Bear - Columbus - 10/18
The Breeders - Cleveland - 11/1
Carl Broemel - Indy - 11/8
Jim James - Louisville - 11/21
The Weepies - Cleveland - 12/11

Queens of the Stone Age.

02-20 Noel Gallagher (Toronto)
05-13 Liam Gallagher (Toronto)
07-19 Radiohead (Toronto)
07-20 Radiohead (Toronto)
08-08 Pearl Jam (Seattle)
08-10 Pearl Jam (Seattle)
..and that's it.

jjflash 

Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit are coming to Ottawa Summer of 2019 for Bluefest. Should I be interested?

I've actually never checked out their stuff. What's it like?

jjflash said:

willbarclay said:

jjflash 

Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit are coming to Ottawa Summer of 2019 for Bluefest. Should I be interested?

I've actually never checked out their stuff. What's it like?

He's definitely worth seeing, at least once, especially if you have a chance to see him play acoustic. Check out some his music first to see if it floats your boat. Over the past several years he's released a string of three albums that, as far as back-to-back-to-back jacks go, are as solid as any in the past decade, IMO. Southeastern ('13) --> Something More Than Free ('15) --> Nashville Sound ('17). The first of those two are solo, and Nashville Sound is with the 400 Unit which brings more uptempo rock and a little less Americana/songwriter. If you wanna check out live sounds...earlier this year he released a compilation live album put together over the course of a six night stand at The Ryman. 
Curious to hear what you think after you dig in!

Thanks man, I'll try to take some time and give it a go. Once I do I'll follow up with ya!! 

April 2018:  Mannie Fresh and Juvenile