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I was fortunate enough to see a fantastic year of music and we're not done yet (see www.dayfornight.io/). What were your favorite moments?
1. 2manydjs at Coachella - I literally cannot remember a single musical moment I enjoyed more than this one. This set was full of everything I could want from the Dewaeles, only elevated by the vicious wind storm I found myself in on my way out of the Sahara.
2. David Gilmour at Circus Maximus - I finally caught my white whale in one of the most unique venues imaginable. His playing was so pristine and beautiful. It was excellent.
3. Kolsch at Fabric - I walked in to this famous London club a boy and came out a man. Kolsch killed it that night. It's ironic that it's since shut it's doors. None the less I met some great people and had one of the best nights of my life. RIP, Fabric. (Update: they back)
4. ELO at Glastonbury - I have loved this band for so long. Unfortunately, the English skies were of their traditional grey sort and it rained almost the entire set. This Sunday legend gave me exactly what I wanted though - almost two hours of hits. I sang, I cried, and I pushed an Ellie Goulding fan aside for optimal viewing.
5. Rufus du Sol at Panorama - This one was a party. I caught Rufus at Coachella and had been wearing out Bloom ever since. This was the final day of a six week adventure for me and I couldn't have asked for a better way to wrap it up.
6. Despacio at Panorama - I missed this at Coachella and finally wondered in on the last day of Pano. Imagine a small get together within a festival where James Murphy and Soulwax are literally feet from you, feeding off the vibes and delivering this chill, jungle-ish set. I lost some hours in there. What began as a planned 30 min stop turned into most of the afternoon. Once I noticed how personal/interactive it all was, I could not leave.
7. Jamie xx at Melt! - This festival was hands down my favorite experience of 2016. 24 hours of quality techno out in some random piece of German estate. Jamie headlined Saturday night and completely owned the mainstage. I saw him at Coachella/Bonnaroo '15 and I was surprised at how much he'd improved throughout the year. There's no doubt in my mind, he's ready for the big stage. Next year might be a comeback year for The xx, but this show was evidence enough for me - the true superstar of that group is the one behind the decks.
8. Aphex Twin at Dayfornight - The master went to work.
9. James Blake/Fouk at Glastonbury - I pulled rail for Blake. Darkness had fallen over the festival and Blake delivered a masterpiece of a set. He brought out Justin Vernon for Forest Fires. It was gorgeous. We followed the crooner up with a stop in Block 9 for a night of house with Fouk. This was easily the most energetic dance set I experienced all year.
10. Beach House at Casino de Paris - We started out in a park drunk on wine. We shared some hash with these African dudes. We drank more. When we finally arrived at this historic venue, Beach House had just taken the stage. Everything just happened to fall in place that night. I loved Depression Cherry and tracks like PPP and Space Song felt right at home in the city of love.
11. Nosaj Thing at The Regent Theater - I hadn't caught him since 2011 and I didn't think he could ever top that one visually, but he took it to another level. This one was wonderful. LA beats in downtown Los Angeles made for a perfect match. Who would've thought?
honorable mentions: Muse, Leon Vynehall, Tame Impala, LCD Soundsystem, Grimes, Modeselektor, Weval, Sia, Gold Panda, MSTRKRFT, Disclosure, Kendrick Lamar, Sufjan Stevens, Jagwar Ma, Kanye West, DJ Koze, Julio Bashmore, Foals, Daniel Avery, Motor City Drum Ensemble, Floating Points, Tiga, Vessels, Liars, Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Arca
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I was fortunate enough to see a fantastic year of music and we're not done yet (see www.dayfornight.io/). What were your favorite moments?
6. Despacio at Panorama - I missed this at Coachella and finally wondered in on the last day of Pano. Imagine a small get together within a festival where James Murphy and Soulwax are literally feet from you, feeding off the vibes and delivering this chill, jungle-ish set. I lost some hours in there. What began as a planned 30 min stop turned into most of the afternoon. Once I noticed how personal/interactive it all was, I could not leave.
Soooooooooo much this. I did the same exact thing on the last day. There is no way to describe how amazing it was, like, no one will ever understand.
Post by thepeppers on Oct 14, 2016 19:49:31 GMT -5
Besides a potential NYE show, it looks I am finished for the year. Pretty light year in terms of sets...but plenty of quality live music.
1. My Morning Jacket at Lockn - This set made me go from an MMJ fan to an MMJ fanatic. Heard all of my favorite songs and some awesome covers. Ending the set with Purple Rain (Prince cover) -> Wordless Chorus -> Touch Me I'm Going to Scream Pt. 2 -> Rebel Rebel (David Bowie cover) -> One Big Holiday was just phenomenal. Been hoping to attend the Asheville show in two weeks, it's looking less likely now...but I am keeping it in the back of my mind.
2. Dead & Company at Bonnaroo - This actually wasn't my first Dead & Co show, as I was at the Greensboro show which was either their 3rd or 4th time playing. I could tell within the first 45 minutes how much more in sync they was playing together. It was definitely a beginner Dead show, but I really appreciated hearing so many classics. Although I really enjoyed them opening with Truckin', my favorite part of the set was Scarlet Begonias -> Fire on the Mountain -> Terrapin Station. Holding out hope they get back together in time to play Lockn next year.
3. Pearl Jam at Bonnaroo - My first headlining show in the pit at Roo, in which I was just fortunate they made everybody clear for the lightening (wasn't planning for the pit). Eddie might have been a little drunk for this one, but his energy was incredible. Getting to hear a cover of Comfortably Numb was my highlight of the set.
4. LCD Soundsystem at Bonnaroo - If you can't tell, I really enjoyed the headliners at Bonnaroo this year. There were a few songs that weren't really my cup of tea going in that I really enjoyed live (I Can Change, Yeah). My favorite part of the performance though was Someone Great - Losing My Edge - Home all back-to-back-to-back.
5. Wilco at the Berglund Center in Roanoke, VA - Didn't really get into Wilco until this show was announced. Found out I really enjoyed Yankee Hotel Foxtrot and Stars Wars. They played Star Wars in its entirety, played some classics as well. The crowd around me was awesome, hardly any cell phones out and no chatter. Also, I thought it was cool of the venue to take a chance on Wilco...they usually book a lot of pop country.
6. Neil Young at Farm Aid - The only reason he didn't crack my top 5 was the amount of songs that were played (Farm Aid has very short sets). Getting to hear Heart of Gold and Harvest Moon was pure bliss. Lockn has talked about getting him to play since the creation of the festival, wish they would make it happen.
7. FIDLAR at Bonnaroo - This was everything i hoped for, and then some. Opening with Sabotage really set the mood for the whole set. I'm usually not into bands that attract the moshing crowd, but FIDLAR is different for me.
8. Phil Lesh & Friends at Lockn - Never been disappointed after leaving a set that Phil was involved with. The Infamous Stringdusters came in nicely, and I enjoyed hearing some classic Dead hits.
9. Sturgill Simpson at the Sprint Pavilion in Charlottesville, VA - I'm a pretty big homer when it comes to Sturgill, but I think his latest album comes off really well live. Love the horns in all of the varieties that goes with his songwriting...also, it seems like I enjoy his covers more than I do the original recordings of the song.
10. Vulfpeck at Bonnaroo - Great way to kick off the weekend. Loved the sing-alongs and the crowd participation throughout. Rooting for these guys to have a big summer and get some name recognition.
Still have a lot more to go this year, but as of right now, in no order:
LCD Soundsystem @ Bonnaroo Janelle Monae @ Boston Calling Sigur Ros @ King's Theatre Glen Hansard @ Carnegie Hall Dead & Company @ Fenway Park Father John Misty @ Newport Folk Middle Brother @ Newport Folk Sufjan Stevens @ Boston Calling Courtney Barnett @ Rough Trade Vulfpeck @ Central Park
Still have to see Brand New with The Front Bottoms and Modern Baseball in November but...
1. Kanye West @ Saint Pablo Tour- Holy shit I can go on forever about how much fun this show was. That was the ultimate experience for any Kanye West fan. Moshing underneath Kanye West is something I would have never imagined I'd get to do. Definitely number one show I've ever been to.
2. LCD Soundsystem @ Bonnaroo- I think all of inforoo got to see LCD Soundystem at some point this year so you all know. Couldn't have asked for a more perfect show
3. My Morning Jacket @ Shaky Knees- First MMJ show and it was magical. Their Purple Rain cover got me pretty emotional.
4. Chance the Rapper @ Coloring World Tour- Another perfect show. It was almost like watching a musical. Only complaint is that it was "too perfect", everything in the show seemed pretty rehearsed and planned out. Not a lot of unique moments from all his other shows. But the "did you know that your blessings aren't at this show, but it's cominnnngggggg" bit was one of my favorite things ever. Everyone that's seen him knows what I'm talking about. This would be higher up if it wasn't at a theater and the seats didn't prevent me from jumping and dancing as much as I truly wanted to.
5. Deafheaven @ Wrecking Ball- It was my first time being able to finally see them live. Even though it was only a 40 minute set at 3:40 in the afternoon, that didn't prevent it from being one of the most intense experiences I've ever had in my life. I felt like crap due to the heat outside before they started playing, but once they started all of that went away as their music began to sooth my soul. The heat made me feel like I was melting from the outside while the music made me feel like I was melting from the inside. I just remember thinking how happy I was to live in a world where something as strange and incredible as a band like Deafheaven could exist.
6. Macklemore @ Bonnaroo- I might get shit for this one....but I can't deny how much fun I had at this show. There really wasn't much to see Saturday at Bonnaroo. So why not see Macklemore right? He puts on a fun show. How fun and silly would it be to see Macklemore and Lamb of God back to back? That's something you can really only do at Bonnaroo, and it'll be a slightly shittier version of when I did Childish Gambino and Slayer back to back the previous year. And hey I really love the song with Chance the Rapper and it's not Bonnaroo anymore if I don't get to see Chance at least once. So you know what, I want to be up front when Chance comes out so lets just see if we can walk into the pit. From there I ended up being in the biggest guilty pleasure dance party ever. Chance even came out and it all payed off! Then the weather evacuation happened and it was like a "oh you got to be fucking kidding me" sort of moment, especially after dealing with the Gov Ball cancelation a few days before. But then I realized I'm at Bonnaroo, there's no curfew and everything can just be pushed back. So from there on I just ended up making the most fun I could out of it, which made for a very memorable Bonnaroo experience.
7. Bully @ Bonnaroo- I've gotten to see Bully three times this year, but their Bonnaroo show was by far the most fun. The other two shows had people mostly standing and nodding their heads. But at Bonnaroo RJ and I managed to get the moshpit going right away. The whole pit ended up being pretty big by the end of the show.
8. Kid Cudi @ Buku- I know he's not the most loved on this board, his last album was garbage, and unfortunately he's been experiencing some mental health issues. But his show at Buku this year was still pretty fantastic. A lot of this just has to do with my personal experience though, which included me finding my soulmate and Kid Cudi singing one of my favorite songs "Mr Rager" directly to my face while I was on the rail.
9. Dead & Company @ Bonnaroo- This type of music isn't really something I've grown to enjoy until very recently. I was still stoked to see at least some sort of incarnation of the Grateful Dead who basically helped create this festival culture. It was one of those "when else will I get to experience this?" type of things. I was in the back just laying down and looking at the stars for the first hour. But once Fire on the Mountain came on I got up to dance for the rest of the set.
10. CHVRCHES @ BUKU- One of my favorite electronic/pop groups and this was the beginning of me finding my soulmate at this festival.
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1. LCD Soundsystem @ Bonnaroo 2. Sufjan Stevens @ Red Rocks 3. Rufus Du Sol @ Vertex Music Festival 4. Tame Impala @ Red Rocks 5. Underworld @ Coachella 6. Despacio @ Coachella 7. Father John Misty @ Bonnaroo 8. DJ Koze @ Coachella 9. Dubfire @ Coachella 10. Jamie xx @ Red Rocks
I've still got Beach Goth, Day For Night and a few other shows coming up, so this will probably change a bit by the end of the year.
1.Pearl Jam @ Greenville, Columbia and Bonnaroo. The best had to be Greenville because they played all of Vs. 2.At The Drive-In @ Shaky Knees 3.The Cure @ Lakewood 4.MMJ @ Shaky Knees 5.Prophets Of Rage @ Verizon Wireless Ampitheater Alpharetta 6.Savages @ Shaky Knees 7.Slowdive @ Shaky Knees 8.LCD Soundsystem @ Bonnaroo 9.Chris Thile @ Peace Center 10.Gillian Welch @ Brevard Music Center
Honorable Mention: M83, Daughter, Lucius, Dungen, Kamasi Washington, Jason Isbell, Band Of Horses @ Bonnaroo, Deftones, Jane's Addiction @ Shaky Knees, Thursday, Piebald, American Football, Gorilla Biscuits, Burn, Drive Like Jehu @ Wrecking Ball
Considering you've found the need to respond to my threads as if you are threatened by me I offer you some peace my confused counterpart. May you find peace in your restless soul.
1. LCD Soundsystem @ Bonnaroo 2. Sufjan Stevens @ Red Rocks 3. Rufus Du Sol @ Vertex Music Festival 4. Tame Impala @ Red Rocks 5. Underworld @ Coachella 6. Despacio @ Coachella 7. Father John Misty @ Bonnaroo 8. DJ Koze @ Coachella 9. Dubfire @ Coachella 10. Jamie xx @ Red Rocks
I've still got Beach Goth, Day For Night and a few other shows coming up, so this will probably change a bit by the end of the year.
Wait I thought you hated both Sufan and lcd #isconfused
Considering you've found the need to respond to my threads as if you are threatened by me I offer you some peace my confused counterpart. May you find peace in your restless soul.
if you saw him at a fest this year it was pretty much that show with more songs and then he added an acoustic encore. And it was at red rocks... So yea pretty awesome.
1. LCD Soundsystem @ Bonnaroo 2. Sufjan Stevens @ Red Rocks 3. Rufus Du Sol @ Vertex Music Festival 4. Tame Impala @ Red Rocks 5. Underworld @ Coachella 6. Despacio @ Coachella 7. Father John Misty @ Bonnaroo 8. DJ Koze @ Coachella 9. Dubfire @ Coachella 10. Jamie xx @ Red Rocks
I've still got Beach Goth, Day For Night and a few other shows coming up, so this will probably change a bit by the end of the year.
Wait I thought you hated both Sufan and lcd #isconfused
I could have had half my top 10 be shows from just those two by I wanted it to have more variety.
Considering you've found the need to respond to my threads as if you are threatened by me I offer you some peace my confused counterpart. May you find peace in your restless soul.
i don't know my list yet but what i can say definitively is that you guys all make more money than i do
Scalping is my best friend. Luckily Nashville has become a touring stop for most acts so I can usually scalp into most shows at the 3 main venues (Bridgestone, Ryman, Ascend) for 10-20 bucks.
1. LCD Soundsystem @ Bonnaroo 2. Sufjan Stevens @ Red Rocks 3. Rufus Du Sol @ Vertex Music Festival 4. Tame Impala @ Red Rocks 5. Underworld @ Coachella 6. Despacio @ Coachella 7. Father John Misty @ Bonnaroo 8. DJ Koze @ Coachella 9. Dubfire @ Coachella 10. Jamie xx @ Red Rocks
I've still got Beach Goth, Day For Night and a few other shows coming up, so this will probably change a bit by the end of the year.
Didn't you see LCD at red rocks? You liked their bonnaroo set better?
1. LCD Soundsystem @ Bonnaroo 2. Sufjan Stevens @ Red Rocks 3. Rufus Du Sol @ Vertex Music Festival 4. Tame Impala @ Red Rocks 5. Underworld @ Coachella 6. Despacio @ Coachella 7. Father John Misty @ Bonnaroo 8. DJ Koze @ Coachella 9. Dubfire @ Coachella 10. Jamie xx @ Red Rocks
I've still got Beach Goth, Day For Night and a few other shows coming up, so this will probably change a bit by the end of the year.
Didn't you see LCD at red rocks? You liked their bonnaroo set better?
I liked the Bonnaroo show better but yeah I saw them 4 times this year total.
2017: 2/24 Twenty One Pilots 4/1 Radiohead 6/7 Glass Animals 9/10 Modest Mouse 9/21 Arcade Fire 9/29 Kings of Leon 10/3 Foster the People 10/17 The xx 10/22 LCD Soundsystem 11/8 Bon Iver
I was very lucky to see 200+ performances this year. I don't have much shows left for the rest of the year, and here is my list:
1. Radiohead (Madison Square Garden, Night 1. I was also there for Night 2 @msg and Lolla shows, but this was my first time ever.) 2. David Gilmour (Madison Square Garden) 3. LCD Soundsystem (Webster Hall, Night 1. Also watched them at Bonnaroo, Panorama and Metro Chicago, but this was the best IMO.) 4. Ibrahim Maalouf (Jazz at Lincoln Center) 5. Jamie XX (Governors Ball) 6. Sufjan Stevens (Panorama) 7. Paul McCartney (MetLife Stadium) 8. James Blake (Webster Hall) 9. The Cure (Madison Square Garden) 10. Beach House (Installation Show @ Knockdown Center, Brooklyn)
Honorable Mentions: The Strokes @ GovBall, Ray LaMontagne @ Prospect Park, Pearl Jam @ Roo, Broken Social Scene @ Pano, Grimes @ Lolla.
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