2017 Shows

As usual, for the shows I've attended, I'll list the bands I saw. If I didn't list an opening band, it's because I didn't see them. 

All shows in Portland unless otherwise noted.

2/10 - Paul Cauthen, Cody Jinks
3/23 - The Growlers
4/9 - Radiohead
4/11 - King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard
4/16 - Russian Circles, Eagles of Death Metal, Mastodon
4/18 - JEL, The Avalanches (San Francisco, CA)
4/26 - Anthrax
4/27 - Zappa Plays Zappa
4/29 - S. Carey, American Football (Minneapolis, MN)
5/1 - Vulfpeck (Minneapolis, MN)
5/28 - Yngwie Malmsteen (San Diego, CA)
6/4 - Holy Sons, Mountain Goats
6/13 - Qrixkuor, Blood Incantation
6/17 - Tool (George, WA)
6/21 - Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
6/24 - Eyvind Kang and Jessika Kenney, Animal Collective (Santa Ana, CA)
6/29 - Ryan Adams
6/30 - Stephen Malkmus (DJ Set), Animal Collective
7/6 - He Whose Ox Is Gored, Helms Alee, Mutoid Man (Seattle, WA)
7/12 - Glasys, The Avalanches
7/14 - The Revolution
7/22 - Portugal. The Man
8/2 - Green Day
8/12 - Clutch, Primus
8/25 - Huey Lewis & the News
8/26 - Iggy Pop (Project Pabst/MusicFestNW)
8/27 - San Fermin, Spoon, Nas, Beck (Project Pabst/MusicFestNW)
9/1 - Watsky, Flume, Flo Rida, Die Antwoord (Bumbershoot, Seattle, WA)
9/2 - Con Brio, Junius Meyvant, Weezer, Conor Oberst, Lorde (Bumbershoot, Seattle, WA)
9/3 - Red Fang, Solange, Spoon, Odesza (Bumbershoot, Seattle, WA)
9/8 - Guns N' Roses (San Antonio, TX)
9/9 - Sturgill Simpson (Austin, TX)
9/18 - Vince Staples, Gorillaz (Detroit, MI)
9/21 - Roger Waters (Cleveland, OH)
9/22 - Animal Collective (Pygmalion Music Festival, Champaign, IL)
9/23 - Ride
9/24 - Television
10/23 - Depeche Mode
10/24 - Broken Social Scene
10/26 - Slowdive
11/1 - Chelsea Wolfe
11/2 - Death Grips, Ministry
11/6 - Blanck Mass
11/10 - The Minus 5, Alejandro Escovedo
11/15 - Our Lady Peace
11/27 - The National
11/30 - Pixies
12/1 - Pixies
12/2 - A Perfect Circle
12/11 - War On Drugs
12/15 - Barr Brothers

My Top 50 Albums of 2016

I listened to 109 2016 releases. Here is my top 50:

1. Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Skeleton Tree
2. King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - Nanogan Infinity
3. The Growlers - City Club
4. Car Seat Headrest - Teens of Denial
5. David Bowie - Black Star
6. Cass McCombs - Mangy Love
7. Radiohead - Moon Shaped Pool
8. Parquet Courts - Human Performance
9. Animal Collective - Painting With
10. Frightened Rabbit - Painting of a Panic Attack
11. Leonard Cohen - You Want It Darker
12. Avalanches - Wildflower
13. Yeasayer - Amen & Goodbye
14. Andrew Bird - Are You Serious
15. Eluvium - False Readings On
16. Kanye West - Life of Pablo
17. Preoccupations - Preoccupations
18. Bon Iver - 22, A Million
19. Nicolas Jaar - Sirens
20. YG - Still Brazy
21. Drive-By Truckers - American Band
22. Adele - 25
23. Sturgill Simpson - A Sailor's Guide To Earth
24. KAYTRANADA - 99.9%
25. Diarrhea Planet - Turn To Gold
26. Autolux - Pussy's Dead
27. ANOHNI - HOPELESSNESS
28. Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith - EARS
29. Blood Orange - Freetown Sound
30. Russian Circles - Guidence
31. Chance the Rapper - Coloring Book
32. Kevin Morby - Singing Song
33. Anderson Paak - Malibu
34. Dean Ween Group - The Deaner Album
35. Hamilton Leithauser + Rostom - I Had A Dream That You Were Mine'
36. Weezer - Weezer (White Album)
37. Deaken - Sleep Cycle
38. Mitski - Puberty 2
39. Okkervil River - Away
40. A Tribe Called Quest - We Got It From Here...
41. Devin Townsend Project - Transcendence
42. Explosions in the Sky - The Wilderness
43. Eric Copeland - Black Bubblegum
44. Drake - Views
45. Noname - Telefone
46. Modern Baseball - Holy Ghost
47. Crystal Castles - Amnesty
48. Danny Brown - Atrocity Exhibition
49. The Rolling Stones - Blue & Lonesome
50. Wild Nothing - Life of Pause