2019 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.

3/11 - Paperback Writer (Casa Grande, AZ)
3/18 - Low
3/23 - The Black Queen
3/26 - James Blake
3/28 - Sea Moya, Bright Light Social Hour (Spokane, WA)
4/19 - Budos Brothers
6/8 - Jimmy Buffett (Dallas, TX)
6/21 - Built To Spill (Spokane, WA)
6/28 - Jim James + Claypool Lennon Delirium (Jacksonville, OR)
7/10 - Alice Cooper (Madison, WI)
7/14 - Planning For Burial, Have A Nice Life
7/21 - Lillie Mae, Raconteurs
8/4 - Diesel (Shaquille O'Neal), Sharon Van Etten, Kacey Musgraves, Meek Mill, Slash featuring Myles Kennedy and the Conspirators, Ariana Grande, Perry Ferrell's Kind Heaven Orchestra (Lollapalooza, Chicago, IL)
8/16 - YOB, High On Fire, Goatwhore, Electric Wizard, Perturbator, En Minor (Psycho, Las Vegas, NV)
8/17 - Mork, Old Man Gloom, Triumph of Death, Carcass, Mark Lanegan, Sumac, The Misfits, Full of Hell (Psycho, Las Vegas, NV)
8/18 - Mogwai, Uncle Acid & the Deadbeats, Truckfighters, Beach House, Deafheaven, Opeth, Power Trip, Amenra (Psycho, Las Vegas, NV)
8/22 - Godspeed You! Black Emperor
8/30 - Sponge
9/6 - Iron Maiden
9/21 - John Prine
10/8 - Nick Cave
10/30 - Built To Spill
11/1 - Built To Spill
11/24 - Phil Anselmo & the Illegals, Ministry, Primus, Slayer (Spokane, WA)
12/2 - Lingua Ignota, Daughters
12/5 - Raconteurs
12/13 - Static X

My Top 50 Albums of 2018

I listened to 118 2018 releases. Here is my top 50:

1. A Perfect Circle - Eat the Elephant
2. Low - Double Negative
3. Jeff Rosenstock - POST
4. Big Red Machine - Big Red Machine
5. Olafur Arnalds - re:member
6. Preoccupations - New Material
7. Deafheaven - Ordinary Corrupt Human Love
8. Parquet Courts - Wide Awake!
9. Against All Logic - 2012 - 2017
10. Nine Inch Nails - Bad Witch Ep
11. Janelle Monae - Dirty Computer
12. The 1975 - A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships
13. Tropical Fuck Storm - A Laughing Death in Meat Space
14. Daugthers - You Won't Get What You Want
15. John Prine - The Tree of Forgiveness
16. MGMT - Little Dark Age
17. Matthew Dear - Bunny
18. Saba - CARE FOR ME
19. John Hopkins - Singularity
20. Jeff Tweady - WARM
21. Mitski - Be the Cowboy
22. Amen Dunes - Freedom
23. Sleep - The Sciences
24. Phosphorescent - C'est La Vie
25. Titus Andronicus - A Productive Cough
26. Gorillaz - The Now Now
27. Shame - Songs of Praise
28. Tierra Whack - Whack World
29. Oneohtrix Point Never - Age Of
30. Kacey Musgraves - Golden Hour
31. Kamasi Washington - The Choice
32. Robyn - Honey
33. SOB X RBE - GANGIN
34. David Byrne - American Utopia
35. Cardi B - Invasion of Privacy
36. Lil Peep - Come Over When You're Sober, Pt. 2
37. Curtis Roush - Cosmic Campfire Music
38. The Black Queen - Infinite Games
39. Spiritualized - And Nothing Hurt
40. Kendrick Lamar - Black Panther the Album
41. U.S. Girls - In A Poem Unlimited
42. Glen Hansard - Between Two Shores
43. Okkervil River - In The Rainbow Rain
44. Iceage - Beyondless
45. Beach House - 7
46. Mastersystem - Dance Music
47. The Oh Sees - Smote Reverser
48. Imperial Triumphant - Vile Luxory
49. Eminem - Kamikaze
50. Arctic Monkey - Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino

2018 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.

1/14 - Wolf Parade
1/20 - Tuck & Patti, St. Vincent
1/26 - Queens of the Stone Age
2/19 - Shame
2/24 - Mike Doughty
3/17 - Sorority Noise
3/24 - Titus Andronicas
4/3 - Hand Habits, Kevin Morby
4/7 - Dodgy Mountain Men (Sandpoint, ID)
4/26 - No Age (Madison, WI)
5/13 - Pennywise, The Offspring
5/14 - Afghan Whigs, Built To Spill
5/19 - Paul Simon
5/23 - Fever Ray
5/24 - Jeff Rosenstock
5/25 - Hippo Campus, The Suffers, Vince Staples, Tash Sultana, David Byrne, Thundercat, Bon Iver, Snakehips, Tyler, The Creator (Sasquatch! Music Festival, George, WA)
5/26 - Bread & Butter, Pickwick, Polyrythmics, Wilderado, Tyler Childers, Curtis Harding, Mimicking Birds, Girlpool, Magic Swords, Algiers, Japandroids, White Reaper, Grizzly Bear, Jlin, Shakey Graves, Spoon, TV on the Radio, Modest Mouse, Explosions in the Sky (Sasquatch! Music Festival, George, WA)
5/27 - Jacob Banks, Too Many Zoos, Tank and the Bangas, (Sandy) Alex G, Choir! Choir! Choir!, Charly Bliss, Tune-Yards, Japanese Breakfast, Perfume Genius, Ray Lamontagne, Slowdive, The National, Anderson .Paak & the Free Nationals  (Sasquatch! Music Festival, George, WA)
5/31 - Godspeed You! Black Emperor
6/1 - Godspeed You! Black Emperor
6/2 - Cascade Crescendo, Worlds Finest
6/4 - King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard
6/5 - Okkervil River
6/6 - Lord Huron
6/25 - Mastodon, Primus
7/8 - Converge, Neurosis
7/25 - Animal Collective (Denver, CO)
8/3 - Finger Guns, Melefluent, Black Happy (Spokane, WA)
8/11 - Jack White
8/17 - Ween
8/18 - Ween
9/2 - Trego, Dodgy Mountain Men (Fall Fest, Sandpoint, ID)
9/6 - Growlers
9/7 - Andrew WK
9/14 - Queensrÿche, Scorpions (Tampa, FL)
9/29 - The Jesus Lizard
10/12 - My Bloody Valentine
10/26 - A Perfect Circle (Voodoo Music Festival, New Orleans, LA)
10/27 - Anna Lunoe, Odesza, Marilyn Manson (Voodoo Music Festival, New Orleans, LA)
11/5 - Tyler Childers
12/5 - Metallica
12/15 - Tenacious D (Fuck Yeah!)

My Top 50 Albums of 2017

I listened to 143 2017 releases. Here is my top 50: 1. Slowdive - Slowdive

2. LCD Soundsystem - American Dream

3. Sorority Noise - You're Not As _____ As You Think

4. Ride - Weather Diaries

5. Lil B - Black Ken

6. St. Vincent - MASSEDUCATION

7. Broken Social Scene - Hug Of Thunder

8. Lil Peep - Come Over When You're Sober Pt. 1

9. Fever Ray - Plunge

10. Converge - The Dusk in Us

11. Gorillaz - Humanz

12. Kendrick Lamar - DAMN.

13. King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - Gumboot Soup

14. King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard -Polygondwanaland

15. The Shins - Heartworms

16. Mountain Goats - Goth

17. The War On Drugs - A Deeper Understanding

18. GAS - Narkopop

19. Mutoid Man - War Moans

20. Blanck Mass - World Eater

21. King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - Flying  Microtonal Banana

22. Kevin Morby - City Music

23. Brand New - Science Fiction

24. Moon Duo - Occult Architecture Vol. 2

25. Ryan Adams - Prisoner

26. Queens of the Stone Age - Villains

27. Priests - Nothing Feels Natural

28. Arcade Fire - Everything Now

29. Alvvays - Antisocialities

30. Craig Finn - We All Want The Same Things

31. The National - Sleep Well Beast

32. Perfume Genius - No Shape

33. King Krule - The OOZ

34. The xx - I See You

35. Spoon - Hot Thoughts

36. Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Luciferian Towers

37. Conor Oberist - Salutations

38. Ex Eye - Ex Eye

39. The Barr Brothers - Queens of the Breakers

40. Beck - Colors

41. Chelsea Wolfe - Hiss Spun

42. Run the Jewels - Run the Jewels 3

43. White Reaper - The World's Best American Band

44. King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - Murder of the Universe

45. Power Trip - Nightmare Logic

46. Liars - TFCF

47. Lorde - Melodrama

48. Iron & Wine - Beast Epic

49. Kelela - Take Me Apart

50. King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard - Sketches of Brunswick East

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

2016 Shows

Another new year of music. At this point, I'm OCD tracking acts I've seen. 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.

2016 Shows:

1/6 - Patti Smith
1/18 - Langhorne Slim
1/31 - Godspeed You! Black Emperor
2/1 - Godspeed You! Black Emperor
3/4 - Ratking, Animal Collective (Seattle, WA)
3/5 - Animal Collective
3/17 - Breaking Benjamin
3/20 - Slayer
3/22 - Bruce Springsteen
3/29 - Iggy Pop/Josh Homme
4/11 - Iron Maiden (Tacoma, WA)
4/12 - The Residents 
4/15 - Paul McCartney
4/16 - Anderson Paak
4/17 - Parov Stelar
4/23 - Black Mountain
4/25 - M83
4/26 - M83
5/18 - Andrew Bird
5/25 - Mac DeMarco
5/27 - Telekinesis, Oh Wonder, Bayonne, Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Andra Day, Vince Staples, Wolf Alice, Yeasayer, Disclosure, Chet Faker (Sasquatch! Music Festival, George, WA)
5/28 - Tamaryn, Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats, Lord Huron, M. Ward, Digable Planets, Shannon & the Clams, M83, Preoccupations, Vic Mensa, Major Lazer, Tycho (Sasquatch! Music Festival, George, WA)
5/29 - Deep Sea Diver, Fauna Shade, Autolux, Wimps, Savages, Tacocat, Yo La Tengo, Leon Bridges (acoustic set), Mac DeMarco, Alabama Shakes, Allen Stone, The Cure, Big Grams (Sasquatch! Music Festival, George, WA)
5/30 - Borns, Titus Andronicus, Grimes, King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard, Sufjan Stevens, Kurt Vile and the Violators, Florence & the Machine, Caribou, Jamie XX (Sasquatch! Music Festival, George, WA)
6/22 - Gaythiest, The Pack A.D.
7/23 - Hollywood Vampires (Jacksonville, OR)
8/10 - Jackson Browne (Troutdale, OR)
8/12 - Guns N' Roses (Seattle, WA)
8/31 - Russian Circles
9/1 - Stephen Malkmus & the Jicks, Father John Misty
9/4 - Wilco
9/13 - Black Sabbath
9/21 - Sigur Ros
10/2 - Pennywise
10/7 - Brian Wilson
10/24 - Opeth
11/2 - NOFX
11/25 - Car Seat Headrest