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I feel like I've been to a pretty decent amount of shows this year, met a lot of cool people and witnessed some new bands for the first time discovering some great music along the way. These are in no particular order.

Pianos Become The Teeth (x3)

Xerxes

Code Orange Kids (x2)

Defeater

Touche Amore

Light Years

Turnover

Citizen

Empire of Rats

Benchpress

TItle Fight (x2)

Single Mothers (x2)

Face Reality

Tigers Jaw

Lifeguard

Colors

Headacher

Things Fall Apart

Converge (!!!)

Torche

Cloud Nothings

Pentimento

If These Trees Could Talk

...and maybe Expire tonight

Still to come in the next two weeks, Dads, Hostage Calm, and Full of Hell.

Not bad, and I feel like I'm missing a show or two. What about you?

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not all but, these are what I liked.

La Dispute (2x)

A Wilhelm Scream (2x)

Make do and Mend (2x)

Full of hell (2x)

Hostage Calm

Refused

Title Fight

Into it. Over it.

Touché Amoré ( once already +once next week)

Native (I booked the show)

Everyone Everywhere/Chalk Talk (I booked the show)

Former Thieves

Xerxes

Deafheaven

Tera Melos

Birds in Row

Sights & Sounds

Silverstein

If These Trees Could Talk

Norma Jean

The Chariot

Set your Goals

Cancer Bats

Maybeshewill

Caspian

Spraynard

Listener

Japandorids

Goodtime Boys

Converge (next week)

Damn it was a hell of year, and the fact that 90% of these were in Budapest makes me realize that the scene here is getting better and better every year.

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I probably missed a few, but yeah I go to far too many shows

I Am The Avalanche

Hostage Calm

The Flatliners

Teenage Bottlerocket

Nothington

Masked Intruder

Grade

Such Gold

Snapcase

Dropkick Murphys

Gob

Bouncing Souls

Dave Hause

Luther

Gallows

The Spicolois

The Snips

The Reason

Saint Alvia

Converge

Burning Love

Loma Prieta

The Ataris

Far From Finished

Thrice

The Saint Catherines

Lucero

Face To Face

Refused

The Lawrence Arms

Andrew WK

Less Than Jake

Hot Water Music

Fucked Up

Descendents

.moneen.

The Fullblast

A Wilhelm Scream

Belvedere

THe Suicide Machines

The Hotel Year

Brutal Youth

Mikey Erg

Joe Mcmahon

Kevin Seconds

tightrope

Maximum RnR

Darlings Of Chelsea

Mockingbird Wish Me Luck

Junior Battles

The Menzingers

Blacklist Royals

Polar Bear Club

Propagandhi

Comeback Kid

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I had a goal of seeing 100 shows in 10 years. I lost my list, but I don't think I even did that.

This year would probably be:

The Bronx in Austin

Lagwagon/RBG in Nola

Souls/Menzingers in Houston

Dan Andriano at SXSW

I feel like there should have been something else at sxsw, but I can't think of anything.

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i tried thinking about this and i think some of the ones I'm coming up with were actually last year.

i think nada surf, the jealous sound, and off! are the only concerts i've attended this year aside from a few local shows.

i know i saw dax riggs again recently, but thinking that actually took place last year, i'm not 100% sure.

being the superdad that i am, i don't really get out too much.

if i made a list of every band i've seen since i moved to saint louis (with the exception of local acts) it would probably be a lot more interesting.

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When I did concert photography I saw something like 300 shows in 2 years, since I stopped doing that I barely go to shows anymore. I got so burned out on shows that I didn't much enjoy it any more. I haven't been to any since August of last year, however I am going to the Terrible Things release show next sat, and the The Strating Line SILYMI show on dec 30th

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Didnt go to as many as I wanted to, but lets see:

Set Your Goals

Cartel

Hit The Lights

Mixtapes

Turnover (2x)

Citizen

Light Years

Maker

Major League

Into It Over It

Hostage Clam

Make Do and Mend

Such Gold

Living with Lions

Man Overboard

Every Time I Die

Four Year Strong

Title Fight (2x)

The Ghost Inside

Pianos Become The Teeth

Single Mothers

Tigers Jaw

The Wonder Years

Polar Bear Club

A Loss For Words

The Story So Far

Balance & Composure

Fireworks

Listener

Homeless Gospel Choir

The Front Bottoms

Cheap Girls

Coming up:

New Found Glory

Candy Hearts

And more Im probably forgetting. Hope to see more than this year in

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Not a complete list but,

Mischief Brew (2X)
The Orphans
Streetlight Manifesto (2X)
World/ Inferno Friendship Society
Tiny Teeth
Plow United
Robert Blake
Night Birds
The Radicals
Skaters
Off!
Spraynard
San Cisco
Iron Chic
Andrew Jackson Jihad
Absinthe Rose
Joyce Manor
The Leafies You Gave Me
Hot Dirt
The Spits
Lionize (2X)
Local Natives

The World Is A Beautiful Place And I Am No Longer Afriad To Die

Slingshot Dakota

Prawn
Rodeo Ruby Love


Then some unfortunate bands I saw
Hostage Calm
Double Negative
Solid Gold
Pacific Air

 

 

 

 

I need to see the Suicide Machines before I die.

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Only ended up seeing 5 shows this year, but I got to see a decent amount of bands:

The Fools

Sleeper Agent

fun.

Caribou

Radiohead (!!)

Human Sexual Response

Ra Ra Riot

The Joy Formidable

and I'm seeing The Killers a week from tomorrow to top it all off. Honestly, I could've just seen Radiohead this year and have been perfectly happy. Nothing like seeing your favorite band for the first time.

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Not everyone I've seen this year because my memory is pretty crappy sometimes, but should be close to who all I saw.

All American Rejects

Sainthood Reps

La Dispute

Balance and Composure

All Get Out

mewithoutYou

Kevin Devine

Say Anything

The Front Bottoms (x2)

Cheap Girls

Eisley (x3)

Merriment (x3)

Dowsing

The Island of Misfit Toys

New Found Glory

The Story So Far

Flobots

Seahaven

Citizen (x2)

Mixtapes

Aficionado

Turnover

Light Years

St. Vincent

Beach House

Motion City Soundtrack

Jukebox, The Ghost

Now, Now

Mansions

Bayside

Taking Back Sunday

Mumford and Sons

Fake Problems

Band of Horses

B.B. King

Robert Cray Band

My Morning Jacket

Dawes

O'Brother

Thrice

Animals As Leaders

Single Mothers

Title Fight

Pianos Become The Teeth

House of Heroes

Children 18:3

Five Iron Frenzy

Just Like Vinyl

A Lot Like Birds

Edit:

Forgot about seeing T-Pain and Gym Class Heroes.

And I think that's it. More than I thought that I went to.

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I had an excel sheet on an old computer. I started it about two years in, so the first few I had to look up to get the details. I counted multi stage fests as one and multi venue fests as each show. I think if an outdoor festival was more than one day, each day counted. I also had a column for merch that I bought. It's gonna be hard to update it if I can ever recover it since I haven't really been buying stuff at shows. I need to just start a new one.

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Off the top of my head

Bon Iver

Fun.

Explosions in the Sky

Japandroids

Yellowcard x2

Passion Pit

Manchester Orchestra

Childish Gambino

Fireworks

The Wonder Years x3

The Story So Far x2

Into It. Over It. x3

Stay Ahead of the Weather x2

New Found Glory x3

Hostage Calm x2

August Burns Red

Transit x2

Koji x2

Lemuria

Streetlight Manifesto

Polar Bear Club

Look Mexico

Good Luck

Make Do and Mend x2

Propaghandi

Iron Chic

Astronautalis

Flobots

Hoodie Allen

Zammuto

The Staves

A Loss for Words

Throat Dump

There was a lot of local shows that I don't remember but I think I got all the main ones. I missed out on some major ones which is a bummer but I had a pretty good year for live music.

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Compared to years past, I had a pretty active year. Hopefully it'll keep growing now that my friends and I can travel more.

Circa Survive

Balance & Composure

Touché Amore

O'Brother

Manchester Orchestra

River City Extension

The Classic Crime

Coheed & Cambria

Moving Mountains

Pianos Become the Teeth

Anthony Green

The Dear Hunter

Murder By Death

Say Anything

Tallhart

Knocked a chunk of bands I had to see off my list. Can't complain.

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i had to do this once it got on my mind, but here is a list of every band i've seen since i moved to saint louis (9 years now?)

against me

riverboat gamblers

jeremy enigk

cursive

deadboy and the elephantmen

the fiery furnaces

jason webley

reverend peytons big damn band

toadies

alkaline trio

mike park

dredg

sunbears

judgement day

off!

the spits

double negative

mansions

reverend horton heat (twice)

the jealous sound

bright eyes

dawes

dax riggs (3 times)

nada surf

local bands/bands i can remember playing shows with:

7 shot screamers

riddle of steel

bunnygrunt

glass teeth

casey reid

krafted in korea

pokey lafarge

dino fight

gentleman auction house

ghost in light

stella mora

super fun yeah yeah rocket ship

the haddonfeilds

sink the bismarck

the vultures

johnny o and the jerks

rum drum ramblers

clownvis presley

the union electric

open sky reminder

man eating tiger

bombs and beating hearts

zombie bazooka patrol

dustin and the furniture

the western paradise

jeeez, most of you guys saw more shows this year than i can remember in 9.

guess i'm not as cool as i thought i was.

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