Blogger Picks: Best Live Shows of 2006Blogger Picks: Best Live Shows of 2006
In a casual poll in the Elbo.ws forums I asked music bloggers what their favorite shows were of 2006. If you didn't get in, feel free to add your list in the comments!
Bill (of I Rock Cleveland)
- 1. Black Angels
- 2. Wolfmother
- 3. Flaming Lips
- 4. Mission of Burma
- 5. Art Brut
- 6. Gil Mantera's Party Dream
- 7. Broken Social Scene
- 8. The Walkmen
- 9. Radio Birdman
- 10. The Black Keys
JF (of Heart On A Stick)
- 1. Gogol Bordello @ Warsaw
- 2. Les Savy Fav @ Warsaw
- 3. The New York Dolls, The Dictators/Blondie, and Patti Smith at CBGBs
- 4. Art Brut
- 5. Cloud Cult @ Pianos
- 6. O'Death @ All over the place
- 7. Love Is All @ Knitting Factory
- 8. The Kills @ Southpaw
- 9. Balkan Beat Box @ Central Park
- 10. The Blow @ Fader House/CMJ
Joe (of Each Note Secure)
- 1. Wilco @ The Ryman
- 2. Silversun Pickups @ The Vougue
- 3. Heartless Bastards @ The Southgate
- 4. Sigur Ros @ Taft Theatre
- 5. Band Of Horses @ Alchemize
- 6. Fiery Furnaces @ Desdemona Festival
- 7. Jason Lytle @ York St Cafe
- 8. Josephy Arthur @ 20th Century Theatre
- 9. Bell Orchestre @ Music Now Festival
- 10. J Roddy @ Alchemize
Scottie (of Acid Bird)
- 1. Viva L'American Death Ray Music @ SXSW '06 - in front of 15 people
- 2. The Strange Boys
- 3. The Explorers Club @ Silverlake Lounge
- 4. Black Diamond Heavies
- 5. Gil Mantera's Party Dream
- 6. Juiceboxxx
- 7. Greenhornes
- 8. O'Death at Mr. T's Bowl (in front of 10 people)
- 9. Faceless Werewolves
Sean (of Said The Gramaphone)
- 1. Destroyer, Fiery Furnaces and The New Pornographers @ All Tomorrow's Parties
- 2. Uncle John and Whitelock, and Herman Dune @ Mono
- 3. Beirut @ the ABC
- 4. Gas Giant and Chris Corsano @ Henry's Cellar Bar
- 5. Broken Social Scene @ the Glasgow School of Art
- 6. Okkervil River @ King Tut's
- 7. Regina Spektor @ Cabaret Voltaire
- 8. Silver Jews and Alastair Roberts @ the Bongo Club
- 9. Belle and Sebastian at the Tramway
- 10. Akron/Family @ the Bongo Club
More responses from Clever Titles Are So Last Summer, Earfarm, and Wolf Notes after the jump..
Bethanne (of Clever Titles Are So Last Summer) (in no order)
- Cursive @ Temple Club (what a great great show. met tim kasher that night too)
- Rainer Maria @ Mac's Bar (the first and last time i've ever seen them. great show. they'll be missed)
- Ladyfinger @ Mac's Bar (i'm proud of my boys!)
- Gil Mantera's Party Dream @ Mac's Bar (these guys won me over!)
- Ted Leo & The Pharmacists @ Temple Club (packed house, great show. loved it.)
- 80's Night @ Temple Club (a lot of my friends were involved with this!)
- Lasalle/Ecstatic Sunshine @ Mac's Bar (good friends + good music)
Matt (of Earfarm) (in no order)
- Man Man @ Cakeshop
- Islands @ Webster Hall
- Silver Jews @ Webster Hall
- Art Brut @ Siren Festival
- O'Death @ The Delancey
- Goes Cube @ Union Hall
- Read Yellow @ Guero
- Foreign Islands @ Guero
- Radiohead @ the Theater at MSG
- Gorillaz @ The Apollo
- The Wedding Present @ Bowery Ballroom
- Violent Femmes @ Warsaw
- Deerhoof @ Bowery Ballroom
Ryan (of Wolf Notes)
- 1. The Wrens
- 2. Edan
- 3. Art Brut
- 4. Final Fantasy
- 5. Fiery Furnaces
- 6. The Walkmen
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