i don't have exact dates but i think the years are correct.

fugazi - 1989, 1999
destroyer - 2003, 2004
silkworm - this century
mission of burma 2003, 2004, 2005
spouse - 1999-present
tobin sprout- 2001?, 2004
polvo - 1994
dead moon - 2005
kaustic deathdead - 1993
nina nastasia - 2003
oranges band - 2003, 2004, 2005
quasi - 1998
chris brokaw rock band - last saturday

elisha wiesner wrote:oranges band

I feel bad because I'm friends with all those guys and I still have yet to see them live.

What's worse is that I've even been to shows where they're playing and not seen them.

Mono has consistently brought it each and every time I've seen them. I can't watch any other bands after them, if they're not headlining, I go home.

The one time I got to see Silkworm, they absolutely killed me.

I've never had a bad time at a They Might Be Giants show. Herc., too.

The first time I saw PosterChildren, I really didn't like them. But I saw them again the next night, and they fixed me. Every time I see them, they fix me.

And of course, House of Large Sizes showed me everything that was great about indie rock, and I got to relive it every other time I saw them.

Christopher_Dragon wrote:

elisha wiesner wrote:oranges band

I feel bad because I'm friends with all those guys and I still have yet to see them live.

What's worse is that I've even been to shows where they're playing and not seen them.

they are great guys. we've played shows with them maybe five or six times and they have always brought it.

and everyone forgets arab on radar? what the hell? ...now there's a band that has the common decency to give the audience a reach around when they're through.

purient as well, with honorable mentions to the paperchase.

No offense, but are you guys a bunch of fucken insaniacs?

Did nobody ever see a band called snakes on a motherfucking The Jesus Lizard plane?

Six Finger Satellite, in their "angry" phase, were also quite something to see.

I miss the Six Finger Satellite,

the arcade fire really brings it. the smaller the venue the better. i'm serious.

I'd second a bunch of bands already named, and add NoMeansNo (every damn time), and, contrary to all expectations, these old Chicagoans this summer:

Okay: Calvin Johnson:

I had heard all the rumors about his tendancies towards bringing in the college girls. "Ah, a college town. You know what that means? Girls in too small striped t shirts with no bras!"

The first thing to say about this show was that it was opened by the always amazing Love Letter Band (aka Bad Weather California). They're really great. But I doubt anyone outside of Colorado will ever get to see them/him. Two members (at this point) acoustic and electric guitar player, and a melodica/toy piano/saw/glockenspeil/drum player: somewhat odd, somewhat pissed, very smart, very intimate folk.

Calvin Johnson comes out and plays his first song. Acoustic guitar and mic. Very strange "dance" swaying and lots of coy look giving. I thought this was rediculous. Over the course of the set it seemed to be less of a "look at me, I'm on stage" type of an expression and more of a "I feel strongly about this and the expression of feeling/interaction with you (the audience) is more important then playing the song perfectly."

He retreated a little in the corner to remember chord progressions. He sung into the mic some, but mostly sang and spoke away from it. When the bar got loud and obnoxious, he moved the show out onto the balcony of the club. There was a Q & A section. He made the audience feel important. It was really human. It was great.