December 7, 2010
Abbey’s Favorite Concerts of 2010
If you hadn’t gathered, we go to a lot of shows here at Sound on the Sound. For the past four years, I’ve been at shows more nights than not and with the surge of amazing music happening in Seattle, I could truthfully go to two or three shows a night and still miss something great. Reflecting on all the phenomenal performances I’ve been treated to in 2010, I feel spoiled and humbled. Knowing there’s still a few weeks left in 2010 and that there’ll surely be at least one more show that would qualify for this list, makes me feel excited.
Knowing that and that I will surely fidget with the order of the list after I hit publish, here are my 20 Favorite shows of 2010. They span festivals and venues big and small and the list, while not enumerated, is in a ranked order with my very favorite at the top. I tried not to include every single Drew Grow & The Pastors’ Wives show I saw in 2010, but it was hard. This list, since its a photographic representation, only includes shows where I was allowed to have my camera, which means hands down one of the best shows of the year is not on it: Shabazz Palaces at Neumos back in January. With those disclaimers, I’m happy to share my favorite shows of 2010. And, of course, I want to know: what was your favorite show of 2010?
See you in the front row in 2011!
The Head and The Heart at The High Dive
Justin Townes Earle at Birds on a Wire - Pullman, WA
Columbia City Theater’s Grand Re-Opening Weekends
Goldfinch and Drew Grow and the Pastors’ Wives at The Comet
The Maldives and Zoe Muth at The Blue Moon for Our Birthday
The Moondoggies Surprise Acoustic Set at Bumbershoot
Every Sound on the Sound Presents Show at Columbia City Theater
After the jump the rest of my favorites and a few videos from them:
Billy Bragg at Bumbershoot
Birds on a Wire Festival - Pullman, WA
Damien Jurado at The Triple Door
Fresh Espresso at Bumbershoot and Sasquatch
The Moondoggies at The Blue Moon
Hobosexual at Reverb Fest
Vic Chesnutt Tribute at The Tractor Tavern
S at Capitol Hill Block Party
The January Round (and every other event I attended at the Fremont Abbey in 2010)
Morning Benders at The Crocodile
on Tuesday, December 7th, 2010 at 4:47 pm
File This One Under: Best of Lists, photo post
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December 7th, 2010 17:05
I was only at two of those! Doe Bay Fest, and the Moondoggies’ acoustic set at Bumbershoot.
My favorite show of the year was the all-ages New Pornographers show at the Showbox. The 21+ show was fun, too, but they really brought it the next night! The Head and the Heart at Neumos was amazing, too.
December 7th, 2010 17:26
I was only at a couple myself, but I sure wanted to be at most of them. This is a great page to bookmark — what a superb idea to put those awesome videos at the end, too. Classy + smart = SOTS.
December 8th, 2010 11:13
July 4, 2010 - Pierced Arrows at the East End - PDX, OR - It’s the stuff legends are made of.