Abbey’s Favorite Concerts of 2009
The Maldives and Moondoggies Sing-Along ::: photo by Abbey Simmons
2009 was an inspiring year for live music locally. My favorite shows ranged from intimate living room gatherings to huge festivals. They spanned genres from horror punk to hip hop to Ballard Avenue twang. They were almost all exclusively local, though I’ve seen a number of great touring bands in 2009. My hometown is where my heart is musically. Lucky for me (us all really) it was a banner year for local music, with a new found energy in the air and coming off the stages of Seattle.
Seeing that we have a couple weeeks left in 2009, I’m hopeful there’s still another show in my near future that will be worthy of being dubbed a favorite. Considering how great 2009 has been, it would surprise me more if that didn’t happen. While this list isn’t ennumerated, it is in a hierachal order of most cherished towards the top.
David Bazan in an Edmonds, WA Living Room
Black Eyes & Neckties Final Show – Halloween in Bellingham
Nurses in a South Seattle Living Room
The Moondoggies at The Blue Moon
The Maldives Three Night Stand at The Tractor
The Lonely Forest, Telekinesis, and The Globes at the Showbox
Blue Moon’s 75th Anniversary Shows
The Rural Alberta Advantage at The Sunset
The Ironclads Final Show Before Hiatus
Widower with Pearly Gate Music at the Sunset
Fresh Espresso at Seattle Weekly’s Reverb Festival
Hey Marseilles and all of the Bean Room Shows at Cafe Vita During Capitol Hill Block Party
J. Tillman and Pearly Gate Music at The Sunset
A Gun That Shoots Knives and Doctor Doctor at Neumos
The Ironclads CD Release Show with The Whore Hands and What What Now at Holy Mountain
D. Black CD Release Show at The Crocodile
The Lonely Forest at Bumbershoot
Though I don’t have a photo to include with the list Regina Spektor’s sold out show at the Paramount is also one of my very favorite concerts of 2009.
