Shows I went to in 2015
This definitely wasn't all the shows I went to this year but it's most of 'em. One in particular I didn't include was a Jay Randall noise set down the street where he played like a 10 min. set. Oh and I saw my friend's band TRASH in a glass-laden basement and the cops got called, didn't put that here either. I was pretty good with keeping up with this kinda stuff this year, though some shows sold out (Beach Slang, Kevin Gates nooooo) others were too expensive (Travis Scott, Joanna Newz) and I skipped out on U.S. Girls because I was hungover and didn't wanna deal with going to Boston on a Sunday. |
| 1 | Death (MI)
I don't remember when this was, I think late spring sometime. Went to Cambridge Brewing Co. and walked around in the rain beforehand iirc. Good energy, played stuff off 'For the Whole World to See', kinda washed up-seeming. Fun show |
| 2 | Lower Dens
Right at the beginning of summer, skated for like 2 hours, almost got hit by a car, drank quite a bit, talked to some married woman at the bar for like an hour who hated Father John Misty (!) and liked Youth Lagoon's 'Year of Hibernation'. It was one of those convos that was so comfortable and flowing that it never could've occurred between two single people. Show was great. Slept at a rest stop and drove home at 6 a.m. like O_O |
| 3 | Broken Water
This was a free show in Providence, RI. I never really go there so this was cool. Checked out some bars and skated very tough terrain for a while. Show was cool but the best part by far was skating some magical spot afterwards I found down the street until like 1 a.m. Then I got a speeding ticket while listening to The Great Southern Trendkill |
| 4 | Jeff Rosenstock
Actually went to this show with someone else (!), my brother, which was great. Awesome set, tons of energy, spilled 3/4 of a beer 2 mins into the show. Went to Sunset Grille too, always a treat |
| 5 | Between the Buried and Me
Rare Clifton Park, NY show in some strip mall, met up with a few friends here. Animals as Leaders and The Contortionist played this as well. I'm not a big fan of BtBaM's new album but they played a good amount of old stuff too. This was the start of this mini-NY trip for me and therefore slept in a Walmart parking lot. |
| 6 | Pharmakon
The morning after BtBam I took a 3-hour drive to NYC and had an amazing full-on 8-hour skate+beer day. Mostly skating though was pretty damn amazing and exhausting. Then went into this literal hole-in-the-wall in a superbly sketchy section of Brooklyn to see this show. Opener Varg (not to be confused with the church-burner guy) slammed like 4 Modelos during his 15-minute set, Puce Mary and Damien Dubrovnik did their thang, Pharmakon did hers. Abrasive-drone-noise-stuff translates much better live, I found. Damien Dubrovnik in particular killed it |
| 7 | Noisem
Saw 'em at a ruh-ruh hardcore show in a church, I felt like I was 17. They stuck out like nicely sore thumbs, played stupidly loud and the cops shut 'em down early |
| 8 | Sorority Noise
At a Polish Pulaski club, something like that, I'm pretty sure I was the oldest person here. Good set, free pretzels, bar downstairs |
| 9 | Pianos Become the Teeth
With The World is a Beautiful Place... and Turnover. Typical uncomfortably hot Palladium show, once again felt like a damn elder at this show. Fun times though and quite rowdy during Pianos, lost my glasses and miraculously found them on the floor in not-bad-shape. |
| 10 | Kamasi Washington
Music-wise, possibly my favorite show of the year, pretty small venue and yeah. Awesome and invigorating set, getting goosebumps, etc. Unfortunately had to like. Sit on some crowded uncomfortable stairs even though I bought tickets beforehand, they had some fancy dinner going on which took up a majority of the close floor space, and the majority of the diners looked like they didn't give a shit what they were witnessing. Venue is infamously known for not knowing what they're doing when it comes to shows. Iron Horse, Northampton, MA. Don't go there |
| 11 | Young Thug
Per usual with a Boston show, skated and barred it up for most of the day beforehand. The set honestly kinda sucked, maybe an hour long? and ended super abruptly. Played 3 songs I knew and didn't play alot of songs I was hoping for. But ya know. Fun time. The line to get in was more entertaining probably |
| 12 | Today Is the Day
I've liked these guys since 1999 and put off seeing them a few times, so finally bit the bullet on this one. Abigail Williams played it too. Of course they didn't play til like 1 a.m./way later than expected so I wound up waiting around for waaaay too long to see a half-hour set. But it was cool |
| 13 | Eskimeaux
Show ruled although I got a parking ticket. Girlpool were actually headlining but I left after Eskimeaux. It was packed and maybe 15% male including myself. People looked pissed when I was singing along |
| 14 | Sun Kil Moon
Way out in Fairfield CT. Definitely a bucket list show. The venue was some theatre company and it was super small/all seated/super intimate, couldn't of asked for better for this show. I was hoping to get berated, didn't tho. Though he did make fun of some "hippie-dancing" couple in the front and they threw a beer on stage and got kicked out. 2 hours plus set. Yeahhhh |
| 15 | Parquet Courts
This was last night omg. Right down the street, packed, good energy. Been rockin' Content Nausea and re-rockin' Sunbathing Animal recently so shit was all fresh. They played "Everyday It Starts", nuff said |
| 16 | Enslaved
Stuffed one more into the year. BtBaM actually headlined, Enslaved, Intronaut, Native Construct but we missed 'em due to House of Blues shittiness. BtBam were excellent (better than when I saw em in August), Enslaved killed it, Intronaut sorta sucked sorry sputnik |
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