Narcissistic catalog

Last year, around this time, I posted that between that late-April and the one before I had attended just under 52 concerts--in other words, almost averaging 1-a-week for an entire year. Well, apparently, I took putting that down for posterity as a challenge for the coming year. In the last 12 months I have cleared almost 60 shows for the year--and that's not even including the nearly 20 I saw in my separate project following Mary Halvorson's shows. 

I like to flatter myself that the list below is pretty diverse. Sure, I don't make it to Symphony Hall that often--and it's readily apparent I was well-weaned on indie-rock--but there's plenty of electronica, jazz, metal, avant classical and even a veteran African funk band for good measure.

          04 / 26   Archers of Loaf

          05 / 01   Acid Mothers Temple

          05 / 02   Lower Dens

          05 / 09   Birthmark

          05 / 10   MMW (20th Anniversary festival)

          05 / 17   Blixt (Bill Laswell / Raoul Björkenheim)

          06 / 05   The Clean

          06 / 08   Jan Jelenik & Andrew Pekler (playing Ursula Bogner)

          06 / 17   Bang on a Can Festival (featuring Alvin Lucier)

          06 / 20   Nadja (with Noveller)

          06 / 22   Jon Mueller / James Plotkin

          07 / 19   Orchestre Poly-Rythmo

          07 / 24   Callers

          07 / 27   Mice Parade

          08 / 03   Wild Flag (with Mission of Burma)

          08 / 09   Amplified Quartet (featuring Nate Wooley and Peter Evans)

          08 / 30   Vaselines

          09 / 05   Peter Brötzmann / Jason Adasiewicz (with Josh Abrams)

          09 / 10   Rainey / Laubrock / Peck

          09 / 13   Touch Festival (featuring Philip Jeck)

          09 / 14   Touch Festival (featuring Eleh)

          09 / 21   Vetiver

          09 / 29   Corin Tucker Band

          10 / 04   Melvins

          10 / 05   Neil Halstead

          10 / 07   Edsel

          10 / 12   Mike Watt

          10 / 21   Sea and Cake

          10 / 22   Crime & City Solution

          10 / 24   Mat Maneri

          11 / 02   Crooked Fingers

          11 / 10   Earth

          11 / 16   Mind over Mirrors

          11 / 17   Dither Festival (featuring Peter Evans)

          11 / 24   Henry Threadgill

          11 / 28   Mount Eerie

          12 / 01   Balam Acab

          12 / 06   Miho Hitori

          12 / 08   Owen

          12 / 11   Phantom Orchard

          12 / 21   Phill Niblock

          01 / 07   Callers (again)

          01 / 16   Keith Rowe & Christian Wolfe

          01 / 18   John Cale

          02 / 01   Grant Evans & Motion Sickness of Time Travel

          02 / 06   Swans

          02 / 13   Emuul

          02 / 16   William Parker Essential Orchestra

          03 / 01   Ruby Suns

          03 / 03   Mouse on Mars (with Soft Circle)

          03 / 16   Dennis Johnson's November

          03 / 20   Stockhausen's Oktophonie

          03 / 22   David Berhman (featuring Ben Vida & Gregg Davis)

          04 / 03   Golden Grrrls

          04 / 06   Yusef Lateef & Adam Rudolph

          04 / 13   Jamie Lidell

          04 / 17   Keiji Haino

          04 / 19   Clinic

          04 / 26   Robyn Hitchcock & the Venus 3