9/20 My Bloody Valentine [Roseland]
9/11 Land Of Talk [Mercury]
8/25 Lykke Li [LPR]
8/22 Lykke Li [Amoeba - Hollywood]
8/22 Radiohead [Hollywood Bowl]
8/20 Broken Social Scene, Menomena [Sunset Junction]
8/15 Manuel Göttsching [Lincoln Center]
7/31 The Long Winters [Castle Clinton]
7/24 Ambulance LTD [Bowery]
7/18 Deerhoof, Metropolis Ensemble [Prospect Park]
7/17 Ted Leo [Castle Clinton]
6/26 Devo [McCarren Pool]
6/21 After The Jump Fest [Williamsburg]
6/19 Man In Grey's farewell show [Delancey]
6/4 M83 [Bowery]
5/29 Hello Eden [Rebel]
5/28 Birdmonster [Mercury]
5/2 Stars of the Lid [Good Shepherd Church]
4/17 Gelsey Bell [Goodbye Blue Monday]
4/3 Helio Sequence [Bowery]
3/21 Jens Lekman [Hollywood, CA]
3/18 The Lisps [Los Angeles, CA]
3/12-16 SXSW [Austin, TX]
1/27 Laura Veirs [Union Hall]
1/16-17 Wordless Music Orchestra (Adams, Bryars, Greenwood) [St. Paul the Apostle]
2007
12/20 Wakey! Wakey!, Jason Joseph [Arlene's]
12/14 The Most Serene Republic [Mercury]
12/13 Cake, Brazillian Girls, Oakley Hall [Terminal 5]
12/12 Wakey! Wakey!, Jukebox the Ghost [Mercury]
11/28 Max Richter, Cepia, Assaff Weisman [Good-Shepherd Faith Church]
11/10 Mum, Hauschka, Bing and Ruth [Society for Ethical Culture]
11/9 Mum, Torngat [St. Paul the Apostle]
11/3 Grizzly Bear, Michael Harrison [Society for Ethical Culture]
10/16-20 CMJ (Spoon, The Octopus Project, The Most Serene Republic, Saturday Looks Good To Me,1900's, Biffy Clyro, Freezepop...)
10/5 Nico Muhly, Valgeir Sigurdsson, Sandro Perri [Good-Shepherd Faith Church]
9/24 Beirut, Colleen [Society for Ethical Culture]
9/21 The Most Serene Republic [Union Hall]
9/20 Beirut, Fifth Veil [Brooklyn Masonic Temple]
9/15 Do Make Say Think [The Middle East, Boston]
9/14 Do Make Say Think, Electric Kompany [Society for Ethical Culture]
8/29 Feist [McCarren]
8/25 After The Jump Festival [Studio B]
8/23 The Rentals [Nokia]
8/21 The New Pornographers [Bowery]
8/19 Wolf Parade [Warsaw]
8/12 Junior Senior [Soundfix]
8/12 Ted Leo/Pharmacists, The Thermals [McCarren]
8/9 Daft Punk [Keyspan]
7/28 Benni Hemm Hemm [Union Hall]
7/23 Eastern Conference Champions [Pianos]
7/4 The New Pornographers [Battery Park]
6/11 Feist [Town Hall]
6/2 Man In Grey [Union Hall]
5/12 LCD Soundsystem [Studio B]
5/8 The Shondes, Beat Radio [Delancey]
5/5 Arcade Fire, The National [Tower Theater]
4/30 The Books [Society for Ethical Culture - Wordless Music Series]
4/24 Pela [Mercury]
Wakey Wakey, Casey Shea [Pianos]
4/14 Cloud Cult, Young Galaxy [Mercury]
4/12 Eastern Conference Champions [Union Hall]
4/2 Amiina, Eluvium, Gilles Vonsattel [Good Shepherd Faith Church - Wordless Music Series]
3/31 The Long Winters, The Broken West [Mercury]
3/28 Menomena [Bowery]
3/23 Toca Loca, Polmo Polpo, Social Music Work Group [Good Shepherd Faith Church]
3/14-3/18 SXSW
3/9 Matt & Kim, Professor Murder [Bowery]
3/7 Mirah, The Blow [NYU]
3/1 Thunderbirds Are Now!, Tigercity [Knitting Factory]
2/20 Explosions In The Sky [Society for Ethical Culture]
2/19 Explosions In The Sky [Warsaw]
2/18 Malajube, Rock Plaza Central [Mercury]
2/17 The Muggabears, Please Dept [The Delancey]
Gelsey Bell [Vivaldi Cafe]
2/16 The Arcade Fire [Judson Memorial Church]
Pela [Mercury]
2/11 Steven Malkmus and the Jicks [Maxwell's]
2/10 Sure Juror [Pianos]
1/30 Peter, Bjorn and John [Bowery]
1/27 Liam & Me, The GoStation, White Rabbits, Seth Kallen + The Reaction [Sin-e]
1/19 The Wrens [Knitting Factory]
1/18 The Hold Steady [Northsix]
1/13 Gil Mantera's Party Dream, Free Blood [Knitting Factory]
1/6 Matt & Kim, Meneguar, Aa [Studio B]
2006
12/20 Bridges & Powerlines [Pianos]
12/16 Rainer Maria, Pela, Daylight For The Birds [Bowery]
12/15 Bell, Lismore, Theives Like Us, The Ballet [Delancey]
12/13 Bound Stems, Ra Ra Riot, The Muggabears [Sin-e]
12/09 Oxford Collapse [Northsix]
11/28 ¡Forward, Russia! [Bowery]
11/22 The Hold Steady [Warsaw]
11/20 The Little Ones, Small Sins [Mercury Lounge]
11/15 A Hawk and A Hacksaw, Andrew Bird [GSF Church]
11/14 Bad Viens [Knitting Factory]
11/13 Modest Mouse [Nokia]
11/10 The Shondes [Brooklyn Lyceum]
11/6 Voxtrot [Bowery]
Cloud Cult [Knitting Factory]
10/31 - 11/4 CMJ [Everywhere]
10/21 Maritime, Bound Stems [Mercury]
10/17 TV On The Radio, Grizzly Bear [Irving]
10/15 Okkervil River, Sam Champion [Bowery]
10/14 Okkervil River, Elvis Perkins [Bowery]
9/30 Sufjan Stevens, My Brightest Diamond [Town Hall]
9/29 Sufjan Stevens, My Brightest Diamond [Town Hall]
The Long Winters [Bowery]
9/27 The Big Sleep, The Rogers Sisters, The Occasion (Movable Hype 9.0) [Spiegeltent]
9/26 O'Death, DraculaZombieUSA (Beg Yr Pardon #9) [Delancey]
9/18 Wordless Music Series (Glenn Kotche & Nels Cline, Jenny Lin, Elliot Sharp) [GSF Church]
9/15,16,17 Austin City Limits Festival (Explosions In The Sky, Okkervil River, The Long Winters, Nada Surf, Ben Kweller, Ted Leo, Stars, The New Pornographers, Husky Rescue, What Made Milwaukee Famous...)
9/13 The Grates [Pianos]
9/12 The Dears, The Grates [Bowery]
9/3 Mono, Fridge [Bowery]
9/2 Explosions In The Sky [Bowery]
8/31 Asobi Seksu, Say Hi To Your Mom, Cassettes Won't Listen [Maxwell's]
8/29 Casey Dienel, Inlets [Union Hall]
8/25 Ted Leo (free) [South Street Seaport]
Beirut [Mercury]
8/24 My Brightest Diamond [Speigeltent]
8/23 826NYC benefit w/David Byrne, Sufjan Stevens, John Roderick [Beacon Theater]
8/21 The Diggs, Slowlands [CBGB]
8/18 The Mugs, The Isles [Union Hall]
8/17 Takka Takka, Slowlands [Union Hall]
8/12 Sleater-Kinney, The Thermals [Portland, OR]
8/8 The Long Winters [Mercury Lounge]
8/7 Silversun Pickups [Union Hall]
8/4 Hot Chip [South Street Seaport]
8/3 The New Pornographers [Summerstage]
7/23 Pretty Girls Make Graves [McCarren Park Pool]
7/21 Jens Lekman, Beirut [Bowery]
7/19 Jens Lekman [Mercury]
7/15 Casey Shea [Knitting Factory]
Siren Fest [Coney Island]
7/14 My Brightest Diamond [Joe's Pub]
7/13 Okkervil River [Castle Clinton]
Oh No! Oh My!, The Big Sleep [Supreme Trading]
7/11 Movable Hype 8.0 [Knitting Factory] w/ Takka Takka, Femme Generation, Goes Cube
7/9 Cursive [Mercury]
Les Savy Fav [McCarren Park Pool]
7/7 The Undisputed Heavyweights [Rockwood]
7/6 Broken Social Scene [Prospect Park]
Mates of State [Castle Clinton]
7/4 Belle & Sebastian [Battery Park]
6/30 Birdmonster, Tally Hall, The Talk [Sin-e]
Matt Pond PA, Voxtrot [Prospect Park]
6/29 Land of Talk, Tokyo Police Club, The Ballet [Syrup Room]
6/28 Gil Mantera's Party Dream [Knitting Factory]
6/27 The Grates [Mercury]
6/25 The Undisputed Heavywights [Rockwood]
6/22 Asobi Seksu [Mercury]
6/17 Beirut [SoundFix]
6/15 Saturday Looks Good To Me [Northsix]
6/14 !Forward, Russia! [Mercury]
6/13 Eels, Smoosh [World Financial Center]
The Boy Least Likely To [Knitting Factory]
6/11 !!! [Northsix]
6/6 Nada Surf, stellastar* [Starlight Ballroom]
6/2 Radiohead [Tower Theater, Philly]
5/27 & 5/28 Sasquatch Music Festival [The Gorge, WA]
5/22 Art Brut [Soundfix]
5/20 Pela [brooklyn rooftop]
5/19 Land of Talk, Slowlands [Mercury Lounge]
Land of Talk, Dr. Dog (KEXP in NYC) [Gigantic Studios]
5/17 Art Brut, Art Brut 47 (We Are Scientists) [Knitting Factory]
5/12 White Rose Movement [Bowery Ballroom]
5/10 Nada Surf (acoustic) [Mercury Lounge]
4/25 Jamie Lidell [Bowery Ballroom]
4/21 The Undisputed Heavyweights, Cloud Cult [Arlene's Grocery]
4/17 Cloud Cult [Knitting Factory]
4/11 Art Brut, The Rogers Sisters [Southpaw]
4/10 Wolf Parade [Webster Hall]
4/9 Voxtrot, Irving [Mercury Lounge]
4/7 The Hold Steady [Warsaw]
4/5 Art Brut, Gil Mantera's Party Dream [Bowery Ballroom]
4/4 Art Brut, The Ponys [Bowery Ballroom]
4/1 Dream Theater [Radio City Music Hall]
3/31 Nine Black Alps [Bowery Ballroom]
3/30 Editors, The Big Sleep [Webster Hall]
3/28 Editors, stellastarr* [Warsaw]
3/22 The Go! Team [NorthSix]
3/21 Magnet [Living Room]
3/11 Belle & Sebastian, New Pornographers [Riverside Theater, Milwaukee]
3/8 The Wedding Present [Bowery]
3/2 Ted Leo/Rx [The Hook]
2/11 Gelsey Bell [Cafe Vivaldi]
2/10 Feist, Mates of State, Jason Collett [Webster]
2/9 Jason Collett [Mercury]
1/27 Broken Social Scene [Webster]
1/16 Nine Black Alps [Mercury]
1/14 Sufjan Stevens [Lincoln Center/Allen Room]
1/12 Tapes 'N Tapes, Sam Champion [Rothko]
1/11 Imogen Heap [Avalon]
Good writeup. I was there for the Friday night show (I drove down from Seattle) but was unable to see the Saturday show (something about an 11th wedding anniversary and not wanting my wife to change the locks). I was pleasantly surprised by the Thermals and bought one of their albums at the end of the concert from Hutch and Kathy. The S-K set was incredible (although the acoustics were markedly worse than the last time I saw them at the Moore Theater on the kickoff of ‘The Woods’ tour) and several times Carrie and Corin appeared to be on the verge of tears. I know by the time they left the stage, several members of the audience were.
To Sleater-Kinney: thanks for the last 11 years. I wish you well in your future endeavors. Maybe you can throw us a bone in 2010 and do a brief series of reunion / anniversary concerts.
We also drove down from Seattle. That Moore Theater show last year was the first time I was able to them headline (saw them open for Pearl Jam in NYC, 2003). I was out for the Sasquatch festival and happened to notice that they were playing a block from our hotel. Since the Moore show I was determined to see them again and after I missed out on New York tickets I figured I just had to go out to see the last show.