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Favorite Concerts of 2010
Well, this year’s concert seasons were especially good to me… 365 days, 79 shows, 149 artists, many long nights driving home, and a lot of photos…
My favorite concerts of 2010:
- Sufjan Stevens :: Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall :: Portland, OR {29 Oct} [review with photos] – completely stunning show
- Toad the Wet Sprocket :: Crystal Ballroom :: Portland, OR {28 Jul} [review with photos] – I am a slave to Glen & Co’s alt-pop
- Jon Þor “Jónsi” Birgisson (of Sigur Rós) :: Roseland Theater :: Portland, OR {13 Apr} [review with photos] – stupendous stage show
- Nellie McKay :: Berbati’s Pan :: Portland, OR {31 Mar} [review with photos] – missed her Eugene show while at Sufjan, I heard that show was also “the bomb”
- Dream Theater :: Roseland Theater :: Portland, OR {21 Jun} [review with photos] – made more special after Mike Portnoy left the band this fall
- Tegan and Sara :: Keller Auditorium :: Portland, OR {8 Apr} [review with photos] – first time seeing them, not too be missed
- Holy Fuck (twice) :: Mississippi Studios & Holocene :: Portland, OR {6 Jun & 14 Oct} [reviews with photos #1 & #2] – one of the most consistently great live acts, Holocene show was better, but Mississippi was also rad…
- Dweezil Zappa Plays Zappa :: McDonald Theatre :: Eugene, OR {12 Jun} [review with photos] – keeping the FZ torch alive!
- Dave Douglas’ Brass Ecstasy :: PDX Jazz Fest / Crystal Ballroom :: Portland, OR {28 Feb} [review with photos] – honestly, all of these Top 15 could be #1 in a slow concert year
- Over the Rhine (twice) :: WOW Hall & Aladdin Theater :: Eugene & Portland, OR {15 & 17 Nov} [reviews with photos #1 & #2] – twice after three years of OTR drought for me
- Charlie Hunter Trio (twice) :: WOW Hall & Sam Bond’s Garage :: Eugene, OR {18 May & 16 Dec} [reviews with photos #1 & #2] – Charlie has a pact with the devil… he’s too good…
- Peter Mulvey & Jeffrey Foucault (twice) :: The Woods & Sam Bond’s Garage :: Portland & Eugene, OR {22 & 24 Oct} [reviews with photos #1 & #2] – both brilliant storytellers before VH1 made it a show
- Susan Enan :: House Show :: Eugene, OR {15 Jul} [review with photos] – at our house… super fun & intimate
- Damien Jurado :: Mississippi Studios :: Portland, OR {27 Feb} [review] – I didn’t know more than half of the songs, but it didn’t matter
- Medeski Martin & Wood :: McDonald Theatre :: Eugene, OR {25 Feb} [review with photos] – jazz dance party!
Runners-Up: Bill Frisell Trio at The John G. Shedd Institute for the Arts, Fishtank Ensemble at a Eugene House Show, Pink Martini at The Hult Center / Oregon Bach Festival, Trio Subtonic & the Dead Kenny G’s at Mt. Tabor Theater, The Weepies at Aladdin Theater. Even after honorable mentions, I cut some GREAT ones… 2010 was a great year.
My favorite concert photos of 2010: (in chronological order)
(all images are free to use under a creative commons designation, simply identify Daniel Temmesfeld with a photo credit and link to jazzsick.wordpress.com, or items noted with emobiephotography.com is photo credit Margaret O’Brien)
Past Favorite Concerts Lists:
Favorite music of 2010 will be coming soon… EPs/DVDs/etc, vocal albums, instrumental albums, artists of the decade…
Tegan & Sara on Daytrotter
The few websites that aren’t RSS feed-able that made it to my “must check every day” list… Daytrotter is great, and they just hit us with a live in the studio session with Canadian alt-pop duo Tegan & Sara…
Go here for the free music:
http://tinyurl.com/ts-daytrotter
1) The Con 2) Alligator 3) I Know, I Know, I Know 4) Hell
Past Daytrotter Sessions I’ve blogged about and dug (links and free music not guaranteed on these old blogs): Clare and the Reasons #2, CocoRosie, Portland Cello Project, Matisyahu, Tori Amos, The Swell Season, David Bazan #2, Copeland, Bad Veins, Nellie McKay, Clare and the Reasons #1, My Brightest Diamond #2, Damien Jurado, Talkdemonic, Aimee Mann, Ani DiFranco, Bad Veins #1, Kaki King, Holy Fuck… and David Bazan, My Brightest Diamond, Erin McKeown.
Tegan and Sara – On Directing
Here is Tegan & Sara‘s new video for “On Directing” from Sainthood…
Check out their album Sainthood (out in 2009):
Check out my review & photos from their April 2010 show in Portland, OR:
REVIEW: Tegan & Sara @ Keller Auditorium (Portland, OR – 4/8/10)
FYI… PHOTOS of the SHOW at the BOTTOM
Last night’s Portland show was near the end of a long, 3 month tour for Tegan and Sara‘s sixth album, Sainthood. The record (out last fall) is rockier than their prior, but fits in with their near history. A great mix of pop songwriting with an alternative, modern rock edge. The twin sisters trade off on vocal duty, and this is their first record where they actually wrote the songs together in the same room. The closeness shows in the cohesiveness of this record compared to 2007’s The Con or 2004’s So Jealous (both great records as well).
Upon arrival to the Keller Auditorium, I got a good chuckle out of “tailgators” in a nearby park running through the oddly entrancing “Alligator” dance (see the music video). If you hadn’t heard, there’s also a remix LP out now of the Alligator Remixes.
Holly Miranda was the first opener and went on right after 7:30. I wasn’t expecting a full band for her, but more of a singer-songwriter. Her band put together a great 30 minute set – more like a singer-songwriter vibe with a rockin’ boost. I didn’t know any of her music, but I’ll definitely check her out soon.
Steel Train hit the stage after a short set break. They’re all seemingly young guys from New Jersey, but they played a very throw-back, ‘cross-the-big-pond 30 minute set. Really reminiscent of 80s Brit-poprock, they had a great stage presence. The lead singer was very humbled alongside his rock energy… again, they seemed like really nice gents. Great tunes, great energy. Their set was capped by some crew coming out and drumming alongside them – one in a gorilla costume.
Tegan and Sara hit the stage right at 9pm. They came out blazin’ with quartet of songs from their latest record… The Ocean, On Directing, The Cure, and Alligator. I’m actually a little surprised they didn’t try to incorporate some of the aforementioned “Alligator dancers” in their stage show.
Tegan and Sara both switched between guitars and keys. Most of the vocal duties for the night were Tegan’s, but Sara had a few of her songs in the mix as well. The set was primarily made up of selections from Sainthood and The Con, but they threw in a handful of older tunes for good measure. Both Tegan and Sara had some funny stories (and a little bit of sisterhood bickering). It was cute… :)
Setlist: about 95 minutes
- The Ocean
- On Directing
- The Cure
- Alligator
- You Wouldn’t Like Me
- I Bet It Stung
- The Con
- Nineteen
- Northshore
- Night Watch
- Red Belt
- Monday Monday Monday
- Where Does The Good Go
- Speak Slow
- Walking With A Ghost
- So Jealous
- Hop A Plane
- Sentimental Tune
- Hell
- Encore: Back In Your Head (acoustic)
- Dark Come Soon
- Divided
- Call It Off
- Living Room
Due to it being the last night of the tour, emotions ran high (for all bands). The bands also seemed really well practiced. The show ended early (comparably to most rock shows), but due to its earlier start time, we all got a great amount of bang for our buck. I imagine Tegan and Sara will take a bit of time off before the summer festival circuit, but I hope they swing through Oregon again soon!!
many more photos below
The Appropriate Linkage:
- Tegan & Sara’s Site
- Tegan & Sara on MySpace
- Steel Train’s Site
- Steel Train on MySpace
- Holly Miranda’s Site
- Holly Miranda on MySpace
- PCPA/Keller Auditorium
Check out their past 2010 tour dates below.
~Dan – np: Jónsi – Go
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TEGAN & SARA PHOTOS
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The North American Sainthood 2010 Tour Dates
- January 5 – 6 Vancouver, BC Orpheum
- January 7 Kelowna, BC Community Theatre
- January 8 – 9 Calgary, AB Southern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium
- January 11 – 12 Edmonton, AB Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium
- January 13 Saskatoon, SK Saskatchewan Place Concert Bowl
- January 14 – 15 Winnipeg, MB Burton Cummings Theatre
- January 18 Montreal, QC Place des Arts
- January 19 – 20 Toronto, ON Kool Haus
- January 22 – 23 Ottawa, ON Bronson Centre
- January 25 Quebec City, QC Imperial Du Quebec
- January 26 Fredericton, NB Fredericton Playhouse
- January 27 Halifax, NS Rebecca Cohn Auditorium
- February 12 Northampton, MA Calvin Theater
- February 13 Boston, MA Orpheum Theatre
- February 16 Upper Darby, PA Tower Theatre
- February 17 Washington, DC Warner Theatre
- February 18 Richmond, VA The National
- February 20 Tampa, FL Tampa Theatre
- February 21 Boca Raton, FL Sunset Cove Amphitheatre
- February 23 Atlanta, GA Variety Playhouse
- February 24 New Orleans, LA Tipitina’s Uptown
- February 25 Dallas, TX Palladium Ballroom
- February 26 Austin, TX Bass Concert Hall
- February 27 Houston, TX Warehouse Live
- March 2 Las Vegas, NV House Of Blues
- March 3 San Diego, CA Copley Symphony Hall
- March 5 – 6 Oakland, CA Fox Theater
- March 24 Minneapolis, MN The Orpheum Theatre
- March 25 Milwaukee, WI Riverside Theatre
- March 26 Chicago, IL Aragon Ballroom
- March 27 Royal Oak, MI Royal Oak Music Theatre
- March 28 Lakewood, OH Lakewood Civic Auditorium
- March 30 Columbus, OH PromoWest Pavilion
- April 2 St. Louis, MO The Pageant
- April 3 Kansas City, MO Uptown Theater
- April 4 Denver, CO Ogden Theatre
- April 6 Salt Lake City, UT In The Venue
- April 8 Portland, OR Keller Auditorium
Tegan, Sara & Alligator Remixes
So, Tegan & Sara are releasing a remix album on March 30 (digitally) for their song “Alligator“… video below for the T&S official music video.
The lead-off track is by one of my favorite bands, Holy Fuck. Passion Pit, Doveman, and Four Tet should also prove to be interesting…
1.Alligator (Holy Fuck remix)
2.Alligator (Passion Pit remix – 80s Mixtape Jam Flex Edit)
3.Alligator (Toro y Moi remix)
4.Alligator (Vhs or Beta remix)
5.Alligator (Doveman remix)
6.Alligator (Four Tet remix)
7.Alligator (Murge remix)
8. Alligator (Ra Ra Riot remix)
9.Alligator (Automatic Panic remix)
10.Alligator (Hi-Deaf remix)
11.Alligator (Dave Sitek remix)
12.Alligator (Sara’s Original Demo Version)
Bonus Club Tracks
13.Alligator (Morgan Page remix)
14.Alligator (Kevin St. Croix remix)
15.Alligator (Mad Decent remix)
16.Alligator (Josh Harris remix)
17.Alligator (Hamel remix)
* Favorite Vocal Albums of 2009 *
Disclaimer (with a nod to Andy Whitman of Paste): No, I haven’t heard all 8,000+albums released this year. I’ve heard about 200 of them, which makes me at least 97.5% likely to be wrong. I make no claims to objectivity. These albums are my favorites from 2009. You might think that the one you’ve heard that I haven’t heard is the best album of 2009. And you might be right. So go ahead and vent. Enjoy!
As I start this post, I will say that this is the second year now that I bought more instrumental CDs than vocal CDs. I think as I get older, I am drawn more towards jazz and other instrumental forms of expression. For that reason, the favorite vocal albums list goes first this go ’round. Hopefully my spilling out of music that I like finds interest with someone else. But if not, thanks for stopping by… check out the artists’ webpages, SpaceBook pages, yadda yadda yadda. OK, now on to the best of what’s hit my ears this year…
Honorable Mentions: Jars of Clay‘s The Long Fall Back to Earth, U2‘s No Line on the Horizon, Madeleine Peyroux‘s Bare Bones, Piano Magic‘s Ovations, and Ember Swift‘s Lentic :: 子玉.
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Top 25 instrumental albums coming up later this week… still making my way through them at this point… oy…
My Other Favorites of 2009 Recaps: