Standout performances in 2010 included the very first show in January featuring Beehive, Noddy, CMYK, and Library Science; Owen Pallett in May; Annuals also in May; The Redwood Plan at every show they did; Freezepop with Ming & Ping in October; and of course Hotels at all their shows, but I'll say at their July show with The Secret History (also great) in particular. I'd also have to mention some amazing performances at the Sasquatch Music Festival—My Morning Jacket, Massive Attack, Phantogram, Martina Topley-Bird, Passion Pit, and Pyrosutra—the Capitol Hill Block Party—The Redwood Plan, !!!—and Decibel Festival—Lusine, Ben Frost, Mary Anne Hobbs, and Monolake.
January 2010
Archive summary for the month (includes second and fifth concerts, others have separate full reviews as linked)
First concert at Neumos (KEXP review)
Beehive, Noddy, CMYK, Library Science
Second concert at the Comet Tavern
The Redwood Plan, Hotels, Romance
Third concert at the Vera Project
Julia Nunes, Jeff Stillwell & Whitney Balan
Fourth concert at the Triple Door (KEXP review)
Asobi Seksu, Anomie Belle
Fifth concert at the High Dive
Pillow Army, Hotels, Gabriel Mintz
February 2010
Archive summary for the month (includes all concerts plus first March concert)
First concert at Neumos
Album Leaf, Sea Wolf, Anomie Belle
Second concert at the Crocodile
"Dancing on the Valentine" benefit: Half-Acre Day, Peter Parker, Lesli Wood & Aaron Starkey, Legion Within, Hotels, Exohxo, Motorik, Sean Bates
Third concert at the Sunset Tavern
The Purrs, Hotels, Black Mercies
March 2010
Archive summary for the month (includes first concert and February concerts)
First concert at the Crocodile
CMYK, Hotels, Fascination Movement, Noddy
Second concert at El Corazón
Orison, Alabaster, ViVera, Alessa Is Red, A Hope Not Forgotten
April 2010
Archive summary for the month (includes all concerts)
First concert at the High Dive
Love Is All, Princeton, (missed opening act)
Second concert at the Boxcar Ale House
The Professors
Third concert at the Sunset Tavern
Hotels, Erik Blood, ? (I may have missed the opener)
Fourth concert at Neumos
Jazzsteppa, ?
May 2010
Archive summary for the month (includes all concerts except Sasquatch Music Festival)
First concert at the Crocodile (KEXP review)
Owen Pallett, Snowblink, Cataldo
Second concert at the Crocodile
Annuals, Most Serene Republic, What Laura Says
Third concert at the Rendezvous Jewel Box Theater
Unwoman, Nathaniel Johnstone, Tin Can Tobacco Band
Fourth concert at the Skylark Cafe
The Tripwires, The Fucking Eagles, Hotels
Sasquatch Music Festival 2010 (KEXP reviews linked below)
Saturday: Minus the Bear, Broken Social Scene, Miike Snow, The National, Däm-Funk, My Morning Jacket, Deadmau5
Sunday: Martina Topley-Bird, Local Natives, Dirty Projectors, They Might Be Giants, The xx, LCD Soundsystem, YACHT, Pyrosutra, Public Enemy, Massive Attack, Booka Shade
Monday: Past Lives, Phantogram, Seattle Rock Orchestra, Fresh Espresso, Passion Pit, Camera Obscura, MGMT, Hudson Mohawke, Neon Indian, Pyrosutra (again)
June 2010
Archive summary for the month (includes all concerts)
First concert at Neumos
Album Leaf, Kinski, Baths
Second concert at the Tractor Tavern
Lou Barlow, (missed opener)
July 2010
Archive summary for the month (includes all concerts except Capitol Hill Block Party)
First concert at the Sunset Tavern
Fol Chen, Pica Beats, Mostly Dimes
Second concert at Chop Suey
Quintron & Miss Pussycat, Puberty, (missed opener)
Third concert at Nectar Lounge
Hotels, The Secret History, Bandolier
Capitol Hill Block Party 2010 (days linked below to my review)
Friday: Ravenna Woods, Yeasayer, Head Like A Kite, Holy Fuck, MGMT, Fruit Bats
Saturday: The Redwood Plan, !!! (Chk Chk Chk), Blitzen Trapper, Aveo, Zola Jesus
Sunday: Brite Futures, Villagers, A Million Years Ago, Damien Jurado, S (Jenn Ghetto), THEE Satisfaction, Hey Champ, Truckasaurus
August 2010
Archive summary for the month (includes all concerts except the KEXP Concerts at the Mural & BBQ)
First concert at the Comet Tavern
Beehive, Micheal Clarke & the Alleywalkers, (missed two other bands)
Second concert at the Comet Tavern
Hotels, (unknown other bands)
Third concert at Cafe Venus / Mars Bar
Sightseer, (unknown other bands)
KEXP Concerts at the Mural and BBQ (links to my summary)
August 6: Elliott Brood, Grand Hallway, Gabriel Mintz
August 13: Brite Futures, Noddy, State of the Artist
August 14, KEXP BBQ: Quasi, Suckers, The Lonely Forest, The Joy Formidable, Dinosaur Feathers, Victor Shade
August 20: Say Hi, Head Like a Kite, Tea Cozies
August 26: Mt. St. Helens Vietnam Band, The Head and the Heart, Yuni in Taxco
September 2010
Archive summary for the month (includes all concerts except Bumbershoot and Decibel Festival)
First concert at the Crocodile
The Redwood Plan, Fading Collection, Jupe Jupe
Second concert at Neumos
School of Seven Bells, Active Child
Third concert at the Fez Ballroom, Portland (OR)
Freezepop, Ming & Ping, Aerodrone
Bumbershoot 2010 (days linked below to my reviews)
Saturday: The Budos Band, Balkan Beat Box, Shawn Lee's Ping Pong Orchestra, Ozomatli, The Raveonettes
Sunday: Aterciopelados, The Redwood Plan, Surfer Blood, Billy Bragg, The Dandy Warhols
Monday: Bomba Estéreo, Laura Veirs, The English Beat
Decibel Festival 2010 (my summary post; links below are to the KEXP reviews)
Wednesday: Darek Mazzone, Mux Mool, Gold Panda, Lusine, Pantha Du Prince, Klute
Thursday: Lawrence English, Ctrl_Alt_Del, Grouper, Ben Frost, Deepchild, Disco Nihilist, Dan Bell, Sweatbox
Friday: Kid Hops, Suntzu Sound, Ikonika, Starkey, Trus'me, LawnChair Generals, Catz n' Dogz
Saturday: Nosaj Thing, Bluetech presents Satori Social, Noveller, Fennesz & Lillevan, Sappho & The Perfect Cyn, Tim Green, Tanner Ross, Kevin Saunderson, Carl Craig, Pezzner, Soul Clap, Theo Parrish
Sunday: Mary Anne Hobbs, Plastician, Fax, Luke Hess, Monolake, Pépé Bradock
October 2010
Archive summary of the month (includes all concerts)
First concert at Neumos
Phantogram, Josiah Wolf, Anomie Belle
Second concert at the Sunset Tavern
Film School, The Depreciation Guild, Hotels
November 2010
Archive summary for the month (includes second concert and December concert)
First concert at Chop Suey
The Bran Flakes, Velella Velella, Dat'r
Second concert at the Showbox at the Market
The Black Angels, Black Mountain
December 2010
Archive summary for the month (includes November concerts)
One concert at the Crocodile
Fresh Espresso, Head Like a Kite, Concours d'Elegance (missed them)
