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2010 concerts list

Now that I've finally caught up on my backlog of reviews and summaries to write for 2010, it's time to post the full list of concerts I saw that year. As with 2009, my note-taking at concerts was very spotty for most of the year, and I was rarely posting any reviews in a timely fashion, so I ended up writing summary posts for every month. The funny thing is, I'm now thinking maybe it's a good idea to write monthly summary posts as a rule. There are too many shows when I really don't have that much to say about the bands, which is part of the reason I put off writing the reviews, but it works well to do a single long post with just a brief note or two about the bands. As long as I post the summaries promptly when the month is over, I think that will work okay. And of course if I just keep up with taking notes, when I do have a lot to say about some bands I can still do a separate review for just that concert.

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)
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