Here’s my final tally: 3/8: The Get Up Kids- The Glasshouse- Pomona, CA 5/16 & 5/17: They Might Be Giants- The Orpheum- Los Angeles, CA 6/21: Superdrag- The Troubador- Hollywood, CA 7/30: Beck w/ The Pacific Symphony- Pacific Amphitheater (OC Fair)- Costa Mesa, CA 8/23: Japanese Breakfast- Santa Barbara Bowl- Santa Barbara, CA 9/5: Jawbreaker (w/ The Get Up Kids)- House Of Blues- Anaheim, CA 9/6: Oasis- The Rose Bowl- Pasadena, CA 9/13: Grandaddy (w/ Pedro The Lion)- The Glasshouse- Pomona, CA 9/19: Nine Inch Nails- Kia Forum- Inglewood, CA 9/28: Ohana Fest (Green Day, Cage The Elephant, Wet Leg, etc)- Doheny State Beach- Dana Point, CA 10/8: Texas Is The Reason- The Observatory- Santa Ana, CA 10/11: Minus The Bear- The Belasco- Los Angeles, CA
This was by far my least number of shows in like twenty years (minus pandemic), but the only thing I care about right now is my BTS ticket savings, so next year will probably be like this too 3/23 Armor For Sleep, boys night out, hellogoodbye - Hawthorne Theatre 3/31 j-hope - Oakland Arena 4/1 j-hope - Oakland Arena 5/6 LS Dunes, From Indian Lakes, Plague Vendor - Hawthorne Theatre 5/22 Turnover, Balance and Composure, Horse Jumper of Love - Crystal Ballroom 9/20 Jonas Brothers, Boys Like Girls, Franklin Jonas - Moda Center 10/8 Turnstile, Amyl and the Sniffers, Speed, Jane Remover - Edgefield 10/21 Lorde, The Japanese House, Empress Of - Moda Center
No plans for anything else this year, so this is my final list. Lots of great shows, and my favorite Riot Fest ever, but most importantly I saw Adjy twice and they were perfect both times.
February Silverstein/Thursday/Arms Length - St. Louis (The Pageant) March Russian Circles/Pelican - St Louis (Delmar Hall) Darkest Hour - St Louis (Red Flag) Counterparts/Pain of Truth - Chicago (Concord Music Hall) Bright Eyes/Hurray for the Riff Raff - St Louis (The Pageant) April Fit for an Autopsy/Mugshot - St Louis (Red Flag) Spiritbox/Loathe - St. Louis (The Pageant) May Deafheaven/Gatecreeper/Trauma Ray - Chicago (Metro) The Acacia Strain/Frozen Soul/Gates To Hell/Your Spirit Dies/Maul - St. Louis (Red Flag) Harm’s Way/Full of Hell - St. Louis (Blueberry Hill) Turnover/Balance and composure - Chicago (Aragon Ballroom) June Kendrick Lamar & SZA/Dj Mustard - St. Louis (America’s Center) The dirty nil/carpool - St. Louis (Delmar hall) July Blood incantation/krallice - St. Louis (Delmar Hall) Anthony green/kurt Travis/geoff Rickly - St. Louis (Delmar Hall) August Boundaries/stick to your guns/gates to hell/psycho-frame - St. Louis (red flag) September Counterparts/Thrown/156Silence/Split Chain - Columbia (The Blue Note) The Callous Daoboys/Your Spirit Dies - Chicago (The Cobra Lounge) November 200 Stab Wounds/No Cure - St. Louis (red flag) Whitechapel/Bodysnatcher/Angelmaker - St. Louis (Delmar Hall) Hot Mulligan/Drug Church/Arms Length/Anxious - St. Louis (The Pageant) December Foxing/Greet Death - St. Louis (Delmar hall) Foxing/Greet Death - St. Louis (The Pageant) was supposed to see Greyhaven last week but that got cancelled so that’s it for me this year. enjoyed every show I went to and would consider several of these shows some of the best concerts I’ve ever attended