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This was a great year for shows. Most of the performers I've checked out was a first time experience. Bands like Jesu, CSS, Against Me!, Paramore, and The Police (a dream come true, but unfortunately were out-rocked by their younger counterparts) brought on rock music the way it's supposed to be played. Some bands I've returned to see because I knew I was expecting stellar performances. These included Blonde Redhead, The New Pornographers, and Rilo Kiley. Here's the rundown with some clips off the respective gigs.
CSS, Neumos 6/7/07
Blonde Redhead, Showbox 4/21/07
Against Me!, Capitol Hill Block Party 7/28/07
Rilo Kiley, Showbox 9/8/07 Note: this was my second RK show ever, but this was the first time that they really blew me away performance-wise.
Paramore, Endfest 9/22/07
Addendum:
How could I forget that I also saw Morrissey for the first time this year at The Paramount? How could I forget that this was also one of the most explosive shows I've ever seen? How? Was it just because I went to quite a bunch of concerts this year that it got lost in the shuffle? I'm I losing my memory? What did I have for breakfast this morning? I even got the man himself to wish me well for the day as I was trying
to dump an extra ticket to a fan at the venue gates! It was one of my
most memorable concertgoing experiences.
