My favourite shows of 2013 (and my list of 154 in total)

After listing my favourite albums of 2013 I thought I should list my favourite shows, and a complete list since I managed to get to 154 in total!

I won't elaborate too much but here is my top 10:

Deerhunter: 18th September - Webster Hall
I hadn't seen Deerhunter before despite being a fan for years, they were just perfect and what a setlist. I mean really, check this out, one could scarcely ask for a better setlist when popping your Deerhunter cherry.

Follakzoid / The Holydrug Couple: 21st March - Mercury Lounge
I've elaborated briefly on this show HERE. This show was significant as I discovered so many great acts from Chile this year and it was an amazing treat to see two of the best.

Fuzz:  13th of October - Death By Audio
Ty Segall is possibly superhuman, and Fuzz put on one of the best rock shows possible.

King Khan and the Shrines: 30th October - Webster Hall
I was in a bit of an "I can't be bothered" mood for this one, but sometimes music turns your mood around spectacularly. There was so much energy coming from the stage and the blend of the brass among the 60s nuggets-like songs were a perfect marriage.

John Grant: 2nd of December - MHoW
I reviewed this show HERE.

Vivian Girls: 15th of Feb - Music Hall Williamsburg
I reviewed this show HERE.

Mikal Cronin / Roomrunner / Shannon and the Clams: 20th of June - Bowery Ballroom
What a lineup! Both Mikal Cronin and Roomrunner released albums that made my top 10 of the year and are both great live acts. Something great and/or weird happens every time I see Roomrunner and Mikal Cronin was down to about 2 strings (starting with 12) by the end of his set.

Perfect Pussy / Total Slacker / Sisu / Hunters / Tweens / Lodro: 16th of October - The Flat
I reviewed this show HERE.

Fuck Buttons: 18th of October - Le Poisson Rouge
I reviewed this show HERE.

Medicine / Weekend: 16th of August - MHoW
It seems like once a year a band reforms that you really didn't expect to, this year Medicine made a comeback with a new record and some shows. I had fairly high expectations but I didn't expect them to be quite as good as they were, it really was an immense show. With support coming from Weekend, one of the best bands of the year, it just made things even better.

Some 2013 stats for the nerds...

The acts I saw the most were Hector's Pets (5 times, a support slot for King Tuff at Bowery is not listed in the table below), then Sisu, Pop Zeus, Weekend and Liquor Store, 4 times each.

The venue I went to the most was, surprise surprise, Death By Audio, 13 times, next up was Glasslands which I went to 10 times.

I only went to 1 venue outside of New York, which was The Windmill in Brixton, London.

In total I went to 58 different venues.

Here is my complete list of shows for 2013. Note that the dates are in UK format.

Band	Date	Venue
Holy Fuck	12/01/2013	Death By Audio
Diiv, Magic Trick	13/01/2013	Brooklyn Bowl
Yo La Tengo	14/01/2013	Barnes and Noble - Union Square
John Darnielle (Mountain Goats)	16/01/2013	Studio X
Total Slacker	18/01/2013	285 Kent
Soundgarden	22/01/2013	Hammerstein Ballroom
Soundgarden	23/01/2013	Hammerstein Ballroom
The Growlers	24/01/2013	Knitting Factory
Cat Power	29/01/2013	Terminal 5
Ty Segall, Mac DeMarco	01/02/2013	Webster Hall
Memory Tapes, Teen	06/02/2013	Glasslands
Nuclear Santa Claust, California X, Brick Mower	07/02/2013	Death By Audio
Slutever	09/02/2013	Death By Audio
Bleeding Rainbow, Daytona	11/02/2013	Cake Shop
Total Slacker, Cassie Ramone	14/02/2013	Webster Hall Studio
Vivian Girls	15/02/2013	Music Hall of Williamsburg
Ken Stringfellow	16/02/2013	Mercury Lounge
Dada	20/02/2013	Highline Ballroom
Beach Fossils	23/02/2013	Bowery Ballroom
Roomrunner / Speedy Ortiz / Stats	28/02/2013	59 Canal
Night Marchers \ Dan Sartain \ Mrs Magician	02/03/2013	Glasslands
Chelsea Light Moving	03/03/2013	Other Music
The Babies	06/03/2013	Knitting Factory
The Men	07/03/2013	Bowery Ballroom
Pop Zeus / Hectors Pets / A Rex & J Rex / Las Rosas	08/03/2013	Death By Audio
Girls Names	10/03/2013	Cameo Gallery
Spanking Charlene	16/03/2013	The R Bar
Beach Fossils	20/03/2013	Brooklyn Bowl
Follakzoid / The Holydrug Couple	21/03/2013	Mercury Lounge
Peach Kelli Pop	26/03/2013	Death By Audio
Meat Puppets	03/04/2013	Mercury Lounge
Jaill / Pop Zeus	04/04/2013	Knitting Factory
Redd Kross	06/04/2013	Santos Party House
Yeah Yeah Yeahs	07/04/2013	Webster Hall
Kurt Vile, Kurt Vile & the Violators	09/04/2013	Apple Store, Soho
Diarrhea Planet, Wild Yaks	11/04/2013	Shea Stadium
King Khan & the BBQ / Bloodshot Bill	13/04/2013	Glasslands
R Stevie Moore	15/04/2013	Glasslands
They Might Be Giants	16/04/2013	Academy Records
Euroheedfest (GBV tribute festival)	20/04/2013	The Windmill, Brixton, London
Nobunny	21/04/2013	The Windmill, Brixton, London
Dead Skeletons / Night Beats / Cosmonauts	08/05/2013	Glasslands
Sisu / The Yellow Dogs / Young Boys	10/05/2013	Glasslands
Mudhoney / Pissed Jeans	11/05/2013	Music Hall of Williamsburg
Foxygen / Amen Dunes Lodro / Prince Rupert's Drops	13/05/2013	Knitting Factory
No Joy / Weekend / Grand Resort	16/05/2013	Glasslands
Yeah Yeah Yeahs / Flaming Lips / The Darkness	17/05/2013	Googamooga - Prospect Park
Sharon Van Etten / Lee Fields and the Expressions	18/05/2013	Googamooga - Prospect Park
JEFF the brotherhood	19/05/2013	Mercury Lounge
Haunted Leather	20/05/2013	Death By Audio
Natural Child / Liquor Store	23/05/2013	Brooklyn Bowl
Apache Dropout / Pop Zeus / Thee Tsunamis / Blank Realm	28/05/2013	Death By Audio
Weekend	29/05/2013	Brooklyn Denim Co
King Tuff	02/06/2013	Bowery Ballroom
Fuzz / Ex-Cult	06/06/2013	Red Hook Park
Wyatt Blair / The Lovely Bad Things	07/06/2013	Death By Audio
Heavy Blanket (shut down by police after one song)	08/06/2013	Union Pool
Los Straitjackets	11/06/2013	City Winery
Liquor Store	12/06/2013	Shea Stadium
Bleached / Butter the Children / Pop Zeus	13/06/2013	Knitting Factory
A Place to Bury Strangers / Iceage	13/06/2013	Music Hall of Williamsburg
Torche / Ken Mode / Lo-Pan	14/06/2013	285 Kent
Paws	14/06/2013	South Street Seaport
White Fence	14/06/2013	Knitting Factory
The Zombies	15/06/2013	Central Park
Spires	16/06/2013	Villains / Jamesons
The Teen Age	16/06/2013	Muchmore's
Nu Sensea / Destruction Unit / Big Ups / Psychic Blood	16/06/2013	Shea Stadium
Heliotropes / Bad Cop	18/06/2013	Glasslands
Mikal Cronin / Roomrunner / Shannon and the Clams	20/06/2013	Bowery Ballroom
Fear of Men	21/06/2013	South Street Seaport
Bear in Heaven	22/06/2013	Prospect Park
Femi Kuti	23/06/2013	Central Park
Cheap Time	24/06/2013	Pianos
Unknown Mortal Orchestra / Bass Drum of Death	28/06/2013	South Street Seaport
4Knots festival (Kurt Vile, The Men, Parquet Courts, Reigning Sound, The Babies, Fat Tony, White Lung)	29/06/2013	South Street Seaport
Os Mutantes	29/06/2013	Prospect Park
Big Star's Third	30/06/2013	Central Park
Speedy Ortiz/Roomrunner/California X	06/07/2013	Death By Audio
The Joy Formidable	10/07/2013	BAM Café
Waxahatchee / Generationals	11/07/2013	Hudson River Park - Pier 84
Cheap Trick	12/07/2013	Coney Island
The Mantles / Pale Lights	13/07/2013	Cake Shop
La Luz / Heliotropes	14/07/2013	Mercury Lounge
Father John Misty, Wild Nothing	24/07/2013	Terminal 5
OBN III's	25/07/2013	Death By Audio
Beck	26/07/2013	Le Poisson Rouge
Turbo Fruits	27/07/2013	Union Pool
Fletcher C. Johnson / Hector's Pets / Rozwell Kids, Boy Toy	27/07/2013	Shea Stadium
Pete Rock and CL Smooth	28/07/2013	Central Park
Rasputina	30/07/2013	City Winery
Hector's Pets / The Numertors / Juniper Rising	31/07/2013	McCarren Park
The Go-Gos	01/08/2013	Coney Island
Blue Hawaii	02/08/2013	285 Kent
Grand Resort	04/08/2013	Fulton Stall Market
Hunx and his Punx	08/08/2013	285 Kent
They Might Be Giants	10/08/2013	Prospect Park
Shuggie Otis	11/08/2013	Central Park
Medicine / Weekend	16/08/2013	Music Hall of Williamsburg
Japanther	17/08/2013	The Flat
Radical Dads	18/08/2013	Fulton Stall Market
Blanche Blanche Blanche / Son of Salami	21/08/2013	Silent Barn
Bent Shapes	25/08/2013	Fulton Stall Market
Mac DeMarco	28/08/2013	East River Park
Blouse	30/08/2013	Glasslands
Thurston Moore trio / bEEdEEgEE	31/08/2013	Union Pool
Neko Case	04/09/2013	Skylight West
The Babies	07/09/2013	Mercury Lounge
Will Sheff	09/09/2013	Other Music
Liquor Store	12/09/2013	Walker Street
Chromatics, Glass Candy	13/09/2013	Terminal 5
Zola Jesus	14/09/2013	Our Lady Temple of Lebanon
Crystal Stilts	16/09/2013	Other Music
Cassie Ramone	17/09/2013	Studio X
Deerhunter / Crystal Stilts	18/09/2013	Webster Hall
Laura Veirs	19/09/2013	Mercury Lounge
Mordus	20/09/2013	Sullivan Hall
Obits	21/09/2013	The Bell House
The Young Sinclairs	22/09/2013	Cake Shop
Colleen Green / The Memories / White Fang / Hector's Pets	02/10/2013	Death By Audio
Wavves / King Tuff / Jacuzzi Boys	03/10/2013	Irving Plaza
Funky Meters	05/10/2013	Brooklyn Bowl
Meat Puppets	12/10/2013	Brooklyn Bowl
Fuzz	13/10/2013	Death By Audio
Joanna Gruesome / The History of Apple Pie	15/10/2013	Ran Tea House
Perfect Pussy / Total Slacker / Sisu / Hunters / Tweens / Lodro	16/10/2013	The Flat
The Beets / Hausu / Rose Windows / Moondoggies	17/10/2013	Death By Audio
Fuck Buttons / Lichens	18/10/2013	Le Poisson Rouge
Weekend / Odonis Odonis / Hunters / Hsy / Flashlights	19/10/2013	Muchmore's
Mac McCaughan	19/10/2013	Baby's All Right
Crocodiles / Bleeding Rainbow / Dream Boys / Punks on Mars	19/10/2013	Passenger Bar
Fidlar / The Orwells	24/10/2013	Bowery Ballroom
King Khan & the Shrines	30/10/2013	Webster Hall
Guantanamo Baywatch / Journalism	02/11/2013	Cake Shop
Fly Ashtray	03/11/2013	Cake Shop
Twin Peaks / Drowners	08/11/2013	Baby's All Right
Diarrhea Planet, Lovely Bad Things	09/11/2013	Glasslands
Anna Calvi	11/11/2013	Music Hall of Williamsburg
Steve Gunn	11/13/2013	Studio X
Wooden Shjips / Cave	14/11/2013	Knitting Factory
Nada Surf (Yellow Dogs Benefit)	18/11/2013	Brooklyn Bowl
Minor Alps	20/11/2013	Bowery Ballroom
Shannon and the Clams / Liquor Store	23/11/2013	Metropolitan Pavillion
Crocodiles / Wymond Miles	23/11/2013	Music Hall of Williamsburg
John Grant	02/12/2013	Music Hall of Williamsburg
Potty Mouth	05/12/2013	Converse Rubber Tracks Studio
Holograms / TV Ghost	06/12/2013	285 Kent
Iron and Wine, Nick Lowe, Beth Orton, etc WFUV Cheer	10/12/2013	Beacon Theatre
Mikal Cronin / The Entrance Band	11/12/2013	Webster Hall
Pizza Underground	13/12/2013	Baby's All Right
Diarrhea Planet / Purling Hiss / Big Ups	14/12/2013	Brooklyn Night Bazaar
Sisu	20/12/2013	Brooklyn Night Bazaar
Lightspeed Champion	21/12/2013	Cameo Gallery
So So Glos / California X / Palehound / Darlings	21/12/2013	Brooklyn Night Bazaar