Aktivator's 2011 year in review lists

[Aktivator]

Here is my year in review

first thru thru pictures

top photos of 2011-non-concert
top photos of 2011-non-concert


top concert photos of 2011
top concerts of 2011

Then
Concert Stats for 2011

Number of shows in 2011: 55
Number of different bands I saw in 2005: 100
Number of bands I saw more than once: 18
Number of establishments:26

Top three Venues of 2011:
Beacon Theatre( 5 )
Bowery Ballroom( 4 )
Prospect Park( 4 )

Bands:

the threes
Tori Amos, Jeff Mangum

the twos
Bon Iver, Glen Hansard, Interpol, John Doe, Joseph Arthur, LCD Soundsystem, Liquid Liquid, Marina and The Diamonds, Mudhoney, Pearl Jam, Philip Glass, Portishead, Queens of the Stone Age, The Rosebuds, The Decemberists, The Strokes

only once
"DD/MM/YYYY", A Hawk and A Hacksaw, Alexi Murdoch, Andrew Bird, Anika, Asobi Seksu, Asphalt Orchestra, Bang a Can Marathon, Battles, Beady Eye, Beak>, Bert Jansch, Best Coast, Bonnie Prince Billy, Boy & Bear, Carnivores, Cat Power, Cave Dwellers, ChavezChris Cornell, Cibo Matto, Coheed and Cambria , Cold War Kids, Colin Stetson, Cults, Dax Riggs, Deerhoof, Devora Bernhardt, Elbow, Eluvium, Elvis Costello, Esben and the Witch, Explosions in the Sky, Flaming Lips, Fleet Foxes, Florence + the machine, Foot Village, Glasser, Hollis Brown with DMC, JG Thirlwell's Manorexia, Juliana Hatfield & Evan Dando, Lady Lamb The Beekeeper, Liam Finn, Low, Makeo Parker, Marc Robot's Ceramic Dog, Michael Stipe, Neil Young, Oneida, Patti Smith, People of the North, PJ Harvey, Psychic Ills, Public Enemy, Return To Forever, Richard Ashcroft, Sam Dom, Scott Spillane, Shellac, Silver-Cluster, Soundgarden, Steve Wilson, Sufjan Stevens, Swans, The Airborne Toxic Event, The Album Leaf, The Dig, The Ghost of a Saber Tooth Tiger, The Horrors, The Joy Formidable, The National, The Pop Group, The Roots, Thee Silver Mt Zion Orch, Tibet House Benefit Concert, Tropical Popsicle, u2, War on Drugs, We Are Agustines, William Elliott Whitmore, Wye Oak, Zappa Plays Zappa

Favorite Concerts:
1. Pearl Jam-20th Anniversary Concert - Alpine Valley, WI
2. Return To Forever/Zappa Plays Zappa - Beacon Theatre
3. Portishead - ATP Asbury Park, NJ
4. Jeff Mangum - Landmark Loews Theatre, Jersey City
5. LCD Soundsystem - MSG
6. Tori Amos - Academy of Music, Philadelphia
7. PJ Harvey - Terminal 5
8. Bon Iver/The Rosebuds - Prospect Park
9. Swans - ATP Asbury Park, NJ
10. The Decemberists/Wye Oak - Beacon Theatre
11. Marina and The Diamonds - Stone Pony, NJ
12. Explosions in the Sky/Low/Eluvium - Radio City Music Hall
13. U2/Interpol - New Meadowlands Stadium, NJ
14. Cibo Matto/The Ghost of a Saber Tooth Tiger - Bowery Ballroom
15. Steve Wilson - Best Buy Theatre
16. Fleet Foxes - United Palace
17. The National/ War on Drugs - Beacon Theatre
18. Elbow - Terminal 5
19. The Strokes/Elvis Costello/D. Bernhardt - MSG
20. Neil Young/Bert Jansch - Avery Fisher Hall
21. Richard Ashcroft - Bowery Ballroom
22. The Joy Formidable - Webster Hall
23. Esben and the Witch - Bell House
24. Sufjan Stevens - Prospect Park
25. Soundgarden/Coheed & Cambria - Prudential Center, Newark

Top Albums of 2011
1. PJ Harvey-Let England Shake
2. Sigur Ros-Inni
3. Tori Amos-Night of Hunters
4. Low-C'mon
5. Bon Iver-Bon Iver, Bon Iver
6. Gillian Welsh-The Harrow & the Harvest
7. The Antlers-Burst Apart
8. Elbow -Build A Rocket Boys
9. Steven Wilson-Grace for Drowning
10. Florence + the Machine-Ceremonials
11. St. Vincent-strange Mercy
12. Kate Bush-50 words for snow
13. The Decemberists-The King is Dead
14. Wye Oak-Civilian
15. Beardfish-Mammoth
16. A Scarcity of Miracles: A King Crimson ProjeKct
17. Lykke Li -Wounded Rhymes
18. The Joy Formidable -The Big Roar
19. Bjork-Biophilia
20. Esben & the Witch-Violent Cries
21. The Pains of Being Pure at Heart-Belong
22. Noel Gallagher-Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds
23. Laura Marling-A Creature I Don't Know
24. Radiohead-The King of Limbs
25. The Horrors-Skying
26. Explosions in the Sky-take care,take care,take care
27. British Sea Power-Valhalla Dancehall
28. Girls-Father, Son, Holy Ghost
29. Feist-Metals
30. The Kills-Blood Pressures
31. The Black Keys-El Camino
32. The Airborne Toxic Event -All at Once
33. Mogwai-Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will
34. Kasabian-Velociraptor!
35. The War on Drugs- Slave Ambient
36. The Strokes-Angles
37. Iron & Wine-Kiss each other Clean
38. Beady Eye-Different Gear, Still Speeding
39. Riverside-Memories of My Head (EP)
40. We Are Augustines - Rise Ye Sunken Ships
41. Boy & Bear - Moonfire
42. Real Estate -Days
43. Black Lips-Arabia Mountain
44. Colin Stetson-New History Warfare Vol 2: Judges
45. Wilco-The Whole Love

 

[LG]

Holy crap that is quite a list AK...

Only Sox & Sweaty might be able to rival your concerts from last year...

You've got a lot of artists I don't know on your album list, but Beardfish and The Decemberists are two I did like.

Have to say King of Limbs would be the biggest disappointment of the entire year for me.

 

[Aktivator]

thanks LG!
Love seeing live shows and traveling the world taking pictures.

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Have to say King of Limbs would be the biggest disappointment of the entire year for me.

For the last few years Radiohead has become a live band to me. I'm not big on their studio albums but love the songs live. Same goes for the new one can't wait for the tour this year.

 

[Tray73]

That's a majorly impressive list Aktivator! And I always enjoy looking at your photos, you are certainly a gifted photographer I'm not sure if I've asked you before or not but what camera do you use?