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It would be really hard for me to narrow it down because I went to a lot of concerts, but off the top of my head, in no particular order:
No Fun Fest, esp. Raionbashi + Kutzkalina, Merzbow, Pain Jerk, Burning Star Core + Zaimph (just looking at the list again, everyone was great)
Pitchfork Fest (CHi), esp Sonic Youth, Dan Deacon, Yoko Ono and Thurston
Lollapalooza (CHi): esp - Iggy and The Stooges and Patti Smith
77 Drummers at Brooklyn Bridge
20th Anniversary Knitting Factory at Town Hall (Lou Reed, Rebecca Moore, Zorn and Bernstein, etc)
Black Dice, Sightings, and Awesome Color at Highline Ballroom
William Basinski at Issue Project Room (my favorite place. I could probably name a dozen more there that were great, incl Lee Ranaldo w/ Leah Singer twice. or the show I just saw there last week:Tony Conrad + C. Spencer Yeh, Emeralds + Carlos Giffoni, Sam Goldberg )
Television (sort of) at Central Park Summerstage
Suicide at South Street Seaport
Bang on a Can 26 hour Marathon at Wintergarden (even with terrible acoustics)
Oneida, Sightings, Ex-Models, Dirty Faces at PS-1
CMJ friday night show at Knitting Factory- inc: HEALTH, Sightings, AIDS Wolf, Aa, Pre
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