go to 40 shows this year

Sometime in September: Peter, Bjorn, and John DJs, Hiro Ballroom

October 6: The Arcade Fire and LCD SoundSystem, Randall’s Island

October 9: Sunset Rubdown, Bowery Ballroom

August 29: VHS or Beta, Studio B…free beer, thanks to MyOpenBar.com :-D

August 19: Ghostland Observatory, YACHT (who was fucking amazing) at the Pool Party

August 5: Blonde Redhead, The Coydogs, I’m from Barcelona at the Pool Parties

August 13: Ted Leo Rx, The Thermals at the Pool Parties

July 22—Band of Horses, The Annuals, The Oxford Collapse at The Pool Party.

July 28—Le Rug, Death by Audio

July 29—TVOTR, Pool Party

August 3—CSS, Shout Out Out Out Out, Dirty on Purpose at Studio B. Fucking incredible.

23—Walter Meego at Hiro Ballroom, July 3.

24—De Novo Dahl at Luna Lounge, July 4. (Free, btw.)

Illinois, Dengue Fever, and Man Man at McCarren Park Pool Party. And it was free, too.

Craig and Mark at Hiro’s. Lotsa fun.

Flosstradamus ft. Kid Sister
Nickel Creek
Of Montreal
The Jesus and Mary Chain
The Arctic Monkeys
The Fratellis
Hot Chip
The New Pornographers
The Decemberists
The Arcade Fire
Justice
LCD Soundsystem
The Black Keys
Cornelius
Kaiser Chiefs
Placebo
Manu Chao
Ratatat

Total: 18

(For the record, I also heard a bit of Rage as I was walking back to camp…but it would be a lie if I said I was at the set. It sounded good, at any rate.)

The Impossible Shapes, Midway, two nights ago. Sweet kids, really fun.