2011
278 concert reviews, month by month. 2011 in review
January 11
- Little Dragon + Billygoat
Doug Fir Lounge, Portland, January 10, 2011 - Wild Flag + Ramona Falls
Bunk Bar, Portland, January 12, 2011 - Skrillex + Craze + Egyptrixx
Roseland Theater, Portland, January 15, 2011 - The Head and The Heart + Kelli Schaefer + Bryan John Appleby
Doug Fir Lounge, Portland, January 19, 2011 - Tokyo Police Club + Two Door Cinema Club + SSLYBY
Paradise Rock Club, Boston, January 19, 2011 - John Brown's Body + Spiritual Rez + Zion Train
House of Blues, Boston, January 21, 2011 - The Handsome Family + Sean Rowe
Doug Fir Lounge, Portland, January 21, 2011 - Ra Ra Riot + Givers + Pepper Rabbit
Hawthorne Theatre, Portland, January 26, 2011 - Hurtbird + Mosley Wotta + Empty Space Orchestra
Doug Fir Lounge, Portland, January 27, 2011 - The Thermals + Guidance Counselor + Wampire
Branx, Portland, January 28, 2011 - Interpol + School of Seven Bells
Roseland Theater, Portland, January 29, 2011
February 13
- Bassnectar + Filastine + Super Dre
Roseland Theater, Portland, February 4, 2011 - Motörhead + Clutch + Valient Thorr
Roseland Theater, Portland, February 5, 2011 - Nat Baldwin + In One Wind
The Knitting Factory, Brooklyn, February 10, 2011 - Chromeo + The Suzan
Roseland Theater, Portland, February 12, 2011 - The Radio Dept. + Young Prisms
Doug Fir Lounge, Portland, February 13, 2011 - Murder By Death + The Builders and the Butchers
Wonder Ballroom, Portland, February 15, 2011 - Braids + Baths
Brighton Music Hall, Boston, February 17, 2011 - Gang of Four + Hollerado
Wonder Ballroom, Portland, February 17, 2011 - Yo La Tengo + The Urinals
Wonder Ballroom, Portland, February 18, 2011 - Justin Townes Earle + Dawn Landes
Mississippi Studios, Portland, February 20, 2011 - Balkan Beat Box + Soulico + DJ Anjali
Roseland Theater, Portland, February 25, 2011 - Beach House
Webster Hall, New York, February 25, 2011 - The Concretes + Million Young + Scars on 45
Doug Fir Lounge, Portland, February 26, 2011
March 70
- Braids + Baths
Holocene, Portland, March 2, 2011 - Middle Brother + Deer Tick + Dawes
Paradise Rock Club, Boston, March 3, 2011 - Cold War Kids + A Lull
Crystal Ballroom, Portland, March 3, 2011 - BOBBY
old south church, Boston, March 4, 2011 - The Low Anthem
old south church, Boston, March 4, 2011 - Miniature Tigers
Paradise Rock Club, Boston, March 6, 2011 - The Get Up Kids
Paradise Rock Club, Boston, March 6, 2011 - Crystal Castles + Suuns
Roseland Theater, Portland, March 6, 2011 - Yann Tiersen
Wonder Ballroom, Portland, March 6, 2011 - Alela Diane & Wild Divine
Housing Works, New York, March 7, 2011 - The Seedy Seeds + Golden Spurs + Treehorn
Great Scott, Boston, March 7, 2011 - Elephant 6 Holiday Surprise
Backspace, Portland, March 8, 2011 - Tapes 'n Tapes + Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr + Themes
Doug Fir Lounge, Portland, March 9, 2011 - The Rural Alberta Advantage + Pepper Rabbit
Middle East Downstairs, Cambridge, March 9, 2011 - Punch Brothers
Aladdin Theater, Portland, March 9, 2011 - Bright Eyes + The Mynabirds
House of Blues, Boston, March 10, 2011 - Khaira Arby + The Sway Machinery
Aladdin Theater, Portland, March 12, 2011 - The Jezabels
TT the Bear's, Cambridge, March 14, 2011 - Lil Wayne + Rick Ross + Nicki Minaj
Dunkin' Donuts Center, Providence, March 16, 2011 - James Blake
Stubbs Bar-B-Q, SXSW 2011 - Screaming Females
Red 7, SXSW 2011 - Freddie Gibbs
Mohawk, SXSW 2011 - Yuck
Stubbs Bar-B-Q, SXSW 2011 - tUnE-yArDs
Red 7 & The Parish, SXSW 2011 - Lord Huron
Red 7, SXSW 2011 - Toro Y Moi
Red 7, SXSW 2011 - Immortal Technique
Mohawk, SXSW 2011 - Braids
Red 7, SXSW 2011 - Mac Miller
Mohawk, SXSW 2011 - Girl Talk + Max Tundra + Junk Culture
Roseland Theater, Portland, March 17, 2011 - Colin Stetson
The Parish, SXSW 2011 - Jamie Woon
Windish House @ ND, SXSW 2011 - Wise Blood
ND, SXSW 2011 - Mount Kimbie
ND, SXSW 2011 - Julianna Barwick
Central Presbyterian Church, SXSW 2011 - Cults
Central Presbyterian Church, SXSW 2011 - Glasser
Central Presbyterian Church, SXSW 2011 - tUnE-yArDs
Central Presbyterian Church, SXSW 2011 - The Antlers
The Parish, SXSW 2011 - Khaira Arby
The Parish, SXSW 2011 - Twin Shadow
Central Presbyterian Church, SXSW 2011 - James Blake
Central Presbyterian Church, SXSW 2011 - Wild Flag
The Parish, SXSW 2011 - The Joy Formidable
The Parish, SXSW 2011 - Big Freedia
ND, SXSW 2011 - Friendly Fires
ND, SXSW 2011 - Warpaint + PVT + Family Band
Wonder Ballroom, Portland, March 18, 2011 - JEFF The Brotherhood
Kiss & Fly, SXSW 2011 - Dirty Beaches
Kiss & Fly, SXSW 2011 - The Cool Kids
Emo's, SXSW 2011 - Oberhofer
Kiss & Fly, SXSW 2011 - Das Racist
Emo's, SXSW 2011 - Spank Rock
Emo's, SXSW 2011 - Freddie Gibbs
Emo's, SXSW 2011 - Asher Roth + Nottz
Emo's, SXSW 2011 - Owen Pallett
Flamingo Cantina, SXSW 2011 - Surfer Blood
Flamingo Cantina, SXSW 2011 - Telekinesis
Flamingo Cantina, SXSW 2011 - Okkervil River
Flamingo Cantina, SXSW 2011 - Menomena
Flamingo Cantina, SXSW 2011 - Destroyer + The War on Drugs
Doug Fir Lounge, Portland, March 19, 2011 - Gene Ween + Chris Harford
Brighton Music Hall, Boston, March 19, 2011 - Smith Westerns
Mohawk, SXSW 2011 - Okkervil River
Mohawk, SXSW 2011 - Wild Flag
Mohawk, SXSW 2011 - TV On the Radio
Mohawk, SXSW 2011 - Big Boi
Mohawk, SXSW 2011 - Gold Panda + Dam Mantle + Graintable
Rotture, Portland, March 24, 2011 - Richard Ashcroft + Faces on Film
Villa Victoria Center for the Arts, Boston, March 24, 2011 - Over the Rhine + Daniel Harper
Cafe 939, Boston, March 27, 2011
April 24
- Megafaun
Paradise Rock Club, Boston, April 1, 2011 - MACRoCk XIV
Day One, April 1, 2011 - The Mountain Goats
Paradise Rock Club, Boston, April 1, 2011 - MACRoCk XIV
Day Two, April 2, 2011 - LCD Soundsystem
Madison Square Garden, New York, April 2, 2011 - Explosions in the Sky
Radio City Music Hall, New York, April 6, 2011 - Preservation Hall Jazz Band + MarchFourth Marching Band
Crystal Ballroom, Portland, April 7, 2011 - Ice Cube + Luck-One + Erok and Mayo
Roseland Theater, Portland, April 8, 2011 - Lauryn Hill + Hot 8 Brass Band
Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, Portland, April 9, 2011 - Nine 11 Thesaurus
Don Hill's, New York, April 9, 2011 - Black Joe Lewis and the Honeybears + Those Darlins
Dante's, Portland, April 10, 2011 - The Joy Formidable + The Lonely Forest
Mississippi Studios, Portland, April 11, 2011 - Francis and the Lights + Oh Land
Roseland Theater, Portland, April 12, 2011 - Das Racist + Holy Ghost! + Reporter + Rude Dudes
Branx, Portland, April 13, 2011 - Ani DiFranco + Animal Prufrock
Crystal Ballroom, Portland, April 13, 2011 - Rusko + Doorly + Sir Kutz
Roseland Theater, Portland, April 15, 2011 - Ellis Marsalis + Devin Phillips
Aladdin Theater, Portland, April 16, 2011 - The Pains of Being Pure at Heart + Catwalk
Doug Fir Lounge, Portland, April 21, 2011 - The Cave Singers + The Young Evils
Doug Fir Lounge, Portland, April 22, 2011 - The Devil Makes Three + Brown Bird
Wonder Ballroom, Portland, April 24, 2011 - Talib Kweli
Paradise Rock Club, Boston, April 26, 2011 - Battles
Le Poisson Rouge, New York, April 27, 2011 - The Joy Formidable + The Lonely Forest
Webster Hall, New York, April 29, 2011 - Low
Paramount Theatre, Boston, April 29, 2011
May 53
- Fleet Foxes + The Cave Singers
Crystal Ballroom, Portland, May 1, 2011 - DOM
Brandeis University, Walham, May 1, 2011 - of Montreal
Brandeis University, Waltham, May 1, 2011 - Menomena + EMA
Doug Fir Lounge, Portland, May 2, 2011 - Foals + Freelance Whales
Paradise Rock Club, Boston, May 2, 2011 - Anni Rossi
Pianos, New York, May 4, 2011 - Dominique Young Unique
Mercury Lounge, New York, May 4, 2011 - Zola Jesus + Naked on the Vague + Pete Swanson
Holocene, Portland, May 6, 2011 - Guster + Good Old War
House of Blues, Boston, May 7, 2011 - Thao and Mirah + Led to Sea + Marisa Anderson
Wonder Ballroom, Portland, May 8, 2011 - Atmosphere + Blueprint + Grieves + Budo
Roseland Theater, Portland, May 9, 2011 - The Kills + Cold Cave
Wonder Ballroom, Portland, May 10, 2011 - Odd Future
Paradise Rock Club, Boston, May 12, 2011 - Man Man + Shilpa Ray & Her Happy Hookers
Wonder Ballroom, Portland, May 18, 2011 - Dredg + The Dear Hunter + Balance and Composure + Trophy Fire
Paradise Rock Club, Boston, May 18, 2011 - The Antlers
Music Hall of Williamsburg, Brooklyn, May 19, 2011 - Yeasayer + Smith Westerns + Hush Hush
Wonder Ballroom, Portland, May 27, 2011 - Lightning in a Bottle - Day One
Oak Canyon Ranch, Lightning in a Bottle 2011 - Menomena
Next Door, Honolulu, May 27, 2011 - Against Me!
Bigfoot Stage, Sasquatch! 2011 - Death From Above 1979
Main Stage, Sasquatch! 2011 - Foo Fighters
Main Stage, Sasquatch! 2011 - Lykke Li + Grimes
Wonder Ballroom, Portland, May 28, 2011 - Gayngs + White Hinterland
Doug Fir Lounge, Portland, May 28, 2011 - Lightning in a Bottle - Day Two
Oak Canyon Ranch, Lightning in a Bottle 2011 - Alberta Cross
Main Stage, Sasquatch! 2011 - Secret Sisters
Bigfoot Stage, Sasquatch! 2011 - The Head and The Heart
Main Stage, Sasquatch! 2011 - Robyn
Bigfoot Stage, Sasquatch! 2011 - Matt & Kim
Bigfoot Stage, Sasquatch! 2011 - Aloe Blacc
Bigfoot Stage, Sasquatch! 2011 - Wolf Parade
Main Stage, Sasquatch! 2011 - Pink Martini
Main Stage, Sasquatch! 2011 - B.O.M.B. Fest, Day 1 Photo Wrap-Up
B.O.M.B. Fest 2011 - Titus Andronicus
B.O.M.B. Fest 2011 - Dan Deacon
B.O.M.B. Fest 2011 - Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros
B.O.M.B. Fest 2011 - Weezer
B.O.M.B. Fest, Hartford, May 28, 2011 - Lightning in a Bottle - Day Three
Oak Canyon Ranch, Lightning in a Bottle 2011 - Smith Westerns
Main Stage, Sasquatch! 2011 - Tokyo Police Club
Main Stage, Sasquatch! 2011 - Mad Rad
Yeti Stage, Sasquatch! 2011 - The Flaming Lips
Main Stage, Sasquatch! 2011 - Modest Mouse
Main Stage, Sasquatch! 2011 - Ratatat
Bigfoot Stage, Sasquatch! 2011 - B.O.M.B. Fest, Day 2 Photo Wrap-Up
B.O.M.B. Fest 2011 - The New Pornographers
B.O.M.B. Fest, Hartford, May 29, 2011 - Man Man
B.O.M.B. Fest, Hartford, May 29, 2011 - Major Lazer
Banana Shack, Sasquatch! 2011 - Rodrigo y Gabriela
Main Stage, Sasquatch! 2011 - Skrillex
Banana Shack, Sasquatch! 2011 - Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings
Main Stage, Sasquatch! 2011 - Wilco
Main Stage, Sasquatch! 2011
June 22
- Thoughts on Sasquatch! 2011 - Day One
June 2, 2011 - Thoughts On Sasquatch! 2011 - Day Two
June 3, 2011 - Architecture in Helsinki + Hooray for Earth
Wonder Ballroom, Portland, June 4, 2011 - Thoughts on Sasquatch! 2011 - Day Three
June 7, 2011 - Thoughts on Sasquatch! 2011 - Day Four
June 7, 2011 - BOBBY + Thao and Mirah
June 7, 2011 - Okkervil River + Titus Andronicus + Future Islands
Royale, Boston, June 8, 2011 - Timber Timbre + Marissa Nadler
Mississippi Studios, Portland, June 8, 2011 - Agnes Obel
Alberta Rose Theater, Portland, June 9, 2011 - Black Lips + Cerebral Ballzy + Night Beats
Wonder Ballroom, Portland, June 14, 2011 - Little Scream
Paradise Rock Club, Boston, June 16, 2011 - The Antlers
Paradise Rock Club, Boston, June 16, 2011 - The Governors Ball Music Festival
Governors Island, Governors Ball 2011 - Bonnaroo 2011, Part 1 of 3: The People
Bonnaroo 2011 - Givers
Middle East Downstairs, Cambridge, June 19, 2011 - Bonnaroo 2011, Part 2 of 3: The Environment
Bonnaroo 2011 - Chad VanGaalen
TT the Bear's, Cambridge, June 22, 2011 - Meat Puppets + Bad Weather California + Black Box Revelation
Doug Fir Lounge, Portland, June 22, 2011 - Daniel Martin Moore + Haley Bonar + Holcombe Waller
Cafe 939, Boston, June 22, 2011 - Bonnaroo 2011, Part 3 of 3: The Music
Bonnaroo 2011 - My Morning Jacket + Everest
Edgefield, Troutdale, June 28, 2011 - Hunx and His Punx + Shannon & the Clams + Guantanamo Baywatch
Doug Fir Lounge, Portland, June 28, 2011
July 14
- Pearl and the Beard + Franz Nicolay + Brian Bonz
MHOW, Brooklyn, July 7, 2011 - Portland Cello Project
Doug Fir Lounge, Portland, July 9, 2011 - U2
Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia, July 14, 2011 - Interpol
Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia, July 14, 2011 - Cass McCombs + Lower Dens
TT the Bear's, Cambridge, July 18, 2011 - The Lower 48 + The Cabin Project + Prairie Empire
The Woods, Portland, July 21, 2011 - Thurston Moore + Kurt Vile + Hush Arbors
Aladdin Theater, Portland, July 23, 2011 - Yuck + Unknown Mortal Orchestra
Doug Fir Lounge, Portland, July 24, 2011 - Eleanor Friedberger
Doug Fir Patio, Portland, July 24, 2011 - Matisyahu + Tea Leaf Green
Oregon Zoo, Portland, July 28, 2011 - Rubblebucket + Mokey Doris
Jammin' Java, Vienna, July 28, 2011 - Newport Folk Festival Day One: The 52nd Time's the Charm
Newport Folk 2011 - Newport Folk Festival Backstage Benefit
Newport Folk 2011 - Newport Folk Festival: Day 2
Newport Folk 2011
August 21
- Those Darlins + White Arrows + Motopony
Bunk Bar, Portland, August 2, 2011 - Pickathon Indie Roots Festival: Friday
Pendarvis Farm, Pickathon 2011 - Phish
The Gorge Amphitheatre, George, August 5, 2011 - Pickathon Indie Roots Festival: Saturday
Pendarvis Farm, Pickathon 2011 - Pickathon Indie Roots Festival: Sunday
Pendarvis Farm, Pickathon 2011 - The Vaccines
Crystal Ballroom, Portland, August 11, 2011 - Warpaint + The Radio Dept.
Way Out West 2011 - Alkaline Trio + mewithoutYou + The Drowning Men
Paradise Rock Club, Boston, August 11, 2011 - Beirut + James Dean Kindle
Crystal Ballroom, Portland, August 12, 2011 - The Quiet Music Festival
Disjecta Interdisciplinary Art Center, Quiet Music Festival 2011 - Way Out West Festival: Day Two
Way Out West 2011 - Pulp
Way Out West 2011 - Way Out West Festival: Day Three
Way Out West 2011 - Mirah + Faces on Film
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, August 17, 2011 - Carolina Chocolate Drops + Be Good Tanyas
Oregon Zoo, Portland, August 19, 2011 - Deer Tick + David Vandervelde
the beachcomber, Wellfleet, August 25, 2011 - Doug Paisley, Daytrotter's Barnstormer 5
The Dance Hall, Kittery, August 26, 2011 - Guards
The Dance Hall, Kittery, August 26, 2011 - We Are Augustines, Daytrotter's Barnstormer 5
The Dance Hall, Kittery, August 26, 2011 - Deer Tick
The Dance Hall, Kittery, August 26, 2011 - Japandroids + Bass Drum of Death
Bunk Bar, Portland, August 31, 2011
September 17
- Hall & Oates
Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, Portland, September 3, 2011 - The Kills + Eleanor Friedberger + Mini Mansions
MFNW 2011 - Butthole Surfers + Thrones + Dirty Ghosts
Roseland Theater, MFNW 2011 - Phantogram + White Arrows + Purity Ring
Doug Fir Lounge, MFNW 2011 - Macklemore
Roseland Theater, MFNW 2011 - Shabazz Palaces + TxE
Roseland Theater, MFNW 2011 - Explosions in the Sky + The Antlers + Typhoon
MFNW 2011 - Frankmusik
House of Blues, Boston, September 10, 2011 - Erasure
House of Blues, Boston, September 10, 2011 - Big Freedia
Dante's, MFNW 2011 - tUnE-yArDs + Prussia
Paradise Rock Club, Boston, September 21, 2011 - Brown Bird + Coyote Kolb + Mister Sister
Great Scott, Boston, September 22, 2011 - The Shins + Faces on Film
Paradise Rock Club, Boston, September 24, 2011 - Bon Iver + Other Lives
Edgefield, Portland, September 24, 2011 - Radiation City + Blouse + Aan
Doug Fir Lounge, Portland, September 24, 2011 - Ladytron + Geographer
Wonder Ballroom, Portland, September 27, 2011 - Steely Dan
The Citi Performing Arts Theater, Boston, September 30, 2011
October 15
- Jeff Mangum
Paramount Theatre, Asbury Park, October 3, 2011 - Cymbals Eat Guitars + Hooray for Earth + Brainstorm
Mississippi Studios, Portland, October 10, 2011 - Chromeo + Mayer Hawthorne & The County + Sammy Bananas + Rude Dudes
Roseland Theater, October 11, 2011 - Battles + Walls
Wonder Ballroom, Portland, October 13, 2011 - St. Vincent + Cate LeBon
Crystal Ballroom, Portland, October 14, 2011 - Photo Spectacular! - CMJ 2011
CMJ 2011 - Peter Wolf
Somerville Theatre, Somerville, October 20, 2011 - The Low Anthem + Joe Pug
Somerville Theatre, Boston, October 21, 2011 - John Doe & His Rockin Band + Dead Rock West + Paula Sinclair
Dante's, Portland, October 22, 2011 - Portishead + Thought Forms
WaMu Theater, Seattle, October 23, 2011 - The War on Drugs + Purling Hiss + Carter Tanton
Bunk Bar, Portland, October 25, 2011 - Blitzen Trapper + Dawes
Royale, Boston, October 28, 2011 - Quick and Easy Boys + The Pretty Poor Know + Resolectrics
Doug Fir Lounge, Portland, October 29, 2011 - Scattered Trees + Lloyd Mitchell Canyon
Doug Fir Lounge, Portland, October 30, 2011 - Trentemøller + Xylos + Natasha Kmeto
Peter's Room, Portland, October 31, 2011
November 12
- Deer Tick + Guards
Mission Theater, Portland, November 5, 2011 - Minus the Bear + The Velvet Teen
Doug Fir Lounge, Portland, November 8, 2011 - Holy Ghost! + Jessica 6
Holocene, Portland, November 9, 2011 - M83 + Active Child
Wonder Ballroom, Portland, November 11, 2011 - Austra + Grimes + Tasseomancy
Holocene, Portland, November 14, 2011 - Foo Fighters + Social Distortion + The Joy Formidable
TD Garden, Boston, November 16, 2011 - Who's Bad: The Ultimate Michael Jackson Tribute Band
Jefferson Theatre, C'ville, November 17, 2011 - Deer Tick + Felice Brothers
Royale, Boston, November 18, 2011 - WU LYF + Crystal Antlers
The Crocodile, Seattle, November 19, 2011 - M83 + Active Child
House of Blues, Boston, November 20, 2011 - tUnE-yArDs + Pat Jordache + Malaikat dan Singa
Wonder Ballroom, Portland, November 22, 2011 - The Smoker's Club [Method Man, Curren$y, Big K.R.I.T.]
Paradise Rock Club, Boston, November 23, 2011
December 6
- The Loom + BOBBY
Mercury Lounge, New York, December 3, 2011 - Other Lives + JBM
Mississippi Studios, Portland, December 8, 2011 - Ryan Adams
Orpheum Theatre, Boston, December 8, 2011 - Not So Silent Night 2011
Oakland, December 9, 2011 - The Joy Formidable + Grouplove
Crystal Ballroom, Portland, December 10, 2011 - Yasiin Bey
Fete, Providence, December 10, 2011