Concert reviews per year
2010
melophobe’s biggest year: 484 concert reviews and 8,869 photos from 101 writers and photographers, at 128 venues and festival stages in 23 cities.
Month by month
Festivals made the peaks: SXSW in March, Sasquatch! in May, Bonnaroo in June and CMJ and #Offline Festival in October.
- 14Jan
- 25Feb
- 87MarSXSW
- 37Apr
- 65MaySasquatch!
- 48JunBonnaroo
- 34Jul
- 27Aug
- 34Sep
- 67OctCMJ
- 30Nov
- 16Dec
The 2010 lineup
The bands melophobe reviewed most that year, billed by how often.
Five times each
Warpaint + Local Natives + Bear in Heaven + Mumford & Sons
Four times each
Neon Indian + Washed Out + The Morning Benders + Sleigh Bells + Twin Sister + tUnE-yArDs + Passion Pit
Busiest rooms
Festivals
- SXSW61
- Sasquatch!28
- Bonnaroo21
- CMJ15
- #Offline Festival10
- MusicFest NW7
Where the reviews came from
- Portland 152
- Boston 87
- Seattle 79
- New York 74
- Austin 61
- Elsewhere 31
Grouped by the old site’s city sections: Cambridge counts as Boston, the Gorge as Seattle.
Notable nights
- Busiest day
- March 18: 24 reviews, all from SXSW
- First show of the year
- Dengue Fever, Berbati's Pan, Portland, January 9
- Last show of the year
- Lissie, Doug Fir Lounge, Portland, December 30
- Biggest gallery
- 73 photos of Galactic, Roseland Theater, February 27
Fifty-word verdicts
103 albums judged in fifty words.
The crew
101 people wrote or shot for melophobe in 2010. Chris Barth alone photographed 112 shows and reviewed 111.
Most shows photographed
- Chris Barth 112
- Colin McLaughlin 44
- Ian McNeil 31
- Troy Dunham 26
- Joshua Bean 23
Most shows reviewed
Also in 2010
366 news posts, 183 recommended shows, 118 video picks, 49 articles and interviews, 33 song battles with 508 votes cast and 916 songs shared alongside the reviews.