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Paste Magazine's Best Live Acts of 2012


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Grrr... Paste never seems to get anything right!

 

Wilco(25), Radiohead(22), David Byrne & St. Vincent(20), and Neil & Crazy Horse(17) were among the VERY best shows I saw in 2012.

 

I have seen both the Alabama Shakes (fun, but not anywhere near the bands mentioned above) and The Lumineers (really???) in the past year as well.

 

That said, I am seeing Titus Andronicus tomorrow night and if this show is even close to the one I saw a year or so ago -- it will be GREAT evening of live music.

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Yeah, it's a total bullshit list. I probably shouldn't have even posted the link--it just showed up on my Facebook page because I like Jack White, and then I wanted to see where Wilco was on the list. Let's just pretend it never happened. :dead

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I agree that MMJ puts on a hell of a show, but I think it depends on the venue.. This is probably the same for any band, but I miss the days of when they played smaller places, Wilco size places.  I saw then in a large outdoor amphitheater in Atlanta for the first time.  Maybe it was the crappy sound quality, maybe it was the drunk douchebags talking and walking up and down the isles the whole show, but I left the show pretty disappointed...

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Interesting. I saw her once and it was just about one of the worst things I'd heard at a live show. Maybe an off night?

 

Possibly an entirely different band.  Trust me, the band she has right now kills.  I was not expecting it to be all that good.

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Prince has played 17 shows this year:

 

2 in Oct at LA clubs

3 in Chicago at the big arena (I live in CHI and the first show was reported by many many people to be terrible, but the others to be great)

12 shows in Australia

 

I agree - not sure why he is on this list

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