Concert History
So I’ve kept a spreadsheet of roughly every musical act I’ve seen live. A few of the dates are best guesses, since they were retroactively added. I’m also sure I’ve missed some here and there.
Date(s) | Artist | Venue | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8/31/1998 | Barenaked Ladies | PNC Pavillion, Cincinnati OH | First real concert! |
| 8/14/2000 | Creed | PNC Pavillion, Cincinnati OH | To be fair, at this point I had never heard of them - I went with a friend. Mistakes were made. |
| 8/14/2000 | Three Doors Down | PNC Pavillion, Cincinnati OH | Opened |
| 8/14/2000 | American Pearl | PNC Pavillion, Cincinnati OH | Opened |
| 8/25/2002 | The Who | Verizon Wireless Music Center, Indianapolis IN | Robert Plant opened. It was mildly frightening. He removed his shirt |
| 4/11/2003 | Ben Folds | DePauw University | |
| 4/11/2003 | Tegan and Sara | DePauw University | Opened. I had never heard of them before this. |
| 11/12/2004 | Otis Day and the Nights | Sigma Chi Fraternity, Greencastle IN | Toga Party! Before Monon! |
| 12/4/2004 | Lucky Boys Confusion | UIUC Ballroom | Technically, it was only Stubhy and Adam playing an acoustic set - not the whole band |
| 11/18/2005 | OK Go | The Metro, Chicago IL | |
| 7/9/2005 | Reel Big Fish | Bogart's, Cincinnati OH | |
| 2/26/2005 | Lucky Boys Confusion | The Canopy Club, Urbana IL | |
| 9/16/2006 | Flogging Molly | Chicago Celtic Festival, Chicago IL | |
| 9/16/2006 | Gaelic Storm | Chicago Celtic Festival, Chicago IL | Opened |
| 4/17/2006 | Wilco | IU Ampetheatre, Bloomington IN | |
| 10/14/2006 | Beck | UIC Pavilion, Chicago IL | |
| 10/26/2006 | Flogging Molly | The Canopy Club, Urbana IL | |
| 10/27/2007 | Lucky Boys Confusion | The Canopy Club, Urbana IL | |
| 4/12/2007 | Man Man | The Canopy Club, Urbana IL | |
| 4/15/2007 | The Decemberists | UIUC Foellinger Auditorium, Champaign IL | |
| 4/26/2007 | OK Go | UIUC Foellinger Auditorium, Champaign IL | |
| 7/13/2007 | GZA | Pitchfork Music Festival | Performed all of Liquid Swords |
| 7/13/2007 | Sonic Youth | Pitchfork Music Festival | Performed all of Daydream Nation |
| 7/14/2007 | Battles | Pitchfork Music Festival | |
| 7/14/2007 | Dan Deacon | Pitchfork Music Festival | |
| 7/14/2007 | Fujiya & Miyagi | Pitchfork Music Festival | |
| 7/14/2007 | Girl Talk | Pitchfork Music Festival | |
| 7/14/2007 | Grizzly Bear | Pitchfork Music Festival | |
| 7/14/2007 | Voxtrot | Pitchfork Music Festival | |
| 7/14/2007 | Yoko Ono | Pitchfork Music Festival | |
| 7/15/2007 | De La Soul | Pitchfork Music Festival | |
| 7/15/2007 | Deerhunter | Pitchfork Music Festival | Bradford Cox scares me. |
| 7/15/2007 | Klaxxons | Pitchfork Music Festival | |
| 7/15/2007 | of Montreal | Pitchfork Music Festival | |
| 7/15/2007 | The Field | Pitchfork Music Festival | |
| 7/15/2007 | The New Pornographers | Pitchfork Music Festival | |
| 9/28/2007 | Weird Al | UIUC Assembly Hall, Champaign IL | |
| 10/3/2007 | of Montreal | The Canopy Club, Urbana IL | |
| 10/24/2007 | GWAR | The Canopy Club, Urbana IL | |
| 7/18/2008 | Mission of Burma | Pitchfork Music Festival | Performed all of Vs |
| 7/18/2008 | Public Enemy | Pitchfork Music Festival | Performed all of It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back |
| 7/18/2008 | Sebadoh | Pitchfork Music Festival | Performed all of Bubble and Scrape |
| 7/19/2008 | !!! | Pitchfork Music Festival | |
| 7/19/2008 | Animal Collective | Pitchfork Music Festival | |
| 7/19/2008 | Atlas Sound | Pitchfork Music Festival | |
| 7/19/2008 | Caribou | Pitchfork Music Festival | |
| 7/19/2008 | Elf Power | Pitchfork Music Festival | |
| 7/19/2008 | Fleet Foxes | Pitchfork Music Festival | |
| 7/19/2008 | Fuck Buttons | Pitchfork Music Festival | |
| 7/19/2008 | Icy Demons | Pitchfork Music Festival | |
| 7/19/2008 | Jarvis Cocker | Pitchfork Music Festival | |
| 7/19/2008 | The Hold Steady | Pitchfork Music Festival | |
| 7/19/2008 | Vampire Weekend | Pitchfork Music Festival | |
| 7/20/2008 | Apples in Stereo | Pitchfork Music Festival | |
| 7/20/2008 | Boris | Pitchfork Music Festival | |
| 7/20/2008 | Dinosaur Jr. | Pitchfork Music Festival | |
| 7/20/2008 | Health | Pitchfork Music Festival | |
| 7/20/2008 | Les Savy Fav | Pitchfork Music Festival | |
| 7/20/2008 | Occidental Brothers Dance Band International | Pitchfork Music Festival | |
| 7/20/2008 | Spiritualized | Pitchfork Music Festival | |
| 7/20/2008 | Spoon | Pitchfork Music Festival | |
| 7/20/2008 | The Dodos | Pitchfork Music Festival | |
| 7/20/2008 | Times New Viking | Pitchfork Music Festival | |
| 11/1/2008 | of Montreal | The National, Richmond VA | |
| 3/9/2009 | Flogging Molly | The National, Richmond VA | |
| 5/13/2009 | The Shins | The National, Richmond VA | |
| 6/5/2009 | The Decemberists | The National, Richmond VA | Performed all of The Crane Wife, plus additional set |
| 10/28/2009 | Gogol Bordello | The National, Richmond VA | |
| 3/11/2010 | Jonathan Coulton | The National, Richmond VA | Opened |
| 3/11/2010 | They Might Be Giants | The National, Richmond VA | Performed all of Flood, in reverse order, with some extra stuff in the middle |
| 3/24/2010 | Deerhunter | The National, Richmond VA | Opened. Bradford Cox still scares me. |
| 3/24/2010 | Spoon | The National, Richmond VA | |
| 3/30/2010 | Wilco | The National, Richmond VA | |
| 4/23/2010 | ARLT | The National, Richmond VA | Opened. Made friends with them after the show - lovely French duo |
| 4/23/2010 | The National | The National, Richmond VA | |
| 4/27/2010 | Phoenix | The Norva, Norfolk VA | |
| 4/27/2010 | Two Door Cinema Club | The Norva, Norfolk VA | Opened |
| 5/13/2010 | Jonathan Coulton | The Hat Factory, Richmond VA | |
| 5/13/2010 | Paul and Storm | The Hat Factory, Richmond VA | Opened |
| 10/28/2010 | The New Pornographers | The National, Richmond VA | |
| 1/29/2011 | Girl Talk | The National, Richmond VA | |
| 3/9/2011 | Antlers | Strange Matter, Richmond VA | |
| 3/9/2011 | Little Gold | Strange Matter, Richmond VA | |
| 3/9/2011 | Pygmy Lush | Strange Matter, Richmond VA | |
| 3/24/2011 | Asobi Seksu | Strange Matter, Richmond VA | |
| 3/24/2011 | Cults | Strange Matter, Richmond VA | |
| 3/24/2011 | Sun Airway | Strange Matter, Richmond VA | |
| 3/24/2011 | White Laces | Strange Matter, Richmond VA | |
| 4/7/2011 | The Whigs | Capital Ale House, Midlothian VA | |
| 5/1/2011 | Carolina Chocolate Drops | The National, Richmond VA | |
| 5/5/2011 | Jonathan Coulton | The Hat Factory, Richmond VA | |
| 5/5/2011 | Paul and Storm | The Hat Factory, Richmond VA | Opened |
| 5/6/2011 | CSS | The National, Richmond VA | |
| 5/6/2011 | Sleigh Bells | The National, Richmond VA | |
| 5/8/2011 | Sara Beck & Lauren Lucas | Feedback Offices, Midlothian VA | |
| 6/8/2011 | Arcade Fire | Charlottesville Pavillion, Charlottesville VA | |
| 8/3/2011 | The Decemberists | Charlottesville Pavillion, Charlottesville VA | |
| 8/3/2011 | The Head and The Heart | Charlottesville Pavillion, Charlottesville VA | Opened |
| 9/23/2011 | Thao and the Get Down Stay Down | 9:30 Club, Washington DC | Opening act |
| 9/23/2011 | The Head and The Heart | 9:30 Club, Washington DC | |
| 9/29/2011 | Jonathan Coulton | The National, Richmond VA | Opening act |
| 9/29/2011 | They Might Be Giants | The National, Richmond VA | |
| 10/5/2011 | Geoffrey O'Connor | Sixth and I Historic Synagogue, Washington, DC | Opening act. Maybe the worst performer I've ever seen. And I've seen Creed. |
| 10/5/2011 | Jens Lekman | Sixth and I Historic Synagogue, Washington, DC | Amazing. Made up for his 'ugly bridesmaid' of an opening act by far |
| 10/26/2011 | Beirut | The National, Richmond VA | |
| 3/3/2012 | Fun. | Cat's Cradle, Carborro, NC | Jason and my first concert together |
| 3/3/2012 | Sleeper Agent | Cat's Cradle, Carborro, NC | Opening act |
| 3/21/2012 | The Head and The Heart | The National, Richmond VA | |
| 4/14/2012 | Cage the Telephant | Chili Cook-off, Richmond VA | |
| 4/14/2012 | Cake | Chili Cook-off, Richmond VA | |
| 4/14/2012 | Civil Twilight | Chili Cook-off, Richmond VA | |
| 4/14/2012 | Middle Class Rut | Chili Cook-off, Richmond VA | |
| 4/14/2012 | Neon Trees | Chili Cook-off, Richmond VA | |
| 5/5/2012 | Fun. | Jefferson Theater, Charlottesville VA | |
| 5/5/2012 | Miniature Tigers | Jefferson Theater, Charlottesville VA | I made friends with them, since they were manning their own merch table |
| 5/11/2012 | Carolina Chocolate Drops | Brown's Island, Richmond VA | |
| 5/19/2012 | Arctic Monkeys | Merriweather Post Pavillion, Maryland | |
| 5/19/2012 | The Black Keys | Merriweather Post Pavillion, Maryland | Shadow musicians are really good at their jobs |
| 6/13/2012 | Chappo | The National, Richmond VA | Opened. I tweeted "This opening act is... Weird." and they retweeted me. I like their style. |
| 6/13/2012 | of Montreal | The National, Richmond VA | Easily one of the best performances I've seen... definitely a band you need to see early in the tour |
| 6/13/2012 | Yellow Ostrich | The National, Richmond VA | Opened. |
| 6/20/2012 | Los Campesinios! | The National, Richmond VA | |
| 5/20/2015 | Beck | Charlottesville Pavillion, Charlottesville VA | |
| 2/28/2016 | Son Little | Strange Matter, Richmond VA | |
| 4/9/2016 | Smash Mouth | Greenville Pavillion, Greenville, NC | Free concert. I was surprised at both how many songs I knew and how many existed that I didn't. Also, lead singer looks like Glen Beck now. |
| 4/22/2017 | PJ Harvey | The National, Richmond VA | |
| 7/31/2017 | Andrew Bird | North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, NC | Opened |
| 7/31/2017 | Belle and Sebastian | North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, NC | |
| 8/5/2017 | Deap Vally | Red Hat Ampitheatre, Raleigh, NC | Opened. Got to meet them, and they signed shirts. LOVE. |
| 8/5/2017 | Garbage | Red Hat Ampitheatre, Raleigh, NC | Rapture tour. Were really great |
| 8/5/2017 | Blondie | Red Hat Ampitheatre, Raleigh, NC | Left about halfway through -- props to Debbie Harry getting up there, but she can't sing like she did 30 years ago (obv). |