June in Review

Top 10 Bands Listened This Month:

1. Jimmy Eat World
2. Joseph Arthur
3. Jack's Mannequin
4. Queens of the Stone Age
5. The Naked and the Famous
6. The Postal Service
7. Paramore
8. Metric
9. Taking Back Sunday
10. Death Cab for Cutie
11. Our Lady Peace
12. 30 Seconds to Mars

This list is a reflection mostly of new albums, with the top four artists all having albums that we released in the last month.

New CD's Bought:
Jimmy Eat World - Damages
Joseph Arthur - The Ballad of Boogie Christ
Joseph Arthur - Redemption's Son
Joseph Arthur - Redemption City
Jack's Mannequin - Live at Del Rey
Queens of the Stone Age - ...Like Clockwork


Concerts Attended:
Of Monsters and Men - Merriweather Post Pavilion
Glen Hansard - 9:30 Club
Alice Cooper, Marilyn Manson, GWAR - Merriweather Post Pavilion
The Postal Service - Merriweather Post Pavilion
Rolling Stones - Verizon Center
Joseph Arthur - Ram's Head Center Stage

This is a hard month to say which was the best show.  I'd say the best overall show was The Postal Service, but on average all of the shows were fantastic.  The only real issue with concerts this month was Marilyn Manson, who was kind of a let down.  My friend aptly described him as being in the fat Elvis stage.


Concert Tickets Bought:
Yellowcard
Plain White T's
Nine Inch Nails
Seu Jorge
Black Sabbath
Mackelmore and Ryan Lewis
Shinedown and Papa Roach


Concerts of April:
The Polyphonic Spree - Sixth and I
She & Him - Wolftrap
Paul McCartney - Nationals Stadium
Fun. - Merriweather Post Pavilion
Eagles - Verizon Center
Bob Dylan, My Morning Jacket, Wilco, Ryan Bingham - Merriweather Post Pavilion
Seu Jorge - Birchmere
Lumineers - Merriweather Post Pavilion
Plain White T's - 9:30 Club
Ted Leo and the Pharmacists - Ottobar