Beyond The Standard

This last summer marked the beginning of my intentional concert-going and CD collecting (pictured above). Before this summer I pretty much only ever saw The Avett Brothers live, in addition to a number of small bands at various events and bars over the years. The My Morning Jacket at Forest Hills Stadium concert was the very first time I ever intentionally purchased tickets and attended a concert (other than the acoustic Gungor concert in March of 2017), and it kind of spoiled me because of how good they are live.

2017 in Concerts:

• Gungor Acoustic Tour (forBrothers opened) – Armenian Evangelical Church in Manhattan – March 2017
• My Morning Jacket (Gary Clark Jr. opened) – July 2017 – Forest Hills Stadium
• Gungor – Le Poisson Rouge – July 2017
• Whitney (Vita and the Woolf opened) – August 2017 – Montauk Surf Lounge (free)
• David Wax Museum (Ciaren Lavery opened) – September 2017 – Mercury Lounge
• Head and the Heart (The Shelters and The Lone Bellow opened) – September 2017 – Summer Stage in Central Park 
• Post Malone (DJ Slushii opened) – September 2017 – Stony Brook Brookfest
• Manchester Orchestra (Tigers Jaw and Foxing opened) – September 2017 – Terminal 5
• Julien Baker (Petal and Half Waif opened) – October 2017 – Town Hall NYC
• Josh Ritter (Good Old War opened) – October 2017 – Brooklyn Steel
• Jordan Klassen (Pecas opened) – November 2017 – The Mercury Lounge

Favorite 2017 Albums:

• A Black Mile to Surface – Manchester Orchestra
• Gathering – Josh Ritter
• HEAVN – Jamila Woods
• Big Intruder – Jordan Klassen
• The Nashville Sound – Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit
• DAMN. – Kendrick Lamar
• We’re All Gonna Live – Dawes
• Abandoned Mansion – Dr. Dog
• From A Room: Volume 1 – Chris Stapleton
• Relaxer – Alt J
• Turn Out the Light – Julien Baker

Favorite 2016 Albums:

• Signs of Light – The Head and The Heart
• I Had a Dream That You Were Mine – Hamilton Leithauser + Rostam
• Cardinal – Pinegrove
• Coloring Book – Chance The Rapper
• Light Upon the Lake – Whitney
• A Sailor’s Guide to Earth – Sturgill Simpson
• Javelin – Jordan Klassen
• One Wild Life cycle – Gungor
• Eternally Even – Jim James
• Blonde – Frank Ocean
• Coming Home – Leon Bridges
• Why Are You OK – Band of Horses
• Sea of Noise – St. Paul and The Broken Bones
• True Sadness – The Avett Brothers
• Stranger to Stranger – Paul Simon
• Swiss Army Man – Andy Hull and Robert McDowell (Manchester Orchestra)

Favorite 2015 Albums:

• Guesthouse – David Wax Museum
• The Waterfall – My Morning Jacket
• Traveller – Chris Stapleton
• Men Amongst Mountains – The Revivalists
• Tell Me I’m Pretty – Cage the Elephant
• Sound and Color – The Alabama Shakes
• Little Neon Limelight – Houndmouth

Other years Albums:

• Metamodern Sounds in Country Music – Sturgill Simpson (2014)
• Modern Vampires of the City – Vampire Weekend (2013)
• Ganging Up on the Sun – Guster (2006)
• Cease to Begin – Band of Horses (2007)
• I and Love and You – The Avett Brothers (2009)
• Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix – Phoenix (2009)