Supreme Genius:

1. March 2009 – Black Lips/Gentleman Jesse & His Men/Mean Creek – Grade: A+ at the Middle East in Cambridge, MA

2. May 2009 – King Khan & The Shrines/Mark “BBQ” Sultan/Homosexuals (didn’t like) – Grade: A+ at the Paradise Rock Club

3. April 2009 – No Age/The Beets/Lemonade – Grade: A+ at Wellsley College

Genius:

4. October 2008 – Built to Spill/Dinosaur Jr/Meat Puppets – Grade: A at the Orpheum Theatre

5. May 2009 – Animal Collective/Grouper  (hated)– Grade: A at the House of Blues

6. August 2008 – Radiohead/Grizzly Bear (didn’t see) – Grade: A at the Comcast Center

7. November 2008 – No Age/Soft Circle/Silk Flowers – Grade: A at the Middle East

Fabulous:

8. November 2004- The Used/ Fall Out Boy (didn’t like)/ The Bronx (didn’t like)- Grade: A- at the Worcester Paladium

9. January 2008 – Editors/Hot Hot Heat/Louis XIV – Grade: A- at the Orpheum Theatre

Great:

10. June 2009 – Sunset Rubdown/Elfin Saddle (didn’t like)/Witchies – Grade: B+ at the Middle East

11. February 2006- Taste of Chaos: Deftones/ Thrice/ Drum Corpse/Atreyu/ Story of the Year/ Funeral For a Friend- Grade: B+ Note: this is based on my reaction at the time, since my taste in music has changed quite a bit, I’d probably only feel the same way about Deftones and Thrice. At the Tsongus Arena at UMASS Lowell

12. July 2009 – Handsome Furs/Dri/Cinnamon Band – Grade: B+ at Great Scott

13. October 2007 – Morrissey/Kristeen Young – Grade: B+ at the Orpheum Theatre

14. July 2008 – No Age/High Places/Abe Vigoda/Ppalmm – Grade: B+ at the Middle East

Very Good:

15. January 2009 – Mission of Burma/Neighborhoods/Faces on Film – Grade: B at the Summerville Theatre

16. July 2009 – Jay Reatard/TV Smith/Pretty & Nice – Grade: B at Harpers Ferry

Good:

17. July 2007 – Psychedelic Furs/Alarm/Fixx – Grade: B- at the Avalon, now known as the House of Blues

18. September 2007 – Bob Dylan/Elvis Costello/Amos Lee – Grade: B- at the Ryan Center at University of Rhode Island

19. September 2008 – Paul Weller/Rifles – Grade: B- at the Berklee Center of Music, MA

Decent:

20. March 2009 – War on Drugs/The Drones/Tsui – Grade: C+ at T.T. Bears

21. February 2007- Daphne Loves Derby/ Waking Ashland (didn’t like)/ Paulson (didn’t like)/ Lannen Fall (didn’t like)- Grade: C + at the ICC Church in Allston, MA

Ouch!:

22. February 2004- Mest (hated)/ Fall Out Boy (didn’t like)/ Dynamite Boy (I remember liking, but probably wouldn’t now)- Grade: D at the Avalon

Chris DeCarlo