Sophia’s Rock Beat! I’ve been doing this for 4 years now – going to shows, and videotaping them. Here’s 2010 (saw 139 local bands in 2010), here’s 2011 (saw 170 local bands in 2011), and 2012 (saw 158 bands in 2012) In 2013, for various health and professional reasons I didn’t make it to nearly as many shows and I had slightly less interest in videoing but I still caught quite a bit.
Stats: 53 shows, 132 sets, 114 bands.
Bands I saw the most:
Lifestyle win this year with 4 times!
I saw Bent Knee, Sarah Rabdau and Self-Employed Assassins, and Ruby Rose Fox all 3 times.
Bands I saw twice in 2013: Axemunkee, Coyote Kolb, Eddie Japan, Endation, Garvy J and the Secret Pockets of Hope and Resistance, Glenn Yoder and Western States, Jenny Dee and the Deelinquents, Johnny Blazes and the Pretty Boys, Nuda Veritas, Parks, Sidewalk Driver, The I Want You, Twin Berlin, What Time Is It Mr. Fox?
Most Visited Venues:
TT the Bear’s (14 times)
Oberon (7 times – actually a lot more than this, as I went to a lot of plays/burlesque shows that didn’t have live music and therefore weren’t represented by these numbers)
Radio (4 times)
Precinct (4 times)
The Middle East Upstairs, Johnny D’s, Brighton Music Hall (2 times)
| 1/10/2013 | Brian Carpenter and the Confessions | Church | |||
| 1/10/2013 | Endation | Church | |||
| 1/10/2013 | Bent Knee | Church | * Video 1 * | ||
| 1/12/2013 | Madame Psychosis | Johnny D’s | * Video 1 * | * Video 2 * | |
| 1/12/2013 | Sarah RabDAU & Self Employed Assassins | Johnny D’s | * Video 1 * | * Video 2 * | |
| 1/12/2013 | Johnny Blazes and the Pretty Boys | Johnny D’s | |||
| 1/12/2013 | What Time is it? Mr. Fox | Johnny D’s | * Video 1 * | ||
| 1/18/2013 | Parlour Bells | Radio | * Video 1 * | * Video 2 * | |
| 1/18/2013 | The Milling Gowns | Radio | * Video 1 * | * Video 2 * | |
| 1/18/2013 | Lifestyle | Radio | * Video 1 * | * Video 2 * | |
| 1/25/2013 | Mary Lou Lord | Q Division | |||
| 1/25/2013 | Apple Betty | Q Division | |||
| 1/29/2013 | Amy Macabre | All Asia | * Video 1 * | ||
| 1/29/2013 | The I Want You | All Asia | * Video 1 * | ||
| 2/14/2013 | Kayln Rock | Rosebud | * Video 1 * | * Video 2 * | |
| 2/14/2013 | Saraswathi Jones | Rosebud | * Video 1 * | * Video 2 * | |
| 2/14/2013 | Orca Age | Rosebud | * Video 1 * | * Video 2 * | * Video 3 * |
| 2/21/2013 | Dear Leader | Oberon | * Video 1 * | * Video 2 * | |
| 2/21/2013 | Hallelujah the Hills | Oberon | * Video 1 * | * Video 2 * | |
| 2/21/2013 | Ho-Ag | Oberon | * Video 1 * | * Video 2 * | |
| 3/2/2013 | Cool Ya Jets | Chen Yang Li | * Video 1 * | ||
| 3/2/2013 | Electronique | Chen Yang Li | * Video 1 * | ||
| 3/2/2013 | Big Digits | Chen Yang Li | * Video 1 * | ||
| 3/15/2013 | SchoolTree | Lizard Lounge | * Video 1 * | * Video 2 * | |
| 3/15/2013 | Count Zero | Lizard Lounge | * Video 1 * | * Video 2 * | |
| 3/22/2013 | Harris Hawk | Precinct | * Video 1 * | * Video 2 * | * Video 3 * |
| 3/22/2013 | Doom Lover | Precinct | * Video 1 * | * Video 2 * | * Video 3 * |
| 3/22/2013 | jojo lazar | Precinct | |||
| 3/24/2013 | The Anchorite | Precinct | |||
| 3/30/2013 | The Electric Street Queens | The Rosebud | * Video 1 * | * Video 2 * | * Video 3 * |
| 3/30/2013 | Thick Shakes | The Rosebud | |||
| 4/7/2013 | The Okay Win | TT the Bears | * Video 1 * | * Video 2 * | |
| 4/7/2013 | Cancer Killing Gemini | TT the Bears | * Video 1 * | * Video 2 * | |
| 4/7/2013 | The New Highway Hymnal | TT the Bears | * Video 1 * | * Video 2 * | |
| 4/7/2013 | Velah | TT the Bears | * Video 1 * | * Video 2 * | |
| 4/8/2013 | Endation | TT the Bears | * Video 1 * | * Video 2 * | |
| 4/8/2013 | The Deep North | TT the Bears | * Video 1 * | * Video 2 * | |
| 4/8/2013 | Herra Terra | TT the Bears | * Video 1 * | * Video 2 * | |
| 4/8/2013 | Camden | TT the Bears | * Video 1 * | * Video 2 * | |
| 4/9/2013 | Eddie Japan | TT the Bears | * Video 1 * | * Video 2 * | * Video 3 * |
| 4/9/2013 | Supermachine | TT the Bears | * Video 1 * | ||
| 4/9/2013 | Glenn Yoder and Western States | TT the Bears | * Video 1 * | * Video 2 * | |
| 4/9/2013 | blackbutton | TT the Bears | * Video 1 * | * Video 2 * | |
| 4/11/2013 | Mount Peru | TT the Bears | * Video 1 * | * Video 2 * | |
| 4/11/2013 | Lifestyle | TT the Bears | * Video 1 * | * Video 2 * | |
| 4/11/2013 | Twin Berlin | TT the Bears | * Video 1 * | * Video 2 * | * Video 3 * |
| 4/11/2013 | Whitcomb | TT the Bears | * Video 1 * | * Video 2 * | |
| 4/12/2013 | Coyote Colb | TT the Bears | * Video 1 * | * Video 2 * | |
| 4/12/2013 | The Field Effect | TT the Bears | * Video 1 * | * Video 2 * | |
| 4/12/2013 | The Suicide Dolls | TT the Bears | * Video 1 * | * Video 2 * | |
| 4/12/2013 | White Dynomite | TT the Bears | * Video 1 * | * Video 2 * | |
| 4/13/2013 | Parks | TT the Bears | * Video 1 * | * Video 2 * | |
| 4/13/2013 | Jack Burton vs David Lo Pan | TT the Bears | * Video 1 * | * Video 2 * | |
| 4/13/2013 | Ruby Rose Fox | TT the Bears | * Video 1 * | * Video 2 * | |
| 4/13/2013 | The Daily Pravda | TT the Bears | * Video 1 * | * Video 2 * | |
| 4/20/2013 | Megabeast | Chen Yang Li, NH | |||
| 4/20/2013 | Teenage Hooker Factory | Chen Yang Li, NH | |||
| 4/26/2013 | Glenn Yoder and Western States | TT the Bears | * Video 1 * | * Video 2 * | |
| 4/26/2013 | Eddie Japan | TT the Bears | * Video 1 * | * Video 2 * | |
| 4/26/2013 | Twin Berlin | TT the Bears | * Video 1 * | * Video 2 * | |
| 4/26/2013 | The Dogmatics | TT the Bears | * Video 1 * | * Video 2 * | |
| 4/27/2013 | Nicholas Burgess | Precinct | * Video 1 * | * Video 2 * | |
| 4/27/2013 | The I Want You | Precinct | * Video 1 * | * Video 2 * | * Video 3 * |
| 4/27/2013 | Hookerclops | Precinct | * Video 1 * | * Video 2 * | * Video 3 * |
| 5/10/2013 | You People | Radio | * Video 1 * | * Video 2 * | |
| 5/10/2013 | ZL | Radio | * Video 1 * | * Video 2 * | * Video 3 * |
| 5/10/2013 | Thalia Zedek Band | Radio | * Video 1 * | * Video 2 * | |
| 5/25/2013 | When Particles Collide | Radio | |||
| 5/25/2013 | The Susan Constant | Radio | |||
| 5/25/2013 | The Interrobang | Radio | |||
| 5/28/2013 | The Grown up Noise | Oberon | |||
| 6/14/2013 | Johnny Blazes & the Pretty Boys | Oberon | |||
| 6/14/2013 | Jaggery | Oberon | |||
| 6/14/2013 | Nuda Veritas | Oberon | |||
| 6/15/2013 | Chatfield Phoenix | Main Crust Pizza | |||
| 6/28/2013 | The Luxury | TT the Bears | |||
| 6/28/2013 | Cult 45 | TT the Bears | * Video 1 * | * Video 2 * | * Video 3 * |
| 6/29/2013 | Axemunkee | Precinct | * Video 1 * | * Video 2 * | * Video 3 * |
| 6/29/2013 | The Steve Walther Orchestra | Precinct | * Video 1 * | * Video 2 * | * Video 3 * |
| 6/29/2013 | Highway Ghosts | Precinct | * Video 1 * | * Video 2 * | |
| 7/13/2013 | The Motion Sick | Brighton Music Hall | * Video 1 * | ||
| 7/13/2013 | Parks | Brighton Music Hall | * Video 1 * | ||
| 7/13/2013 | This Blue Heaven | Brighton Music Hall | * Video 1 * | ||
| 7/13/2013 | Wash Pool | Brighton Music Hall | * Video 1 * | ||
| 8/8/2013 | KENNE HIGHLAND CLAN | Cantab | |||
| 8/8/2013 | MOOSE & THE MUDBUGS | Cantab | |||
| 8/8/2013 | GRAVEDANCERS | Cantab | |||
| 8/9/2013 | The Gathering Floozies | Middle East Upstairs | |||
| 8/9/2013 | Jatoba | Middle East Upstairs | |||
| 8/9/2013 | Hayley Jane and the Primates | Middle East Upstairs | |||
| 8/24/2013 | Impulse Powers | Lilypad | |||
| 8/24/2013 | Joe Kowan | Lilypad | |||
| 9/7/2013 | Coyote Colb | JP Music Fest | |||
| 9/7/2013 | Faux Ox | Radio | |||
| 9/7/2013 | Bent Knee | Radio | |||
| 9/7/2013 | Emily Peal | Radio | |||
| 9/7/2013 | Devil’s Twins | Radio | |||
| 9/8/2013 | Eldridge Rodriguez | TT the Bears | |||
| 9/8/2013 | sarah rabDAU & Self-Employed Assassins | TT the Bears | |||
| 9/8/2013 | Permafrost | TT the Bears | |||
| 9/12/2013 | Les Chanteuses Sorcieres | TT the Bears | * Video 1 * | ||
| 9/12/2013 | Davina Yannetty | TT the Bears | * Video 1 * | ||
| 9/12/2013 | Robin Lane | TT the Bears | * Video 1 * | ||
| 9/12/2013 | The Bristols | TT the Bears | * Video 1 * | ||
| 9/12/2013 | Ruby Rose Fox | TT the Bears | * Video 1 * | ||
| 9/12/2013 | Thalia Zedek Band | TT the Bears | * Video 1 * | ||
| 9/12/2013 | Jenny Dee and the Deelinquents | TT the Bears | * Video 1 * | ||
| 9/20/2013 | Nick Zaino | Walnut Street | |||
| 9/26/2013 | Beerz | Sierra Grille | |||
| 9/26/2013 | Rusty Curtains | Sierra Grille | |||
| 10/3/2013 | Walter Sickert and the Army of Broken Toys | Oberon | |||
| 10/3/2013 | Katie Kat | Oberon | |||
| 10/4/2013 | Nuda Veritas | Oberon | |||
| 10/4/2013 | What Time Is It Mr. Fox? | Oberon | |||
| 10/18/2013 | Sidewalk Driver | TT the Bears | |||
| 10/18/2013 | Garvy J and the Secret Pockets of Hope and Resistance | TT the Bears | |||
| 10/18/2013 | Scamper | TT the Bears | |||
| 10/25/2013 | Ad Frank and the Fast Easy Women as Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds | TT the Bears” | * Video 1 * | * Video 2 * | * Video 3 * |
| 10/25/2013 | Lifestyle as Depeche Mode | TT the Bears | * Video 1 * | * Video 2 * | |
| 10/25/2013 | Pretendica | TT the Bears | * Video 1 * | * Video 2 * | |
| 11/7/2013 | Cameron Keiber | TT the Bears | |||
| 11/14/2013 | Axemunkee | Oberon | |||
| 11/14/2013 | Porcelain | Oberon | |||
| 11/14/2013 | Garvy J and the Secret Pockets of Hope and Resistance | Oberon | |||
| 11/15/2013 | Bent Knee | TT the Bears | |||
| 11/15/2013 | Sarah Rabdau and Self-Employed Assassins | TT the Bears | |||
| 11/15/2013 | Lifestyle | TT the Bears | |||
| 11/17/2013 | Major Arcana | Oberon | |||
| 12/6/2013 | Ruby Rose Fox | Davis Square Theatre | |||
| 12/6/2013 | Feints | Davis Square Theatre | |||
| 12/12/2013 | Chandler Travis Orchestra | Johnny D’s | |||
| 12/13/2013 | Township | Brighton Music Hall | * Video 1 * | ||
| 12/13/2013 | Jenny Dee and the Deelinquents | Brighton Music Hall | * Video 1 * | * Video 2 * | |
| 12/13/2013 | Nemes | Brighton Music Hall | * Video 1 * | ||
| 12/13/2013 | Here We Just Dream | Brighton Music Hall | * Video 1 * | ||
| 12/14/2013 | John Surrette/Tomorrow the World | Middle East Upstairs | * Video 1 * | ||
| 12/14/2013 | Sidewalk Driver | Middle East Downstairs | * Video 1 * | * Video 2 * | * Video 3 * |
| 12/14/2013 | Freezepop | Middle East Downstairs | * Video 1 * |
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