I spent the majority of 2013 between jobs, working a couple nights a week and going to a LOT of shows. I went to almost a hundred shows, which means that basically every three or four nights I was out gallivanting around town, taking in the arts. In retrospect, it was probably a bit irresponsible of me to be out almost every night giving money to strangers when I didn't know how I was going to make rent or buy food most of the time. But, well, I don't have anything to say about that. Here, in chronological order, are my favorite shows of 2013.
Ty Segall and Ex-Cult @ The Empty Bottle, Chicago, IL (2.9.13)
Chelsea Light Moving, Cave, Jeremy Lemos @ The Empty Bottle, Chicago, IL (3.29.13)
Besnard Lakes and Suuns @ Schubas Tavern, Chicago, IL (4.20.13)
Deerhunter, The Black Angels, Black Mountain, Boris, Goat, Suuns, Clinic, Warpaint, Tjutjuna, Tinariwen, White Fence, Besnard Lakes, King Khan and BBQ Show, Silver Apples, Cosmonauts, and MORE @ Austin Psych Fest, Carson Creek Ranch, Austin, TX (4.26-28.13)
Boris, Young Widows, Pallbearer @ Lincoln Hall, Chicago, IL (5.10-11.13)
Kurt Vile and Steve Gunn @ Lincoln Hall, Chicago, IL (5.14.13)
Vietnam @ Schubas Tavern, Chicago, IL (5.15.13)
Bloodiest @ The Owl, Chicago, IL (5.16.13)
Ariel Pink, Purple Pilgrims, ET Habit @ The Empty Bottle, Chicago, IL (6.1.13)
Bombino @ Martyr's, Chicago, IL (6.9.13)
Silver Apples @ The Owl, Chicago, IL (6.12.13)
Tobacco, Cave, Oscillator Bug, Jamaican Queens @ Logan Square Auditorium, Chicago, IL (6.28.13)
Mac Demarco, Ex-Cult, OBN IIIs @ The Empty Bottle, Chicago, IL (7.20.13)
Angel Olsen and Implodes @ Lincoln Hall, Chicago, IL (8.16.13)
Richard Buckner @ Schubas Tavern, Chicago, IL (8.19.13)
Deerhunter and Marnie Stern @ The Metro, Chicago, IL (9.10.13)
Disappears, Weekend, Outside World @ The Empty Bottle, Chicago, IL (9.20.13)
Meat Puppets and Enemy Planes @ The Empty Bottle, Chicago, IL (9.27.13)
Verma, Basic Cable, Rectal Hygienics, The Funs @ The Empty Bottle, Chicago, IL (10.7.13)
Unknown Mortal Orchestra and Wolf People @ Lincoln Hall, Chicago, IL (10.21.13)
Thee Oh Sees, OBN IIIs, The Blind Shake @ The Empty Bottle and Permanent Records, Chicago, IL (10.22-23.13)
Besnard Lakes, Elephant Stone, Secret Colours @ The Empty Bottle, Chicago, IL (11.6.13)
Wooden Shjips, Cave, Rabble Rabble @ The Empty Bottle, Chicago, IL (11.8.13)
