Feature: Best Shows of 2010

By Reverb Staff | December 21st, 2010 | 1 Comment »

Gorillaz at the Wells Fargo Theatre. Photo by Joe McCabe, heyreverb.com.

All week long we’re taking a look back at the music and moments that shaped 2010. Here our some of our favorite concerts of the past 12 months.

John Wenzel, Reverb executive editor

1. Guided by Voices @ the Majestic Theater (Detroit)
2. Paul McCartney @ the Pepsi Center
3. Phantogram @ the Bluebird Theater
4. Blonde Redhead @ the Ogden Theatre
5. Land of Talk @ the Larimer Lounge
6. Jon Spencer Blues Explosion @ the Pearl at the Palms (Las Vegas, Matador at 21)
7. High on Fire @ the Mohawk (Austin, Texas, SXSW)
8. Nathaniel Rateliff @ The 10th Annual UMS
9. Laura Veirs @ the Larimer Lounge
10. Phoenix @ the Mile High Music Festival

John Hendrickson, Reverb managing editor

1. Gorillaz @ the Wells Fargo Theatre
2. LCD Soundsystem @ Terminal 5 (NYC)
3. Machine Gun Blues @ 3 Kings Tavern (UMS)
4. Pavement @ the Ogden Theatre
5. Delta Spirit @ 9:30 Club (D.C.)
6. Wilco @ Jazz Aspen Snowmass
7. The Avett Brothers @ Red Rocks Amphitheatre
8. Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings @ the Ogden Theatre
9. The Black Keys @ Central Park SummerStage
10. King Khan & the Shrines @ the Bottleneck (Lawrence, KS)

Sam DeLeo, Reverb writer

1. Doomtree @ the Marquis Theater
2. The Books @ the Fox Theatre
3. Boris @ the Marquis Theater
4. Sleepy Sun @ the Hi-Dive
5. Zakir Hussain @ the Boulder Theater
6. Tinariwen @ the Ogden Theatre
7. Wovenhand @ the Bluebird Theater
8. Blonde Redhead @ the Ogden Theatre
9. Kingdom of Magig @ 3 Kings Tavern (UMS)
10. Pusswhip Banggang (Tim and Eric) @ the Ogden Theatre

Joe McCabe, Reverb photographer

1. Jonsi @ the Paramount Theatre
2. LCD Soundsystem @ the Fillmore Auditorium
3. Crystal Castles @ the Ogden Theatre
4. Deftones @ Red Rocks Amphitheatre
5. Chemical Brothers @ the Fillmore Auditorium
6. The Dead Weather @ the Ogden Theater
7. Monotonix @ Rhinoceropolis
8. Sleep @ the Gothic Theatre
9. Mumford & Sons @ the Ogden Theatre
10. Fever Ray @ Coachella Music & Arts Festival

Mike Long, Reverb writer

1. Casino @ Chilean Showcase (SXSW)
2. Spindrift/Hearts In Space/Fingers of the Sun @the Larimer Lounge
3. Bear In Heaven @ the Hi-Dive
4. Greg Giraldo @ Comedy Works Landmark
5. Sleepy Sun @ the Hi-Dive
6. Doug Stanhope @ Herman’s Hideaway
7. Sleep/Russian Circles @ the Gothic Theatre
8. Built To Spill @ Mishawaka
9. Overcasters @ Gathering of the Clouds
10. Crowded House @ the Fillmore Auditorium

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