Note: anything between U2 at the Carrier Dome and the White Stripes at the Orpheum I pretty much guessed at the dates. I'm also not counting when I saw the Pointer Sisters when I was 3, because I don't remember it, Arlo Guthrie when I was 11 or anything else I went to with my parents (Willie Nelson, Anne Murray, uh... Joan Baez I think?).

• Warren Zevon/X- Landmark Theater, Syracuse 10/6/1987
• U2 Carrier Dome- 10/9/1987
• Echo & The Bunnymen/Leather Nun- Bailey Hall, Cornell 2/7/1988
• Ziggy Marley & the Melody Makers- Ithaca College 1/15/1989
• Edie Brickell & New Bohemians/Aztec Camera- Ithaca College 4/20/1990
• Midnight Oil- Cornell 2/20/1991
• Jesus Jones/Soho- SUNY Cortland 4/28/1991
• Black Crowes/Jayhawks- Cornell 6/20/1991
• Weird Al- Landmark Theater, Syracuse ca. 1992
• They Might Be Giants- Syracuse U 5/10/1992
• They Might Be Giants- Cornell 5/20/1992
• They Might Be Giants- State Theater, ithaca 6/6/1993
• Shane MacGowan & the Popes- Mean Fiddler, Dublin 1995?
• Rusted Root - Grassroots festival - sometime in the early 90s.
• David Byrne- State Theater, Ithaca 6/6/1994
• Shane MacGowan & the Popes/The Frames- NYC Randall's Island 1995?
• Rolling Stones- Carrier Dome 10/15/1998
• Ashley MacIsaac- Johnny D's Somerville - 2001-ish
• the Levellers- Paradise 3/3/2001
• Beck- Harvard 9/15/2001
• Sleater-Kinney/Black Keys- Lupo's, Providence RI 2/14/2002
• The Rapture- Middle East Downstairs 4/4/2002
• Wire- Middle East Downstairs 6/6/2002
• They Might Be Giants- Hatch Shell, Boston 7/6/2002
• Beck/Flaming Lips- Orpheum Boston 7/7/2002
• The Faint/Les Savy Fav- Roxy Boston 9/1/2002
• Interpol/Raveonettes- Avalon Boston 10/10/2002
• White Stripes/Whirlwind Heat- Orpheum Boston 4/20/2003
• Iggy Pop/Hot hot Heat/Yeah Yeah Yeahs/Fischerspooner-BOA Pavilion Boston 5/6/2003
• Beck/Black Keys/Dashboard Confessional- BOA Pavilion Boston 5/24/2003
• Blur- Avalon Boston 7/18/03
• Stooges/Sonic Youth- Jones Beach, NY 8/7/2003
• the Mobius Band- Great Scott 8/21/2003
• Echo & The Bunnymen/the Stills- 9/16/2003 Paradise, Boston
• Mission of Burma/Daughters/TV Smith- Lupo's, Providence RI 10/4/2003
• Billy Idol- BOA Pavilion 10/5/2003
• LeTigre- Roxy 11/19/2003
• Interpol/Secret Machines- Avalon 11/20/2003
• The Stills/Ratatat- TT The Bear's 2/3/2004
• Adult./Magas- Paradise 4/20/2004
• Kraftwerk- Montreal 4/24/2004
• Sleater-Kinney/the Thermals- Roxy 4/24/2004
• Mission of Burma/Dresden Dolls- Avalon 5/22/2004
• Strokes/Stills- Orpheum 5/16/2004
• Stills- Bill's Bar 6/4/2004
• Violent Femmes- Landsdowne St. 6/4/2004
• Franz Ferdinand- Avalon 6/16/2004
• The Stills- Clinton Castle, NY 7/15/2004
• The Wrens/Bon Savants/Choo Choo La Rouge- Middle East 10/4/2004
• Interpol/Erase Errata?- Avalon 10/12/2004
• Laibach- Paradise 11/6/2004
• Pixies/Mission of Burma- Tsongas Arena 12/1/2004
• Razorlight/the Features- Middle East 1/10/2005
• Secret Machines/Moving Units/Autolux- Middle East 1/27/2005
• Radio 4- Paradise 4/1/2005
• Bloc Party- Paradise 4/5/2005
• Out Hud- Middle East 4/6/2005
• Adult./Gold Chains/Sue Cie- Middle East 4/30/2005
• LCD Soundsystem/M.I.A.- Avalon 6/9/2005
• Nine Inch Nails/QotSA/DFA 79- Boston Garden 9/15/2005
• Beck- BOA Pavilion 9/29/2005
• Franz Ferdinand/Sons & Daughters/Cut Copy- Orpheum 10/15/2005
• Broken Social Scene/Feist- Avalon 10/21/2005
• LCD Soundsystem/the Juan Maclean- Roxy 11/20/2005
• Mos Def & Talib Kweli/Jean Grae/et. al.- Roxy 12/1/2005
• the Juan Maclean- Paradise 2/3/2006
• Nine Inch Nails- Amherst 2/27/2006
• Wolf Parade/Holy Fuck- Lupo's 4/8/2006
• Ladytron/French Kicks- Paradise 4/17/2006
• Dresden Dolls- Orpheum 4/21/2006
• Jamie Lidell/Jimmy Edgar- Great Scott 4/24/2006
• Nine Inch Nails/Bauhaus/Peaches- Tweeter Center 6/23/2006
• Joe Jackson/Graham Maby/Dave Houghton- Somerville Theater 6/28/2006
• TV On the Radio/Yeah Yeah Yeahs- City Hall Plaza 8/10/2006
• Matmos/So Percussion/Keith Fullerton Whitman, MFA- 10/12/2006
• The Rapture/Locksley- Axis 11/1/2006
• Jamie Lidell/Kid Koala- Paradise 11/16/2006
• Mission of Burma/Oneida- Paradise 1/20/2007
• Clinic/Holy Fuck- Middle East 3/11/2007
• ADULT./Erase Errata- Great Scott 4/7/07
• LCD Soundsystem/Yacht- Avalon 5/11/2007
• the Kooks- Newbury Comics in-store performance 5/13/2007
• The Faint- Avalon 5/26/07
• Radio 4/Emergency Music- Harper's Ferry Allston 5/31/07
• The Stills/the Wonderful Spells- Great Scott Allston 6/7/07
• Motor- Axis Boston 6/30/07
• Maximo Park/The Oolahs - Paradise, Boston 7/11/07
• Crowded House/Pete Yorn/Liam Finn - BoA pavilion, Boston 08/05/07
• Daft Punk/the Rapture - Keyspan Arena Brooklyn NY 08/09/07
• Editors/Biffy Clyro/Ra Ra Riot - Paradise, Boston 09/06/07
• Underworld/John Digweed/Dave Ralph - BoA Pavilion, Boston 09/15/07
• !!!/The Field - Paradise Boston 10/12/07
• Editors - Orpheum 1/19/08
• Jamie Lidell/Janelle Monae - Paradise 6/7/08
• !!! - Paradise Boston 7/17/08
• Wire, Middle East Boston 10/8/08
• Moderat (Modeselektor & Apparat), Paradise Boston 05/24/09
• !!!, Middle East Downstairs, Cambridge 09/04/09
• the Twilight Sad/BrakesBrakesBrakes/ We Were Promised Jetpacks, Great Scott Allston 10/07/09
• Simian Mobile Disco, Paradise Boston 10/27/09
• Pixies/Jay Reatard, Wang Theatre Boston 11/27/09
• the Futureheads, Paradise Boston 06/07/10
• Locos Por Juana, Grassroots Festival T-Burg NY 07/10
• Counting Crows/Augustana, Foxwoods casino CT 08/14/10
• Jamie Lidell/Tony Castles, Royale Boston 09/11/10
• Gang of Four/Hollerado, Paradise Boston 02/07/11
• Glasvegas, Brighton Music Hall Boston 05/26/11
• "Weird Al" Yankovic, Orpheum Boston 10/15/11
• Animal Hospital/Beautiful Weekend, Pozen Center, Mass Art Boston 12/04/11
• New Highway Hymnal/Quilt/Sand Reckoner/Creaturos 1/21/12, Great Scott Allston
• Mission of Burma/Shepherdess, Brighton Music Hall 1/21/12
• Fujiya & Miyagi/Shirts & Skins/Soft Pyramid, Great Scott Allston 1/22/12
• Michael Braga Memorial Show: Narcoterror/Dark Flow/Joe Turner & the Seven Levels/Abunai Magic Room, Brighton 1/27/12
• Thick Shakes/Ghost box Orchestra/Royal Wedding/Leagues 1/28/12 Rosebud, Davis Square
• Swervedriver 3/29/12, Brighton Music Hall
• Deep Heaven Now 5: 5/4-5/5/12 at PA's Lounge & Precinct in Somerville, MA. Saw Ghost Box Orchestra, The December Sound, Boom! Said Thunderr, Sun Sister
• Radiohead/Caribou, Great Woods Comcast Center 5/29/12 (missed Caribou because of traffic :o()
• Mogwai/The Soft Moon/Balam Acab, 6/16/12 House of Blues Boston
• Codeine, 6/30/12 at Brighton Music Hall Allston
• Hot Chip/the Chromatics, 7/17/12 House of Blues Boston
• Liars, 7/24/12 Paradise Boston
• Blues Control/Excusamwa/TAPS/Double Awake, 8/3/12 O'Briens Pub Allston
• Maximo Park/Stagnant Pools/Zambri, 9/10/12 Middle east downstairs, Cambridge
• Jesus and Mary Chain/Vandelles/Psychic Paramount 9/11/12 Paradise Boston (won tickets!)
• Jesus and Mary Chain/Vandelles/Psychic Paramount 9/12/12 Paradise Boston (had already bought tickets!)
• Bloc Party, 9/14/12 House of Blues Boston
• Mono/Chris Brokaw 9/16/12 Brighton Music Hall, Allston
• Deerhoof/Buke and Gass/The Big Big Bucks, 9/18/12, Middle East Downstairs Cambridge MA
• Grizzly Bear 9/22/12, Orpheum Theater, Boston
• Raveonettes, 10/7/12, Paradise
• Mean Creek 10/11/12, Brighton music Hall
• Menomena/PVT, 10/13/12, Brighton Music Hall
• Silversun Pickups/Cloud Nothings/Atlas Genius, 10/17/12, Orpheum Theater, Boston
• Matthew Dear 11/14/12, Paradise
• Twilight Sad/Errors, 11/20/12 Great Scott, Allston
• Simian Mobile Disco, 12/11/12 Paradise, Allston
• Mouse on Mars, 3/3/13 Great Scott, Allston
• Tame Impala/The Growl, 3/12/13 House of Blues Boston
• Jamie Lidell/Empress Of/Ludwig Persik, 4/11/13 Brighton Music Hall, Allston
• Four Tet/Anthony Naples/Ricardo Donoso 05/14/13 Middle East Downstairs, Cambridge
• !!!/Sinkane 05/16/13 Sinclair, Cambridge
• Junip 06/12/13 Brighton Music Hall, Allston
• Man or Astroman?/Jacuzzi Boys 06/19/13 Sinclair, Cambridge
• Wire/Bear in Heaven 07/12/13 Sinclair, Cambridge
• Big Country 07/24/13 Johnny D's, Somerville
• Dick Dale/Three Day Threshold 07/25/13 Middle East Downstairs, Cambridge
• The Melvins/Honky 07/29/13 Paradise, Boston
• New Order/Holy Ghost! 7/31/13 BOA Pavilion, Boston
• Adam Ant/Prima Donna 08/19/13 Royale, Boston
• The Cult/White Hills 08/23/13 House of Blues, Boston
• Peter Hook & the Light 09/10/13 Paradise, Boston
• Girls Against Boys (with David Yow!) 9/10/13 Great Scott, Allston
• Clap Your Hands Say Yeah/Arc Iris/Bent Shapes 10/01/13 Middle East Downstairs, Cambridge
• Nine inch Nails/Godspeed You! Black Emperor 10/11/13 Boston Garden, Boston
• Ian Anderson 10/12/13 Wang Theater, Boston
• Simple Minds 10/20/13 Wilbur Theater, Boston
• The Dickies/Burning Streets/Duck and Cover 11/3/13 Middle East Upstairs, Cambridge
• My Bloody Valentine/Dumb Numbers 11/7/13 House of Blues, Boston
• Wooden Shjips/Cave/Ghost Box Orchestra 11/12/13 Great Scott, Allston
• Cut Copy/Larry Gus/Kirin J Callanan 11/16/13 House of Blues, Boston
• MGMT/Kuroma 12/05/13 Orpheum, Boston
• Goblin/Zombi 12/10/13 Sinclair, Cambridge
• Queens of the Stone Age/The Kills 12/13/13 Agganis Arena, Boston
• Arctic Monkeys/Deerhunter/the Orwells 02/06/14 Agganis Arena, Boston
• Oneida/CROSSS/Lair 3/1/14 the Lily Pad, Cambridge
• Rocket From the Crypt/Ex Hex 4/1/14 Brighton Music Hall, Allston
• Nine Inch Nails/Soundgarden 7/29/14, Xfinity Center (aka former Great Woods), Mansfield MA
• !!!/Bearstronaut 8/1/14 Great Scott, Allston
• Twilight Sad/Port St. Willow 2/23/15 Great Scott Allston
• Ellen Allien DJ set 3/12/15 Middlesex Lounge Cambridge
• the Juan MacLean/Heidemann/Kid Drunkadelic 4/28/15 Brighton Music Hall, Allston
• Hot Chip/Sinkane 6/4/15 House of Blues, Boston
• Morrissey (no opening act, just a slide show) 6/24/15, Hanover Theater, Worcester
• Talib Kweli 9/3/15 Ithaca Commons, Ithaca NY
• Ride 10/3/15, Paradise Boston
• !!!/Animal Talk/Stereolad 11/16/15 Middle East Downstairs, Cambridge
• Mega Ran/MC Chris 03/10/16 Middle East Downstairs, Cambridge
• Guided by Voices 07/11/16 Paradise, Boston
• Duran Duran/Chic 07/17/16, Xfinity Center Mansfield MA
• Peaches/DJ Colby Drasher 09/14/16, Roxy Boston
• Lush/Tamaryn 09/15/16, Roxy Boston
• Buzzcocks/Residuels/The Welch Boys 09/27/16, Roxy Boston
• Gang of Four/The Faint 10/06/16, Paradise Boston
• ADULT./Void Vision 5/17/17 - Great Scott Boston
• The Avalanches/Coralcola Royale Boston 6/12/17
• Juan Maclean (DJ set)/Marcus Marr (DJ set) 11/28/17 - Great Scott, Boston
• Editors/House of Harm 05/16/18, Paradise Boston
• Janelle Monae/St. Beauty 07/21/18 - Blue Hills Pavilion, Boston
• Nine Inch Nails/the Jesus & Mary Chain/Daniel Avery 10/19/18- Wang Center, Boston
• Juan Atkins DJ set 10/31/18- MIT Media Lab, Cambridge MA
• 06/07/19 - Howard Jones/Men Without Hats/All Hail the Science, Paradise Boston
• Nancy Whang (dj set) 08/33/19 - ICA Boston
• Hot Chip/Holy Fuck 09/09/19- Royale Boston
• Ladytron/ Lou Rebecca 10/03/19 - Royale Boston
• !!!/Camino 84/DJ Carbo, 10/10/19 - Brighton Music Hall, Allston
• Boston Typewriter Orchestra (opening for the film The Blunderwood Portable), MFA Boston 02/06/20
• MC Frontalot/Video Game Pianist (Martin Leung)/Insaneintherain 02/27/20 - PAX East Boston Convention Center
• Snoop Dogg/DJ Snoopadelic/Juno Allah 10/24/21 - Big Night Live Boston
• Ghostface Killah, Raekwon, GZA 11/20/21 - House of Blues Boston
• Cybertronic Spree/Essenger 11/21/21 - Brighton Music Hall Allston
• Juan MacLean (DJ set), 1/27/22 - Middlesex Lounge, Cambridge
• LCD Soundsystem/Juan MacLean (DJ set) - Roadrunner Boston 4/3/22
• LCD Soundsystem/Juan MacLean (DJ set) - Roadrunner Boston 4/4/22
• Above and Beyond - Big Night Live Boston 6/3/22
• Kraftwerk - Wang Theater Boston 6/11/22
• Midnight Oil/Liz Stringer - Roadrunner Boston 6/16/22
• Tears For Fears/Garbage - Harbor Lights (whatever Bank Pavilion) Boston 6/22/22
• Weird Al Yankovic/Emo Philips - Indian Ranch, Webster MA 08/05/22
• My Chemical Romance/Thursday/Badflower - Boston Garden 9/8/22
• New Order/Pet Shop Boys/Paul Oakenfold - Harbor Lights (Leader bank Pavilion) Boston 9/18/22
• Sisters of Mercy/Primitive Evolution- Hollywood Palladium, Los Angeles 5/15/23
• The Cure/Twilight Sad- Xfinity Center, Mansfield MA 6/18/23
• Pixies/Modest Mouse/Cat Power- Mass MOCA, North Adams 8/26/23
• Cypress Hill/The Pharcyde/Souls of Mischief- Roadrunner Boston 4/18/24
• Chase and Status/Hamdi- Roadrunner Boston 6/20/24

Also seen tons of international groups (King Sunny Ade, Angelique Kidjo, Ladysmith Black Mambazo), Celtic groups (Dervish, Altan, Capercaillie like 5 times, Solas a ton of times, Cherish the Ladies etc.), whatever hippie groups (Donna the Buffalo, Rusted Root), but I didn't count them because it was the early-mid 90s. I don't really remember the 90s.

Shows I had tickets for but couldn't make it for one reason or another:

• U2, the Zoo TV tour in Albany (1992?). I had tickets, and my friend was supposed to come down to my college and stay the weekend and we'd drive up to the show. She flaked. I was out $80 because I didn't have a ride.
• Yeah Yeah Yeahs, paradise 2002 (flu, sold the ticket)
• Devo/Yeah Yeah Yeahs/stellastarr*, Central Park 2005 (stupid bus took 9 hrs to get to NYC from Boston, so I missed it. Still mad!)
• Henry Rollins Spoken word thing, can't remember where, 2003? (I had strep throat)
• Maximo Park, TT's 2005 - was on the guest list, but didn't know who they were and it was raining really hard and I didn't have a good way to get to the show, so I flaked. I still regret that!
• The Stills, someplace in NYC 2005? They cancelled the show; they were going to reschedule it, but they didn't. Instead they refunded the tickets. Alas.
• VHS or Beta, Middle East, 2005 - the label rep said I was on the guest list, but when I got there I totally wasn't!
• Editors, Paradise 2006 - the dude said I was on the guest list (the spots were the prize in some drawing, but the chick who drew the prize didn't want it and gave it to me!) However, when I got there I totally wasn't on the list and it was sold out. I was bummed.
• !!!/Holy Fuck, Paradise 5/13/07 - got tickets way in advance and they moved the show's date and place. I didn't find out about the new info (moved 3 days earlier) until way too late. Still so bummed about that!
• Head Automatica/Radio 4, Great Scott 1/10/09 - Radio 4 flipped their van and wrecked all their equipment. Luckily, nobody was hurt! I think Head Automatica still played, but I really only wanted to see R4.
• Maximo Park, Paradise Boston 09/20/09 - they cancelled the show! Bummer!
• Simian Mobile Disco/the Juan MacLean, Paradise Boston 03/21/11 - feeling sick, weather is crappy, just feeling generally run-down and lame.
• Mission of Burma/Shepherdess, Brighton Music Hall 1/21/12 - stayed for opening band and 2 songs of MoB before drunken annoying friend got kicked out and I had to walk him home and keep him from driving. Argh.
• DJ Shadow/Cut Chemist/Edan, House of blues Boston. 09/13/14. I don't know why I didn't go to this. I'm a complete dumbass. I think I was tired and not feeling well and was at the boyfriend's house across town in Somerville.