#a place to bury strangers
MHCP Year In Review 2012
Overall
Total bands seen: 144!
Approx annual ticket cost: about $1000 each (does not include any travel costs)
Number of cocktails consumed: 312ish
Number of drummers A got her picture taken with: 1
Weirdest Show:Alan Resnick opening for Lower Dens at Mississippi Studios
Rowdiest Crowd: Girl Talk (both at Sasquatch and at MFNW)
Loudest Show: A Place to Bury Strangers in Portland.
Furthest Travelled:A Place To Bury Strangers in Brighton, England.
Most Anticipated:Pulp
C’s Biggest Disappointment:Cat Power
A’s Biggest Disappointment:Black Keys
Most Boring Show:War on Drugs
Most crowded show:YACHT
Stinkiest Show:King Tuff
Surprisingly good:Nouvelle Vague (and would have been even better at a smaller venue)
Worst Attendance Yet Best Show:Cloud Nothings.
Best Band You’ve Never Heard Of:Ume
Best Venue: Doug Fir, but hoping for better bands to play there in 2013.
Up and Coming Venue: Bunk Bar! Surprisingly great bands played there this year and we can’t wait to see more.
Worst Venue: Rotture. Yikes.
Best Set Design:Foster the People
Most Fashionable Band: Santigold at Sasquatch
Most Memorable:Jezabels. It was on a boat a required a costume. We’ll remember it for a long time.
Worst Show:Cold War Kids (they only got one star).
C’s Best Show:Pulpat the Warfield Theater
A’s Best Show: Bon Iver at Sasquatch
Super huge thanks to: Music Scene PDX, Twisted Wire PDX, Portland Mercury, KINK, Your Mom
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