show ho pro 2006.

as proof of my borderline rockaholicness, please find below a list of the bands i saw this year (with a 99.325% degree of accuracy). uh huh, i'm a little scared about the length of this list too...but HOW EFFING AWESOME IS MY RAWKTACULAR LIFE?!?

wolf parade x2
chad vangaalen x2
the helio sequence
mark kozelek
editors
the elected
minipop x2
willie nelson
lake trout
birdmonster x5723
hijack the disco x5722
jeff tweedy
the honorary title
limbeck
koufax
supergrass
pilotdrift
the wedding present
tim fite
yeah yeah yeahs
gris gris
jenny lewis & the watson twins
willy mason
matt pond pa x2
spinto band x2
art brut x3
gil mantera's party dream
crystal skulls
belle & sebastian
the new pornographers
tapes 'n tapes x2
metric x3
clap your hands say yeah x2
the dirtbombs
black lips
we are scientists x2
the submarines x4
elbow
jamie lidell
regina spektor
cloud cult x2
the ebb & flow
i love you but i've chosen darkness
the rogers sisters
voxtrot x2
silversun pickups x5
eels
pretty girls make graves
giant drag
josh ritter x3
richard swift
the walkmen x2
simon dawes x2
band of horses x2
mt. egypt
the album leaf
the books
earlimart
cold war kids x2
tilly and the wall
triple cobra
bedroom walls
let's go sailing
the raconteurs
kelley stoltz
steely dan (with bonnie raitt!)
michael mcdonald
the buzzcocks
death cab for cutie
spoon
mates of state x3
the coup x2
french kicks
matt & kim
what made milwaukee famous
nouvelle vague
feist
ratatat
emily haines & the soft skeleton
phoenix x2
viva voce
division day
two seconds
the stills
land of talk
sufjan stevens
my brightest diamond
electric six
aberdeen city x2
the blue van
the hold steady
sean na na
beirut
yo la tengo
the twilight singers
gomez
CSS
ok go
minus the bear
bon savants
the moanin dove
the grates
hot chip
tenacious d
asobi seksu
the botticellis
the lemonheads
vietnam
hymns
margot & the nuclear so and so's
dirty on purpose
tussle
irving
burning brides
brakes x2
diamond nights
noisettes
thunderbirds are now!
bound stems
the little willies
old crow medicine show
the subways
the essex green
two gallants
the charlatans uk
swearing at motorists
forward russia
rainer maria
the duke spirit
islands
the brunettes
my morning jacket
lady sovereign
amadou & mariam
eagles of death metal
mogwai
dungen
animal collective
ladytron
depeche mode
the rakes
youth group
celebration
the like
eisley
smoosh
the heavenly states
ex-boyfriends
spank rock
elvis costello (with emmylou harris & gillian welch)

and coming soon:

pink mountaintops
darker my love

and MAYBE joanna newsom and (yes another) silversun pickups show. and if i happen to stumble upon a show while i'm in ohio or seattle. gotta keep the junkie satisfied, you know? heh.