greg C's Top Twenty Favorite Shows Of 2011

A-Godspeed You! Black Emperor_31.jpg, a photo by greg C photography™ on Flickr.

2011 was certainly an amazing year for live music in New York City. Having photographed over 80 great concerts it wasn't easy narrowing this list down to just twenty shows. The final twenty were all so good it became impossible to list them in favorite order so I took the easy way out and did them chronologically. I've provided hyperlinks to the complete set of photos by each band.  I hope you enjoy these as much as I did photographing them.

1. March 15 & 18- Godspeed You! Black Emperor (photo above from Church of St. Paul the Apostle show) @ Brooklyn Masonic Temple, NY & Church of St. Paul the Apostle, NYC

2. March 26- Horseback, Hull, Batillus @ Studio at Webster Hall, NYC

3. March 29- Yoko Ono/Plastic Ono Band & Friends (Sean Ono Lennon, Lou Reed, Antony Hegarty, Nels Cline, Greg Saunier, Michael Leonhart and more), Patti Smith Group, Cibo Matto @ Le Poisson Rouge, NYC

4. April 30- Wormrot, Winter, Deathcycle, Kings Destroy @ Union Pool, Brooklyn, NY

5. May 2- Krallice, Withered, Ipsissimus @ Studio at Webster Hall, NYC

6. June 1- Ghost, Sabbath Assembly, Natur @ Studio at Webster Hall, NYC

7. June 3- Marduk, Aura Noir, Black Anvil, HOD, Panzerfaust, Natur @ Music Hall of Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY

8. June 22- Sleep, Winter, White Hills @ Terminal 5, NYC

9. June 25- Indian, Bloodiest @ Union Pool, Brooklyn, NY

10. July 12- Yob, Dark Castle, Batillus @ Le Poisson Rouge, NYC

11. August 6- Disma, Coffinworm, Unearthly Trance, Oak @ St. Vitus Bar, Brooklyn, NY

12. August 18- KMFDM, Army Of The Universe @ Irving Plaza, NYC

13. September 10- Weedeater, Oxbow, Bison B.C. @ Europa, Brooklyn, NY

14. September 12- Wolves In The Throne Room, Thou, Krallice @ Bell House, Brooklyn, NY

15. September 17- Urfaust, Black Anvil, Krallice, Ruin Lust @ Union Pool, Brooklyn, NY

16. September 23- Kyuss Lives!, The Sword, MonstrO @ Terminal 5, NYC

17. September 25- Enslaved, Alcest, Junius @ Gramercy Theater, NYC

18. October 22- Kvelertak, Skeletonwitch, Tombs, Psychic Limb @ Rocks Off Cruises aboard The Jewel in NYC Harbor

19. October 25- Amon Tobin, Emika @ Brooklyn Masonic Temple, NY

20. December 2- Inquisition, Disma, Agrath @ Studio at Webster Hall, NYC