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Bands/artists that are absolutely incredible live? (Patreon)

Published:
2026-10-04 02:58:31
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2026-10

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These days I only go see live music when it's like...SOOOOO worth it, ya know? Curious who you've seen live that blew you away.

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Nova Kane

Jane's Addiction was awesome back in 2024. I also just saw Green Jellÿ recently and I had the best time 😂

Nova Kane

This was the aftermath from the show 😭😂 They love their pool noodles. How they got in the chandelier?? Who knows.

Satcomdaemon

Dazzling Killmen blew me away this past week. Forebears of stuff like Dillinger Eacape Plan but also psychedelic and just kind of weird. It's like every type of heacy I love with almost none of the tropes. Been around a long time and have a deep catalog.

Satcomdaemon

Listened to the Misadventures of Shitman recently and that track still slaps. Danny Carey's finest hour.

David Kahler

radiohead in 1997 two months after okc was released at the wiltern theater los angeles 3rd row center and then again on april 1 1998 at the universal amphitheater the first time they ever played htdc live and i thought to myself this is a really good song of course i had to wait 2 years until kid a came out to hear it again

apolemian

I'm fortunate to see a lot of live music, especially lots of great local shows, but these are the artists I can think of from the last few years that floored me in a way that felt special: Lingua Ignota/Rev. Kristin Hayter Queens of the Stone Age Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds Wardruna PJ Harvey And some smaller scale but fantastic shows to catch the club level: Helms Alee, Anthers, Dark Chisme, The Body, Emma Ruth Rundle, Chat Pile, Big Brave

Justin Blumberg

I've been to quite a few mind blowingly good concerts in my day. Off the top of my head: The Beaches every show was killer, Otoboke Beaver, PJ Harvey, um...Death was great.

ixi music

I just saw a fresh clip of Queens of the Stone Age playing and dayum. I looked at their tour dates and they're on their way to southeast Asia and Australia so I missed 'em.

Alexander Kernbaum

The first show where I was like “I get it. This is what live music is supposed to be like” was the Cranberries, probably 1996. Second show like that was much much later, NIN prob in support of With Teeth album. Most recently, Moderat. Oooh and Sigur Ros. Funny thing happens when you play chill seeming music really loud - total immersion.

evistre

VNV Nation!

Jedit

Depends what you call "blown away". Janis Ian is/was mostly a quiet, stripped back folkie, but the last time I saw her she ended the gig by performing her song Jesse a capella and without a mic. Just this tiny woman in her 60s filling a church with her unsupported voice. If that doesn't blow you away, what would? Then there's Niteworks' farewell gig, recorded as Solas na Maidne Live. 2500 people in the Glasgow O2 creating an even stronger audience feedback loop than when I saw Portishead on the Third tour, and that one ended with Beth Gibbons looking like she'd been hit with an 8lb lump hammer wrapped in multiple orgasms. Both amazing shows. BB King was the greatest living bluesman; as he said when they brought on a throne for him to sit on, "You're thinking BB's got so old, he can't stand up and play no more. And that's the truth. But I can still *play*". And play he could. They had to drag him off the stage at curfew. The gig being a double headliner with the equally legendary John Mayall was just gravy. Is it technical proficiency that removes your socks by force? The last Porcupine Tree tour gig was a beast, as was Steven Wilson touring The Overview. Deep Purple and Orbital are always a blast because they love it on stage. The Kinks felt like home. There's lots of ways to be blown away.

ohgee

A Place to Bury Strangers - I've seen them live 3 times and every time I was as blown away as the first time. Wild, chaotic, noisy, unpredictable.

Leanne

it's not really the kind of music that floats this group's boats, but Dawes (Americana folk rock kind of thing) are absolutely spectacular live. They always get the crowd going.

Leanne

Henge, also incredible, sound is always perfect and fantastic musicianship.

Leanne

Heilung - what a spectacle, but I'm not convinced there isn't heavy reliance on backing tracks and prerecorded stuff.

Leanne

Tori Amos back in the day, just her, and a piano. I think hers are my favourite live shows

Jon Power

Other than Nine Inch Nails, most memorable show for me was Aphex Twin in Brooklyn back in 2017. That was a one off thing though, and probably never happening again. I saw Peter Gabriel a few years back in Boston, and he was fucking incredible. Every aspect of the show was stunning. He’s about to release a new album next month, so absolutely catch that tour. Another banger live is Einsturzende Neubauten. I’ve seen them many times over the years but the first show back in 2000 is still one of the most incredible live shows ever. The energy level was off the chart. Last recommendation would be Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds. Been seeing him with his band for 20 years and I keep going back, but if you can catch him when he’s touring solo, those are really something special. He’s is absolutely hilarious btw. That alone is worth the price of admission.

Anthony Savoie

I saw Frank Zappa live 5 times between 1977 and 1988 in halls with varying acoustics (including a hockey arena) and with audiences of varying levels of intoxication. Super enjoyable, but I wasn't blown away. BUT, in 2018, 25 years after his death, I finally got to hear Zappa's orchestral works performed live in halls with superb acoustics and with audiences who kept quiet during the performance. So for me, the Giorgio Bernasconi Ensemble (a student orchestra from the performing arts academy of the La Scala opera house) playing Zappa's "The Yellow Shark" at the Teatro Studio Melato in Milan was a musical experience that blew me away. So much so that I took a train down to Rome to catch them again at the Auditorium Parco della Musica 4 days later. I only wish Reppy could have been there with me.

Frederic

I barely see any more live shows, but amongst the many ones i saw (since the 80s, when i was a kid) here is a list of bands/artists i really liked live: Chicago, Kraftwerk, Genesis, Pink Floyd, Tears For Fears, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Prefab Sprout, Mogwai, The Residents, Magma, Meat Loaf, Barry White, Prince, Aphex Twin, Björk… - 😅 kind of a mixed bag, i like a lot of different stuff…

Frederic

I saw a lot of concerts, in my life, but one of my biggest regrets is never being able to see Zappa… 😢

Wax Duck

That I regret going to: zero That I regret not going to: many That I regret not wearing hearing protection at: two

ixi music

I "accidentally" saw Jane's Addiction fairly recently (maybe it was 2024?) because they were touring with Smashing Pumpkins!

ixi music

That I can definitely see just from the recordings!

ixi music

I haven't heard of these folks!

ixi music

I would loooove to see Moderat!

Nova Kane

Same here!! I was at the St. Paul show :D

Klors

a lot of the ones that blew me away were as much about the venue as about the act... I love small gigs rather than arena/stadiums - lots in the 90's and on in my local 2000 or smaller capacity venues, Soundgarden, Radiohead, Skunk Anansie, The Cranberries, Faith No More, The Flaming Lips, Hot Chip, Squarepusher, Massive Attack, The Cinematic Orchestra, Amplifier, DJ Shadow ... and Tori Amos at the local theatre and a church Tool are always great in whatever venue a local band called Shod that used to play at a pub I went to... jazz/moroccan/triphopish but more recently... Maddie Ashman was fantastic

Klors

I think I saw Cranberries on that same tour in Rock City!

Teddy2tuff

Sounds like you might be looking for recommendations so I'd say def catch Agnes Obel if she swings by, very enchanting.

Wax Duck

When did you see FNM? We saw them twice in 2009, Brixton and Corn Exchange. Brixton is one of the ones which had my ears ringing all night.

Klors

I don’t really remember but I could try and find the ticket stubs, I think I saw them a couple of times around king for a day and I saw them before that and after that

beatcomber

Nomeansno - Absolutely one of the best rocks acts to see live. Ustad Allah Rakha and Zakir Hussain - Quite possibly the two greatest exponents of the tabla to ever live, this father and son duo was spellbinding. Ustad Allah Rakha would have been about 75, or 76, years old when I saw them. He needed help on to the stage from Zakir's younger brothers. However, once in front of the table his hands looked like butterflies. Really, if you enjoy classical Indian music at all it should be seen live at least once. DJ Z-Trip, Radar, and a DJ whose name escapes me. They played a 4 hour set of non-stop dance party music. They even jammed out in a couple sections the 3 of them. Fantastic DJs. B.B. King was a such a grand performer with decades of working a crowd, he was amazing. He had a few thousand all standing, in a seated auditorium, moving to his groove. To close the show he went from one end of the stage to the other handing things out to those in the front. His band just jammed for what might have been a good 10-15 minutes as he walked across the stage.

ixi music

I've given up hope of seeing Radiohead but at least I got to see The Smile twice, which helped ease the pain just a little ;) And Thom Yorke solo once.

David Kahler

they might tour here in the usa in a couple of years the money they would make would be too hard to pass up not that money ever motivated them