50 Best Live Performances of 2009



#1 Grizzly Bear | The Parish 6.17.09
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#2 Janes Addiction | Playboy Party SXSW
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#3 The Mars Volta | Monolith Music Festival
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#4 Phoenix | La Zona Rosa 12.17.09
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#5 Metric | La Zona Rosa 12.1.09
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#6 Warpaint | Emo's 10.29.09
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#7 Morrissey | Bass Concert Hall 4.12.09
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#8 Kanye West | FADER Fort SXSW
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#9 St. Vincent | Austin City Limits / Mohawk 6.19/6.20.09
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#10 Depeche Mode | The Woodlands 8.30.09
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#11 Grizzly Bear | Emo's 10.2.09
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#12 Flight of the Conchords | Bass Concert Hall 5.8.09
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#13 Franz Ferdinand | La Zona Rosa 4.24.09
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#14 Edward Sharpe and The Magnetic Zeros | Monolith Music Festival
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#15 Yeah Yeah Yeahs | Monolith Music Festival
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#16 Little Dragon | Emo's 11.30.09
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#17 Of Montreal | Monolith Music Festival
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#18 DEATH | Fun Fun Fun Fest
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#19 Bat For Lashes | The Parish 8.19.09
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#20 TV On The Radio | Stubbs 5.17.09
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#21 Neon Indian | Stubbs 11.27.09
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#22 Santigold | Stubbs 6.15.09
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#23 The Antlers | Monolith Music Festival
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#24 Hockey | Filter Cedar Street Courtyard SXSW
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#25 Kanye West, Little Boots and Kid Cudi| Perez Hilton Party SXSW
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#26 Them Crooked Vultures | Austin City Limits


#27 Les Savy Fav | Fun Fun Fun Fest
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#28 Passion Pit | Emo's 6.3.09
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#29 Little Joy | The Independent 6.8.09
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#30 Spoon | Stubbs 7.9.09
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#31 Ratatat | Fun Fun Fun Fest
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#32 The xx | The Mohawk 11.19.09
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#33 Yeasayer | Fun Fun Fun Fest


#34 The Faint / Ladytron | Stubbs 4.22.09
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#35 VEGA | Fun Fun Fun Fest
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#36 Monotonix | Monolith Music Festival
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#37 White Denim | The Parish 4.19.09
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#38 Bon Iver | Austin City Limits


#39 Friendly Fires | The Mohawk 11.19.09
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#40 Lykke Li | Webster Hall
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#41 Ume La Zona Rosa | 5.5.09
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#42 Clues | The Independent 6.10.09
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#43 The Horrors | Emo's 9.26.09
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#44 The White White Lights | The Mohawk 11.14.09
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#45 Brian Jonestown Massacre | Emo's 4.14.09
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#46 Anya Marina | Emo's 5.28.09
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#47 The Golden Filter | Beauty Bar 6.10.09
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#48 Animal Collective | Stubbs 6.5.09
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#49 Crystal Castles | La Zona Rosa 4.13.09
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#50 Girl Talk | Monolith Music Festival
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