favorite shows of 2008

In chronological order, my favorite concerts of 2008 (of course, all the tour shows were the best but cannot be listed here):

Andrew Phillip Tipton & Dan Fishback / Pete's Candy Store, Brooklyn, NY
Jeffrey Lewis / Sidewalk Café, New York
The Mountain Goats / Doug Fir Lounge, Portland, OR
LAKE / The Artistery, Portland, OR
Schwervon! & Angelo Spencer / House of Commons, Austin, TX
Physics of Meaning & The Lisps & Laura Gibson / After the Jump BBQ, Austin, TX
Your Heart Breaks & Big Little Dipper Dipper / a house in Seattle, WA
Knit Hands, Tom Gk & the Gockelettes, The Roadrunners, White Fang, Adrian Orange /SU, Reed College, Portland, OR
Scout Niblett / Doug Fir Lounge, Portland OR
Homesick Elephant, Apple Miner Colony / Echo Curio, Los Angeles, CA
Black Lips / Market Hotel, Brooklyn, NY
Huggabroomstik, Ching Chong Song / Goodbye Blue Monday, Brooklyn, NY
Liv Carrow, Dibs, Poton, Andrew Phillip Tipton, Dan Fishback / Everything Goes Book Café, Staten Island, NY
LAKE, Toby Goodshank, Dizzy Spells Martian / nbi, Berlin-Prenzlauer Berg
Ronetta, Hurray For The Riff Raff / Silver Future, Berlin-Neukölln
François Virot, Horror Me, Jeffrey Lewis / Theaterkapelle, Berlin-Friedrichshain
Orchestre Miniature in the Park & Phoebe Kreutz / Ostkreuz, Berlin
Major Matt Mason USA / Total Art Space, Berlin-Neukölln
Animal Collective / Berghain/Panorama Bar, Berlin
The California Honeydrops / Bassy, Berlin
The United Steel Workers of Montréal / Bassy, Berlin
Mr. Mostash, The Burning Hell / West Germany, Berlin-Kreuzberg
Agent Ribbons, Falk & die Wiese / West Germany, Berlin-Kreuzberg
Kid Ikarus, Susie Asado, Freschard, Jimmy Trash and the Gunpowder Temple of Heaven / Schokoladen, Orph-Theater, Berlin-Mitte