No Country’s Top Shows of 2014

This week, we’ve brought you our top National albums of 2014 and our favorite releases from Nashville artists of this year.  Today, we polled those of our crew that wanted to participate for their favorite live local shows of 2014.  We included Bonnaroo in this list, and added in a few of our favorite shows from further away as honorable mentions, where applicable.

Have a look at our favorites from this year, see how they rank against your personal list, and feel free to chime in on what you think we missed in the comments!

Jack Smith

• John Butler @ The Ryman – 11/13
• Cage The Elephant @ Bonnaroo – 6/14
• Lettuce @ Nashville Dancin’ – 7/24
• Of Montreal @ Mercy Lounge – 1/15
• Bonobo & Jungle @ Marathon – 9/28
• Bahamas @ The High Watt – 9/22
• The Black Angels @ Mercy Lounge – 2/21
• St. Paul & The Broken Bones and Steelism @ Mercy Lounge – 2/27
• HM: Modest Mouse @ Shaky Knees Festival, Atlanta – 5/10

Jacqui Sahagian

• Jack White @ Bonnaroo – 6/14
• The Kills @ Mercy Lounge – 5/31
• St. Vincent @ Marathon Music Works – 3/7
• Nick Cave @ Bonnaroo – 6/14
• Nikki Lane @ 3rd & Lindsley – 12/28
• Screaming Females @ The Stone Fox 10/28
• Old Crow Medicine Show @ The Woods at Fontanel – 8/23
• Greg Garing @ Logue’s Black Raven Emporium

Jacob Ryan

• Jack White @ Bonnaroo – 6/14
• Ty Segall @ Mercy Lounge – 9/8
• Neutral Milk Hotel @ The Ryman – 2/4
• Cage The Elephant @ Live On The Green – 9/4
• Thee Oh Sees @ Exit/In – 11/15
• Shakey Graves @ Mercy Lounge – 10/21
• Wilco @ The Ryman – 10/22
• Les Claypool’s Duo de Twang @ 3rd and Lindsley – 8/22
• Portugal. The Man @ Cannery Ballroom
• HM: The Clean @ The Stone Fox

Jeff Moody

• Americana Music Awards @ The Ryman – 9/17
• David Grisman @ City Winery – 11/21
• Sturgill Simpson @ Station Inn – 5/8
• Dierks Bentley @ Station Inn – 4/1
• Jason Isbell w/ St. Paul & The Broken Bones @ The Ryman – 10/25
• Ben Miller Band @ The High Watt – 9/18
• LP @ 3rd & Lindsley – 6/8
• Parker Millsap / Hayes Carl @ Bluebird – 3/6
• Hard Workin’ Americans @ Nashville Dancin’ – 7/31
• Martina McBride @ 3rd & Lindsley – 8/31

Lindsey Thompson

• Jack White @ Bonnaroo – 6/14
• Lana Del Rey @ The Ryman – 5/2
• Kim Logan @ Logue’s Black Raven Emporium – 10/24
• Sharon Van Etten @ Exit/In – 6/21
• Sarah Jaffe @ The End – 9/21
• St. Paul & The Broken Bones @ The Ryman – 10/25
• Angel Olsen @ The Stone Fox – 3/6
• Banks @ Bonnaroo – 6/12
• Miley Cyrus @ Bridgestone Arena – 8/7
• Parker Millsap @ Station Inn – 7/25

Mary-Beth Blankenship

• Against Me! @ Mercy Lounge – 1/19
• Justin Timberlake @ Bridgestone Arena – 12/19 
• Jack White / Diarrhea Planet @ Bonnaroo – 6/14
• Arcade Fire @ Bridgestone Arena – 5/1
• Morrissey @ The Ryman – 5/28
• The Pixies @ The Ryman – 2/2
• Weezer @ The Ryman – 4/6
• MewithoutYou @ Mercy Lounge – 10/8
• St. Vincent @ Bridgestone Arena – 12/8
• The Pizza Underground @ The High Watt

Matt Cairns

• Noah Gunderson @ Mercy Lounge – 3/9
• Reignwolf @ Exit/In – 5/12
• Band Of Horses @ The Ryman – 3/5
• John Butler Trio @ The Ryman – 11/13
• White Lies @ Cannery Ballroom – 2/19
• David Bazan @ 3rd & Lindsley – 10/22
• Of Montreal @ Mercy Lounge – 1/15
• Julian Casablancas & The Voidz @ Marathon 10/21
• Bahamas @ The High Watt – 9/22
• Bombay Bicycle Club @ Exit/In – 5/14

Matt Hall

• Beck @ The Ryman – 7/15
• The War On Drugs @ Marathon Music Works – 10/13
• Nick Cave / Diarrhea Planet @ Bonnaroo – 6/14
• Cage The Elephant @ Mercy Lounge – 6/24
• Parquet Courts @ Third Man Records – 6/5
• The Clean & Boogarins @ The Stone Fox – 8/29
• JEFF The Brotherhood @ The End – 10/24
• Funky Meters @ Mercy Lounge – 8/1
• Neutral Milk Hotel @ The Ryman – 2/4
• Daniel Ellsworth & The Great Lakes Kid Tiger release party @ Exit/In – 3/8
• HM: Jack White / Reignwolf @ Forecastle Fest
• HM: Royal Blood / Parquet Courts house party @ SXSW

Meredith Galyon

• Local Natives @ The Ryman – 4/30
• Phantogram @ Marathon Music Works – 7/2
• St. Vincent @ Marathon Music Works – 3/7
• Lana Del Rey @ The Ryman – 5/1
• Jack White @ Bonnaroo – 6/14
• Jason Isbell @ The Ryman – 10/24 – 10/26
• Ingrid Michaelson @ Live On The Green – 8/30
• Weezer @ The Ryman – 4/6
• The Lone Bellow @ Live On The Green – 8/30
• Royal Blood @ War Memorial – 12/5

Michael Brooks

• Joe Bonnamassa @ The Ryman – 4/26
• Ty Segall @ Mercy Lounge – 9/8
• G. Love & Special Sauce @ 3rd & Lindsley – 2/23
• Robert Cray @ Schermerhorn – 4/7
• Old Crow Medicine Show @ Fontanel – 8/23
• Waka Flaka Flame @ Anthem – 5/30
• STS9 @ War Memorial Auditorium – 10/31
• Iggy Azalea @ Memorial Gymnasium – 10/9
• Les Claypool’s Duo de Twang @ 3rd & Lindsley – 8/22

Philip Obenschain

• Morrissey @ The Ryman – 5/28
• Against Me! @ Mercy Lounge – 1/19
• Mineral @ fooBAR – 11/4
• Jack White / Diarrhea Planet @ Bonnaroo – 6/14
• Arcade Fire @ Bridgestone Arena – 5/1
• Weezer @ The Ryman – 4/6
• Brand New @ War Memorial Auditorium – 10/16
• Neutral Milk Hotel @ The Ryman – 2/4
• Pixies @ The Ryman – 2/2
• HM: The Replacements @ Forecastle Fest
• HM: The Pizza Underground @ The High Watt – 11/5
• HM: Jenny Lewis @ Marathon Music Works – 11/15

Wes Davenport

• The Casket Girls @ The End – 8/14
• Sharon Van Etten @ Exit/In – 6/21
• FKA Twigs @ Mercy Lounge – 12/1
• Kim Logan @ Logue’s Black Raven Emporium – 10/24
• Frank Ocean @ Bonnaroo – 6/14
• LP @ Live On The Green – 8/30
• Cherub @ Cannery Ballroom – 3/1
• Chromeo @ Bonnaroo – 6/14
• HM: Haerts & Asgeir @ SXSW