Live Music Q3 2012

Two insights during these past three months. First, I hate Outside Lands. Cold, impossible to get between stages, ill-mannered crowds -- give me Coachella any day. Second, Fiona Apple is incredibly intense live.

Funny, two of these are bands I saw earlier this year (SVE and Wilco). Total for the year so far is 22 (Q1 post, Q2 post), well on my way to exceeding my annual target of 26 for the year. Favorites in bold.

• Jessica Lea Mayfield
• Outside Lands (Explosions in the Sky, The Kills, Allen Stone, fun., Franz Ferdinand, Regina Spektor, Jack White)
• Sharon Van Etten
• Fiona Apple
• Wilco
• string quartet in Sainte-Chapelle, Paris