Some of my favorite live music acts of the year. Like Neil Young said: “Live Music are Better”! Kurt Vile and Courtney Barnett at Sound Summit Reverend Payton’s Big Damn Band at Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Jon Langford & Sally Timms at HSB Chuck Prophet at Summertime Thing fest Alejandro Escovedo at Sierra Nevada brewery Dave Alvin at Arcata Theater Jimmie Dale Gilmore & Kelly Willis at Great American Music Hall John Doe & Exene at Mystic Theater The Third Mind at the Chapel livemusic