Paste Magazine recently accepted submissions from their 500+ readers for the best live music venues in these here United States and wittled the recomendations down to a mere 40. Taking into consideration the following qualities: sound, comfort, character, setting, history, vibrancy, uniqueness, and their roles in helping to launch careers, the list was developed. Congrats to our own Stubbs and Continental Club for making the cut, but does anyone think there was an Austin venue that may have been overlooked??

thanks to Stereogum for the tip to this news bit

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NORTHWEST
Café Du Nord (San Francisco, CA)
Crocodile Café (Seattle WA)
Department of Safety (Anacortes, WA)
Doug Fir Lounge (Portland, OR)
The Fillmore (San Francisco, CA)
Tractor Tavern (Seattle, WA)
Gorge Ampitheatre (George, WA)
Great American Music Hall (San Francisco, CA)

SOUTHWEST
Continental Club (Austin, TX)
Red Rocks (Morrison, CO)
The Troubador (West Hollywood, CA)
Largo (Los Angeles, CA)
Stubb’s (Austin, TX)
Hotel Café (Hollywood, CA)

MIDWEST
Cain’s Ballroom (Tulsa, OK)
Schubas (Chicago, IL)
Magic Stick (Detroit, MI)
Fox Theatre (Boulder, CO)
First Avenue (Minneapolis, MN)

NORTHEAST
9:30 Club (Washington, D.C.)
Allen Room at Lincoln Center (New YOrk, NY)
Iron Horse Music Hall (Northampton, MA)
Club Passim (Cambridge, MA)
Bowery Ballroom (New York, NY)
Maxwell’s (Hoboken, NJ)
World Café Life (Philadelphia, PA)
The Living Room (New York, NY)
Space (Portland, ME)

SOUTHEAST
40 Watt Club (Athens, GA)
Bluebird Café (Nashville, TN)
The Basement (Nashville, TN)
The Earl (Atlanta, GA)
Eddie’s Attic (Decatur, GA)
Jammin’ Java (Vienna, VA)
The Melting Point (Athens, GA)
The Orange Peel (Asheville, NC)
Southgate House (Newport, KY)
The Tabernacle (Atlanta, GA)
Tipitina’s (New Orleans, LA)
Workplay (Birmingham, AL)

This entry was posted on Tuesday, May 29th, 2007 at 3:30 pm and is filed under general music news.