Here is the complete list of concerts I saw in 2003.
| Rank | Bands | City | Location |
| 1 | The Millions, Bitter Bitter Weeks, Lefty's Deceiver, Matt Pond Pa | Chicago | Subterranean |
| 2 | That One Guy, Drums and Tuba | Chapel Hill | Go Studios Room 4 |
| 3 | Scott Tuma, Bonnie Prince Billie, Dirty Three | Chicago | Metro |
| 4 | Static Films, The Impossible Shapes, Songs: Ohia | Chicago | Schubas |
| 5 | Army of Me, Matt Pond PA, Elliot | Chicago | Fireside Bowl |
| 6 | Owen, The Reputation, Mates of State, Rainer Maria | Chicago | Metro |
| 7 | John Vanderslice, Beulah | Chicago | Abbey |
| 8 | Brightblack, Matt Pond & Eve Miller, Rachels | San Francisco | Café Du Nord |
| 9 | Joyful Sorrow, Blake Zweig, Owen | Chicago | Schubas |
| 10 | Rhett Miller | Chicago | Park West |
| 11 | Thermals, Mates of State | San Francisco | Bottom of the Hill |
| 12 | Tim Kinsella, Certainly Sir, American Analog Set | Chicago | Empty Bottle |
| 13 | Ben Hannah, Andrew Bird | Chapel Hill | Go Studios Room 4 |
| 14 | Matt Pond PA, Rocky Voltolato, New Amsterdams | Chicago | Abbey |
| 15 | Clem Snide | Chicago | Schubas |
| 16 | Owen, Ted Leo | Chicago | Schubas |
| 17 | John Vanderslice, Beulah | San Francisco | Great Amrican Music Hall |
| 18 | Kind of Like Spitting | San Francisco | Bottom of the Hill |
| 19 | Chris Lee, Will Johnson, Summer Hymns | Chapel Hill | Go Studios Room 4 |
| 20 | Saturday Looks Good to Me, The Pacific Ocean, Smog | Chapel Hill | Go Studios Room 4 |
| 21 | Iron and Wine, Portastic | Chapel Hill | Go Studios Room 4 |
| 22 | Handsome Family, Jim White | Chicago | Abbey |
| 23 | Iron and Wine. Broadcast | Chicago | Abbey |
| 24 | Sea and Cake | Chapel Hill | Cats Cradle |
| 25 | Moviolia, Orso, Califone | Chicago | Double Door |
| 26 | Sirens of Durham, Cold Sides, Shipping News | Chapel Hill | Go Studios Room 4 |
| 27 | Jimmy's Comet, Cub Country, Clem Snide | Chicago | Double Door |
| 28 | The Horn Band, The Goblins, The Lonesome Organist | Chicago | Empty Bottle |
| 29 | Azita, Stephen Malkmus | Chicago | Metro |
| 30 | Aluminum Group, Joan of Arc, Sea and Ckae | Chicago | Metro |
| 31 | Wilco | Chicago | Auditoreum Theater |
| 32 | Alaska, Mia Doi Todd, Folk Implosion | Chapel Hill | Cats Cradle |
| 33 | Black Dice, Godspeed Your Black Emperor | Chapel Hill | Cats Cradle |
| 34 | Chin Up Chin Up, Pinebender, Appleseed Cast | Chicago | Empty Bottle |
| 35 | Archer Prewitt, Eleventh Dream Day, Calexico, Spoon | Chicago | Taste of Randolph |
| 36 | Grapefruit Moon | Chicago | Davenports |
| 37 | 54-71, Geese, Pele, Architecture | Chicago | Schubas |
| 38 | Hem, Vic Chestnut | Chapel Hill | Cats Cradle |
| 39 | The Seconds, Sparklehorse, Tortoise | Chicago | Metro |
| 40 | Denali, Zetamale | Chapel Hill | Go Studios Room 4 |
| 41 | B.E. Taylor Christmas Concert | Pittsburgh | Heinz Hall |
| 42 | Mike Kinsella & Del Ray performing the Cure | Chicago | Schubas |