Hurray for the Riff Raff — Young Blood Blues. Out now, self-released. What I want to know is this: when did all these kids start picking up banjos? Not a complaint, just a question; who is this folk revolution to be pinned upon? Are banjos really cheap in pawn shops and at garage sales? Somebody…
Author: brandnewkindof
Photographer, baseball fan, lover of rock music, sweet tea, chili cheese hotdogs, and Matt Wieters.
two cow garage @ kings
Two Cow Garage draws terribly in the Triangle, and that makes me absolutely batty with frustration. I mean, I guess I get it: yesterday was a Sunday, it was a late-ish billed start that became an even later actual start, there’s always plenty of other shows to hit any given night in Chapel Hill, Durham…
fb: miami @ duke
Football photos taken by amateurs all look like big piles of laundry, but I did get shots of two guys crossing the goal lines; one for each team. And it’s always lovely to sit outside in the sun on a beautiful fall afternoon with good company.
the old ceremony @ kings
Passable shooting evening at a new-to-me venue; excellent evening of rock and/or roll courtesy Hammer No More The Fingers, who I haven’t seen in ages and always love live, and the Old Ceremony, who are secretly one of those local bands I’ve seen a million times without realizing how many times I’ve seen them, about…
futurebirds @ local 506
Futurebirds have such a lush sound; with three guitars (and/or banjo) plus a pedal steel, perfect harmonies, good drumming and solid bass lines, they just sound textured all the time, shivery and terrifically Southern — the accents, the steel? I don’t know — I’d love to see them tour with Band of Horses, I think…
henry clay people & the dig @ local 506
There’s something intangibly engaging about enthusiasm, as a photographer; ask someone to make a great heavy metal face and when they do it without thinking twice, there’s more energy in a photo than there would have been before. Likewise, the boys behind Los Angeles pop rockers the Henry Clay People take to the stage with…
two cow garage — sweet saint me
Two Cow Garage — Sweet Saint Me. Out October 26, Suburban Home Records. Two Cow Garage is the best rock band you’ve never heard of. I’ve been waiting for Sweet Saint Me since last December, before Two Cow even started recording it, when I stood in Tir Na Nog and drank Maker’s Mark and talked…
sorry, built to spill fans
I didn’t go to last night’s show at the Cradle, so you’re not going to get a review of it, no matter your searching. Just my write-up of last year’s show. But here, have a picture of Doug Martsch’s beard from 2009. It probably hasn’t changed that much in a year, right?
without
The camera is an instrument that teaches people how to see without a camera. — Dorothea Lange
interview: cameron mcgill
An unexpected emergency room trip and road closures prevented me from actually sitting down with Chicago singer-songwriter Cameron McGill last Sunday before his show at the 506, but he was kind enough to answer some questions from Florida via email this week. Behind the jump, Cameron talks about Chicago, touring with Margot & the Nuclear So-and-So’s and…
brand new kind of photography 