Author: brandnewkindof

Photographer, baseball fan, lover of rock music, sweet tea, chili cheese hotdogs, and Matt Wieters.

in celebration of the southern folklife collection

Saturday afternoon at the Cradle, a bunch of great bands got together and played a show to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Southern Folklife Collection at UNC — I missed the morning panel about the history of the Cradle because I was super lazy on Saturday. I shot photos of Dex Romweber Duo and…

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concerts: shannon o’connor @ cat’s cradle

I met Shannon O’Connor when she was stomping on PBR cans in the Cradle parking lot during Merge 25, so I knew I was going to like her from the start, because, come on, why not? We then discussed my camera and her CD release show, so I knew I was going to like her…

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friday nonsense: what’s for dinner

After the year of Everything I Ate, I thought I’d swear off food photography, but lately I’ve actually been remembering to feed myself, and as housewarming gifts I got some gorgeous white plates and gorgeous glass bowls, and, well, here I am, taking pictures of dinner. Don’t they all look good, though?

concerts: rock*a*teens & the love language @ cat’s cradle back room

What a lovely night of Merge Records indie pop rock last Wednesday — despite starting at 10:30pm (much too late for this old person), the Love Language’s set was shimmery delicious danceable goodness, and Rock*A*Teens made me doubly sad that I missed their set at Merge 25, because they were equally great. Give me hooky…

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album review: cory branan — the no-hit wonder

When Cory opened for Gaslight earlier this year, he told a story about a friend who occasionally covers his song “The Corner” and sings a line wrong; he sings down on the corner of what I want and what I intend to get, where the actual line is what I tend to get. They both…

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video share: the love language – heart to tell

I’ve had this stuck in my head since #merge25. Yesterday my brain mashed it up with JKutchma’s “Teenage DMZ” (because I put them both on a mix for Trav, and we listened to it driving around last weekend, and honestly? It’s a pretty good mashup. Thanks, brain!). Pretty psyched to see them twice in ten…

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