It depends on what you ask me, and when, about American Aquarium, whether I’ll be sentimental, or cheerfully cranky, or a million other things — but one thing I will always, always be is fond, is deeply affectionate for those five guys and all 28 ex-band members. There’s no other band where I can tell…
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Photographer, baseball fan, lover of rock music, sweet tea, chili cheese hotdogs, and Matt Wieters.
jon lindsay @ slim’s
Jon Lindsay writes the kind of indie guitar pop songs that stick in your head because of a catchy chorus or a well-picked guitar line, and it’s not until you listen to them later that you realize they’ve wormed their way into your head because they’re sly and subtle and impeccably clever; he is a…
magnolia collective — ghost stories
Magnolia Collective — Ghost Stories. I owe a debt of gratitude to MagCo — I’d been shooting local music for a few years, but I really got a introduction to the center of the Chapel Hill scene thanks to their regular Thursday residency at the Station this year. I met people I’d never have met…
the vaudevillain revue: we’re all mad here
Last Friday I had the distinct pleasure of shooting the VaudeVillain Revue, a burlesque and vaudeville troupe based in Raleigh, both backstage as they got ready for the show, and during the show. It was a fantastic time; everyone involved is unbearably talented, and it’s unlike any other work I do. They’ll be doing another…
top 25 albums of 2011
The usual caveat before we get into the list: I make my list with a mix of objectivity and subjectivity; I’ve left albums I loved off other lists because they weren’t actually very good, and occasionally an incredibly impressive album I’m not wild about will sneak in. In short, this is a list, basically, of…
worth getting up for in november
Worth getting up for in November: Sinful Savage Tigers’ residency at the Station; Fitz & the Tantrums, Girl in a Coma, the Sea & Cake, Bombadil, Josh Ritter live; Josh Ritter’s new live album; shooting Bottom String sessions in backyards and cabins in the woods; the light in the Mandolin Orange living room; burlesque shows;…
two sentence reviews of new albums i listened to in november
The final Two Sentence Reviews of 2011! December is all year-end lists and Christmas songs. And maybe six paragraphs of gibbering about the new Black Keys. Maybe not, though. Anyway: two sentence reviews, boom. Behind the jump: Grand Tetons, Los Campesinos!, Ian Cooke, Low Roar, Frank Turner, 13ghosts, the Miracals, the Violet Lights, Matthew Mayfield….
interview: wylie hunter
The second of two interviews today! Wylie Hunter and the Cazadores will be opening for Jon Lindsay (my interview with Lindsay is here) at Slim’s on Thursday, 12/1, and Wylie was also nice enough to answer some questions for me in advance of the show. Behind the jump, Wylie on the writing process, how the band takes…
interview: jon lindsay
I had the pleasure last week of thinking up a bunch of questions to ask Charlotte singer/songwriter Jon Lindsay, who’s in the process of recording his second LP, Summer Wilderness Program, as we speak. Type. Read this on our phones, whatever. Behind the jump, he talks writing, recording, touring, Charlotte, human beings, inspiration, and answers the all-important…
dex romweber duo @ nightlight
Last night Dex started his set by telling the crowd that, when he was 15, he used to see shows in this room. It’s true — the Nightlight’s space was the original Cradle space, before Frank bought it and moved it to Carrboro. I never saw a show there (too young!) but the sincere sentimentality…
brand new kind of photography 