I was going to be all sentimental, and write about how much the Static Minds have meant to me the last year, how much I’ve always loved shooting them, how much I adore their 2010 album Electricity, how much I adore all four of the guys and value Erik’s friendship … but it was really…
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local beer local bands: gross ghost & lilac shadows
A lovely pre-Thanksgiving Wednesday night LBLB with two of my recent local favorites: the dreamy indie-post-pop of Sam Logan’s Lilac Shadows (Sam was the brains behind the excellent Huguenots; Lilac Shadows is his latest project) and the über-catchy garage punk of Gross Ghost. Wild psych screamo punk outfit Exquisite Corpse opened. I hadn’t been to Raleigh…
josh ritter @ mcglohon theatre
The only word for last night’s solo acoustic Josh Ritter show is “magical”. It was sheer magic, like he always is, and it was perfect. Setlist: Come And Find Me/Rumours/Me & Jiggs/Wolves/Southern Pacifica/You Don’t Make It Easy Babe/Folk Bloodbath/Rattlin’ Locks/Harrisburg/Sweet Water (? new song)/Girl In The War/What Happened To The Girl I Knew*/In The Dark/Galahad/New…
rock it local
From top to bottom, Hammer No More the Fingers, Free Electric State, Lonnie Walker, the Brand New Life, and Murphy’s End. Five local bands at two venues last night, and I’d really wanted to catch Gross Ghost’s set at the Cave after Hammer, but ill-advised application of a final whiskey and ginger forced shep. and…
home is wherever i’m with you
the Deep Dark Woods — The Place I Left Behind. Out now, Sugar Hill Records. I have to retract what I said about Blitzen Trapper being the band most likely to slay a deep cut cover by the Band (although they’re still second on the list); that honor really belongs to the Deep Dark Woods,…
bottom string sessions: gross ghost
Saturday Grant and I went out and taped a Bottom String session with Gross Ghost at Mike Dillon’s cabin in the woods. Seriously in the middle of the woods. Gorgeous gorgeous setting and lovely guys. Full set is here.
architecture in helsinki @ cat’s cradle
Sometimes, I’m not going to lie, I take jobs because I like a band’s name, or I figure the shots will be interesting, or I’m simply curious about what the deal is. Last night’s Architecture in Helsinki show at the Cradle was a little of all three; I didn’t know much about the band (and…
bombadil cd release party for ‘all that the rain promises’
Everyone in the Triangle knows the story of Bombadil; in 2009, poised to break out with the spectacular and heartbreaking Tarpits and Canyonlands, the band took an abrupt and open-ended hiatus, based, publicly, mostly around de facto frontman Daniel Michalak’s deteriorating physical health. (If you aren’t from here, you can read last week’s Indy story…
a weekend to rock
Kicked off a long weekend of tons of shooting with two shows last night; Slingshot Cash at the Cave, and Josh Oliver & Andrew Marlin at the Station. Both great sets, low key, low light, warm and honest. I’m going to swamp you guys with shots the next few days; be ready. This afternoon I…
effingham @ local 506
In 2012, I resolve to shoot a lot of festivals and steal every red gel and light bulb from every venue in the Triangle. Yesterday Pam and I were talking about how there are good bands, bad bands, and your friends’ bands. It’s nice when your friends’ bands are also good bands.
brand new kind of photography 