Dr. Dog absolutely destroyed it last night at Haw River; they’re such a tight band, the harmonies that make their music stand out are even better live, and they just flat out rock. There was a full house, and the crowd was absolutely rocking with them. A ton of fun, and such a pleasure to…
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final 2012 show at the FARM
A quietly beautiful show at the FARM for 2012; Des Ark and the Tender Fruit both such heart-stopping songs about heart-stopping feelings, and the company, though a smaller crowd than the last show, was warm and funny and full of people I love. I ate a quesadilla and warmed my hands over a bonfire and…
grant hart @ slim’s
It is always a pleasure and a privilege to shoot Grant Hart, and see him play; he’s a genius songwriter, he’s one of the weirdest and most interesting people I’ve ever met, and as a photographer, he has one of those gorgeous, odd, sharp-angled faces that are fascinating, endlessly, to shoot. It was a lovely…
heartless bastards @ haw river ballroom
Erika Wennerstrom is a badass. The wall of guitar and bass that Heartless Bastards produce is enough to rattle your fillings in the best possible way. Haw River Ballroom is one of my favorite places to shoot in the Triangle, if not my favorite, because the lights are so perfect and dramatic. Futurebirds are more…
old 97s @ cat’s cradle
Okay, look, let’s just get this out of the way: if you’re touring the anniversary of Too Far To Care, and thus are playing the record start to finish, and thus are opening every show with “Timebomb”, I don’t care that you’ve been using it as your closer for 15 years, since the album was…
kathleen edwards @ haw river ballroom
asking for flowers is like asking you to be nice
admiral fallow @ local 506
A double shot of Admiral Fallow photos today; Speakers in Code had the pleasure of hosting the charming Scottish indie rockers for two shows in Chapel Hill over the weekend. The first was Saturday night at the 506, and we had a great turn out including people Matt and I didn’t know. I really expected…
lucius @ local 506
Had the pleasure of seeing Lucius open up for Milo Greene at the 506 on Friday night; they play deeply eerie candy-colored synth pop that I’m completely smitten by. (Their first self-titled EP is out now.) If ’60s girl group doowop made a baby with Owen Pallett, that baby would be Lucius, with their matching…
youngblood hawke @ disco rodeo
First: I refuse to call Disco Rodeo “the Ritz”, even if they have big stupid red letters on their building calling it that. Disco Rodeo is a big old cave of a venue in an old storage building in an office park, and it is not the Ritz. Jesus Christ. Second: I have spent seven…
yep roc 15
Full set from all three nights of Yep Roc 15, a celebration of Yep Roc Records’ 15th birthday party, is here. Write-up will be on Speakers In Code tomorrow or Tuesday. Thanks for inviting me to your party, y’all. It kicked ass. (I shot every band on the lineup but Liam Finn — who I…
brand new kind of photography 