Went to a cool pre-holiday show at Beerland... and finally got to see a newish band called Come And Take It with ex members of Camp X-Ray. I'm excited to see these guys play out more in the future.
Weekend Nachos from Chicago came through town and played a show at Snake Eyes Vinyl. I managed to get a few good shots of most of the bands. Hope you like 'em.
Trailer Space Records in East Austin is becoming one of my favorite places to see (and shoot) a show. To steal a line from Ray from the Crack Pipes, Trailer Space shows have a real sense of community. Granted however, the community that was at this show really liked to smoke cigarettes indoors.
Here are some pics from a great post-Thanksgiving show at The Parlor:
Another great show at the Ten Eleven (formerly the Warhol) in San Antonio. Great shows like this really keep me inspired.
Here are some photos from Day 1 of Fun Fun Fun Fest this year. Much more to come tomorrow. Click the links below to see the sets for each band.
Have Heart's final show in Texas was this last Tuesday and it was a hot one. Emo's had this show on the floor outside. and it was a pretty packed show. I really couldn't get a great spot to take pictures. I had to settle for behind the stage. It was still a tight fit. Come to think of it, the last time I took pictures of Heart Heart it was a pretty tight fit, as well (San Anotnio - June 10, 2008) .
Once again Bottle Service brought their unique sound and energy to the people - this time within the circus-themed walls of the Carousel Lounge.
Oh, what Carnage!?! More than just tamborines were killed at this show. Here are the pics.
A couple of cool bands from California graced our presence in Austin, Matsuri (from the Bay Area) and Moldar (from LA). For Want Of and Oriana Raeo got things started.
Texas is hot these days. It's still close to 100 degrees at 9:00 PM. I just thought you should know.
Laziness has set in... I went to this show on 6/19 and I'm just now getting around to updatin' muh blog. Actually, I uploaded the pictures to Picasa like the next day. I just didn't post anything here. So... I'm only part lazy, right?
There was good show at Trailer Space Records this last Wednesday. I was not familiar with the out-of-town bands. But I really liked Trifle Tower from Dallas and Loma Prieta from San Francisco. Locals For Want Of were pretty swell, too - as usual. I experimented a lot with various settings and different lenses on the camera at this show, so the pics are all over the place as far as the "look" of each photo.
The last day of Choas in Tejas... I went to 3 shows today (actually, the ONLY Choas day I attended this year). One was a free show at The Parlor, another at Emo's & the last one at Red 7. I didn't photograph every band that played. Gimme a break - sometimes I get lazy or I just like to watch. Sue me.
The Cro-Mags are one of my all time favorite bands. My old band used to cover "We Gotta Know" (badly, I'm afraid). Their album "Age of Quarrel" is a hardcore classic. I've now had the opportunity to see them (Cro-Mags jam) twice within the last year. This show was at The Rock Bottom Tattoo Bar in San Antonio. Cro-Mags played Choas in Tejas this year at Emo's in Austin the day before this show, but I opted to see the San Antonio show in a little smaller venue (something about Emo's outside stage has always bothered me - it's not as intimate, I guess). As it turns out, I was on stage during the Cro-Mags set standing not more than 3 feet from Craig Ahead the entire time. It was an honor to take pictures of them. Click here for the photos.
I recently got a new f/1.8 50mm lens. This show was the first show using the new lens. So this was mostly an experiment in low light/no flash photography (okay - there are a few w/ the flash). I'm also not used to the crazy depth of field this lens has. But there are still a few great pics in these sets. I can tell I will be having some fun with this lens in the future. Links below...
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Okay. So I didn't realize I had the autofocus OFF until about half way through Kingdom's set when I took pictures at this show. These are the only Branch Davidian pictures that made the cut... only because I thought they had some sense of style, in focus or not. And here are the Kingdom photos that weren't horrible.
