Condemned Unit @ Emo's

Kickin' it old school:
Condemned Unit

Have Heart @ Emo's

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) .

Emo's pics here.

Bottle Service @ Carousel Lounge

Once again Bottle Service brought their unique sound and energy to the people - this time within the circus-themed walls of the Carousel Lounge.

I want some snax, man! I want some snaxxxxx!

Photos here.

Hatred Surge/Bottle Service

Hatred Surge pics here.

Bottle Service pics here.

Night, night. Sleep tight.
Don't let the bedbugs bite.

Bottle Service @ Beerland

Oh, what Carnage!?! More than just tamborines were killed at this show. Here are the pics.

Matsuri/Moldar/For Want Of/Oriana Raeo

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.

Matsuri
Moldar
For Want Of
Oriana Raeo

Trifle Tower/Dark Forces/For Want Of/Chest Pain

Texas is hot these days. It's still close to 100 degrees at 9:00 PM. I just thought you should know.

On to the good stuff... the brave bands that refuse to give in to the heat and play shows in hot Pizza joints. Check out these photos of people sweating.

Trifle Tower
Dark Forces
For Want Of
Chest Pain

Bottle Service @ Sound On Sound

Yep... the tamborine player (we call him "Tamborine Killer") is my stepson, football watchin' buddy and all around good guy. His band is awesome. Check out the pics here.

Check out their Myspace page here.

Anchor/Run With The Hunted/Red Son/Changes

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?

My free time the last two days has been tied up watching the College World Series. Normally, I hate baseball. But once in a blue moon there is a decent game that I can get into. Last night... great game. Tonight... not so much, but Texas DID win. So... yeah. Who watches baseball anymore?

Enjoy the pics.

Anchor (they're from Sweden!)
Run With The Hunted
Red Son
Changes

Lome Prieta/Trifle Tower/For Want Of

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.

May 24th, 2009 - Three Shows

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.

Here are some images from the day... click here

This is who you will see: Mind Eraser, Iron Age (@ Red 7 ) - Hatred Surge, No Man's Slave, I Resign, Naw Dude (@ Emo's) - & The Dead Space (@ The Parlor).

Cro-Mags/Trash Talk/Your Mistake

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.

The kids at this show simply WENT OFF for Trash Talk. They sang nearly every word of every verse they played. I've seen them a few times in Austin, but this was by far the best Trash Talk show I have ever seen. Pics here.

This was also my first opportunity to see Your Mistake from Houston. It was a great set. Their drummer quit the band a few days before this show (wtf!?!). So they reached out to their original drummer to fill in for this show. I couldn't tell because they sounded great. Pics here.

Earth Crisis/Reign Supreme/Unholy/For The Glory

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...


Earth Crisis
Reign Supreme
Unholy
For The Glory

TXHC Superbowl

Or is Superbowl two words? Ehm....

Texas Hardcore Super Bowl.

Who knows. I like two words better.

I didn't get to stay for the whole show, but I managed to get some pics of The Dry Heaves, Power Trip, The Red Alert & Fight Pretty. Sadly I missed Bitter End, On My Side and several others. I'm going to be lazy a NOT post individual links for each photo album Just click here. I have faith that you possess that basic of all abilities to hunt and find the pictures for yourself.

The Tudors are on so why am I still on this computer? It's good to be the king.

Kingdom/Branch Davidian

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.

Oh... and I used my new flash at this show for the first time. I'm such a n00b.