Saturday, April 30, 2011

deerhoof

april for me had its ups and downs. one of the things that was definitely an up, were all the amazing gigs that happened - many of which were put on by subbacultcha. there of course were other gigs not documented here. including the luyas, which sees the bbblog featuring some great shots of a talented music photographer robert jung. (did i regret not bringing my camera that night? umm, yep!)

happy to have had my camera at deerhoof though. here is just one or two of the things that happened in front of the camera. there was dancing and guitars and, i think, four encores.

deerhoof

deerhoof

deerhoof

deerhoof

more shots here natch.

x

Thursday, April 14, 2011

no age @ OT 301

wow. this was one crazy gig, as you can see from the conglomeration of shots afterwards on the belmont bookings blog, including *that* one-helluva-shot by roel (which was captured by it seems with a lot of magic and a little bit of forward planning). also featured on their blog is one of my shots of the support band, those foreign kids. both bands also feature in my DiS photo gallery. and, just for good measure, thought i might add a couple of other no age shots to this here blog too!

no age - ot301

no age - ot301

no age - ot301

no age - ot301

no age - ot301

no age - ot301

"the airport is closed but it's still a party"

the above announcement fell on deaf ears. the crowdsurfing and partying continued right to the sweaty end. for more, you know the score.


x

Monday, April 11, 2011

blues brother castro : : cd launch

it's only a couple of blog posts since i wrote about shooting blues brother castro. am happy to have discovered them just before their cd was released, as they seem to be playing a few gigs in town around the same time. so, i went along to see them again, this time in my favourite venue (de nieuwe anita), not really planning to take photos but just planning to have fun at the cd launch party. but once i'd managed to squeeze myself to the front, i couldn't resist snapping! it was fun and sweaty.

blues brother castro - de nieuwe anita

blues brother castro - de nieuwe anita

blues brother castro - de nieuwe anita

full set here. and more about the cd here:  http://bluesbrothercastro.bandcamp.com/

x

Sunday, April 03, 2011

ducktails

last week i checked out a new band (to me) and a new venue too, OT 301. it used to be a film studio, then a squat, and now a cool place for film, food and music. i also got to hang out with cool people too and discovered new things like a few blogs, such as the octapus windmill site and - in a roundabout fashion - this sparkly new blog (serendipitous indeed!)... and i also had fun watching the understated ducktails man at this lovely subbacultcha gig. it was quite disconcerting, though, every time i looked through the lens (which, admittedly wasn't that often cos i hardly got an photos) and i spotted the 'push bar to exit' and all i kept thinking was, 'but i don't want to leave yet'...

ducktails

(ha, but of course the sign doesn't even say that! just my mind playing tricks)

i did of course leave at some point, but look forward to heading back very soon.

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