The Fragile Army
The Polyphonic Spree have released an 8 minute mash-up of their soon to be released album, The Fragile Army. The mash-up contains all 11 of the tracks on The Fragile Army, which is scheduled to be released on June 19th. Says Spree frontman Tim DeLaughter, “You are about to experience a sample of our latest [...]
Nothing like his father
New Zealand band, The Veils, released their sophomore album, Nux Vomica on, Tuesday. With a new line-up, Finn Andrews has made a pretty incredible album. Some of the songs remind me of Nick Cave/The Birthday Party with a little Jeff Buckley thrown in. Andrews sings with such intensity, you can really feel the emotion he [...]
bonnaroo rollcall #3, The Little Ones
“Psychedelic”, it’s got to be the most over used and stupid description for music unless your truly talking about a band that sounds like Pink Floyd or The Doors. They where truly “Psychedelic.” Ok, I’ll get off my high horse now. It’s just the first thing i see when I got to The Little Ones’ [...]
workin on the beach
This past Monday I jumped in the Jeep, threw the kayak on top and headed for the coast. Our State magazine was looking for photos of NC Piers. It sounded like a good excuse to drive around the coast and photograph. I hit Atlantic Beach first, then down to Emerald Isle where I camped next [...]
summer of new music
I’m so excited by the new music coming out this spring/summer. We have already been talking about the greatness that has been released in the last month or so. Kings of Leon, Modest Mouse, Bright Eyes, and now I’m really digging the New Arctic Monkeys that came out yesterday, great stuff. I would have to [...]
Arctic Monkeys!
OK, don’t have alot today. I just got back from two days at the beach shooting piers for a NC magazine, more on that later. But I did notice Arctic Monkeys have a new release, Favorite Worst Nightmare. I’m on my first listen now, but sounds great so far. You can listen for free @ [...]
bonnaroo book
ok, more about this book thing. I’d like to have a little written about Bonnaroo in the book as well, sort of a forward. anyone interested? I could set up some sort of profit sharing or some sort of compensation, though it would have to come when/if the book actually sold since I’m not working [...]
buy my book
So I’ve been pondering over the last few days/hours/months, whatever…this will be my 5th year shooting Bonnaroo, I’ve shot quite a few bands and had some great times and worked much harder at the shows then the average concert goer. I’m thinking about self publishing a book on my photography from Bonnaroo over the years. [...]
Interesting mash-up
I’ve always (secretly) enjoyed good mash-ups. I thought Danger Mouse’s Grey album, which mashed-up Jay-Z’s The Black Album and the Beatles’ White Album was terrific. I came across a very bizarre mash-up today. France’s DJ Moule found a way to combine the Rolling Stones Sympathy for the Devil, Queen’s Another One Bites the Dust, and [...]
Two bands to watch
With so many of my favorite bands/performers (i.e. The Shins, The Arcade Fire, Modest Mouse, Kings of Leon, Bright Eyes, Wilco, The Polyphonic Spree) releasing new material this year it is so easy to miss out on new up and coming artists. I have to admit, in January I listened to practically nothing else but [...]
bonnaroo rollcall #2: The Black Angels
The Black Angels will be playing this year at Bonnaroo for the first time. I gave their 4 songs on their Myspace page a listen. I’d say this Austin, TX band is a psychedelic mix of The Velvet Underground, The Doors, and the some of their songs even sound like The Black Keys. Which is [...]
off topic
Ok, fun stuff today. I found this American Green Tree Frog (Hyla cinere) on my grill on Monday night, took bunches of photos of him (or her, who knows). Here’s the rest…. How to get from NYC to London via Google Maps? Check this out. Make sure you check step #23 Blog this! Bookmark on [...]
Ozzy?
Ok, not to keep harping on Kings of Leon, but Caleb Followi, lead singer look totally like Ozzy in this video, WTF? Maybe they are paying their respects, but sheesh. Oh and just for the fun of it, nothing like line dancing to KOL… Blog this! Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook [...]
Live Flaming Lips
If you haven’t seen the Flaming Lips live before I have to say your missing out. The video above is a small example of one of their shows. I’ve been to alot of live shows and I’m not sure many other performers put the kind of energy into their stage presence and set up. Here’s [...]
Lollapalooza 2007 lineup is out
Lollapalooza will be again in Grant Park, Chicago, on August 3-5. The standard price of the tickets this year is $195, and tickets are not subject to additional service fees. 2007 lineup in the order announced on the official website (April 12, 2007): Pearl Jam, Daft Punk, Ben Harper & the Innocent Criminals, Muse, Iggy [...]
how do you buy your music?
I’ve noticed that I have pretty much stopped buying CDs. The most recent was Robert Randolph & The Family Band, ‘Colorblind’, pretty much because I preordered it and wanted the t-shirt. most of the music I buy now is through iTunes, I just don’t want the cases laying around, the only time I actually listen [...]
album of the year?
Ya you guessed is it, Kings of Leon back when I shot them at Bonnaroo 2005 Well, you don’t have to take my word for it. So if you haven’t gave it a listen, go out and do it, I’d recommend seeing them live this summer as well. ‘Because of the Times’ is getting rave [...]
Radiohead in the Studio
I was recently perusing Radiohead’s Deadairspace website and I came across this entry by Thom Yorke; Mon, 09 April a wee treap doon memori lane This is what happens when you spend too long listening to the same thing over and over again until you just cant tell anymore and you have to do something [...]
bonnaroo rollcall #1: Ryan Shaw
First in my Bonnaroo Rollcalls is Ryan Shaw. I gotta say I really like and might just have to check him out at Bonnaroo this year. Ryan’s debut album “Noboby” comes to us from One Haven/Columbia record label. He’s opening for Joss Stone before he hits Bonnaroo in June, which should tell you a little [...]
New Bright Eyes out today
Conor Oberst singer, songwriter of Bright Eyes performs at Bonnaroo in June 2006. Click here for more images. Bright Eyes, someone else I’ve shot at Bonnaroo, new album, ‘Cassadaga’ is out today with much acclaim. I been listing to it this morning on AOL’s Full Listening party, though you’ll need to scroll to the right [...]
feversmile lives
Welcome to my new blog. You’ll notice quite a bit has happened over the easter weekend. I’ve gotten a new domain name, blog name and the blog now runs on WordPress, which make my life much easier. It’s still in the design stage, so things will be changing over the next week or two (like [...]
bonnaroo rollcall
As part of the music review section of this site, I’m going to start reviews of the bands that will be playing Bonnaroo this year. But instead of hitting the big name acts, I’m going to start from the bottom of the list and work my way up. So stay tuned for reviews of the [...]
Bickett Gallery Music Feat. The New Familiars and Gambling the Muse
Patrons dance to music and mingle around the artwork inside The Bickett Gallery. Friday night myself, Gretchen and Jen headed down to The Bickett Gallery in the Five Points area in Raleigh. The Bickett Gallery is first and foremost a gallery space featuring local artists. Artwork from Sharon Marcussen and Liz Adams where on display [...]
Alanis Morissette “My Humps” video
If you haven’t seen it you have to watch it. even if you don’t like Ferggie or Alanis, it’s worth the laugh. Blog this! Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook Share on Linkedin share via Reddit Share with Stumblers Tweet about it Subscribe to the comments on this post
