March 27, 2009 – Fresh from conquering Austin and SXSW, NYC’s own Semi Precious Weapons brought it home for a headlining concert under the big, beautiful lights of Blender Theater at Gramercy.
May 06, 2009 | Categories: Music Photography | Tags: cole whittle, dan crean, fetty, flash, glam, justin tranter, nyc, rock, semi precious weapons, spw, stevy pyne | 27 Comments »
March 27, 2009 – Led by the charismatic John Dauer on vox, LA rockers The Ruse brought out a high energy set at the Blender Theater for a big show of the Friday-night lights.
Mar 31, 2009 | Categories: Music Photography | Tags: images, Jason Young, Jim Bilus, John Dauer, live, Mark Stolze, music, Music Photography, nyc, photographer, the ruse | 12 Comments »
March 27, 2009 – Here’s a preview from The Ruse’s set at the Blender Theater in NYC. The Blender has some of the most gorgeous lights for lush atmospheric treatments out of the venues I’ve shot. However, even great house lights can use a little help from time to time.
Mar 30, 2009 | Categories: Music Photography | Tags: images, Jason Young, Jim Bilus, John Dauer, live, Mark Stolze, music, Music Photography, nyc, photographer, the ruse | 8 Comments »
Fronted by Nick Urata, whose languid croon filled the big hall with a sense of brooding celebration, Devotchka wove an epic set of gypsy punk in the cavernous Terminal 5.
May 27, 2008 | Categories: Music Photography | Tags: 2008, bolero, devotchka, greek, gypsy, Jeanie Schroder, little miss sunshine, live, mariachi, Music Photography, new york, Nick Urata, nyc, photographer, photography, punk, rock, romanic, Shawn King, slavic, teramin, terminal 5, Tom Hagerman, tour | 17 Comments »
In a set that ranged between soulful pop and lilting, vibrato-tinged folk, Ontario’s Basia Bulat ripped though a spirited and undeniably charming performance opening for Devotchka at Terminal 5 in NYC.
May 26, 2008 | Categories: Music Photography | Tags: 2008, 70-200, autoharp, basia bulat, canada, european, folk, guitar, high iso, iso 6400, live, Music Photography, new york, nikon d3, nyc, singer, terminal 5, toronto, tour | 17 Comments »
Facts: Semi Precious Weapons will melt your face, steal your girlfriend, and have you contemplating knee-high stilettos for the first time. And that’s just by the end of the first song.
Apr 17, 2008 | Categories: Music Photography | Tags: 2008, aaron lee trasjan, Add new tag, april, bp fallon, brooklyn, cole whittle, dan crean, garage, glam, glam rock, guitar hero, justin tranter, Music Photography, nyc, pageant, photography, precious, rock 'n roll, semi precious weapons, spw, spw guitar hero, tour | 34 Comments »
The host to Chuck Berry’s monthly residency, Blueberry Hill’s Duckroom, is filling up with bodies and smoke, but tonight, the rock’n roll legend has the night off. By the time Hamilton Leithauser and crew take the stage, it’s just past 11pm, one of my new front-row friends is on his fourth round of Jack, and [...]
Jan 22, 2008 | Categories: Music Photography | Tags: band, brooklyn, concert photography, duckroom, Hamilton Leithauser, images, indie, indie rock, Matt Barrick, music, nyc, pageant, Paul Maroon, Peter Bauer, photography, setlist, st. louis, strokes, walkmen, Walter Martin | 9 Comments »
Living up to their growing renown as the live show to see, Semi Precious Weapons brought their glam rock party to Cicero’s in a raucous set of silver stiletto boots, spin-kicks, titties, and at least one song about Jesus.
Dec 04, 2007 | Categories: Music Photography | Tags: bands, ciceros, club, cole whittle, flash, images, justin tranter, lighting, live, nyc, off camera, photos, pictures, playback, precious, semi precious weapons, shots, sync cord, tour, venue | 12 Comments »
LA’s Moving Units, co-headlining with VHS or Beta, delivered on this year’s Hexes For Exes with an infectiously danceable set at the Blender Theatre at Gramercy.
Nov 30, 2007 | Categories: Music Photography | Tags: Blake Miller, blender, blender theatre, Chris Hathwell, concert photography, images, Johan Bogeli, moving units, new york, nyc, photographs, photos, pictures, vhs or beta | 4 Comments »
Opening in support of VHS or Beta and Moving Units, Brooklyn-based Soft brought a mix of Britpop-inspired tunes that drew heavily from their 2007 release, Gone Faded.
Nov 29, 2007 | Categories: Music Photography | Tags: 2007, blender, blender theatre, Chris Colley, concert photography, Dino Siampos, images, Johnny Reineck, moving units, november, nyc, photographs, photos, pictures, Sam Wheeler, soft, vhs or beta, Vincent Perini | 1 Comment »
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