7/27/07 Schubas Tavern in Chicago New York City’s Ida plays the sleepiest songs. It’s like being a child and waking up in a small town. You hear the morning owls. You smell breakfast cooking downstairs. And all the while, you have no adult responsibilities all day. You can simply linger and enjoy each moment, like [...]
7/27/07 Schubas Tavern in Chicago If a man needs a maid, then a maid certainly needs Neil Young. The Young Neils, made up of five harmonizing young musicians, some of whom played with Nomo earlier this summer, are a cover band. Yes, I know…I can just tell what you’re thinking. A cover band? Who would [...]
It was Saturday August 4th, the second day of Lollapalooza in Grant Park and, though I had an assignment to shoot both I’m From Barcelona and Tokyo Police Club (which was starting 15 minutes later on the exact opposite end of Grant Park-a ten minute run given two heavy cameras and the light crowd for [...]
8/5/7 Lollapalooza in Grant Park Chicago Similar to many other bands at Lolla, I only caught exactly one song of The Black Angels set as I was actually photographing Los Campensinos! at the very same time on another stage. I’ve witnessed their live performances in the past at local Chicago clubs, however, and I can [...]
Lolla 8/5/7 Grant Park Chicago Ok…truth to be told, I could only stay for one great song of The 1900s set. I was working on an assignment for The Postmarks so i had to make sure I got some pictures of them. Then, the Cribs started on the far end of the park fifteen minutes [...]
Lollapalooza August 5th in Grant Park Sunday I had been told by a couple of friends that these two talented guitarists from Mexico (who later relocated to Europe) were a must see and I would agree. Rodrigo y Gabriela made up of Rodrigo Sánchez and Gabriela Quintero have definitely worked hard to get where they [...]
Lollapalooza Grant Park in Chicago Sunday August 5th, 2007 There’s been a few actresses now that have decided to try their hand at music to the extent that when I first heard Juliette was doing so, I was skeptical. Friends of mine who weren’t there on Sunday in Chicago’s Grant Park early enough to witness [...]
First, totally unrelated..if you are coming from Pitchfork’s site, thanks for looking. It was a real honor to work for them in helping to cover lolla. I have been doing concert photography for awhile now, though I do not always blog about the shows I see so please feel free to check out my flickr [...]
7/29/07 Schubas Tavern in Chicago Calla is what you feel in the middle of the night when you pace the floors and your space is filled with echoes from alleys. Calla is the broken glass and if the moon made a sound, it would be Calla. A disjointed sense of pedal distortion. The dream pop [...]