Hold Close/WSTR/PVMNTS

The other night I had the opportunity to see WSTR for the 3rd time this year on their solo tour across the USA. This was their second tour in the USA the first being their tour with Neck Deep. This tour they were joined by label mates PVMNTS and Hold Close.

Here are the shots from the show at the Lizard Lounge in Lancaster, PA

Hold Close

WSTR

PVMNTS

The Ataris 'so long astoria' with Aspiga, Traverse(Paris) and Goddamnit.

Halloween Night I had the opportunity to see one of my all time favorite albums performed in its entirety. The album I am mentioning is ‘So Long, Astoria’ by The Ataris. This album is well written from start to finished. I still own a physical copy that I’ve listened to so many times it skips during different songs.

The lineup included a band called GODDAMNIT who are a post-punk band from the Philadelphia area. During their set the brought a band they were touring with called Traverse to play with them. Traverse happens to be a band hailing all the way from Paris, France. The band before the Ataris was a band I have seen a few times called Aspiga who are from Southern New Jersey.

The Ataris brought all the energy. Their frontman Kris Roe came out on stage dressed as a member of DEVO which was pretty fun. I have seen this album performed before and I can honestly say It will never get old. Celebrating 15 years since the release the band played song after song from this album. The last song Kris joined the crowd in the pit to join him in singing the lyrics. It was a moment that doesn’t happen to often with most venues having barriers and restrictions.

Here are the photos from the set.

GODDAMNIT

Traverse(Paris)

Aspiga

The Ataris

Terror- Harm's Way in Philadelphia

The other night I went out on a whim to photograph a Terror and Harm’s way in Philadelphia at Voltage lounge. Such a killer hardcore show. I was itching to capture the energy that harcore bands and their fans bring to the stage. here are my shots.

Candy

Year of the Knife

Backtrack

Harm’s Way

Terror

Empty Band

Tonight I had the chance to see the guys of Empty perform again. I met these guys on my trip to Austin, TX on a whim and talked to them about this show tonight. For those of you who have never heard of Empty, These guys are incredible performers. They are one of a handful of bands that I would kill to tour with and capture moments every night. Its always a new and interesting performance.

heres the photos:

The Tip and Liza Colby Sound

The first concert I had the chance to photograph this year was back in January. It happened to be these bands The Tip(From Nashville) and Liza Colby Sound(From NYC). These bands are as rock and roll as they come. They are full of emotion and are their performances in January gave me so much life and want to create and capture more moments. They gave fuel the fire in my art. I had bought a new camera for that show and was disappointed  in the outcome of the photos due to low light situations at the venue. 

Of course I jumped a the chance for redemption and to see these amazing bands again and I am so happy with the outcome of these photos. 

here are some of the shots from that show.