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04.13.11SXSW 2011: Asobi Seksu[flickr]photo:5616455217[/flickr] Asobi Seksu performing at the Luster Pearl for the Dickies day party during SXSW 2011. I took a short break from the vita.mn day party at Beauty Bar to hop on my trusty bike catch up with Asobi Seksu at the Luster Pearl about a mile to the south. Something about bands and performers that lose themselves in their music totally captivates me - particularly music with wave upon wave of distortion, delay and reverb. Live performances from bands like NYC's A Place to Bury Strangers and Minneapolis' Gospel Gossip tend to leave me breathless and wanting more. Even with their ...
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04.12.11SXSW 2011: Hollerado[flickr]photo:5613159751[/flickr] Hollerado may be one of the most outright fun rock and roll bands out there. My first time seeing them, when they opened for Free Energy at the 400 Bar the mix of fun-times rock flavors was so awesome that the 400 Bar almost collapsed in on itself. See my dusty old photos with Leslie Kruempel's great review) at the TC Daily Planet - it was awesome. When fellow MSP photographer Stacy Schwartz told me they were playing a bunch of shows at SXSW (some of which she shot very well) I knew I had to make it to at ...
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04.11.11SXSW 2011: A Place to Bury Strangers[flickr]photo:5611568288[/flickr] A Place to Bury Strangers performing at SXSW 2011 in Austin Texas as part of the Rumble Room day party. Or: A case study in ultra-wide, high-shutter-speed, guitar-swinging, brutal-shoegaze mayhem. Continue Reading...
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04.10.11SXSW 2011: Odd Future at MWTX[flickr]photo:5605413816[/flickr] Odd Future performing at MWTX during SXSW 2011. This was unexpected. Odd Future were originally slated to play the smaller stage at Mess With Texas but got bumped to the big stage at the last minute. The chaos of the insanely hyped up (and notably older) Dead Milkmen fans filtering out while Odd Future's rude and raucous youth spilled in reminded me that this isn't just a chaotic, low-security show - it's also all ages. By the time OFWGKTA (Off Future Wolf Gang Kill Them All, for the uninitiated) took the stage the shouts of "WOLF. GANG. WOLF. GANG." had reached ...
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04.08.11SXSW 2011: Dead Milkmen at MWTX[flickr]photo:5600317847[/flickr] The Dead Milkmen performing at the East Side Drive In as part of the Mess With Texas (MWTX) festival at SXSW 2011. This was insanely fun to shoot. Also, a tad dangerous. Thankfully the crowd up front had an extremely positive attitude, helping to pick up fallen comrades and whatnot. I did miss getting photos of a few insane things around me - like a kid climbing the speaker tower to my right and jumping into the crowd from about 20-25 feet in the air, only to land face first in the dirt when a gap appeared in his landing zone. ...
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04.07.11SXSW 2011: !!! (Chk Chk Chk) at MWTX[flickr]photo:5599826014[/flickr] While Surfer Blood before it had an unexpected circle pit or five and the Dead Milkmen afterwards included some serious professional crowd surfing, the !!! set brought an insane funk-fueled energy to the 4,000+ crowd at the East Side Drive In for Mess With Texas 2011. This is one band I'm going to go far, far out of my way to see again. Simply awesome. Continue Reading...
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03.26.11SXSW 2011: Recap and City Pages Coverage Roundup[flickr]photo:5561059975[/flickr] Things have been pretty quiet around here at Noise Damage during this cold, snowy Minnesotan winter. Things are thawing out though and that means there's a blast of imagery coming your way! First, though, SXSW - the biggest event of my photographical year - has come and gone. This calls for a quick retrospective and, as the days move on, full posts of notable performances. Check out some vital stats, some commentary and a list of my coverage for City Pages after the jump. Continue Reading...