Photos: Red Hot Chili Peppers at Prudential Center
Prudential Center, Newark, NJ, 5.4.2012 – Live music does something to the soul. And at Friday night’s Red Hot Chili Peppers show at Prudential Center, it felt like everyone needed a little healing. Earlier in the day, Beastie Boys founder Adam Yauch passed away after a battle with cancer. But this wasn’t a random death […]
Photos: The Shins at Terminal 5
Terminal 5, NYC, 5.30.2012 – The Shins, the band that defined the Indie Rock movement, are back after a 5 year hiatus with their album Port of Morrow, and a new line-up. Here are my photos from James Mercer and The Shins’ 3 night residency at Terminal 5 in NYC.
Photos: Squeeze at Roseland Ballroom
Roseland Ballroom, NYC, 4.28.12 – Squeeze, one of my favorite bands from my teens, came to New York City’s Roseland Ballroom and sold the place out like it was 1982. Sounding as good as ever, and touring in support of their new release Live from the Fillmore, and their 2010 release Argybargy, here are my […]
Photos: The Wombats at Webster Hall
Webster Hall, NYC, 4.26.2012 – With all the buzz going on downstairs in the studio at Webster Hall for The Hives, you wouldn’t realize The Wombats were killing it upstairs in the main room in front of a sold out crowd. Touring in support of …This Modern Glitch, here are my pics of The Wombats […]
Photos: Static Jacks at Webster Hall
Webster Hall, NYC, 4.26.2012 – The Static Jacks, traveling east from Westfield, NJ about 10 miles to Webster Hall, opened for The Wombats. Touring in support of If Youre Young, here are my photos of Static Jack.
Photos: Live from Daryl’s House at The Wellmont Theatre
The Wellmont Theatre, Montclair, NJ 4.11.12 – Live from Daryl’s House started as a web show where Daryl Hall would invite a musical guest over to his house and they would jam on each others songs. I discovered it when it was a web show and it was quickly picked up for national television. This […]
Photos: The Naked and Famous at Terminal 5
Terminal 5, NYC, 4.5.12 – The Naked and Famous made a stop in NYCs Terminal 5 to a sold out crowd. The New Zealand based Indie Pop band is touring in support of their 2010 release Passive Me Aggressive You which broke out last year with the single “Punching in a Dream”. Here are the […]
Photos: The Head and The Heart at Terminal 5 3.18.12
Terminal 5, NYC, 3.18.12 – The Head and The Heart brought their brand of folk rock to NYC’s Terminal 5 as they tour in support of their self titled debut, The Head and The Heart, here are my pics from the night.
Photos: The Joy Formidable played Terminal 5 3.28.12
Terminal 5, NYC, 3.28.12 – The Joy Formidable, after supporting the Foo Fighters on their North American tour, made a headlining stop at New York City’s Terminal 5. Touring in support of their 2011 release, The Big Roar, here are my live music photos of The Joy Formidable from the night.
Photos: Tribes played Mercury Lounge 3.26.12
Mercury Lounge, NYC, 3.26.12 – Live music photos of Tribes at Mercury Lounge. Tribes is a modern rock band from the UK and when I found out they were coming to the US for a tour I was excited. When I found out it was Mercury Lounge, I was confused. I thought by now these […]
Photos: Drew Grow & The Pastors Wives at Terminal 5 3.18.12
Terminal 5, NYC, 3.18.12 – Drew Grow & The Pastor’s Wives made their first NYC appearance opening for The Head and The Heart at Terminal 5 last Sunday. I knew absolutely nothing about these guys before I walked into the venue, and I think many fans in attendance were in the same boat as I […]
Photos: New Multitudes at Webster Hall 3.14.12
Webster Hall, NYC, 3.14.12 – Jay Farrar (Sun Volt), Yim Yames (Jim James – My Morning Jacket), Will Johnson and Anders Parker make up the folk rock super group assembled to celebrate the lyrics of Woody Guthrie in an album entitled New Multitudes. For what is a side project for this foursome seeing this show […]
Photos: Walk the Moon at Terminal 5 3.8.12
Terminal 5, NYC, 3.8.12 – Walk the Moon played Terminal 5 for the 2nd time in the past 4 months. The first time they opened for Fitz and the Tantrums, and this time for a bit of a more punk band, Kaiser Chiefs. Their original show at Terminal 5 was what grabbed my attention to […]
Photos: The Kaiser Chiefs played Terminal 5 3.8.12
Terminal 5, NYC, 3.8.21 – The Kaiser Chiefs, part punk rock, part new wave and all rolled into one of the most banging alt rock bands to come out of England in recent years stopped into New York City’s Terminal 5 last week. After a nearly 3 year hiatus between Off with their Heads, they […]
Photos: Jane’s Addiction played The Wellmont Theatre 3.6.12
The Wellmont Theatre, Montclair, NJ, 3.6.12 – Live music photos of Jane’s Addiction at the Wellmont Theatre in Monclair, NJ on March 6, 2012. Touring in support of just being Jane’s Addiction, and a new album out back in October called The Great Escape Artist, one of the world’s great front men brought one of […]
Photos: Sleigh Bells played Terminal 5 2.17.12
Terminal 5, NYC, 2.17.12 – Just a night before Sleigh Bells took the stage at Saturday Night Live, they played a “warm-up” at New York City’s Terminal 5. The crowd was there early to get their spot up front since Terminal 5 is a general admission venue. This night marked the launch of “The Bowery […]
Photos: Van Halen played Madison Square Garden (MSG) 2.28.12
Madison Square Garden, NYC, 2.28.12 – It was a day that many Van Halen didn’t think would actually come again. They’ve tried this before. Getting the band back together. Could David Lee Roth successfully come back to lead the band he fronted through some of the greatest hard rock is history? Well, for now he […]
Published: Black Taxi in Spin Magazine – March 2012
The Interweb, Spin Magazine, March 2012 – You never know when you push the shutter just what is going to happen with your photo. Heck, even after viewing a set you shoot you never know which photo is going to appeal to who. When I covered Black Taxi back in January, it was a normal […]
Photos: Testament at Best Buy Theater 2.8.12
Best Buy Theater, NYC, 2.8.12 – It was an east coast – west coast night of heavy metal as San Francisco thrash metal legends Testament teamed up for a co-headlining bill with their east coast counterparts Anthrax at the Best Buy Theater.
Photos: Portugal. The Man at Brooklyn Bowl 1.20.12
Brooklyn Bowl, Brooklyn, NY, 1.20.12 – Portugal. The Man stopped over for a night of music at the Brooklyn Bowl, supporting their most recent release, In the Mountain In the Cloud. This marks the 6th studio release for Portugal. the Man in the past 6 years. There was another band churning out albums at this […]
Photos: Black Taxi at Bowery Ballroom 1.14.11
Bowery Ballroom, NYC, 1.14.11 – Black Taxi, a Brooklyn based indie rock band, was celebrating the release of their new album, We Don’t Know Any Better, with a sold out show in front of a home-town crowd at New York City’s Bowery Ballroom. Shirtless, with just war paint and a pair of pants, Ezra Huleatt […]
Photos: The 2011 Year in Review
Well folks, 2011 is in the bag and I can not thank you enough for the support this year. 2011 saw some amazing milestones including the launch of irocktheshot.com and I could not have hit any of these without your support. So I wanted to take a look back at 2011 and pull out some […]
Photos: Bayside at Convention Hall 12.9.11
Convention Hall, Asbury Park, NJ 12.9.11 – New York -based Punk Rock band Bayside, touring in support of their first release on Wind Up Records, Killing Time, opened up for headliners The Gaslight Anthem at legendary Asbury Park venue Convention Hall.
Photos: The Cure at The Beacon Theatre 11.26.11
The Beacon Theatre, New York, NY, 11.26.11 – On the middle night of a 3 night run of a very mini-tour which brought The Cure to New York City and LA, the Beacon Theatre was treated to 3 hours and 48 songs of music. The tour was called Reflections, and the band played their first […]
