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Solid Sound on 35mm

Solid Sound on 35mm

Wilco’s Solid Sound Festival returned to the MASS MOCA back in June, featuring two headlining sets from its hosts along with performances from Real Estate, Mac DeMarco, Speedy Ortiz, Parquet Courts and many more. I photographed the weekend for Tastemakers, and took some 35mm shots 

Ceremony played Cuisine en Locale – 6/28

Ceremony played Cuisine en Locale – 6/28

Ah June. A strange month of music-going. In-between steady shooting gigs and in the midst of moving, I managed to catch a strange combination of newspaper assignments and last-minute shows which covered everything from Rush to Richard Thompson and Refused before concluding at a sweaty 

Lightning Bolt played The Sinclair – 5/17

Lightning Bolt played The Sinclair – 5/17

Sometimes there are three shows happening on one night that you’d want to shoot. Sometimes you decide that Mastodon would be cool but you don’t actually want to see Clutch. Sometimes you can’t find an email address for Primal Scream’s North American publicist. Sometimes you 

Zs played Deep Thoughts – 1/16

Zs played Deep Thoughts – 1/16

Genre-bending Brooklyn experimentalists Zs played one of the early shows I reviewed for this blog way back at the end of 2012. They were mindblowing then, and they’re mindblowing now. The cramped confines of the packed basement at JP’s Deep Thoughts offered a different experience than 

Newport Folk Festival on 35mm

Newport Folk Festival on 35mm

As promised, folks. Ryan Adams, Jack White, Mavis Staples, Jeff Tweedy, Conor Oberst, Kurt Vile, Rodrigo Y Gabriela and more in glorious black and white.

Pitchfork Music Festival on 35mm

Pitchfork Music Festival on 35mm

It was a busy end of summer, a busy entirety of fall and a busy beginning of winter – I did not have very much time to scan film. Now, however, the mystery of the 6 rolls of Ilford 400 I shot at my two 

I shot 1/4 of Deathwish Fest at Middle East Downstairs – 7/23

I shot 1/4 of Deathwish Fest at Middle East Downstairs – 7/23

The inaugural Deathwish Fest, a 2-night extravaganza celebrating New England’s preeminent metal/hardcore label, went down at Cambridge’s Middle East Downstairs this week. The mini-festival hosted a total of 14 bands, highlighted by two headlining sets each from Converge and Trap Them. I was thoroughly dismayed to 

Thou & The Body played Cuisine en Locale – 7/7

Thou & The Body played Cuisine en Locale – 7/7

Well this one was different. The function hall at Somerville’s Cuisine en Locale looks to have hosted more bar mitzvahs and wedding receptions than punk/metal shows, but it served surprisingly well for last night’s massive 6-band bill. 

Eagulls played Great Scott – 6/18

Eagulls played Great Scott – 6/18

Greetings on this sweltering July day. I bring you chilly post-punk vibes from the recent past, courtesy of the Eagulls. The U.K. upstarts played a blistering set at Great Scott a few Wednesdays ago, channeling songs from their noisy self-titled debut into a tight and 

Boston Calling May on 35mm

Boston Calling May on 35mm

It’s been about a month since the May edition of Boston Calling, which naturally means that my two rolls of Ilford HP5 have just now returned from the lab and been scanned (if any of you Boaton area people have darkroom equipment and want to