The Giraffes at Mercury Lounge

The show was pitching Sailor Jerry rum, but the audience was pitching PBR. They had pretty good aim too. I have never, ever seen such a soggy singer. I think he was even too slippery to crowd-surf (he tried!)

Posted: 8/22/2010 at 12:07pm     Tags: beer fight  Mercury Lounge  Sailor Jerry  The Giraffes 

Titus Andronicus at Glasslands Gallery

Glasslands Gallery has colorful lighting, garish wall decorations, pretty good sound and no airflow. They have two ceiling fans at the front of the stage, apparently to cool off the lead singer and the most aggressive audience members. Drummers can suck it. Everyone else can suck down the free water (and assorted non-free adult beverages) and enjoy the music.

Posted: 8/19/2010 at 7:42pm     Tags: Glasslands Gallery  sweat  Titus Andronicus 

Pop.1280 at Dead Herring

When I photographed these guys last time they seemed a bit listless. It was a big room (The Knitting Factory) with a small crowd. This time it was a small room with a slightly bigger crowd. Now I see what was missing from their first show: contact with the audience. Specifically lead singer Chris Bug, who repeatedly launched himself into the audience with mic and mic stand in tow!

Posted: 8/16/2010 at 7:08pm     Tags: Dead Herring  Pop.1280 

Nice Face at Don Pedro

Nice Face are one of those bands which have no permanent members except for one singer/songwriter/head honcho, in this case Ian. See if you can guess which one is Ian. Yeah, he's the one who looks like he's fighting for his life with, I dunno, maybe a snake?

Posted: 8/15/2010 at 5:02pm     Tags: Don Pedro  Midnite Till Death  Nice Face 

Mucca Pazza at The Knitting Factory

The stage at The Knitting Factory is pretty big, but I still wasn't sure how Mucca Pazza was planning to fit on there. The band has 30+ members, after all. When they started out by mingling with the crowd I figured that at least some of them might stay there. In the end they did perform on stage, though a couple of 'em had a hard time staying on stage...

Posted: 8/14/2010 at 4:39pm     Tags: Mucca Pazza  The Knitting Factory