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Fog Swept Islands: Faroe Islands Culture Days in New York
During the month of April 2024, Faroe Islands held cultural events in New York City for a program called “Fog Swept Islands: Faroe Islands Culture Days in New York.” The program began on Tuesday, April 9th with a reception and live musical performances by Faroese artists Eli Tausen á Lava and Eivør (who won the 2021 Nordic Council Music Prize).
I created images for the Faroe Music Export Office & The Government of The Faroe Islands, and photos covering four of the Cultural Days events can be found in the above gallery. You can read more about the other programs that were held in New York City here, and view videos about the six Faroese brands that presented at the Faroese Design, Wool & Knitting panel on The Wool Islands website here.
The “Fog Swept Cargo — Art from the Faroe Islands” exhibition will be on view at Scandinavia House through July 6th.
#Eivør#Eli Tausen á Lava#The Cutting Room#reception#Fog Swept Islands: Faroe Islands Culture Days in New York#Fog Swept Islands#Faroe Islands#Faroe Islands Culture Days in New York#Scandinavia House#Scandinavia House: The Nordic Centre#H.E. Høgni Hoydal#Sirið Stenberg#Hansina Iversen#Randi Samsonsen#Jóhan Martin Christiansen#Alda Mohr Eyðunardóttir#Isabella Rossellini#Sissal Kristiansen#Shisa Brand#Jóhanna av Steinum#Steinum#Óli Kristian á Torkilsheyggi#Navia#REKA#Durita Jógvansdóttir Thomsen#Durita Thomsen#EINSTAKT#Beinta Poulsen
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Cypress Hill, The Pharcyde, and Souls of Mischief at Brooklyn Steel
On Friday, April 19, 2024, three acts from California arrived for the second date of the “We Legalized It 2024” tour on the eve of 4/20 in Brooklyn, NY for a show at Brooklyn Steel. Headliner Cypress Hill were joined by The Pharcyde, and Souls of Mischief with all three acts celebrating 30th anniversaries of their albums.
I covered the amazing show for BrooklynVegan and the full gallery is now available on their website here.
#Cypress Hill#B-Real#Sen Dog#Bobo#Brooklyn Steel#The Pharcyde#Imani#Fatlip#Slimkid3#Souls of Mischief#DJ Lord#Phesto#Tajai#Opio#A-Plus#Eric Correa#We Legalized It 2024#We Legalized It 2024 tour
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Ava Luna, STEFA*, and YATTA at Starr Bar
Taking the stage for the first time in five years, New York City’s Ava Luna headlined a sold out, benefit show at Starr Bar on Thursday, April 18, 2024. The group were joined by YATTA and STEFA*, with funds from ticket and poster print sales going to the The Palestinian Social Fund. The PSF “raises unconditional funding for cooperative farms in Palestine through grassroots efforts.” Nadine Fattaleh of the PSF spoke to the audience briefly before the second act began their set.
When announcing this concert, Ava Luna mentioned that they are working on a new album, and this intimate show gave audience members a preview of that forthcoming material. Carlos and Felicia of Ava Luna also worked with River L. Ramirez on movement for this show too, so it was their first time utilizing choreography rather than playing instruments.
The night began with a set from artist YATTA (ricky sallay zoker) who I saw perform live for the first time since Silent Barn’s final show in 2018. YATTA spoke eloquently to the audience about the war happening in Palestine while also seeming to have a lot fun on stage.
STEFA*, the musical project by stefa marin alcaron was up next and for their set, stefa was backed by Kaley Puckett on keys, Miles Francis on drums, and Nick Joz on double bass/electric bass. STEFA*’s lyrics were sung in both English and Spanish and alcaron joked before one song that they would translate what they were about to sing for “the gringos in the audience.”
During their set of brand new material, Ava Luna members Carlos Hernandez, Felicia Douglass, Julian Fader, and Ethan Bassford were joined by Keenyn Omari on flute for one song, plus Sarah Snider on keys and Keyanna Hutchinson on guitar and percussion. The final song of their set was “Daydream,” off their album from 2014, Electric Balloon, where Hernandez performed on guitar.
Photos of the show from Starr Bar are in this gallery. Additionally, I captured Ava Luna’s last show five years ago at Market Hotel and those images can be found here.
#Ava Luna#STEFA*#stefa marin alarcon#YATTA#ricky sallay zoker#Starr Bar#The Palestinian Social Fund#Carlos Hernandez#Felicia Douglass#Julian Fader#Ethan Bassford#Sarah Snider#Kaley Puckett#Puck#Miles Francis#Nick Joz#Nadine Fattaleh#Keenyn Omari#Keyanna Hutchinson
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Solar Eclipse at Marsha P. Johnson State Park on April 4, 2024
People gathered in Marsha P. Johnson State Park in Williamsburg, Brooklyn to check out the solar eclipse. The park offered modified binoculars, a telescope, and eclipse glasses for people to view the first total eclipse in New York state in 99 years. New York City wasn’t in the field of complete totality, but we were able to view up to 90% during the maximum period that began at 3:25PM.
I documented some of the people who came out to witness the eclipse in this gallery on my digital camera and on 35mm film.
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Young Fathers and Callum Easter at Brooklyn Steel
The Edinburgh, Scotland group known as Young Fathers continued their North American tour with a stop at Brooklyn Steel in Brooklyn, NY on Thursday, April 4, 2024. The trio was originally scheduled to perform in September 2023 but all shows were postponed to occur a few months later instead.
The gallery from last night’s fantastic show is now available on BrooklynVegan here.
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United Musicians and Allied Workers Presents Living Wage for Musicians featuring Yo La Tengo, Slaughter Beach, Dog, and more at Elsewhere
Full gallery link available on my website here.
On Sunday, March 31, 2024, United Musicians and Allied Workers (UMAW) presented a show at Elsewhere in Brooklyn, NY featuring live performances by Yo La Tengo, Slaughter Beach, Dog, The Ophelias, and Christelle Bofale. The event was done to celebrate the “Living Wage for Musicians Act” which was introduced by Reps. Rashida Tlaib and Jamaal Bowman to Congress which would pay royalties to all artists who have their music streamed online. To bring attention to the bill, UMAW presented five shows around the US in various cities and the NYC edition took place on Sunday evening featuring sets by Yo La Tengo, Slaughter Beach, Dog, The Ophelias, and Christelle Bofale. In addition to the performances, there were tables from other organizations such as Artists Against Apartheid, and Party for Socialism and Liberation.
Some images that I created for UMAW on Sunday night are available on my website here, and to learn more about UMAW, please check out their website here. You can also contact your elected officials to ask them to support the bill at this link.
There are two remaining UMAW presented events that will take place tonight (Wednesday, April 3rd) in Ypsilanti, MI at 4/3 Ypsilanti at Ziggy’s (with Dr. Pete Larson with Fred Thomas, Jib Kidder, and Michael C. Sharp), and on April 18th in Wahsington, D.C. at Black Cat (with Yasmin Williams, Dior Ashley Brown, and @).
#United Musicians and Allied Workers#UMAW#Elsewhere#Yo La Tengo#Slaughter Beach Dog#The Ophelias#Christelle Bofale#Ira Kaplan#James McNew#Georgia Hubley#Jake Ewald#Erin Rae#Jo Shaffer#Spencer Peppet#Andrea Gutmann Fuentes#Mic Adams
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Kim Gordon with Kelsey Lu, L’Rain, Circuit des Yeux and Bill Nace duo, plus more at Knockdown Center
On Saturday, March 23, 2024, Kim Gordon’s “The Collective” tour came to Knockdown Center in Maspeth, NY for a sold out show. The evening featured performances by Gordon, Kelsey Lu, and L’Rain on the main stage, while Matt Krefting, Full Size, and Circuit des Yeux with Bill Nace (performing as a duo) did sets in the Noise Room, which was curated by Nace.
I covered the fantastic bill for BrooklynVegan and images covering the whole night are now available on that website here.
#Kim Gordon#Circuit Des Yeux#Haley Fohr#Bill Nace#L'Rain#Taja Cheek#Kelsey Lu#Matt Krefting#Full Size#Knockdown Center
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Mclusky and Ganser at Baby’s All Right
The trio known as Mclusky returned to New York City faster than many of us expected them to by booking an underplay show (courtesy of Saint Vitus presents) at Baby’s All Right on Sunday, March 24, 2024. For their final US tour date, they were joined by Chicago’s Ganser, who joined the tour after Mclusky’s concert at Warsaw.
I learned about the show on March 8th at 10:02AM thanks to an email alert from Oh My Rockness that I set up about two decades ago.* Once that notification hit my inbox, I quickly opened the message and immediately bought tickets via Dice.fm. I then proceeded to text (or DM) everyone I could think of who I knew that went to the Warsaw show to let them know we were getting another round at a more intimate venue before the band returned home. The concert sold out well in advance, which I anticipated as Baby’s has about a third of the capacity of Warsaw. I hadn’t originally planned to have a three concert run to close out March, but thanks to SPRINTS on Friday, Kim Gordon on Saturday night (photos of that available here), and Mclusky now on Sunday, I couldn’t see myself not attending all three.
Kicking off the night at 8:30PM were Ganser (of Chicago, IL) who I’ve been wanting to see for some time now and was very excited to discover on the morning of Thursday, March 21st that they were added to the Dice ticketing page for the show. I had a conflict for their previous NYC performance at Market Hotel and I was overjoyed that I would finally see them live. The band lived up to my expectations and I’m so glad I could finally pick up a copy of their newest EP at the merch table since I previously purchased a digital version via Bandcamp.
Mclusky’s setlist was pretty much the same as Warsaw’s but we also received a bonus song that wasn’t listed. Back on the 7th, we heard “That Man Will Not Hang,” and last night we were given “No Covers” a B-side to their “To Hell With Good Intentions” single which can also be found on their Mcluskyism compilation. Falco declared there would be no encore because they are not French. Before their final song, Damien told the crowd that all three members will be celebrating their birthdays soon and a cake with candles was brought to the stage to commemorate their upcoming birthdays happening within ten days of each other.
Images of last night’s show appear in the gallery on my website here as well as portraits, and scans of both acts’ setlists. Thank you to both Ganser and Mclusky for playing, posing, and for returning to NYC. Also, thank you to the extremely kind person to my left up front who generously handed me a copy of Mclusky’s setlist after they finished their final song.
*Other acts that I set up ages ago that are yielding alerts present day are Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Les Savy Fav, PJ Harvey, CSS, Pretty Girls Make Graves, The Murder City Devils, and The Hives. Much older me appreciates younger me doing that favor and also for having pretty good taste in music.
#Mclusky#Falco#Andrew Falkous#Damien Sayell#Jack Egglestone#Ganser#Alicia Gaines#Brian Cundiff#Charlie Landsman#Sophie Sputnik#Baby's All Right#portraits
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SPRINTS and Slow Fiction at Zone One at Elsewhere
On Friday, March 22, 2024, Dublin, Ireland’s SPRINTS headlined their second show at Zone One at Elsewhere in Brooklyn, NY and were joined by local act, Slow Fiction.
SPRINTS’ debut album, Letter to Self was released by City Slang Records back in January and I have been listening to it often since then. The press release for their first single, “Heavy,” mentioned guitarist/vocalist Karla Chubb being inspired by Bauhaus and PJ Harvey’s Is This Desire? and as a fan of both of these things, I stopped reading the rest of the email and immediately went to check out the video, which I loved. In addition to their music, SPRINTS were one of the Irish bands to withdraw from their SXSW showcases recently, so suffice to say, I was very excited to attend their live show in Brooklyn last night.
For the final three shows of their US tour, SPRINTS were joined by Brooklyn’s Slow Fiction, an indie rock quintet that gave a lovely, moody contrast to SPRINTS highly energetic post punk set that came afterwards. During SPRINTS’ set part of me wished Death by Audio (RIP) still existed here as it would have been a perfect place for them.
Photos of both acts now appear in a gallery on my website here, and may thanks to the members of SPRINTS for being game to have me create portraits of them before the show, and to Lucy, Jeanette and Bianca for their help in making it happen. SPRINTS’ US tour concludes tonight in Washington, DC.
#SPRINTS#Slow Fiction#Zone One#Zone One at Elsewhere#Karla Chubb#Sam McCann#Colm O’Reilly#Jack Callan#Julia Vassallo#Joseph Skimmons#Paul Knepple#Ryan Duffin#Akiva Henig#portrait
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Danny Brown, Hook, and Bruiser Wolf at Irving Plaza
On Saturday, March 16, 2024, the tour in support of Danny Brown’s Quaranta came to New York City for a date at Irving Plaza. There were opening sets by his tourmates Bruiser Wolf (of Detroit, MI) and Hook (of Riverside, CA), and Danny performed in NYC on his 43rd birthday.
I covered the fun show for Impose Magazine and this was my first time catching a live set from Brown in a really long time, and I’m so grateful that I was able be there. The full gallery on Impose can be found here.
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Tierra Whack Celebrates Debut Album’s Release at Webster Hall on Friday Night
Tierra Whack – Webster Hall – March 15, 2024
Philadelphia rap queen Tierra Whack has been getting the party started worldwide with her infectious rhymes for several years now. (It’s probably only a matter of time before she graces the multipurpose-room stage on Abbott Elementary to battle Tariq Temple at a F.A.D.E. showcase.) Whack channels creativity and visual aspirations into her poetic lyrics and the videos that accompany them. From the Grammy-nominated video for “Mumbo Jumbo” to the recent Alex Da Corte–directed “27 Club,” her flair for fashion exudes further joy and pop, as witnessed on World Wide Whack, her debut full-length. She celebrated its release Friday night at a sold-out Webster Hall.
With a large inflatable of the World Wide Whack avatar occupying a third of the stage, the rapper appeared adorned in her silver clown suit mirroring the attire from her album’s aesthetics. Opening with track one from her latest, “Mood Swing” appropriately began with “I’ve been trying new things.” Throughout the show, the crowd indulged in a call-and-response, which warm-up DJ Kill Sing kicked off with a cry of “worldwide” and requested the “Whack” reply. The admittedly nervous singer would cover the majority of the new songs, from the bounce-inducing “Ms Behave” to the melancholic “Two Night,” Her confidence building thanks to the supportive crowd, Whack effortlessly weaved among rap, pop, and R&B with her new material. On lead-single “Chanel Pit,” music box melodies danced amongst the spits of cultural references, like Vin Diesel and Resident Evil. Closer “27 Club” grooved to more R&B vibes for a downtempo, contemplative swan song, enrapturing the front row.
Tierra Whack didn’t leave her stans without a trip down memory lane, including fan favorites like the bop “Pretty Ugly” and “Fuck Off,” which elicited raised middle fingers across the room. Everybody on the floor happily sang, “He likes my diamonds and pearls,” along with “Hungry Hippo.” For the first time live, Whack performed her section of Lil Yachty’s “T.D.” before calling it a night. Despite the house lights turning on and exit music playing, everyone stayed put, chanting, “World Wide Whack,” leaving the stage crew unsure if they should halt operations. DJ Kill Sing indicated it might not be the end to this unforgettable night, as a wigless Whack returned to confess she was already shedding her costume. The crowd-manifested encore had the Philly native run off “Peppers and Onions” atop the barricade, before dropping to the floor amid her rabid admirers. —Sharlene Chiu | @Shar0ck
Photos courtesy of Edwina Hay | thisisnotaphotograph.com
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Tierra Whack at Webster Hall
On Friday, March 15, 2024, Tierra Whack performed a sold out show on the release date of her debut album, World Wide Whack. She was joined by DJ KillSing for a short opening set and performed songs from her new album in addition to older material.
My images from the show along with a review by Sharlene Chiu are now available on Bowery Presents’ “The House List” here.
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Sleater-Kinney – Brooklyn Steel – March 13, 2024
Sleater-Kinney’s 11th studio album, the unsurprisingly fantastic Little Rope, arrived in January, and at the end of February, the beloved Portland, Ore., rock act set out on an extended North American tour, which brought them to Brooklyn Steel on Wednesday night.
(Sleater-Kinney play Brooklyn Steel again tonight.)
(Sleater-Kinney play Racket on Saturday night.)
Photos courtesy of Edwina Hay | thisisnotaphotograph.com
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Sleater-Kinney and Black Belt Eagle Scout at Brooklyn Steel
On Wednesday, March 13, 2024, rock band Sleater-Kinney kicked off their three shows in New York City with a first night at Brooklyn Steel in Brooklyn, NY. The group was joined by Black Belt Eagle Scout (a.k.a. Katherine Paul) for an opening set on their tour in support of their newest record, Little Rope.
This was my first time I captured Sleater-Kinney performing live since 2015*. My gallery of Sleater-Kinney was done for Bowery Presents’ “The House List,” and it now available here. Images of Black Belt Eagle Scout can be found below.
Sleater-Kinney will return to Brooklyn Steel again tonight (Thursday, March 14th) for a sold out show, and head to Manhattan to Racket on Saturday night (that show is sold out as well).
*I also photographed them in December 2014 during an appearance on “The Chris Gethard Show” where Priests performed.
#Sleater-Kinney#Carrie Brownstein#Corin Tucker#Angie Boylan#Black Belt Eagle Scout#Katherine Paul#Brooklyn Steel
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Mclusky, The Martha’s Vineyard Ferries, and Pure Adult at Warsaw
On Thursday, March 7, 2024, Welsh band Mclusky returned to New York City for their first headlining set in nearly 20 years for a sold out show at Warsaw in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. They were joined by their tourmates, The Martha’s Vineyard Ferries, and Pure Adult for the evening.
I wrote about my history with the band and their show on Thursday night for Impose Magazine and that coverage is now available here.
#Mclusky#Andrew Falkous#Falco#Jack Egglestone#Damien Sayell#The Martha's Vineyard Ferries#Bob Weston#Elisha Wiesner#Chris Brokaw#Jeremy Snyder#Bianca Abarca#Warsaw#Warsaw National Polish Home
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Competitive Winter Picnicking in McGolrick Park
On Sunday, March 3, 2024, another edition of Competitive Winter Picnicking took place in McGolrick Park in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. Originally planned to take place the first Saturday in March, it was moved to the following day due to rain. Thanks to the wet weather, the picnic area was a little muddy, but the weather on Sunday was unusually warm with the highest temperature reaching 60 degrees.
What is Competitive Winter Picnicking? Teams register in advance and come up with a theme, drinks, food, and games. Judges then decide the best in each category for cash prizes and the top three categories also taking home trophies.
Images from the event yesterday afternoon can be found in the gallery on my website here, which were taken for Shadow Traffic. Many thanks to Jonah for having me out to capture this year’s edition! Results for yesterday’s event can be found below.
For more Competitive Winter Picnicking, previous years are available on this site via the tag here.
Results
Most Fried - Onion Ringwraiths
Best Cum Shot - Bimbo BBQ
Best Sound FX - Oscar's Pic A Nic
Most Healing - Panda-monium Picnic Pileup
Punniest - Sewer La Table
Best Bribe - BIRDING MAN
Best Picnic Game - IKEA
Best Rhymes - Ini Mini
Best Funerary Offering - Cult of Spud
Biggest Balls - The Grand Ball
Most Blood Spilled - Carrot & Stick
Best Food - Loompa Land Trust Fall (4th place)
Best Drink - Children of the Crust (3rd place)
Most Thematic - Crow-K (2nd place)
Best In Show - Dumpster Dive Bar (1st place)
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Mitski and Sunny War at Kings Theatre
On Tuesday, February 27, 2024, Mitski continued her run of sold out shows in New York City for a second night at Kings Theatre in Brooklyn, NY. She was joined by musician Sunny War for an opening set.
I covered the concert for Impose Magazine and the piece is now available here. During the show, it dawned on me that this year is the tenth anniversary of her album, Bury Me at Makeout Creek and the first time I saw her perform live at Silent Barn for the record release show.
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