PeterWPhoto » Music http://www.peterwphoto.com/blog Mon, 06 Feb 2012 01:30:01 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Top Music of 2011 http://www.peterwphoto.com/blog/2011/12/top-music-of-2011/ http://www.peterwphoto.com/blog/2011/12/top-music-of-2011/#comments Sun, 01 Jan 2012 04:59:52 +0000 Peter Walkowiak http://www.peterwphoto.com/blog/?p=3860 And again its time for me to gather my favorite albums of the year… these albums kept me awake on the road and creative on the trails. I owe a lot to these artists for their contributions that helped push me further. :)

The Wombats - Proudly Present… This Modern Glitch

The Roots – Undun

 The Kills – Blood Pressures

The Black Keys – El Camino

Radiohead – King of Limbs

Florence + the Machine – Ceremonials

Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues

Feist – Metals

Death Cab for Cutie – Codes and Keys

Kanye West & Jay-Z – Watch the Throne

Cold War Kids – Whats Mine is Yours

Bon Iver – Bon Iver

Foo Fighers – Wasting Light

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I would like to round up my favorite artists and albums of 2010.

The Black Keys – Brothers

Tokyo Police Club – Champ

Sufjan Stevens - The Age Of Adz and All the Delighted People EP

Drake – Thanks Me Later

Arcade Fire – The Suburbs

The Roots – How I Got Over

Two Door Cinema Club - Tourist History

The Dead Weather - Sea Of Cowards

Broken Bells – Broken Bells

Bands that you may not have heard of….

Freelance Whales - Weathervan

The Head and the Heart – The Head and the Heart

Ellie Goulding – Lights

Did I miss anyone?

]]> http://www.peterwphoto.com/blog/2010/12/top-music-of-2010/feed/ 0 Bring Me the Horizon / Every Time I Die w/ Video. http://www.peterwphoto.com/blog/2009/09/bring-me-the-horizon-every-time-i-die-w-video/ http://www.peterwphoto.com/blog/2009/09/bring-me-the-horizon-every-time-i-die-w-video/#comments Tue, 29 Sep 2009 20:39:22 +0000 Peter Walkowiak http://www.peterwphoto.com/blog/?p=679

Shows, the most challenging of all. This is of course is one of the main reasons I shoot them. I have a crazy thirst for energy and loud music and shooting in this environment puts a smile on my face. This shows music and artists were hopped up on some mountain dew for sure. All the artists wouldn’t stay still for more than a second. Tonight was my first show in quite some time and it felt so good. It also reminded me how hard shows really are, especially hardcore ones.

I shot Architects Oh, Sleeper, Bring Me the Horizon and Every Time I Die. The circle pit was possibly the largest I have ever seen at Soma. I am not really a fan of the kids who go to these shows, if I did enjoy the music I would rock out in my own little bubble. I definitely would not punch a poor photographer in the head while recording the circle pit, the photographer was me… I gave the guy a solid kick in the back.

The Video has no audio because, lets face it, its all screaming and none of it is understandable. Video is brought to you by the Nikon D5000.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6gk9fXcQZg

Images from the show:

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Photo Notes:

I am starting to dislike Soma and their lighting more and more every time I shoot there. Far too much backlight and with a sold out show it deserved a better light show. Bad lights along with  bands that hardly stood still I had a hard time with my camera to get the captures, I feel bad for all the Rebels in the pit ;)

]]> http://www.peterwphoto.com/blog/2009/09/bring-me-the-horizon-every-time-i-die-w-video/feed/ 0 The Dead Weather @ Street Scene 09 http://www.peterwphoto.com/blog/2009/09/the-dead-weather-street-scene-09/ http://www.peterwphoto.com/blog/2009/09/the-dead-weather-street-scene-09/#comments Thu, 03 Sep 2009 00:46:28 +0000 Peter Walkowiak http://www.peterwphoto.com/blog/?p=493 When you hear Alison Mosshart scream 60 feet tall and standing high on the front of the stage you know what you are witnessing. Your eyes are now locked on the music masterpiece of The Dead Weather. They had so much energy on stage I could barely stand still and almost moshing with the herd of photographers in the pit. I cannot express enough how I feel they should have headlined. They had a packed crowd and sounded so amazing. No offense to those who like MIA but they should have switched in the lineup.

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Photo Notes:

Jack White only made an appearance at the mic during the 4th song. Which we all know I shoot for the first 3  songs then have to leave. I snapped a few shots of him as I was being pushed out. I cant get over how much I love this band / set of images :) more to be seen on flickr!

]]> http://www.peterwphoto.com/blog/2009/09/the-dead-weather-street-scene-09/feed/ 0 Silversun Pickups @ Street Scene 09 http://www.peterwphoto.com/blog/2009/09/silversun-pickups-street-scene-09/ http://www.peterwphoto.com/blog/2009/09/silversun-pickups-street-scene-09/#comments Thu, 03 Sep 2009 00:35:28 +0000 Peter Walkowiak http://www.peterwphoto.com/blog/?p=489 Brian Aubert has such an interesting voice. I was really looking forward to seeing SSP and I was not let down. He looked like an average guy but when he opened his mouth I opened mine in aw. They sounded like the album but in the live sort of way. I was not expecting them to being to hold up such a stellar sound.

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Photo Notes:

Brian rarely snuck out from behind the mic but when he did the swarm of photographers moved over there. Since I am mentioning that the guy shooting with the gary fong over his flash needs to be punched, so inconsiderate. Epic lighting plus a strategic  spot for shooting led to some great images :) .

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Photo Notes:

As I already said, they were all so far back and with 30 photographers this was even harder to capture do to the lack of space. Great show though :)

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Photo Notes:

Shot all in manual for this and most of the other sets for the night. I loved how the colors just poured all over the stage. I am in love with this lighting as it is a photographers dream.

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Photo Notes:

Lighting on Fulano stage was great and the unique characters on it made it even better. All images Unedited.

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Photo Notes:

All images Unedited, Straight from the NIkon D700. Deerhunter played a good set although the lighting was difficult.

]]> http://www.peterwphoto.com/blog/2009/09/deerhunter-street-scene-09/feed/ 0 Busta Rhymes @ Street Scene 09 http://www.peterwphoto.com/blog/2009/09/busta-rhymes-street-scene-09/ http://www.peterwphoto.com/blog/2009/09/busta-rhymes-street-scene-09/#comments Wed, 02 Sep 2009 21:33:54 +0000 Peter Walkowiak http://www.peterwphoto.com/blog/?p=467 Oh Busta, you were the second act in a row to go over 20 minutes late. The other 30 photographers and I were all pretty upset that you put our precisely set up schedule in the blender. You were late because of sound issues and I understand but come on spend the extra cash and find someone who knows how to get rid of interference / feedback.

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Photo Notes:

Besides being late he was energetic but stayed fairly still. All images are unedited.

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