Category Archives: Concerts

Dissonant Geek: Sparks recap, The Trocadero, Philly

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The Deli Magazine: The Extraordinaires preview, The Fire, Philly

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The Deli Magazine: DRGN KING preview, PhilaMOCA, Philly

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The Deli Magazine: YIKES the ZERO preview, Kung Fu Necktie, Philly

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The Deli Magazine: Nightlands (ft. Jeff Zeigler), 2001: A Space Odyssey photo recap, PhilaMOCA, Philly

More photos on The Deli’s website from the night when you click the image below. All photos from the night are up on a set at Brandi Lynn Design’s flickr.

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Shadowplay’s “Visions” release show at Hebe Music, Mt. Holly, N.J.

One of my friends from college is in a rock band called Shadowplay from South Jersey. The band had its CD release show this past Friday at Hebe Music in Mt. Holly, N.J., and vox Andrew Corkery asked me to shoot the gig for them. Here are a few shots; the rest are in the Shadowplay set on my Brandi Lynn Design photostream on Flickr.

Shadowplay, Hebe Music

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The Deli Magazine: Sweatheart preview, PhilMOCA, Philly

The Deli Magazine: Kensington Picnic 2012 recap, Liberty Vintage Motorcycles, Philly

I covered the Kensington Picnic this past weekend for The Deli Magazine. If you click the image below, you can read my recap and check out images from the event. For additional photos, here’s the set on my Flickr.

The Deli Magazine: 2nd Street Festival recap, Philly

I covered the 2nd Street Festival this past weekend for The Deli Magazine. If you click the image below, you can read my recap and check out images from the event. For additional photos, here’s the set on my Flickr.

The Deli Magazine: XPoNential Music Festival photo recap, Camden

I covered WXPN’s XPoNential Music Festival 2012 for The Deli Magazine – Philly, last weekend. The artists on the bill were as follows:

Friday, July 20: The Hold Steady, Ozomatli, Dawes, JC Brooks & the Uptown Sound, War On Drugs, The Lumineers, City Rain.

Saturday, July 21: Wilco, Avett Brothers, Dr. Dog, Dave Hause, The Bailey Hounds, The Fleeting Ends, Kathleen Edwards, Lee Ranaldo Band, Patterson Hood and the Downtown Rumblers, Lower Dens, Mike Doughty, Delta Rae, Good Old War, Matt Santry Band.

Sunday, July 22: Counting Crows, Delta Spirit, Field Report, We are Augustines, Kasey Anderson, Rhett Miller and the Serial Lady Killers, JD Souther, John Wesley Harding’s Cabinet of Wonders, Kaki King, Diego Garcia, JD McPherson, Work Drugs, Dana Alexandra.

Click the image below to check out the photos that made The Deli’s recap. For more, high-resolution photos, please visit my XPoNential Music Festival 2012 set on Flickr.

Alternative Press: The Hold Steady

My photos of The Hold Steady at WXPN’s XPoNential Music Festival made the home page of Alternative Press. Click the image below for the gallery.

The Deli Magazine: Battles photo recap, TLA, Philly

Click the image below for an entire photo recap of the evening.
More, high-resolution photos are posted in a set on my flickr.

The Deli Magazine: Circadian Rhythms preview, The Station, Philly


The Deli Magazine: The Sounds of Kaleidoscope preview, Kung Fu Necktie, Philly

The Deli Magazine: Creepoid recap, The Westmoreland Studio, Philly


The Deli Magazine: Wigwams preview, Kung Fu Necktie, Philly

The Deli Magazine: Buried Beds preview, Johnny Brenda’s, Philly


Spectrum Culture: Concert Review: The Darkness (photo credit)

A few days after my Darkness adventure, Spectrum Culture contacted me through my flickr, and asked to use one of my Darkness photos for their concert review. I agreed, and they gave me photo credit and a link-back to my website here. Check it out below!

The Deli Magazine: NoLibs Winter Music Fest recap, The Fire, Philly

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The Darkness, Foxy Shazam, Crown Jewel Defense, 9:30 Club, Washington D.C.


I recently saw The Darkness in Washington D.C., and I was following them along the east coast for its North American tour. Here are the photos from the Washington D.C. stop at 9:30 Club.

Last night of the east coast also called for waiting for the band outside the venue after the show. I got another lovely photograph with Justin!

Check out more photos (including Foxy Shazam and Crown Jewel Defense) on my Brandi Lynn Design Flickr page.

The Darkness, Foxy Shazam, Crown Jewel Defense, Irving Plaza, NYC (Night #2)


I recently saw The Darkness in NYC, and I am following them along the east coast for its North American tour. Here are the photos from the NYC stop at Irving Plaza.

I showed up really early for this show in hopes to catch Justin entering the venue. Patience worked out in my favor! (Photo by Frankie Poullain!)

Check out more photos (including Foxy Shazam and Crown Jewel Defense) on my Brandi Lynn Design Flickr page.

The Darkness, Foxy Shazam, Crown Jewel Defense, Irving Plaza, NYC (Night #1)


I recently saw The Darkness in NYC, and I am following them along the east coast for its North American tour. Here are the photos from the NYC stop at Irving Plaza.

Also, here’s a little treat – my friend Dori and me with Frankie!
Check out more photos (including Foxy Shazam and Crown Jewel Defense) on my Brandi Lynn Design Flickr page.

The Darkness, Foxy Shazam, Crown Jewel Defense, Paradise Rock Club, Boston, Mass.


I recently saw The Darkness in Boston, and I am following them along the east coast for its North American tour. Here are the photos from the Boston stop at Paradise Rock Club.

Check out more photos (including Foxy Shazam and Crown Jewel Defense) on my Brandi Lynn Design Flickr page.

The Deli Magazine: Hezekiah Jones preview, Johnny Brenda’s, Philly

The Deli Magazine: Anthony Green preview, Union Transfer, Philly

The Deli Magazine: Dangerous Ponies preview, The Blockley, Philly

The Deli Magazine: Negative Department preview, The Level Room, Philly

MTV Iggy: Hatsune Miku Live in Sapporo

Photo credit on MTV Iggy. Click the image for the complete concert review.

The Deli Magazine: The Love Club preview, Kung Fu Necktie, Philly

The Deli Magazine: Photo Recap: BITBY Christmas Party, Little Bar, Philly

This was a really fun night. Check out my writeup of the night, and the images I snapped throughout the sets. Clicking the image below will redirect.

The Deli Magazine: The Key Studio Sessions Live preview, Johnny Brenda’s, Philly

The Deli Magazine: Illinois preview, Kung Fu Necktie, Philly

The Deli Magazine: Mike Bell & the Movies preview, Kung Fu Necktie, Philly

The Deli Magazine: Hoots & Hellmouth recap and photos, TLA, Philly

Check out my recap of the Hoots and Hellmouth album release show at the Theatre of Living Arts. If you click on the image below, it will redirect you to my writeup and photos on The Deli’s website.

The Deli Magazine: Hoots & Hellmouth preview, TLA, Philly

The Deli Magazine: Clap Your Hands Say Yeah photo recap, Union Transfer Grand Opening, Philly

Enjoy the little blurb my boss at The Deli Magazine put together for the Grand Opening of Union Transfer in Philly. Click the image to redirect to The Deli’s website to check out my photo recap.

The Deli Magazine: WHYY Connections Festival photo recap, Penn’s Landing, Philly

Check out the little blurb I wrote below and feel free to click the image to redirect to my photo recap on The Deli’s website.

The Deli Magazine: Brown Recluse preview, Kung Fu Necktie, Philly

The Deli Magazine: Big Art Show: Hot As Hell Party preview, Pterodactyl, Philly

The Deli Magazine: Mad Decent Block Party 2011 photo recap, The Piazza, Philly

I had the opportunity to cover the Mad Decent Block Party 2011, Philly style, for my internship with The Deli Magazine. It was a wild, wild afternoon, and I loved every bit of it (minus a few water gun shots to the camera and lens).

Below is a little blurb and a photo. If you click on the piece, it will redirect you to the photo recap of the event on The Deli’s website.

Here are some other favorites I took from the block party:

 

And don’t forget – lots more on my Flickr!

The Deli Magazine: 2nd Street Festival photo recap, 2nd Street, Philly

This past Sunday, I got to cover the 2nd Street Festival in Philly for The Deli Magazine and had a great time.

Click the image and blurb below to be redirected to The Deli Magazine’s website for images of tUne-yArDs, Delicate Steve, Black Landlord, Toy Soldiers, East Hundred, Cheers Elephant, North Lawrence Midnight Singers, The Great Unknown and more awesome bands.

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The Deli Magazine: Rock and Read Festival review and photo recap, Bookspace, Philly

This past Saturday I covered the Rock and Read Festival, presented by The Deli Magazine and Cloud Entertainment, in order to benefit Rock to the Future, an after-school music education program for kids in low-income families. It was a lot of fun, with really great bands (Mischief Brew, Harry and the Potters, The New Motels, Monsterface, The Jawnettes and more), and as always, a bunch of cool finds in Bookspace.

Click the image and writeup below to see shots of all the bands. Under the image, I have posted additional photos that I took throughout the night.

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The Deli Magazine: Satanized show preview, Johnny Brenda’s, Philly

The Deli Magazine: Cheap Dinosaurs preview, North Star Bar, Philly

Click the images below to redirect you to The Deli Magazine – Philly site. Be sure to watch the YouTube video of Cheap Dinosaurs’ “Tagalog” for a circa 1998-feel.

The Deli Magazine: Meg Baird show preview, Little Berlin, Philly

As always, click on the image below to read my show preview (for Meg Baird, Mind Over Mirrors and Chris Forsyth’s Paranoid Cat Duo) on The Deli Magazine website for Philly.

The Deli Magazine: Photo recap of Hair Rocket’s CD release party, Bookspace, Philly

Click the image or little blurb below for my photo recap of Hair Rocket’s album release party at Bookspace in Philly. Includes Meddlesome Bells, Mammal of Paradise, An American Chinese, Hair Rocket and Bambara.

In addition, here are some of my other favorites that I took:

The Deli Magazine: Work Drugs, CSLCX, Wrestling show review, Johnny Brenda’s, Philly

Here’s my first writeup of a live show for my internship with The Deli Magazine in Philadelphia. Click the image below if you want to read at the website and check out more photos. Enjoy!



Work Drugs, CSLSX, Wrestling @ Johnny Brenda’s

Here are some more photos I took when I covered the Work Drugs, CSLSX and Wrestling gig at Johnny Brenda’s in Philly, for The Deli Magazine.

The Monkees’ 45th Anniversary Tour, Music Box, Borgata, Atlantic City

I was lucky enough to afford a ticket for The Monkees’ 45th Anniversary Tour. It was very important for me to go because they are essentially my childhood – I carried a Monkees lunchbox to school when I was in 1st grade, and it’s something I am very proud of. I took lots of pictures, so I am going to post a handful of my favorites here. More photos in a set on my flickr.

The Deli Magazine: Pink Skull show preview, M-Room, Philly

I just started an internship with The Deli Magazine. It’s a national music magazine that covers local music in major cities. I cover Philadelphia.

Today my first writing was published, which is really exciting for me, because music journalism is my ultimate goal as a career. It was a show preview, which basically just gives listeners a small piece of the pie, but through a visual format. You can click on the screenshot of the article below to take you to the website.