my year in music (incredibly self-indulgent version)

[tinnitus photography]

here's the annual rundown of the shows I saw (and mostly photographed; the only ones where i didn't have a camera with me were Sigur Rós in Amsterdam w/ the London Symphony Orchestra; Rammstein in Lisbon; Eric Arn/Glenn Jones in some wine shop; the 2nd night of GBV40; Bob Dylan). I saw shows in six countries, 368 in total (not all of those were complete shows, esp the festivals where I was on the go a lot).

Here are some of my favorite images i took this year. I have a blog post that's kinda redundant with this but with even more photos and it's got links to all the concert reviews I did this year as well. I warned you this was self-indulgent.

George Clinton and the P-Funk All-Stars


Billy Idol


Mantar


Ron Gallo


Jim James/My Morning Jacket


Cautious Clay


Sam Black Church


Elder


Coady Willis, Melvins


Doug Sherman, Blood Lightning


Hasan Minhaj


Jeff Tweedy


Maynard James Keenan, Tool


The Schizophonics


Yves Tumor


Godflesh


Melvins


Boris


Mdou Moctar


Genesis Owusu


Deathchant


Amenra


Bill Callahan


Yo La Tengo


Weedpecker


Sleaford Mods


Flaming Lips


Crowd surfer, The Chats


Crowd surfer, Graveyard


Guided By Voices


Cave In


Warpaint


Yob


Jon Batiste


Unsane


Pixies


Panda Bear + Sonic Boom


Bruce Springsteen


The Dead C


White Hills


Bartees Strange


Queens of the Stone Age


Wilco

[chuckrh]

Nice. Reminds me of my glory days in the music business. As a Billboard sales reporter, I used to be at shows 3 or 4 nights a week sometimes. & I got paid to go! These days it's a real struggle for me to go at all. I still try. Anyway, nice pictures!