Photos by Nick Helderman
In the spirit of his shots from Sled Island, MtyMx and SXSW, Nick Helderman recently weathered Poland’s OFF Festival alongside the Flaming Lips, These Are Powers, Zs, FM Belfast, and a bunch of other artists you’ve probably heard of. In other words, we don’t feel bad for the guy. Not even a little bit.
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Photos by Hobo
If you haven’t already, be sure to check out two special xx-related mixtapes here.
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Photos by Hobo
Here are some of our favorite self-titled shots from last night’s Arcade Fire show. We’ll have a full review of it—along with some photo outtakes—later today…
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Photos by Aaron Richter
It’s become routine to complain about the Siren Music Festival: the heat, the crowds, the lines for food and Porta-Johns, and it’s never as good as it was the year before, is it? But self-titled (perhaps, in part, due to the endless flow of comp beer in the VIP area) has always managed to squeeze a rad time out of braving the masses at Coney Island—whether it’s been watching Thee Oh Sees tear through one of the shortest and fiercest Siren sets ever, seeing Art Brut’s Eddie Argos work the second-stage crowd into a frenzy during “Good Weekend,” or catching Q and Not U’s NYC farewell.
This year, amid what must have been a budget-stifled lineup, Austin trio Harlem served the fest’s finest set, bouncing through the fantastic Hippies, and urging the crowd to crush the barricade and overtake the photo pit. Our voice is still prickly today from shouting along to “South of France” and “Some Day Soon.” After the jump, check out photos from Siren, including shots of Screaming Females, Surfer Blood, the Pains of Being Pure at Heart, Harlem and Ted Leo.
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Photos by Nick Helderman
In honor of the Netherlands’ World Cup loss, we asked our sole Dutch contributor to file some photos from the frontlines of Calgary’s Sled Island Music & Arts Festival. Yep, we’re bastards…
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Words and Photos by Andrew Parks
The good news first: when judged against the godawful nature of most corporate gigs, Intel and Vice’s Creators Project was a clumsy success, a gathering of good intentions featuring three functional performance spaces, artists that ran the gamut from grandiose (Interpol) to gimmicky (Die Antwoord), and installations that turned Milk Studios into a theme park for potheads, gamers and anyone who likes pretty lights, self-titled included. On the other hand, pairing free liquor with poor sight lines and sub-par sound just doesn’t do it for us anymore, with a few exceptions, one of which—yet another breakthrough set for one of Brooklyn’s rising bands—will be in a separate post later today. For now, here’s some visual documentation of what went down.
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Photos by Andrew Parks
Everything you need to know about Isis‘ impact on underground metal was already explained in our extensive feature with frontman Aaron Turner, so we’ll just say this: self-titled have seen the band many, many times and last night’s Music Hall of Williamsburg show was one of their best sets yet—a LOUD, lumbering overview of the 13-year-old catalog that’ll come to a fitting end with a Melvins split next month. Here’s some photographic evidence of what very well may be their last Brooklyn appearance…at least until the inevitable Oceanic-era reunion run.
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Words and Photos by Aaron Richter
Coming home on the plane, self-titled smelled like a damp ashtray, but it was worth it: two days of Georgia-curated garage-rock sloppiness, otherwise known as the Atlanta Mess-Around. Spread across 529 and the Earl, this second go-round for the festival saw local scene staples (various permutations of, altogether, about 10 ATL musicians) host out-of-towners and some of their idols, including the Urinals, Paul Collins and Reigning Sound. Click through to check out our top five moments as well as a smattering of shots from the weekend.
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Photos by Jen Maler
Like most of you, we can’t keep our minds locked on one particular thing for more than, oh, five minutes. As a result, we forget to post photos and stories from time to time. Here’s a set of recent live shots that fall into that category, starting with the South By Southwest reunion of Man Or Astro-Man?…
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