Aug 29 2011

Nophest 08.27.2011

Nophest was a 3 day music festival in East Atlanta village. I made it out Saturday to go see Toy Devils and Sneaky Hand. I caught Signs of Iris from Greenville and another 2-piece set named S&M in between sets.

My day started out at Eastside Lounge with Toy Devils. I’ve always been a fan of Eastside Lounge. Before I was shooting concerts, I was shooting artists. Two were some friends of mine who did most of the murals at ESL. You can check out some more of their work at ipoopletters.com.

Toy Devils put on a loud, energetic show as always. I loved it! Apparently the furniture store neighbors weren’t used to having musical acts on during the daytime and pitched a big hissy fit. The owner ended up blocking off Eastside Lounge with his truck and put signs up complaining about the “noise”.

Toy Devils @ Eastside Lounge

Beaker of Toy Devils

Matt of Toy Devils

Foster of Toy Devils

Beaker of Toy Devils

Winchester of Toy Devils

Toy Devils: Assholes @ Eastside Lounge

After Aaron, the owner of ESL calmed him down, the music continued. Signs of Iris was pretty good, although I was a little disappointed to hear 2 cover songs in their short set.

Signs of Iris @ Eastside Lounge

Signs of Iris @ Eastside Lounge

Signs of Iris @ Eastside Lounge

Signs of Iris @ Eastside Lounge

Signs of Iris @ Eastside Lounge

S&M was an interesting 2-piece featuring a guy on bass and loop pedals, and an operatic singer also on keyboard. It sounded very new-age/world music-ish.

S&M @ Eastside Lounge

S&M @ Eastside Lounge

S&M @ Eastside Lounge

We finished up our drinks and headed out in search of food. We ended up throwing darts at Gravity Pub. Running short on time, I decided to just grab a burger while we were there. Holy shit! They brought out this huge, greasy 1/2lb patty topped with giant onion rings and bacon. I took a quick picture and proceeded to tackle this beast. Not too bad, but it was so heavy and greasy I couldn’t finish it. I wasn’t disappointed, but I wouldn’t go out of my way for it.

Big Bad & Tasty Burger @ Gravity Pub

We finally headed towards Sneaky Hand. I forgot to check the schedule so we automatically headed to 529, which wasn’t open yet. I could hear Sneaky Hand echoing through the streets of East Atlanta, they had to be near someplace! We pull up the internets and find our way to Joe’s Coffee where the band is playing in the back courtyard. I love me some Sneaky Hand, but it was a little odd to see them play at a coffee shop.

Sneaky Hand @ Joe’s Coffee

M@ and Russ of Sneaky Hand

Matt and Duke of Sneaky Hand

Matt of Sneaky Hand

Russ of Sneaky Hand

M@ sings into the camera of Sneaky Hand

Kamil and Matt of Sneaky Hand

Kamil of Sneaky Hand

Toy Devils watching Sneaky Hand @ Joe’s Coffee

M@ and Russ of Sneaky Hand


Jul 18 2011

07.16.2011 Disapyramids + Winter Ransom (Pt. 2)

Disapyramids AND Winter Ransom? Sign me up! Saturday July 16th, both bands played back to back at 529 in East Atlanta. Winter Ransom put on an awesome show as always!

The Longino Brothers of Winter Ransom

Josh of Winter Ransom

Drew of Winter Ransom

Matt of Winter Ransom

Jordon of Winter Ransom

Matt of Winter Ransom

Drew of Winter Ransom

Drew and Josh of Winter Ransom

Jordon’s Guitar of Winter Ransom

Jordon of Winter Ransom

Jordon of Winter Ransom

Josh’s Pedals of Winter Ransom

The Longino Brothers of Winter Ransom

Special Guest Homer of FYN

Matt of Winter Ransom

Jordon of Winter Ransom

Special Guest Homer of FYN

Special Guest Homer of FYN

Matt of Winter Ransom

Special Guest Homer of FYN

Josh of Winter Ransom

I’m on camera!

At the Show! Siraaj and Homer of FYN + Beaker of Toy Devils


Jul 17 2011

07.16.2011 Disapyramids + Winter Ransom (Pt. 1)

Disapyramids AND Winter Ransom? Sign me up! Saturday July 16th, both bands played back to back at 529 in East Atlanta. Awesome show as always!

Check back tomorrow for Pt. 2, Winter Ransom Pics.

Andrew and the Disapyramids

Andrew of the Disapyramids.

Set List.

Josh of the Disapyramids.

Gordon of the Disapyramids.

Drew and the Disapyramids.

Drew and the Disapyramids.

Drew and the Disapyramids.

Josh and Gordon of the Disapyramids.

Josh of the Disapyramids.

Drew and the Disapyramids.

The Disapyramids

Casey of the Disapyramids

Drew amd the Disapyramids

The Disapyramids