I was lucky to see a lot of great live shows this year, and even luckier to be able to shoot most of them with my Nikon D5000. Although I am decidedly an amateur, I think I ended up with some pretty decent shots, so I decided to create a “best of” style compilation to wrap up a great 2011.
Artists pictured below include (in rough order): Soulive, Surprise Me Mr. Davis, The Dodos, Yellow Ostrich, White Denim, The New Deal, American Babies, Phish, Cut Copy, Fleet Foxes, Animal Collective, Deerhunter, Steve Kimock & Friends (with Marco Benevento, Marc Friedman, and Adam Deitch), The War on Drugs, Deerhunter, Battles, Guided By Voices, Pains of Being Pure at Heart, and Steve Kimock & Friends (w/ Bobby Vega, Bernie Worrell, and Wally Ingram).
For more photos and — in most cases — reviews and videos, check out the links below:
Photos: Soulive’s “Bowlive II” @ Brooklyn Bowl, 3/11/11
Review: Steve Kimock & Friends @ Sullivan Hall, NYC, 3/30/11
Review, Photos, Videos: American Babies @ Mercury Lounge, 4/29/11
Photos/Videos: The New Deal @ Terminal 5, 5/7/11
Photos: White Denim @ Bowery Ballroom, NYC, 6.25.11
Phish in Camden, 6/10/11: Review, Photos, Videos, Downloads
Pitchfork Music Festival 2011: Final Photos, Thoughts
Photos, Video: Deerhunter @ Pitchfork Music Festival 2011
Photos: Fleet Foxes @ Pitchfork Music Festival 2011
Photos: Animal Collective @ Pitchfork Music Festival 2011
Photos: Battles @ Pitchfork Music Festival 2011
PHOTOS / VIDEOS / REVIEW: Steve Kimock & Friends @ Brooklyn Bowl, 11/5/11