CAMERAPHONIC

Aaron is the Lead Site Editor, Head Photographer, and Audio Engineer for all the videos on the site as well as all the mp3s. He has an online photography portfolio located here : www.sunboil.com

As a feature on the site, I will be dredging my own personal archive of taped shows to showcase rare or otherwise unheard performances from artists I love.
What started as a typical mid-summer’s evening in San Francisco, warm weather quickly shut out by fast moving clouds and wind, I found myself and maybe 40 [...]

As part of the first installment of the Cameraphonic Sessions, I decided to make the most of my time up at Bumbershoot and to catch a few acts who would be willing to be part of the series.
I met with Kate Tucker and her guitarist, Mark Isakson, at an Eastlake apartment building very reminiscent of [...]

Nada Surf, minus their bassist/plus one Ozma bassist, played live on KEXP the first day of the festival from the “super secret” location in the downtown center. To a packed house, which extended to a line out the door, they played a great mix of old and new songs, even bringing out the classic “Amateur”.
If [...]

The final day of the festival was surprisingly nice. The rain from the first night, which carried slightly into the next morning had subsided and the sun occasionally reared out from behind the clouds to make for pretty enjoyable weather. This day for us was probably the most laid back, as we started out with [...]

Being out at the Gorge for any amount of time is kind of a surreal experience. You are out there in the high desert of Washington state and you can literally sit back and watch the weather change by the minute, which this entire weekend it did. While there, you are confined to this relatively [...]

We had met up with Seattle’s Tiny Vipers just as Jesy and Ben were unloading from their van in front of San Francisco’s Elbo Room. After some quick introductions, we were off with an objective in mind, but no real location to shoot at. We considered the idea of a funeral home as we passed [...]

[photo by Josh C. Bis: www.sciencevsromance.net]
After having to cancel on their show earlier in the day because of bus trouble, The National pulled their tour bus up behind Grand Archives as they were finishing up to play a last minute set for the crowd. When news first broke about them canceling and then soon after [...]

David Bazan took the stage as he does these days, just him and a guitar. No grand introductions, no sorely missed drum player, and as the house music stops… he walks on stage and starts right into a set showcasing newly written material mixed with (now) old Pedro The Lion and Headphones songs.
Starting in [...]

The first day of the festival for us was one where we were running a little late and trying to make the rush to catch the main stage openers, Fleet Foxes, before their set was over. We made it with a few minutes to spare, but I will include those photos with the ones below [...]

MP3: No Age - “Eraser” from Nouns
The chaotically melodic duo of No Age brought their brand of indie rock influenced punk rock to the stage of the Great American Music Hall the other night, just a couple months after opening at the same venue for Battles. What some might expect from the group due to [...]

THE SOFT DRUGS are TW WALSH’S band. he was in PEDRO THE LION for several years and wrote and co-wrote songs on their last album ACHILLES HEEL.
From the man himself TW:
i’m pleased to announce that THE SOFT DRUGS are working with a brand new (the first?) “blog/label” called CHASING LIONS. they’ve got SIDE A [...]

MP3: The Long Winters - Pushover from Putting The Days To Bed.
Seattle’s, The Long Winters, brought the 70’s back Thursday night at the Independent. Running out, over enthused to put on a great show, lead singer, John Roderick, took a dive over his amp and into the drum kit after explaining he’s going through [...]

Portraits of Handsome Furs
The Handsome Furs played to a sold out crowd at San Francisco’s Rickshaw Stop in September of 2007 and we are offering you the chance to be up front and center to this great show.
Their unique mix of drum machine and guitar make for a surprisingly full sound from just the [...]

MP3: Wolf Parade - Language City (At Mount Zoomer)
Wolf Parade played last night to a sold out crowd at the Fillmore, still promoting their album At Mount Zoomer. Opening for them, in Wolf Parade fashion, were their friends and fellow band mates from the side project Johnny And The Moon, Listening Party.

MP3: Listening [...]

MP3: Port O’Brien - Stuck On A Boat (Live @ The Triple Door, Seattle, WA)
Port O’Brien ended their tour this week with a final show at Cafe du Nord on July 11th. To a sold out crowd, they endured through Van being sick and with a lot of audience participation persevered. Always being a fan [...]

Damien Jurado toured last Fall opening for Okkervil River. He brought with him his band, Eric Fischer and Jenna Conrad, to play quite a few new songs they’d been in the process or getting recorded for about a year.
At the time his rendition of Low’s “Murderer” had just been released on the blogs [...]

A new project we are working on is called “Interiors”. Each episode will feature a band playing music to a group of fans at various homes throughout the city. For this premier episode we have The Annuals playing an intimate show in a 1930’s home to a small group of fans.
This is our preview [...]

Last summer we got together with Jesse Sykes at the 4th Annual Songwriter Festival at the Montalvo Arts Center in Saratoga, CA.
She played a quick set to a very excited crowd with songs almost entirely from her latest album Like, Love, Lust & The Open Halls Of The Soul.

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This was the second Take Away Show Nate and I had worked on together. We had just gotten up early from a really late show the night before at Bottom of the Hill and had to drive down to Los Angeles to catch Bodies Of Water for their CD release show.
It was hot, the [...]

Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks played an in-store performance at Haight/Ashbury’s Amoeba Records in support of their latest album Real Emotional Trash. The crowd was primed and ready as we all waited, filling up half of the entire store’s rows of LPs, for the Jicks to take the stage. The band took the stage after [...]