By Ryan Van Etten on 04/22/2012
During SXSW 2012 Billy Corgan shared some rockable insights for indie musicians. “At the end of the day you always have to focus on the fact of quality first and everything else comes second” he says in the video below. (4:00) Corgan talked at SXSW about how artists need to create experiences that translate to [...]
Posted in Interviews, Music, Music Flux | Tagged albums vs. singles, alternative rock, Billy Corgan, business, context, digital, digital natives, engagement, interview, music industry, rock/pop, Smashing Pumpkins, Spotify, SXSW, SXSW 2012, technology |
By Ryan Van Etten on 04/10/2012
It’s pretty fair to say that in a moshpit SXSW attendees would trample UMF attendees. The SXSW-ers, being in Austin, have Texas power, and the UMF-ers, in Miami, might just be too numb to feel it. Both events took place in March 2012. I like to do photos of each but because I’ve been so [...]
Posted in Music, Photo Journal | Tagged Adam Jackson, Austin, Bassnectar, Ben Hughes, Borgore, crowds, crowdsurfing, dance pop, Datsik, Deerpeople, folk rock, indie rock, Japandroids, live music, Miami, music photography, photojournalism, photomosh, photos, rock/pop, stage lighting, SXSW, SXSW 2012, techno, The Fleshlights, The-Dream, Thee Oh Sees, Titus Andronicus, UMF (Ultra Music Festival), UMF 2012, UMF photos |
By Ryan Van Etten on 12/31/2011
01 – All Time Low 02 – The National 03 – Coachella 2011 04 – ADTR 05 – Sasquatch 2011 06 – Bonnaroo 2011 07 – ALK3 Andriano 08 – The New Deal 09 – Carl Barât 10 – NoFx 11 – Washed Out 12 – Warpaint 13 – Lady Gaga 14 – DFA 1979 [...]
Posted in Music, Photo Journal, Popular | Tagged Alessio Michelini, Alkaline Trio, All Time Low, Animal Collective, Bonnaroo, Bonnaroo 2011, Bowery Ballroom, Carl Barât, Coachella, Coachella 2011, Cuthbert and the Night Walkers, Dan Andriano, Death From Above 1979, Dublin, Fat Mike, Hayley Williams, indie rock, Lady Gaga, live music, Matt Berninger, NoFx, NYC, Paramore, photos, punk, rock/pop, Sasquatch 2011, Sasquatch Festival, Sebastien Grainger, SXSW 2011, Tegan and Sara, Terminal 5, The National, The New Deal, Warpaint, Washed Out |
By Ryan Van Etten on 04/13/2011
Kaiser Chiefs singer Ricky Wilson performs in 2005. – Photo: Andrew Kendall. “If you haven’t got a scene you’ve gotta’ set your own scene” said Kaiser Chiefs singer Ricky Wilson at 31:40 and “keep your ears peeled” for song ideas said drummer Nick Hodgson at 51:00 during their interview below with Steve Lamacq on BBC [...]
Posted in Discussion, Interviews, Music, Music Flux | Tagged Andrew Kendall, BBC Music, British music scene, history, indie rock, Kaiser Chiefs, music industry, MusicBiz, Nick Hodgson, photos, post-punk revival, Ricky Wilson, rock/pop, Steve Lamacq, tips, UK, video |
By Ryan Van Etten on 12/31/2010
2010′s hugest live-music media—in 10 photos and 10 videos. Includes M.I.A., Muse, DJ Shadow, Orbital, Arcade Fire, The Black Keys, Dirty Pretty Things, Paramore, Sharon Van Etten, Atari Teenage Riot, Sleigh Bells, Sparks The Rescue, The All-American Rejects, Die Antwoord, The Smashing Pumpkins, and Alkaline Trio. 10 photos and 10 videos.
Posted in Music, Photo Journal | Tagged 2010 year in review, 2010-2011 blizzard series, Academy Music Group, Alessio Michelini, Alkaline Trio, Arcade Fire, art punk, arts, Atari Teenage Riot, bands, best of, best of 2010, big media, Bonnaroo, Bonnaroo 2010, Coachella, Coachella 2010, cool hair, Dallas, Dance, dance music, dance pop, dance punk, dancing, Deadmau5, Die Antwoord, DJ Shadow, Dublin, Emily Haines, enter the ninja, Exit Festival, Exit Festival 2010, Fake Blood, fashion, festival, Glastonbury, Glastonbury 2010, Godiva Festival, Godiva Festival 2010, Hamburg, Hayley Williams, HD videos, hip hop, Houston, indie, live music, London, Los Angeles, M.I.A., manchester, Miami, multimedia, Muse, music photography, noise pop, NYC, O2 Arena, Orbital, Paramore, performers, performing, photojournalism, photos, pop-punk, punk, rap, rock/pop, Serbia, Sharon Van Etten, singers, Sleigh Bells, Smashing Pumpkins, Sparks The Rescue, SXSW, SXSW 2010, Texas music scene, The All-American Rejects, The Black Keys, the real shit, The xx, Tiffany Page, top 10, Tyson Ritter, UK, UMF (Ultra Music Festival), UMF 2010, usa, Vans Warped Tour, Vans Warped Tour 2010, video, videojournalism, Wembley Stadium, year in review |
By Ryan Van Etten on 12/05/2010
November doesn’t usually get a lot of hype in the world of music—I’m here to change that with a massive set of rock music photos—mostly they’re live because that’s the way rock is meant to be heard. Two of the shows I went to, and the rest I wish I did. Includes everything from ‘underground’ through Smashing Pumpkins and spans New Jersey, Brazil, Dublin, Barcelona, and more. (25 photos total)
Posted in Events, Music, Photo Journal | Tagged Alessio Michelini, Alexis Krauss, Arlene's Grocery, Atari Teenage Riot, bands, BBC Radio, Bram Johnson, Brandon Sidebottom, Brussels, Charleston, Chris Dinardo, Clifton, Dingbatz, Dublin, Franz Ferdinand, hard rock, Hayley Williams, indie, jamaica band, James Donovan, Junip, Kate Nash, Klaxons, live music, Maida Vale Studios, Matt Nadolski, Mike Byrne, Milwaukee, music photography, My Chemical Romance, Nasty Cats, NYC, O2 Arena, Object 7, Ocean Industries Studios, Paramore, photojournalism, photos, Planeta Terra, punk, rock music, rock/pop, Sao Paulo, Sharon Van Etten, Sleigh Bells, SLeuX, Smashing Pumpkins, stage lighting, Subject To Failure, Tegan and Sara, The 33rd Revolution, Under The Flood, Vk*, We Are Scientists |
