RETRO REVIEWS
Retro Review: The Decemberists – The Crane Wife
The Crane Wife. In my opinion, this is The Decemberists at the peak of their songwriting and record-making prowess. The Island (track 2 on The Crane Wife) might be my favorite 12 minutes of music released in the last 25 years. So dynamic and cinematic. The music isn't just a passive vessel to carry the lyrics. It's a fully built out set on which the story unfolds.
SOUNDTRACK: 41
For my 41st year, I (Brian), will be posting weekly playlists of anything that catches my ear.
Sometimes I’ll just put my music library on shuffle for hours, but sometimes the first song will send me down a genre or artist rabbit hole. Other days, I’ll hear something that will remind me to listen to something I’ve forgotten about. I also have a habit of listening to bands a bit before I photograph them or dig into a festival lineup in the weeks leading up to it.
Follow along for some new discoveries, forgotten classics, and maybe even a few that would surprise you.
Concert Photos
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Before / After – Bush
Bush's drummer took the stage first for a dramatic entrance with some really cool lighting cues before we was then joined by frontman, Gavin Rossdale and the rest of the band. When Gavin stepped up to the mic, the white light that was on him was so much brighter than any other light on stage that I spent the better part of the first song just trying to figure out settings where I could quickly switch from photographing him to one of the other band members that was not in the super bright lights...
