RETRO REVIEWS
Retro Review: Sturgill Simpson – A Sailor’s Guide to Earth
Sturgill hooked me from the first listen as he worked psychedelic sounds and existential questions into a classic country framework. He had managed to create an album that appealed to modern pop-country fans, traditional country fans, alt-country fans, and even indie rock fans. His shows were a melange of people from the city to the suburbs to the holler as he became the vanguard of the country revival (a responsibility I’m not sure he ever really wanted or enjoyed). To say the follow-up to Metamodern Sounds was highly anticipated would be an understatement.
podcasts
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
behind the edit
Behind every photo is a story. Read the stories behind some of our favorite photos, how we approach photographing and editing and much more!
Before / After – Twenty One Pilots
Over the last eleven years, I have had the chance to photograph Twenty One Pilots five times. From a daytime set at a fledgling music festival, to a 1,500 capacity room, to a sold out arena, it's been incredible to watch them evolve as showmen and to see their stage show change with them. Photographing them can often be a challenge with lots of fog and fully saturated colored lights, but some of my favorite shots I’ve ever taken are from their sets. Tonight’s show at Heritage Bank Center in Cincinnati was no different. The stage was tall and there was a lot of production items lining the edge of it (smoke canons, lights, etc. that further complicated things. But I weaved in and out of the other photographers in the pit to find sight lines and interesting angles that I felt I could make work...
