Music Photography – Deep Time & Sweater Teeth at Espresso News

Music Photography – Espresso News & Low Wine Bar

The Photo of it

First, the photo of it. Taking music photography is a stellar task sometimes. Dark venues, accursed fans hovering in your way, high speed and tenacious licks, head throbbing metal heads gnarring up and down to the death roar, you get the picture. However, there can be benefits to such scenes. The lighting can make for some interesting effects, though not always intentional and often out of your control. The fans tend to be blurred blobs in front of your lens, but with rapt attention that can be overcome.

All in all music photography in dark venues is difficult without a good lens and a camera that sports a somewhat high usable ISO.

For this show at Espresso News, I would recommend the following to myself and others for music photography in a place like a coffee shop:

• Low Light Lens (2.8 or lower if you can, 4 if you have some Image Stabilization)
• ISO at 1000+
• Get there early, snag a spot.
• Get there early, scope the scene.
• Get there early, meet the band.
• Don’t shoot a million shots. Trust me when I say that High Speed Auto will be the death of you. Remember, you have to look at all of those photos at some point…
• Barter with the band, they cover your cover, you give them photos! That’s just me talking, do what you will :) and of course I know it depends on what/who/where you’re shooting.
• Buy a beer from the venue. Support Local! (Obviously I speak here of small venues, you can go tell Verizon Amphitheater to shove it up their hooha)

The music of it

Austin TX born bewitchery pop rocker band Deep Time and Boone local Sweater Teeth of the surf rock persuasion showed up for a late night bout of tune slangin’ at Espresso News and Low Wine bar this passed August 21st. It was a Tuesday in the year of our world 2012.

Sweater Teeth filled its rank and file with three (guitar, bass, and drummings) as they rocked out their instrumental tunes reminiscent of some 1966 sans-necktie surf smangers.

Deep Time stuck it with two and their tunes were awash with some sort of newpop indie rock theme that Pitchfork or some record store vinylista could probably describe better than I.

From their own jaw wagglins’ about them and their new album,

“…a bewitching pop duo, comprised of Jennifer Moore on Organ, electric guitar and vocal microphone, and Adam Jones on drums – who are as infectious and delightful as this time demands.

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Just listen to the new-wave polka-soul-serenading madness of “Gold Rush,” the toe-tapping Italo-mutation of “Sgt Sierra,” the easy-listening doom-incantation of “Gilligan” … every song on the record is a bon-a-fide catastrophe for the forces of predictability and boredom.”