another catching up/recap post aka yup, i'm still here!

columbus DIY is raging hard into the summertime now. the basements are steamy and the shows are many. every band is on tour this summer and columbus happens to be one of the treasured staples of tour. (let's try not to mention how spoiled our scene is currently.) lots of new bands bubbling up, and things are surprisingly staying fresh and interesting. here's some of my recent flicks from a couple of shows, please follow the links to see more!!


painkiller @ crackhouse 05.12.09



defiance, ohio @ skylab 05.04.09
http://defianceohio.terrorware.com/



the effort @ LOD 05.20.09
http://xeffortx.blogspot.com/



heath deadger @ monster house 05.23.09
http://myspace.com/heathdeadger



nukkehammer @ 15th house 06.05.09

photos: some DIY hc/punk shows jan/feb '09

drought, the radiant hour, kurt russell @ legion of doom 02.12.09

pictured here: kurt russell. the singer on the top right was bleeding all over the place.
click here for slideshow.

wildcat revival, kurt russell, reverse the curse, red sun @ legion of doom 02.03.09

pictured here: wildcat revival. the singer caught a cymbal to his nose at the end of the set and was pretty bloody.
click here for slideshow.

born bad, vile gash @ 15th house 12.28.08

pictured here: born bad. pretty sure the singer was bleeding from somewhere by the end of the set.
click here for slideshow.

ADD/C, landlord, peccadillos (aka panty hearst), welcome to concrete @ 15th house 01.01.09

pictured here: welcome to concrete. no known bleeding at this show.
click here for slideshow.

little lungs, ps eliot, the read, saintseneca @ legion of doom 01.04.09

pictured here: myself steppin' it up with the little lungs crew. bloody nice lads, they.
click here for slideshow.

we were skeletons, half gorilla, bubonic bear, daisycutter @ legion of doom 01.05.09

pictured here: half gorilla. even if there wasn't blood, there should have been.
click here for slideshow.

mountain asleep, heath deadger @ monster house 01.06.09

pictured here: mountain asleep. no blood, but there was a super soaker filled with root beer.
click here for slideshow.

bonus set from scanned negatives: fun people @ robot house 10.27.00

pictured here: fun people. blood oranges?
click here for slideshow.

cola freaks, forever, shannon and the clams, cars can be blue, jelly hearts, ignorant motherfucker @ monster house 10.18.08

click here to view the slidehshow on flickr.

after a bit of musical chairs for a last-minute space for cola freaks to play, we ended up adding them to a monster house show after broke as a joke canceled an hour before the show was to begin at the legion of doom.  even already with five bands, the monster house show actually worked out really well.  each of the other bands were really good and the entire evening kept with an extremely positive vibe.  cola freaks capped off the evening and melted minds.  my favourite of the other bands were called forever, and sort of had a tilt meets x kind of sound. plus, they ended their set with a cover of academy fight song by mission of burma, which was really nice to hear. 

click some links below to discover some sweet sounds of the bands that played that night.
shannon and the clams | ignorant motherfucker | the jellyhearts | forever | cars can be blue | cola freaks

pierced arrows @ beachland tavern, cleveland oh 10.13.08

click here for the slideshow on flickr.

took a short roadtrip to cleveland this week to see pierced arrows play at the beachland tavern.  the more than two hour ride wasn't nearly as annoying as it usually could be, although i didn't have to drive so that part was really awesome.  upon arriving, we were met with two unexpected carloads of friends from pittsburgh, and shortly thereafter, another carload from columbus.  the sad part was, that together, our formed voltron of rock-hungry punks outnumbered the locals present for the show.  it didn't matter though, after anxiously waiting through two opening bands, pierced arrows still played with the ferocity and fervor of a packed ampitheater.  i was seriously floored by the performance.  i couldn't help but even be somewhat intimidated knowing the long rock legacy of toody and fred cole, despite how amazingly humble and personable these souls completely are.  for more info on said legacy, check out the unknown passage: the dead moon story DVD.  i picked one up after the show, and can't wait to crack into it.

photos: boom boom kid, samothrace, an albatross, and more!

too many amazing shows this week, so you get one post instead of a flurry of smaller individual posts.


boom boom kid, samothrace, empire, lose the tude @ lod 10.08.08



click here for the slideshow.


an albatross @ summit station 10.07.08

click here for the slideshow.


heath deadger, ignorant motherfucker @ lod 10.06.08

click here for the slideshow.

and now having said all that, i'm off to catch lemuria, gordon gano's army, and the sidekicks at the monster house! cheers!

screaming females, cop on fire, nukkehammer, night of pleasure, reflect @ lod 09.30.08

 

click here to view the slideshow on flickr.

fantastic show with a largely varied bill at the legion of doom.  nice turnout with lots of new faces.
click some links!
screaming females | night of pleasure | cop on fire | reflect

dean dirg, bill bondsmen, heath deadger @ monster house 09.27.08

click here to see the slideshow on flickr.
[all photos taken on my 6 year old, taped-together 2.0 megapixel digital camera]

what a completely fun show.  i'm really into three-band shows.  anything more these days it seems, exceeds my hardcore attention span.  bill bondsmen opened up with some gritty, raging hc, but these guys seemed maybe a little too light-hearted coming from blown-out detroit, perhaps they're not from detroit proper.  regardless, they put down some solid riffage that set the tone for the remainder of the evening.  dean dirg, all the way from germany, followed up with theirshort blasts of intense and catchy hardcore punk, complete with chanty choruses.  their live performance did not disappoint in the least.  they sounded pretty amazing, super tight, and somehow very close to their records.  maybe they recorded them live in a basement?!  their setlist resembled a groceries receipt, some 25-30 songs long, and they just plowed right on through it flawlessly.  heath deadger capped off the night with an unexpected tremendous debut.  born out of the bandluck band lottery earlier this year, they were pretty much the only ones to persevere the consequences.  not sure what happened to any of the other bands from the bandluck lottery, but HD certainly nailed it for what it's worth.  mickey pulls of growling vox, fronting this skate-thrash hc unit with ease.  also to their credit, starting a band in this style of music without all of the flip-cap-bandanna posturings is a very welcome gesture in my book.  kudos to a new band for columbus that seems quite promising.  let's hear a demo soon, heath deadger!

vile gash @ skylab 09.20.08

click the photo to see the slideshow.



vile gash are the new chapter in columbus hardcore. if you're not offended enough by the name, try make it out to one of their shows. several extremely limited tapes available from angry andy in person, first 7" out on youth attack! records on the come up.

photo roundup: cult ritual, dangerbird, reflect, lose the 'tude and more!

lose the tude	lose the tude	pancreatectomie
cult ritual	cult ritual	dangerbird
reflect	vile gash	couch forts

 each picture links to its own flickr page, you can click to the sets from there.

a few more photosets, playing catch-up

click each photo to go to the set's page.

 

abiku, hulk smash, dragtown @ lod 07.26.08	overated @ lod 07.22.08
shot baker, overated, wishyouweres @ lod 07.19.08	surroundings, harold kunkle, drought @ lod 07.18.08

 
outclassed, le vansona @ monster house 07.17.08