Image Of The Day-"Strange Times"

The Black Keys
Carnegie Mellon University
Friday April 16, 2010
Oakland

I like these guys. I don't LOVE them as many people seem to do. For me, a two man band is limited in their sound. If they had a full band I think I would be groovin' on them more than I do. What I do love are the pictures I took of them. Sometimes the three song limit seems to work to my advantage. Setlist here. More photos here.

Image Of The Day-"Goodbye, I!"

mewithoutYou
Carnegie Mellon University
Friday April 16, 2010
Oakland

I never heard of this band before they were announced as an opener. They were pretty solid given I wasn't familiar with their music at all. Extremely humble and cool dudes even though they hail from Philly...BOOO! As with last year, I have to give a huge shout out to my man Warren who hooked me up with the pass. Thanks, buddy!

Image Of The Day-"The Lost Brigade"

Ted Leo + The Pharmacists
Friday April 17, 2009
CMU Spring Carnival
Oakland, PA

Image Of The Day-"Me And Mia"

Ted Leo + The Pharmacists
Friday April 17, 2009
CMU Spring Carnival
Oakland, PA

Image Of The Day-"Little Dawn"

Ted Leo + The Pharmacists
Friday April 17, 2009
CMU Spring Carnival
Oakland, PA

I like Ted Leo. His music is upbeat, fun and even better live. The guy knows how to play and makes it seem extremely easy. He's like a cool uncle. I guess that should be brother, because I just looked it up and I am three years older than him? DAMN! It's alright, it's alright, it's alright...More tomorrow.

Image Of The Day-"My Rights Versus Yours"

The New Pornographers
Friday April 17, 2009
CMU Spring Carnival
Oakland, PA

Image Of The Day-"Electric Version"

The New Pornographers
Friday April 17, 2009
CMU Spring Carnival
Oakland, PA

Image Of The Day-"The Bleeding Heart Show"

The New Pornographers
Friday April 17, 2009
CMU Spring Carnival
Oakland, PA

I really like The New Pornographers. Their records are near perfect pop. When I saw them last year I was thrilled (especially that they shared the stage with openers Okkervil River). Unlike Okkervil though, who absolutely smoked at Smalls a few months later, I got the feeling before and this night that the band is on auto pilot. Sure the songs are still great but there is a ho-hum vibe coming from the stage when they play that I don't think even Neko could have remedied. Bummer. More tomorrow...maybe.

Image Of The Day-"Showstoppers"

The New Pornographers
Friday April 17, 2009
CMU Spring Carnival
Oakland, PA

Warren is the guy with the eyeglasses in the above photo. No matter how hard someone tries to make a name for themselves or who knows who or who has what or who has nothing ...Warren was as nice to me as anyone has ever been since I have been doing this stuff. By stuff I mean photographing musicians. Thank you so much, man.
As always, more tomorrow.