Erin And Her Cello perform at Ars Nova in New York City on July 22, 2010. Copyright © 2010 Chris Owyoung. All Rights Reserved.

If you’ve never heard Erin and Her Cello, you’re missing out on some of the funniest stuff out there. Seriously, I almost spit my beer out of my nose and onto my camera – twice. The thing that makes Erin’s show ridiculously entertaining isn’t her backup singers/dancers, her songs about Duane Reade counter clerks with grotesquely long fingernails, or her perfectly delivered stage banter, it’s that all of the above combine to give you some sort of lovably twisted Mr. Rogers-style children’s show where Mr. Rogers unzips his face and turns into a cute curly-haired cello player who swills wine on stage and embarrasses the children in the audience during commercial breaks. Read on for more photos and be sure to check Erin at this Saturday at the Living Room. (more…)

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While I usually avoid shooting in tiny, dimly lit clubs, I do like seeing shows in them and sometimes I bring my camera. It’s been almost a year since I went into a show intending to shoot all B+W but Amour Obsur’s special brand of weimar punkaret was worth cranking the ISO and dropping the shutter speed. Here are a few of my favorites from their set at National Underground. (more…)

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Your favorite music photographer siblings had a great shoot with rock icon Melissa Etheridge as she celebrated the release of her tenth studio album, Fearless Love. Todd and I did some stealthy backstage reportage of Melissa’s radio interview followed by a quick portrait shoot and coverage of an intimate performance for a lucky group of die-hard fans.

During the roughly 10 minutes allotted for portraits, Todd and I put together two simple on-location lighting setups consisting of the best DIY beauty dish design around and the Profoto Acute Ring flash.

Since flash photography would have ruined the videos being shot for both the live performance and the radio interview, we switched between strobes and ambient light as the assignment requirements changed.

This was a gig filled with highlights including Melissa’s 14 minute rendition of Like The Way I do (part 1 and part 2) and an absolutely incredible cover of Loraine Ellison’s Stay With Me.

More photos and some great video after the jump!

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Heyley Williams of Paramore performs at The Bamboozle 2010. (photo by chris owyoung)

With a fresh dye job and lighting to match, Hayley Williams lead Paramore through an energetic headline set at day one of The Bamboozle 2010. More photos after the jump!
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Rivers Cuomo rocks out with Weezer at The Bamboozle music festival, 2010. (photo by chris owyoung)

With day one of The Bamboozle music festival behind me, I grabbed a couple hours of sleep, a fist full or cliff bars and headed out to the final day of parking lot punk rock. The Sunday’s lineup featured Weezer, MGMT, Girltalk, MUTEMATH, and NYC’s own Matt & Kim. Here’s a taste of day two.
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Hayley Williams of Paramore performs at The Bamboozle Music Festival, Saturday May 1, 2010. (photo by chris owyoung)

Nothing rocks a New Jersey parking lot like The Bamboozle. Here’s a sneak peak of Saturday’s lineup including performances by Paramore, Kesha, Angels & Airwaves, Drake, VersaEmerge, Escape The Fate, Something Corporate, The Maine, The Aquabats, Hanson.
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