Matthew Adams Life

Jumping that gap between 0 and 1.

Wed, 05 Aug 2009 03:40:05 -0400

Jumping that gap between 0 and 1.

I photographed So Many Dynamos for Redefine Magazine, they came...

Mon, 03 Aug 2009 11:00:00 -0400

I photographed So Many Dynamos for Redefine Magazine, they came through Austin last week and played at EMO’s. Bad name for a venue during these times, but it’s a rad place and the staff were cool guys. Much better than the dudes from Mr Smalls back in Pittsburgh, where if you brought in a camera and had a photo pass they tried to find reasons why you should leave.

So Many Dynamos were very nice guys who had a tight sound. They released their record The Loud Wars through Vagrant Records, give it a listen sometime.

paulscheer: Rare Star Wars Photos…See More Chewie was a...

Fri, 31 Jul 2009 04:18:47 -0400

paulscheer:

Rare Star Wars Photos…See More

Chewie was a playa.

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Sat, 04 Jul 2009 03:47:20 -0400

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Punchline - Just Say Yes My friend Chris Fafalios who plays bass...

Thu, 25 Jun 2009 16:47:00 -0400

Punchline - Just Say Yes

My friend Chris Fafalios who plays bass in the band Punchline has a podcast called White Van Podcast and I definitely recommend giving it a listen. It has some good banter, interesting facts and good tunes. Chris and Tony Hartman (who was in The Interns) also have an animated show called Texas and Toast, which just had its premier episode today. I also recommend a viewing of that; Alex Vaughn drummer for My Mouth Is The Speaker was the animator on the show. There’s a lot of name dropping on this post. This blog should be called Is This Thing Going To Involve Name Dropping?

Check out Chris’ podcast here

Texas and Toast Episode 1

fuen: sw-nightday | Travis Pitts I need a print of this!

Wed, 24 Jun 2009 03:52:42 -0400

fuen:

sw-nightday | Travis Pitts

I need a print of this!

Matt Adams Seal Of Approval Vol 3: A Day Late, A Buck Short

Tue, 23 Jun 2009 23:41:00 -0400

Two records that came out today that you need to hear and one that has been out for a long time that...

We Were Promised Jetpacks - Quiet Little Voices Great band and...

Tue, 16 Jun 2009 11:00:00 -0400

We Were Promised Jetpacks - Quiet Little Voices

Great band and song. Recommended if you enjoy The Twilight Sad or Frightened Rabbit, they’re label mates with both bands.

Matt Adams Seal Of Approval Vol 2: This Is England

Mon, 15 Jun 2009 18:04:00 -0400

In this edition of The Matt Adams Seal of Approval we’re going to look at 3 great bands that...

Matt Adams Seal Of Approval Vol 1.

Mon, 08 Jun 2009 16:01:00 -0400

I’ve decided that every Monday I’m going to list a few records/movies/whatever that will...

nicholasscimeca: “This is a brilliant 42 second film...

Thu, 21 May 2009 17:21:12 -0400

nicholasscimeca:

“This is a brilliant 42 second film called ”Last Day Dream” where a man watches his life pass before him. Written and Directed by Chris Milk.”

Saw this on Nicholas Scimeca’s blog and I had to reblog it. Chris Milk is one of my all time favorite music video directors. He also did the video for the Modest Mouse song “The Ocean Breathes Salty” the man is a genius!

The Touring Life

Thu, 14 May 2009 03:25:00 -0400

This photo was taken while I was on tour with Deep Sleep Empire/Another Found Self. At the time...

Kevin Devine “Carnival” from the Kevin Devine...

Wed, 13 May 2009 16:36:00 -0400

Kevin Devine “Carnival” from the Kevin Devine Daytrotter Sessions.

Kevin Devine’s new record “Brother’s Blood” is definitely making it onto the list of my top 10 for 2009. Yeah I know we’re only a few months in, but Devine’s writing skills and story telling ability are very tough to match. Jesse Lacey (lead singer of Brand New) once referred to him as Bob Dylan for the new generation. Dylan fans might be a little set off by that title, but this dude has something special. I don’t think he’ll get as weird as Dylan did in his later years or try to create a big out spoken rock star image that could fill 500 pages of a book. I do however think Devine represents people who are angry and fed up with others who think the best soultion to our problems is to give up. He’s a voice for those that will never get a chance to rise up on stage and let their opinions be heard. Although he probably never meant to become any of this I dont think there are too many other people that could fill this void. Besides wasn’t all that what Dylan stood for you, before the motorcylce accident?

Check out Kevin Devine’s Daytrotter Sessions here

Was 2001 that long ago?

Tue, 12 May 2009 17:02:43 -0400

Saves The Day Alkaline Trio I can’t believe Stay What You Are by Saves The Day has been...

Fucked Up in Toronto Life

Tue, 12 May 2009 16:39:43 -0400

To all of my Canadian friends…well all 2 of you. My photo of the band Fucked Up is running...

The Chariots new video for their song “Daggers” that...

Tue, 28 Apr 2009 23:32:00 -0400

The Chariots new video for their song “Daggers” that will be on their new record. This video reminds me of playing Rampage at the Donora Skating Rink when my catholic school use to take field trips there. I don’t really remember skating, just wasting hours and money on Rampage and The Simpsons arcade game. It was all worth it.

This is one voice not to forget; Fight every fight like you can win

Tue, 28 Apr 2009 03:40:50 -0400

Back in November of 08 I had the chance to shoot Tom Gabel of Against me! when my friend Josh booked...

Northstar “Rigged and Ready”Northstar was a band that I loved in...

Mon, 27 Apr 2009 16:22:00 -0400

Northstar “Rigged and Ready”

Northstar was a band that I loved in high school and to this day I still do. They even influenced the name of this blog. I was really into the Long Island/New York scene that was going on back in 2000-2001, but later discovered that the south was starting to make it’s own noise and one band that caught my attention was Northstar. They hailed from Huntsville, Alabama where they played in whatever club, VFW or bar they could get a show at. They got some help in spreading their name to labels when a band called Taking Back Sunday played a show with them and Adam Lazzara called them his favorite band with the greatest lyrics in the world. They caught the attention of Triple Crown Records and released Is This Thing Loaded? in 2002. Triple Crown was one of those labels that if you played this style of muisc you wanted to be sign by them.

Once I bought this record I popped the cd into my cd adpter inside my parents 1999 Buick Le Saber and blasted it. (Side note: in 2003 I would blow out those speakers making my mom very annoyed that she couldn’t listen to the radio, also that same year my friend Ryan Dolton would have a fire cracker he was attending to throw out of the passenger side window bounce back in and melt part of the dashboard.) In 2004 they released their follow up to Is This Thing Loaded? entitled Pollyanna. I bought the record from Eides Entertainment (overpriced store IMO) and kept wondering when the hell is this band going to play Pittsburgh? That’s one thing that still interests me about this band, I never got to see them live. I thought I was finally going to get my chance when they were suppose to play Warped Tour 05, but the band ended up breaking up. Nick Torres the lead singer started a new acoustic style band called Cassino in which I got a chance to see at Cal U back in 06. I do enjoy Cassino but I still wish that I would of gotten a chance to see Northstar. The band did play Cleveland a few times, but back then my parents never enjoyed me driving their car to Pittsburgh for shows so Cleveland would of been out of the question.

I don’t know what it is but whenever a band that I like releases...

Fri, 24 Apr 2009 04:19:00 -0400

I don’t know what it is but whenever a band that I like releases a new song or album I always find myself diving back into their older material. I don’t know what is I’ll give the new record a few spins, but I’m always going from the new stuff right back to the old stuff. Green Day just released their video for “Know Your Enemy” which is the first single from their new album 21st Century Breakdown. I thought the video was good and I dug the song but once it ended I couldn’t wait to dive back into their catalog and listen to my favorite record of theirs Warning. I really believe Warning is very underrated, I only know a few people that rank this as their favorite Green Day album. It was praised by critics, but actually has the worst number of sales of any Green Day record next to their first. It’s hard to believe it’s nine years old, I remember the day that I bought it from the Sam Goody in Century III mall. I believe it was Sam Goody? Doesn’t matter because the store is no longer there. This record was the soundtrack of my sophmore year in high school and through the highs and lows these songs were blasted from my room which was never appreciated by my parents. What I love most about this record is how diverse it was from the earlier Green Day material, definitely more of a Folk/ Pop Rock influence then anything that appeared on their records before Warning. I’m sure everybody has heard some of these songs at some point in their lives, but if you have never heard this record I definitely recommend it.

Favorite Tracks:

Warning, Church on Sunday, Waiting, Hold On, Minority

I just read on their wikipedia page that this album is to be released on vinyl in July. I hope this true because I’m definitely adding it to my collection!

Brave Citizens SXSW 2009

Sat, 18 Apr 2009 16:54:00 -0400

Some photos of Brave Citizens performing at SXSW 2009. My friend Alex Mohler plays drums in the...