Friends: melophobe is one year old! To celebrate, we’re taking you on a journey through some of our favorite concert photos from the last year. It’s been a long year, and it’s been a great year, and we couldn’t be happier to share this quick retrospective with you. All of these photos were taken by our fantastic contributors and staff, including photos by regular photographers Josh Bean, Nicole Kristek, Riley Nagler, Tighe McGillivray, Ari Sommer, and Beana Bern. Check out the concert reviews page to see more of our photos by these and other excellent photographers.
So here’s what we suggest: browse through the photos above. Enjoy at your own pace. Enjoy the music. And if you want to know more about a particular photo, they’re helpfully numbered and indexed below.
Cheers from melophobe to our readers on this, our first anniversary (more or less).
The photos:
01 - The crowd at a Menomena concert at the Paradise, Boston.
02 - Backstage with Menomena at the ‘Dise.
03 - Rosay of The Pipettes in Allston.
04 - Gwenno and Rosay of The Pipettes coy it up in Allston.
05 - Grace Potter aflame Boston.
06 - Grace Potter and the Nocturnals wear out the skins & tins in Boston.
07 - Mr. Lif smoke’em in Cambridge.
08 - Band of Horses in Boston.
09 - Xavier Rudd makes a decision in Boston.
10 - Steve Earle in Amsterdam, and melophobe crosses the pond.
11 - Mono in VCF kicks off our Seattle coverage!
12 - MGMT in Allston.
13 - Yeasayer sharing the bill with MGMT in Allston.
14 - Nicole Atkins pouting in Cambridge.
15 - The Bravery in Boston.
16 - The Macrotones in Cambridge.
17 - Tilly and the Wall dance across Seattle.
18 - Xiu Xiu with a PANDAPPLE doll in a holgaroid shot from Seattle.
19 - José González half-lit in Boston.
20 - José González, Boston.
21 - John Darnielle of The Mountain Goats in Boston.
22 - Laura King of The Moaners, on tour with The Mountain Goats, in Cambridge.
23 - Lee Feldman howls in NYC.
24 - Drive-by Truckers rock it in Boston.
25 - Justice takes attendance in Seattle.
26 - Ghostland Observatory does Portland, OR.
27 - Kaki King breaks hearts in Boston.
28 - Saul Williams aglow in Boston.
29 - Eisley blinded in NYC.
30 - From a Long Blondes show in Allston.
31 - The Motion Sick vertiGOES in Cambridge.
32 - Up close with Wolf Parade in Portland, OR.
33 - Aoife O’Donovan of Crooked Still croons in NYC.
34 - Mika Miko searches for a lost connection in Portland, OR.
35 - The crowd and Wolf Parade at Terminal 5 in NYC.
36 - Loch Lamond holds court at the Pickathon Festival in OR.
37 - Hackensaw Boys scare the children at Pickathon.
38 - Pick(s)athon.
39 - NOMO does a colorful Cingular impression in Seattle.
40 - Michael Franti has bigger guns than you in Redmond, WA.
41 - Cherine Anderson, touring with Michael Franti in Redmond.
42 - Spencer Krug of Sunset Rubdown (and Wolf Parade) might be the most-covered person on melophobe, showing up here in Cambridge.
43 - An attentive fan at the Sunset Rubdown show in Cambridge.
44 - Alison Goldfrapp, of Goldfrapp fame, reaches out in this holgaroid from Seattle.
45 - The National buckling under Seattle’s weight.
46 - Mike Monday was made for the holgaroid, and gave us a good interview, too.
47 - Weezer gleams in Lowell, MA, of all places.
48 - Angels and Airwaves, touring with Weezer, reaches for the Lowell sky.
49 - Blue Scholars touches Seattle.
50 - Ra Ra Riot doesn’t melt in Phoenix, AZ.
51 - Gogol Bordello fails to disprove our assumptions about Eastern Europe while stopping by Seattle.
52 - Wes Verhoeve, blue over the dissolution of The Undisputed Heavyweights in NYC.
53 - Peter Hughes of The Mountain Goats and Kaki King chat it up in Seattle.
54 - Of Montreal terrifies in Boston.
Two songs go in, one comes out. Pick a side.
Looking forward to the show. Would love to win some tix for my pals.
by MC Breath on Wed May 16, 2012 at 07.40 pm from the entry: It's all good, see Fishbone for free at Fête
I’m dying to see him no better place than FETE!!
by Telly on Tue May 15, 2012 at 02.57 pm from the entry: we'll see you (and Talib Kweli) at Fête!
Sound does matter. Viva Le Fete!
by Auquanetta on Tue May 15, 2012 at 01.13 pm from the entry: we'll see you (and Talib Kweli) at Fête!
YES! i MUST go to this show! i was just strollin down the street the other day and saw the poster! SO stoked they’ll be in town.
by Jaz on Mon May 14, 2012 at 05.30 pm from the entry: It's all good, see Fishbone for free at Fête
Fete Forever!!
by Tabitha on Mon May 14, 2012 at 05.08 pm from the entry: we'll see you (and Talib Kweli) at Fête!
Congratulations and thank you to Fete for bringing talent to Providence! We needed this venue and vibe. Bless.
oh and I’d love to win tickets; its my boyfriends bday:D
by Ellen on Mon May 14, 2012 at 07.23 am from the entry: we'll see you (and Talib Kweli) at Fête!
My son Jawara want to go to this show so bad, so I’m seeing if I can win! Bless me with a ticket please!!!!!!!!!!!
by Irese Shea on Mon May 14, 2012 at 06.52 am from the entry: we'll see you (and Talib Kweli) at Fête!
loved the photo retrospective, creativity abounds--wouldn’t be able to pick a fav. good luck in the 2nd year and beyond.