Live Music Reviews and Photographs / NYC, Buffalo, Toronto, Pittsburgh
Seventeen years ago, Silversun Pickups released “Lazy Eye”, the first single off their first full studio album “Carnavas”. The success of the single and video, plays on a number of TV shows/movies, and inclusion in the hot Rock Band and Guitar Hero:World Tour video games brought the band immediate success. I’ve seen them perform ten …
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It's been almost exactly three years since I last saw the Silversun Pickups on a double session at the Paste Studio, then Terminal 5 in NYC. A pandemic and a record release later, I was able to catch them at the Roxian Theatre in Pittsburgh (actually McKees Rocks if you want to get technical) as …
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NOTE: All photos are copyright of Howard Shiau Photography except for setlist photo thanks to Gabrielle Pires I have to admit that for much of the late 1990s / early 2000s, I was working so much that I didn't pay too much attention to music that was coming out during that time. It wasn't until …
Continue reading "Spending the day with Silversun Pickups – Mar 6, 2020"
Up to this point, I was a concert attendee and occasional photographer. The only exception was my participation with the Sick Puppies World Crew. With the next show, I started filming as well as collecting memorabilia. Since I started to follow concerts more closely, I discovered ways of getting free tickets. In 2009, ticket giveaways …
Continue reading "The Next Stage – Silversun Pickups at iHeartRadio – July 31, 2009"