Art Brut – June 6, 2009 – Philly

Eddie Argos of Art Brut in Philadelphia - 6/6/09 - click for full gallery

Between shows on the NINJA tour, I caught one of my favorite new groups, Art Brut, at a small club in the East side of Philadelphia. Click the above link or right here for a few photos. An interview will be posted, um, shortly. MusicSnobbery.com has a neat little review right here.

The Generation Sack

Geoffrey Antsey at Artvoice name-dropped me in an article he put together last week about the on-going troubles we’re having with Generation. Go give it a read when you can.

Jane’s Addiction – June 10, 2009

Perry Farrell in Burgettstown, PA - 6/10/09 - click for full gallery - apblake.com

The last of four Jane’s shows during the month of June was a Wednesday night gig outside of Pittsburgh. Like the rest of the tour, it rained all night. Once the last chord of “Jane Says” finally faded out I hopped in the car and headed South. I had a 12-hour-drive ahead of me to make it to Bonnaroo.

Nine Inch Nails – June 10, 2009

Trent Reznor in Burgettstown, PA - 6/10/09 - click for full gallery - apblake

Street Sweeper Social Club – June 10, 2009

Tom Morello of Street Sweeper Social Club - 6/10/09 - click for full gallery - apblake

Nine Inch Nails – June 9, 2009 – Columbia, MD

Trent Reznor and Robin Finck in Columbia, MD - click for full gallery - apblake

Street Sweeper Social Club – June 9, 2009 – Columbia, MD

Street Sweeper Social Club - 6/9/09 - click for full gallery - apblake

Nine Inch Nails – June 7, 2009 – Jones Beach

Trent Reznor at Jones Beach, 6/7/09. Photo by apblake. Click for full gallery.

Click above for photos of Nine Inch Nails at Jones Beach, New York from this past June. This was the second of five NIN shows I caught in the span of ten days. Hearing “I’m Afraid of Americans” live while the sun was just coming down, feet from the ocean–it was all pretty nice. Check out the archives for the rest of the tour photos.

Street Sweeper Social Club – June 7, 2009 – Jones Beach

Tom Morello of Street Sweeper Social Club - 6/7/09 - apblake

This is the first in the bunch of a whole lot of shows being added to the site. Click the above image of guitar-god/annoying-activist-guy Tom Morello for photos of their June 7 show at Jones Beach, New York. Or just click here.