Live Review: All Things Go Music Festival @ Merriweather Post Pavilion — 10/16/21

Posted on 10/21/2021 by ambienteye in Live Review and tagged All Things Go, All Things Go Music Festival, Girl in Red, Lauv, Merriweather Post Pavilion, music festival, SHAED, St. Vincent.

St. Vincent headlines the All Things Go Music Festival on Oct. 16, 2021. (Photo by Katherine Gaines/ ambienteye.com)

Parklife sent Katherine Gaines to photograph the All Things Go Music Festival at Merriweather Post Pavilion, and she returned with pix of SHAED, Girl in Red, Lauv, and St. Vincent, along with this blog entry about her experience at the festival.

It was a soggy grey day, not much for showing off fun festival attire. The crowd was mostly a sea of raincoats, ponchos and umbrellas. Some folks probably decided not to go, or left when it started raining but everyone who stuck it out wanted to make the most of their long awaited festival.

Snapshots: The Hu @ Baltimore Soundstage — 9/15/21

Posted on 09/21/2021 by ambienteye in Live Review and tagged Baltimore Soundstage, China, heavy metal, Mongolia, The Hu.

The Hu perform at Baltimore Soundstage on Sept. 15, 2021. (Photos by Katherine Gaines)

Copy adapted from press materials by Kelly Walsh, Schneider Rondan Organization (SRO PR)

Mongolian rock sensation The Hu returned with a headlining tour, “The Hun Tour,” and a show in Baltimore on Sept. 15. Katherine Gaines photographed the show!

Snapshots: Heart Bones @ Metro Gallery — 3/10/20

Posted on 03/16/2020 by ambienteye in Live Review and tagged A Giant Dog, dance, Har Mar Superstar, Heart Bones, Metro Gallery, Minneapolis, Minnesota, synthpop.

Heart Bones perform at the Metro Gallery in Baltimore on March 10, 2020. (Photo by Katherine Gaines)

Heart Bones might be the least pretentious band in existence. They hop on stage looking like somebody’s embarrassing parents in their matching khaki shorts, and walk away sweating through their own faces on their T-shirts.

On a recent night at the Metro Gallery, Heart Bones danced to their hearts’ content.

Snapshots: of Montreal @ 9:30 Club — 3/2/20

Posted on 03/05/2020 by ambienteye in Live Review and tagged 9:30 Club, Athens, experimental pop, Georgia, of Montreal, psychedelic.

Kevin Barnes fronts of Montreal at 9:30 Club on March 2, 2020. (Photo by Katherine Gaines)

Of Montreal appeared at 9:30 Club recently for a different kind of show. You see, frontman Kevin Barnes fell in love. And with that, he’s been a bit more carefree, a bit more open, and a bit more himself. That inner self shined brightly at 9:30 Club, and Katherine Gaines captured this glory on film.

Live Review: Heilung @ The Fillmore Silver Spring — 1/22/20

Posted on 01/27/2020 by ambienteye in Live Review and tagged folk, Germany, Heilung, industrial, neofolk, The Fillmore Silver Spring.

Heilung performs at The Fillmore Silver Spring on Jan. 22, 2020. (Photo by Katherine Gaines / ambienteye.com)

Pictures can show you what an event looked like. Recordings can tell you what it sounded like. But nothing short of being there can express how it felt.

That was especially the case when European neofolk trio Heilung performed at The Fillmore Silver Spring recently.

Best of the Year: Top 10 Photos of 2019 by Katherine

Posted on 12/18/2019 by ambienteye in Live Review and tagged 9:30 Club, Baltimore Soundstage, Best of 2019, best of the year, Carly Rae Jepsen, Charli XCX, Escort, GWAR, Kim Petras, Lizzo, Marina, Pie Shop, Rams Head Live, Stoneburner, Tacocat, The Anthem, The Fillmore Silver Spring, Todrick Hall, U Street Music Hall.

Tacocat performs at U Street Music Hall on May 19, 2019, in this top photo by Katherine Gaines.

Editor’s Note: This year, we asked our bloggers to name their Top 10 shows of 2019 or choose their Top 10 photos of the year. We will run them over the course of mid-December as our Best of the Year posts.

Choosing my favorite photos is always a difficult task. I narrowed it down to shows I shot specifically for Parklife for this blog post.

Live Review: Stoneburner @ Pie Shop — 12/8/19

Posted on 12/11/2019 by ambienteye in Live Review and tagged Baltimore, industrial, Maryland, Pie Shop, Stoneburner, worldbeat.

Stoneburner performs at Pie Shop on Dec. 8, 2019. (Photo by Katherine Gaines/ ambienteye.com)

Multitalented Steven Archer wrapped up his recent Stoneburner tour with a hometown show at the Pie Shop. The crowd was full of long time fans and old friends dancing for the latest incarnation of Archer’s solo project — even his mom was in attendance supporting him.

Snapshots: Silversun Pickups @ Rams Head Live — 12/6/19

Posted on 12/10/2019 by ambienteye in Live Review and tagged California, Los Angeles, post-grunge, Rams Head Live, Silversun Pickups.

Brian Aubert fronts Silversun Pickups at Rams Head Live on Dec. 6, 2019. (Photo by Katherine Gaines/ ambienteye.com)

Silversun Pickups released Widow’s Weeds, the band’s fifth studio album, over the summer via their own New Machine Recordings. In support of the record, the indie rockers toured through Rams Head Live recently, and Katherine Gaines shot the show!

Snapshots: Red This Ever @ Baltimore Soundstage — 11/20/19

Posted on 11/25/2019 by ambienteye in Live Review, Local Spotlight and tagged Baltimore Soundstage, industrial, Maryland, Red This Ever.

Roy Retrofit has a song to play at Baltimore Soundstage on Nov. 20, 2019. (Photos by Katherine Gaines)

Industrial dance outfit Red This Ever opened supergroup Pigface at Baltimore Soundstage recently, and Katherine Gaines captured the local synthrockers in action.

Live Review: Pigface @ Baltimore Soundstage — 11/20/19

Posted on 11/25/2019 by ambienteye in Live Review and tagged Baltimore Soundstage, Chicago, Illinois, industrial, Martin Atkins, Pigface.

Pigface performs at Baltimore Soundstage on Nov. 20, 2019. (Photo by Katherine Gaines)

Pigface is a musical juggernaut like nothing else — a long running collective of rotating musicians anchored by none other than Martin Atkins. The supergroup is undertaking an extensive tour of the United States for the first time in 14 years, and the collective dropped by Baltimore Soundstage recently.