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light on words, for once - this issue of pitshots is really all about capturing the moment visually. Or some shit like that. Have a look.
f Honest. Hardworking. Talented. Obsessed. Committed. Passionate. Just some of the values and qualities you’ll find running as a DNA strand or reinforced weft, through the next few dozen pages of schonky, off-beam images and rambling, flabby word wind. Over the last 9 months or so, among the 100 or so bands and artists I’ve hauled my ageing, feckless arse in front of, the following few British acts have especially struck many a power chord in me. They’ve touched me. Abused me. Violated and seduced me. And, as a fairly onanistic and pointless exercise, I wanted to document and share these highlights with whoever can be arsed to flick through my personal musical wank mag. As always, the shots are not super slick, hi rez, beautifully lit works of documentary art, merely a personal collection of shaky, pissed, sometime out-of-focus, dodgy-arsed quality snaps from the hip and the pit. More often than not fuelled by exotic alcoholic tinctures.
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the xcerts - dingwalls, camden
the xcerts - dingwalls, camden
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don broco - hoxton square bar and kitchen
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don broco - hoxton square bar and kitchen
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don broco - hoxton square bar and kitchen
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don broco - hoxton square bar and kitchen
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don broco
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n broco - hoxton square bar and kitchen
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nothing but thieves - tooting tram and social
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delta sleep
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delta sleep - birthdays, dalston
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delta sleep - birthdays, dalston
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delta sleep - the lexington, islington
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best band in britain?
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arcane roots
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arcane ro ots - ding walls, ca m den
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arcane roots - dingwalls, camden
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xcellence enter shikari - alexandra palace
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enter shikari - alexandra palace
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max raptor
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max raptor - the borderline, soho
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max raptor - sub 69, reading
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max raptor - sub 69, reading
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scuzz
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tour
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allusondrugs - the borderline, soho
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allusondrugs - the borderline, soho
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max raptor - the borderline, soho
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vennart - bush hall shepherds bush
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lower
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than atlantis
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lta, the roundhouse, camden
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lta, the roundhouse, camden
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architects - hatfield
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architects - hatfield
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cleft
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dave mcpherson
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yearbook
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yearbook
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nervus
attention thieves
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indynamics
lonely the brave
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the motherfucking hell - you dick
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tellison
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palm reader
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black peaks
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maybeshewill - final ever show - koko, camden
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As a couple of footnotes This whole thing is for fun only. No money changes hands. No industry types are involved (even my mates). It’s not official, endorsed or licensed. This is meant to be nothing more than the view of live loud music through the very pissed eyes of one individual. No payment, payola, favours, corporate or record company money is involved. It’s a hobby. So if you disagree with some of my (or all of my opinions) then that’s cool. The pictures are all shot from my iPhone and then tinkered and tidied up a bit in photoshop. They’re not clean, anodyne, perfectly focused, framed or metered. You can get plenty of those elsewhere. Most of them are taken while moshing, usually pissed and often with one hand while trying to avoid spiling my pint. They’re not hi-resolution as you can tell, but feel free to nick any of them you want and re-use or repurpose. As I say, they’re shit quality but they are copyleft (copyright free). I obviously have no image rights ownership or an image rights lawyer. If I have goofed up and broken any laws, then sorry. Don’t send me to jail where I’ll get anally fisted by a big bloke called Jeremy in E wing. That would be bad. Just let me know and I’ll do my best to delete or credit the artists etc. As I say, this is all for fun. It’s all for free. feel free to share, quote, steal or re-use anything from here. I won’t hassle you. Promise. And that’s about it. I bloody love British live music. Cheers, Bwoooar.
c All shots are my own and are copyleft. Feel free to nick ‘em. Go on. It’s ok. O
catch up with my rambling word farts about loud music (although there’s not much new on there these days I’m afraid - this has kind of taken over)
http://bwoooartunes.blogspot.co.uk