Tag: Fall Out Boy

No comments

2013: A Year in Pictures

  By ,

A full year of rock ‘n’ roll pictures, January to December, New York to Boston to Philadelphia to Brooklyn. They might not be the best pictures ever, but they are mine.


Magic Trick, Webster Hall, New York, NY, January 14, 2013
 

Father John Misty, Webster Hall, New York, NY, January 14, 2013
 

Wildstreet, Best Buy Theater, New York, NY, January 24, 2013
 

William Control, Best Buy Theater, New York, NY, January 24, 2013
 

Andy Biersack, Black Veil Brides, Best Buy Theater, New York, NY, January 24, 2013
 

Andy Biersack, Black Veil Brides, Best Buy Theater, New York, NY, January 24, 2013
 

Ashley Purdy, Black Veil Brides, Best Buy Theater, New York, NY, January 24, 2013
 

Jake Pitts and Jinxx, Black Veil Brides, Best Buy Theater, New York, NY, January 24, 2013
 

Jinxx, Black Veil Brides, Best Buy Theater, New York, NY, January 24, 2013
 

Pete Wentz book signing, New York, NY, February 21, 2013
 

The Naturals, The Bowery Electric, New York, NY, April 6, 2013
 

Wise Girl, The Bowery Electric, New York, NY, April 6, 2013
 

Mud, Blood and Beer, The Bitter End, New York, NY, April 13, 2013
 

El Sportivo and the Dirty Palms, Mercury Lounge, New York, NY, April 24, 2013
 

Roadside Graves, The Bowery Electric, New York, NY, May 4, 2013
 

Brian Barthelmes and Scott Thompson, Tallahassee, The Bowery Electric, New York, NY, May 4, 2013
 

Shawn Carney, Tallahassee, The Bowery Electric, New York, NY, May 4, 2013
 

Scott Thompson, Tallahassee, The Bowery Electric, New York, NY, May 4, 2013
 

Wayne Coyne, The Flaming Lips, The Great Googa Mooga, Prospect Park, Brooklyn, NY, May 17, 2013
 

Father John Misty, The Great Googa Mooga, Prospect Park, Brooklyn, NY, May 18, 2013
 

Ryan Hunter, Billy Rymer, and Isaac Bolivar, NK, House of Blues Boston, May 26, 2013
 

Billy Rymer and Isaac Bolivar, NK and Joe Trohman, Fall Out Boy, House of Blues Boston. May 26, 2013
 

Patrick Stump, Fall Out Boy, House of Blues Boston, May 26, 2013
 

Pete Wentz, Fall Out Boy, House of Blues, Boston, May 26, 2013
 

Fall Out Boy, House of Blues, Boston, May 26, 2013
 

Patrick Stump and Pete Wentz, Fall Out Boy, Electric Factory, Philadelphia, May 30, 2013
 

Andy Biersack, Black Veil Brides, Warped Tour, Uniondale, NY, July 13, 2013
 

William Beckett, Warped Tour, Uniondale, NY, July 13, 2013
 

Beebs and her Moneymakers, Warped Tour, Uniondale, NY, July 13, 2013
 

Crashlive, Warped Tour, Uniondale, NY, July 13, 2013
 

Kevin Preston, Prima Donna, Irving Plaza, August 17, 2013
 

Adam Ant, Irving Plaza, August 17, 2013
 

Josh Dun, 21 Pilots, Barclay Center, Brooklyn, NY, September 7, 2013
 

Tyler Joseph, 21 Pilots, Barclay Center, Brooklyn, NY, September 7, 2013
 

Panic! at the Disco, Barclay Center, Brooklyn, NY, September 7, 2013
 

Kenneth A. Harris, Panic! at the Disco and LOLO, Barclay Center, Brooklyn, NY, September 7, 2013
 

Joe Trohman and Patrick Stump, Fall Out Boy, Barclay Center, Brooklyn, NY, September 7, 2013
 

Marky Ramone, Barclay Center, Brooklyn, NY, September 7, 2013
 

Brendon Urie, Panic! at the Disco, singing with Fall Out Boy, Barclay Center, Brooklyn, NY, September 7, 2013
 

Pete Wentz, Fall Out Boy, Barclay Center, September 7, 2013
 

Tyler Joseph, 21 Pilots, Liacouras Center, Philadelphia, PA, September 8, 2013
 

Brendon Urie, Panic! at the Disco, Liacouras Center, Philadelphia, PA, September 8, 2013
 

Joe Trohman, Patrick Stump and Pete Wentz, Fall Out Boy, Liacouras Center, Philadelphia, PA, September 8, 2013
 

Beachballs in the air, Liacouras Center, Philadelphia, PA, September 8, 2013
 

Patrick Stump, Fall Out Boy and Brendon Urie, Panic! at the Disco, Liacouras Center, Philadelphia, PA, September 8, 2013
 

Brendon Urie, Panic! at the Disco, McKittrick Hotel Cabaret, New York, NY, October 8, 2013
 

Brendon Urie, Panic! at the Disco, McKittrick Hotel record release show, New York, NY, October 8, 2013
 

Cassandra Jenkins, Rockwood Music Hall, New York, NY, November 10, 2013
 

Jus Post Bellum, Rockwood Music Hall, New York, NY, November 10, 2013
 

Sean Patrick Carney, The Scandals, Knitting Factory, Brooklyn, NY, November 19, 2013
 

Jared Hart, The Scandals, Knitting Factory, Brooklyn, NY, November 19, 2013
 

Frank Iero, DeathSpells, Knitting Factory, Brooklyn, NY, November 19, 2013
 

Brandon Phillips, The Architects, Knitting Factory, Brooklyn, NY, November 19, 2013
 

Casey Neill, 11th St. Bar, New York, NY, November 24, 2013
 

Tyburn Saints, Glasslands, Brooklyn, NY, December 4, 2013
 

Indigo Street, Shy Hunters, Glasslands, Brooklyn, NY, December 4, 2013′
 

Luke Bentham, The Dirty Nil, Glasslands, Brooklyn, NY, December 4, 2013
 

ALX, Love Crushed Velvet, Bowery Electric, New York, NY, December 10, 2013
 

Ellen Kempner, Palehound, Brooklyn Night Bazaar, Brooklyn, NY, December 21, 2013
 

Lemmy Gurtowsky, California X, Brooklyn Night Bazaar, Brooklyn, NY, December 21, 2013
 

Alex Levine, So So Glos, Brooklyn Night Bazaaar, Brooklyn, NY, December 21, 2013

No comments

Video: Fall Out Boy, Alone Together

  By ,

For some of you, today is just Thursday. For others, and for me, it’s Thanksgiving.

One of the very many things I’m thankful for this year is Fall Out Boy, who came back, after a long time away. Here they are with Alone Together, one of my favorite songs from Save Rock and Roll.
 
http://youtu.be/Z79fveRw7LQ

No comments

Light ‘Em Up: A Compendium of Halloween Music and Light Shows

  By ,

And today, fresh-fished from YouTube, a selection of my favorite Halloween house displays synchronized to music.

There is an art to this; selection of music is important – there are several songs that are apparently popular for these shows that are hot right now but not especially seasonal – but choreography is just as crucial. The following are videos that I thought nailed the idea of “Halloween Musical Light Show” in terms of both form and content.

First, from Naperville, Illinois: a show set to My Songs Know What You Did In the Dark (Light ‘Em Up) by Fall Out Boy, because YES, perfect use of this song!!!! and also they pick the right thing to highlight during the actual Light ‘Em Up section of the chorus. They have multiple videos: there is also one for Du Hast, by Rammstein (unusual but also classic music choice!!) and Dragula, by Rob Zombie.
 

Thomas Halloween 2013 Naperville, Fall Out Boy, My Songs Know What You did in the Dark, Light Em Up

 
From Valley Center, CA, something for classic rock fans: AC/DC‘s Hells Bells, another unusual but excellent choice. Also I love the little skeleton doing jumping jacks.
 
Musical Halloween sequence to Hells Bells by AC/DC

 
And from Leesburg, Virginia, Sail by AWOLNation (Skorge Remix), for truly excellent choreography to a dubstep track. They also have a bunch of videos, including one for Ghost N Stuf by DeadMau5.
 
Halloween Light Show 2013 - Sail by AWOLNation (Skorge Remix)

 
And finally, a Honorable Mention for a classic from 2011: from Riverside, CA, This is Halloween (Original Soundtrack), from Nightmare Before Christmas.
 
Halloween Light Show 2011 - This Is Halloween

No comments

Postcards from the Pit: Fall Out Boy / NK, House of Blues Boston, 5/26/13

  By , ,

In which I went to Boston for Fall Out Boy, and it was an awesome, sweaty, raucous festival of joy.

But to back up a little bit: Up first was NK, which is Ryan Hunter and Brian Byrne (Envy on The Coast) and Billy Rymer (Dillinger Escape Plan), and they’re currently touring with Isaac Bolivar and Matt Fazzi (Taking Back Sunday).

They have a heavy rap-rock Rage Against The Machine vibe going. I didn’t know any of their songs but I could nonetheless appreciate the barely controlled surge and snarl of their drums and guitars. I’m pretty sure it isn’t possible to listen to their set and not suddenly find yourself banging your head.

Some highlights:

IMG_9873
 
This really is Ryan Hunter (Envy on the Coast). He cut all of his dreads off!
 
IMG_9876
 
Joe Trohman and Isaac Bolivar, headbanging.
 
IMG_9889
 
The right side of the stage . . .
 
IMG_9891
 
. . . and the left.

And then it was time for the main event. Fall Out Boy came out in a burst of light and noise and kicked it off with Thriller – their Thriller, not Michael Jackson’s – which was an absolute perfect choice and caused my heart to clench with pain and affection even as I was grinning at them like an idiot.

I have a medium-sized number of thinky thoughts about the show / spectacle, specifically: that both Thriller and This Ain’t A Scene, It’s An Arms Race have gained new, sharper edges over time; that The Phoenix is both the thrilling rally cry of a band coming back wrapped around a reminder to hold on, hold on, even when your band has gone away; that if you don’t start jumping during The Phoenix, I think you might be dead inside; that Fall Out Boy has emerged from their hiatus as an energized and cohesive unit, ready to rally the troops and take on the world (and maybe take over the world, too); that calling their record Save Rock and Roll might be brash and a little obnoxious but, well, Fall Out Boy would not be Fall Out Boy if they were not brash and a little obnoxious; and that brash, a little obnoxious, overblown and sometimes overwrought is why we love them. It’s why we jump up and down and and wave our hands in the air. It’s what makes the room sing.

And now, some pictures. I was three rows back from the stage and, as you will see, deep in a forest of hands, but these are some of the good shots:

IMG_9905
 
IMG_9919
 
IMG_9924
 
IMG_9926
 
IMG_9928
 
IMG_9934
 
IMG_9939
 
IMG_9956
 
IMG_9971
 
IMG_9980
 
IMG_9985
 
IMG_9989

 

DON’T FORGET TO FILL OUT THE NTSIB READER SURVEY! 10 questions that should not take more than 10 minutes of your time. Please stand up and be counted and give us your unvarnished opinions!

No comments

Video: Fall Out Boy feat. 2 Chainz, My Songs Know What You Did In the Dark (Light Em Up)

  By , ,

So, y’all, this is how my day went today:

7:15 AM: While going about my normal morning business of GChatting with a friend and scrolling through Tumblr, I clicked on something purporting to be the “New FOB single!!” – rumors have been swirling for a while now, but more intensely in the last week or so; evidence had surfaced of their appearance on the Jimmy Fallon show later this month; and my pre-caffeine judgement is often poor – and was Taylor Swift-rolled.

Well, I suppose I deserved that, I typed into the GChat window, as the strains of We Are Never, Ever Getting Back Together emanated from my computer. (Yes, I left it on. That one and I Knew You Were Trouble When You Walked In have grown on me, and not like a fungus, either.)

My friend commiserated with my rueful amusement, and the conversation moved on.

8:15 AM: Hum Hallelujah floats up on shuffle as I’m walking to the train. I spend a few minutes pondering pop music; Pete Wentz’s pirate smile and tendency to throw himself off the stage and into the pit; the shimmery golden quality of light in Harlem in the morning; whether it is really so terrible that I enjoy popular pop music that makes me feel things (conclusion: no); the frequently frustrating and often agonizing condition of being a fan of a band that is on “hiatus” or “is working on a new record” and how those things often go together and sometimes lead to one another; and the various bands for whom I have waited, including Guns N’ Roses (well, really Axl Rose)(15 years), Mötley Crüe (8 years), Bon Jovi (2 years and 3 years, for separate hiatuses) My Chemical Romance (2 years) and Panic! at the Disco (18 months), and Ryan Ross (2 years and counting); and how the internet and Internet Time have probably warped my sense of what constitutes a long time to wait.

9:15 AM: I check in with the intertubes and discover that somewhere in the time I left the house and got to work, Fall Out Boy came off hiatus.

That there is a song, a video, a record, a bunch of shows in tiny clubs planned the next month – for tomorrow, in New York – and a bigger tour scheduled for May.

I wasn’t able to get a ticket for the show tomorrow, but I’m not the tiniest bit upset. Why? Because five years ago when I fell (back) into being a rock fan, I also fell into a community of fans – some local, some far away, all connected via the internet – and in the last five years, we have mourned a lot of bands. Today we got one back, and that shared joy is just the best feeling.

Also, the song they released is the best thing I’ve heard for a while. Hand claps, thudding, roaring drums, aggressive guitars, sly and lacerating lyrics, and Patrick Stump soaring upwards over the tumult. It doesn’t get better than that, ladies and gentlemen.
 
http://youtu.be/HsfY8iFbYjE

No comments

Video: Fall Out Boy, Sugar We’re Going Down

  By ,

Fall Out Boy didn’t play Fueled by Ramen’s 15th anniversary shows last fall, but they were there in spirit, via the music between sets. At some point during night two, this song came on over the PA.

I was deep in the crowd, half listening, half trying to wriggle into a better spot, when I noticed a female voice in the chorus that I was pretty sure hadn’t been there before. I actually spent 30 seconds trying to remember if they had pulled someone in to guest vocals – Maja Ivarsson from The Sounds, maybe? – before the penny dropped.

It wasn’t Maja.

It was the room.

It was hundreds of girls – including me – singing along so loudly they had become one voice, soaring and swooping and almost drowning Patrick Stump out. And it remains one of my favorite concert memories.

This video is from 2006, and is a classic FOB dash of visual absurdity.