When I was at the wedding I talked to the lead singer of Greenland and to Prabir of Prabir And The Substitutes about their show at the Black Cat in DC the following night.  I didn’t even think about the fact that I too was going to be in DC that night.  The next day I was looking for something to do, when I realized that they were playing.  I called Greenland and got on the list and showed up right before Prabir went on.  They were great as always.  I seem to be taking a lot of band shots of late, and like it more than I used to.  I don’t really have it down though.  I did nothing but band photography for 8 years, but I was always shooting punk bands and using cheap ass cameras and just getting the shot however I could.  Now that I am using a real flash I have changed my technique and I don’t really have a style.  So take this stuff as practice… you will see more of what I mean when I get to the Greenland shots in the next post.  Anyway… these photos start out pretty emotionless, and get more energetic and interesting as I fucked around with different shutter speeds.   I really need to go back and look at band photography books and get inspired again.  I have a ton of them…  Anyway, here are the shots from Sunday night.

Oh, and below I have posted the Mp3 to Trains off their new CD 5 Little Pieces.  When I saw it live I had never really heard anything like it before and it really stood out.  It probably does not give you a great idea of what they sound like, but it might give you a good idea of what they are about.

Prabir & The Substitutes – Trains

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