greg C's Top Twenty Favorite Shows Of 2011

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2011 was certainly an amazing year for live music in New York City. Having photographed over 80 great concerts it wasn't easy narrowing this list down to just twenty shows. The final twenty were all so good it became impossible to list them in favorite order so I took the easy way out and did them chronologically. I've provided hyperlinks to the complete set of photos by each band.  I hope you enjoy these as much as I did photographing them.

1. March 15 & 18- Godspeed You! Black Emperor (photo above from Church of St. Paul the Apostle show) @ Brooklyn Masonic Temple, NY & Church of St. Paul the Apostle, NYC

2. March 26- Horseback, Hull, Batillus @ Studio at Webster Hall, NYC

3. March 29- Yoko Ono/Plastic Ono Band & Friends (Sean Ono Lennon, Lou Reed, Antony Hegarty, Nels Cline, Greg Saunier, Michael Leonhart and more), Patti Smith Group, Cibo Matto @ Le Poisson Rouge, NYC

4. April 30- Wormrot, Winter, Deathcycle, Kings Destroy @ Union Pool, Brooklyn, NY

5. May 2- Krallice, Withered, Ipsissimus @ Studio at Webster Hall, NYC

6. June 1- Ghost, Sabbath Assembly, Natur @ Studio at Webster Hall, NYC

7. June 3- Marduk, Aura Noir, Black Anvil, HOD, Panzerfaust, Natur @ Music Hall of Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY

8. June 22- Sleep, Winter, White Hills @ Terminal 5, NYC

9. June 25- Indian, Bloodiest @ Union Pool, Brooklyn, NY

10. July 12- Yob, Dark Castle, Batillus @ Le Poisson Rouge, NYC

11. August 6- Disma, Coffinworm, Unearthly Trance, Oak @ St. Vitus Bar, Brooklyn, NY

12. August 18- KMFDM, Army Of The Universe @ Irving Plaza, NYC

13. September 10- Weedeater, Oxbow, Bison B.C. @ Europa, Brooklyn, NY

14. September 12- Wolves In The Throne Room, Thou, Krallice @ Bell House, Brooklyn, NY

15. September 17- Urfaust, Black Anvil, Krallice, Ruin Lust @ Union Pool, Brooklyn, NY

16. September 23- Kyuss Lives!, The Sword, MonstrO @ Terminal 5, NYC

17. September 25- Enslaved, Alcest, Junius @ Gramercy Theater, NYC

18. October 22- Kvelertak, Skeletonwitch, Tombs, Psychic Limb @ Rocks Off Cruises aboard The Jewel in NYC Harbor

19. October 25- Amon Tobin, Emika @ Brooklyn Masonic Temple, NY

20. December 2- Inquisition, Disma, Agrath @ Studio at Webster Hall, NYC

Atmostfear Entertainment Belatedly Publishes greg C's Sleep, Winter & White Hills Photos

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Atmostfear Entertainment has belatedly published greg C's Sleep, Winter and White Hills photos from 2011-06-22 at Terminal 5, NYC. One photo of Sleep accompanies a show review by Melinda Fuentes and the rest of the photos are featured in exclusive online galleries.

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Sleep Photo And Show Review On Atmostfear Entertainment

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Sleep Photo Gallery

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Winter Photo Gallery

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White Hills Photo Gallery

Sleep Photographs From 2011-06-22 At Terminal 5

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Sleep photos from 2011-06-22 at Terminal 5, NYC are now online.

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Sleep Photos

greg C Photographs Sleep

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On June 22nd I photographed Winter at Terminal 5, NYC. Photos from the show along with a review by Melinda Fuentes will be on Atmostfear Entertainment shortly so keep an eye on their site.

I'll be uploading all the shots from this show (possibly including some that Atmostfear Entertainment doesn't use and all will be in higher resolution) to this site and my Flickr page on July 6th. (Delay is due to exclusivity rights.)

greg C's Sleep Photo Published In Rolling Stone Brazil Magazine

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Rolling Stone Brazil magazine has published greg C's Sleep photo from 2010-09-06 at Brooklyn Masonic Temple, NY in their October 2010 issue number 99.

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Sleep In Rolling Stone Magazine

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Sleep Photos

greg C’s Favorite Concert Performances Of 2010

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All of these performances were top notch and absolutely amazing. However, since they’re so varied in style it’s virtually impossible to list in favorite order so I took the easy way out and listed them by order of occurrence. I will say that I was particularly floored by the Sleep, Gorguts, Wovenhand, Swans, Grinderman & Killing Joke shows but every one of these was extremely memorable.

1. Moritz Von Oswald Trio w/Carl Craig & Francois K (photo above of Moritz Von Oswald  and Carl Craig) @ Le Poisson Rouge 2/6
2. *Yoko Ono/(Original) Plastic Ono Band @ Brooklyn Academy of Music 2/15
3. Immortal @ Brooklyn Masonic Temple 3/30
4. Public Image Ltd @ Terminal 5 5/18
5. Gorguts, Portal, Krallice, Bloody Panda @ Knitting Factory 5/26
6. Boris @ Music Hall of Williamsburg 8/6
7. Sleep, Iggy & The Stooges, Mudhoney & Scientists @ ATP NY, Kutsher’s 9/3
8. Magma @ Highline Ballroom 9/20
9. Wovenhand @ Knitting Factory 10/4
10. Swans @ Brooklyn Masonic Temple 10/8
11. Gary Numan @ Best Buy Theater 10/23
12. James Chance & The (Original) Contortions @ Le Poisson Rouge 11/13
13. Grinderman @ Best Buy Theater 11/14
14. Killing Joke @ Irving Plaza 12/3
15. Psychic TV @ Europa 12/9

* Yoko Ono didn't allow photographers into this event so I attended as a reviewer.

Rolling Stone Brazil To Publish greg C Sleep Photo

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Rolling Stone Brazil will be publishing the Sleep photo shown above in Issue #99, October 15, 2010. This shot, of bassist Al Cisernos, was taken at the Brooklyn Masonic Temple on September 6, 2010.

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BrooklynVegan Publishes greg C's Sleep & Doomriders Photos

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BrooklynVegan has published greg C's Sleep and Doomriders photos.

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Sleep & Doomriders Photos On BrooklynVegan

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Sleep Photos From 2010-09-06 At The Brooklyn Masonic Temple

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Sleep photos from 2010-09-06 at the Brooklyn Masonic Temple are now online.

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Sleep Photos

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Sleep Photos From 2010-09-03 At The ATP NY Festival

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Sleep photos from 2010-09-03 at the ATP NY Festival at Kutsher's in Monticello, NY are now online.

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Sleep Photos On Flickr

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