pjsykes' photostream

PJ Sykes, a professional photographer from Richmond, VA, shoots visceral, compelling live shots that have appeared in national publications such as SPIN, Paste, Alternative Press, the regional RVA magazine, and featured on the websites of Merge Records, Touch and Go!, Dischord Records and TIME magazine. Tired of seeing less-than-stellar live rock photos, PJ began shooting at local shows six years ago. He enjoys being able to present to others what he sees—the story of the live musical experience.

Check out my new photo blog called IN THE BLACK & WHITE: www.intheblackandwhite.com


Bands I have photographed

*This is not a complete list*

3Ds
Ambulette
Amoeba Men
...And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead
Andalusians
Antelope
As The Sparrow
The Awesome Few
Lou Barlow
Beastie Boys
Beauty Pill
Bellafea
Beloved Beinge
Ben Davis
Black Eyes
Black Joe and the Honeybears
Boredoms
CJ Boyd
Broken Social Scene
The Broken West
Buck Gooter
Richard Buckner
Calabi Yau
Brendan Canning
Can Utility
Cantwell, Gomez and Jordan
Capillary Action
the Carlsonics
Caustic Castle + Clifford Schwing
Centreline
Vic Chesnutt
Chuck D
The Clientele
Clutch
The Coathangers
Marshall Costan and the Awesome Few
Crooked Fingers
Sheryl Crow
Da Bris
Dame Fate
David Shultz & the Skylines
The Dead Weather
Decahedron
Del Ceilo
Denali
Desert Fathers
Destroyer
DD/MM/YYYY
Diamond Black Hearted Boy
Drums Like Machine Guns
Earlimart
Edie Sedgwick
Elf Power
El Guapo
Emotional Joystick
Engine Down
Enon
Erectus Monotone
The Essex Green
The Evens
Faraquet
Fin Fang Foom
Firey Furnaces
The Fordists
The Forms
Foxes Though Fences
Frankzig
French Toast
Fuck Buttons
Funeral Party
Golem
Gull
Guv'ner
Hail Hydra
Haram
Hellblinki
Hex Machine
Hi Ho Six Shooter
Hot Lava
The House Floor
Imperial Teen
Interpol
In The Year Of The Pig
Iron & Wine
Isis
It's Reigning Men
Jew(s) & Catholic(s)
Jack Johnson
Daniel Johnston
John Wilkes Kissing Booth
Nora Jones
Josh Small
King Cobra
Joe Lally
La Mere Vipere
Ladybug Transitor
Joe Lally
Lamchop
Land of Talk
The Late Virginia Summers
Les Aus
Les Savy Fav
Lint-Free
Liza Kate
the Lot Six
Magnetic Fields
Man Man
Mates of State
Medications
Mermaid Skeletons
Midnight Masses
Midtown Dickens
Miniature Giants
Mogwai
Monotonix
Moruza
Murder by Death
Music Tapes
National Feather
Navies
the Nein
New Rock Church of Fire
Oakley Hall
Conor Oberst
Officer May
Oh My God I Just Had the Most Amazing Yea
Okkervil River
Olive Tree
Opening Flower Happy Bird
Order of the Dying Orchid
Peelander-Z
Pedro The Lion
Phon
Pipe
The Points
Polvo
Portastatic
Pure
Radar Bros.
Rah Bras
Rapid Cities
Red Collar
Robo Sapien
The Rosebuds
(schwa)ray
Santogold
Santigold
Saxon Shore
Screaming Females
Sequoya
David Shultz and the Skyline
Silent Press
The Slits
Smashing Pumpkins
Snack Truck
Spent
Spoon
Soccer Team
Social Dropouts
Supersystem
Suzukiton
Struction
Sing! Sing! Prison
Matt Suggs
Superchunk
The Swell Season
Ted Leo + the Pharmacist
Telekinesis
Tenement Halls
These Arms Are Snakes
Timothy Bailey & The Humans
Title Tracks
Transistor Transistor
Tulsa Drone
Ultra Dolphins
Ume
Q and not U
Vaz
VCR
Versus
Velvet Marias
Virgineola
The Walkmen
We Are Childhood Equals
Whole World Laughing
Wow Owls
The Wrens
WBR
yndi halda
You Are The Drum
the Young Sinclairs