February 19, 2010 -- Dirty Projectors perform at the Allen Room in Frederick P. Rose Hall, at Lincoln Center, as part of Lincoln Center's American Songbook series.

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February 16, 2010 -- The entire cast of performers, including Yoko Ono, Sean Lennon, Cornelius, Yuka Honda, Paul Simon, Scissor Sisters, Justin Bond, Bette Midler, Mark Ronson, and Kim Gordon and Thurston Moore of Sonic Youth, sings "Give Peace a Chance" as part of We Are Plastic Ono Band at the Howard Gilman Opera House at the Brooklyn Academy of Music in Brooklyn, New York.

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February 5, 2010 -- Ra Ra Riot perform at the Howard Gilman Opera House at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, as part of the Sounds Like Brooklyn Music Festival.

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February 5, 2010 -- The Antlers perform at the Howard Gilman Opera House at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, as part of the Sounds Like Brooklyn Music Festival.

Fantastic set by a fantastic band in a great space.

January 30, 2010 -- Rain Machine perform at the Howard Gilman Opera House at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, as part of the Sounds Like Brooklyn Music Festival.

I didn't think I'd like this one so much until Paige pointed out how delicate the light is.

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January 30, 2010 -- Anti-Pop Consortium perform at the Howard Gilman Opera House at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, as part of the Sounds Like Brooklyn Music Festival.

Sometimes I think shooting rap groups is like herding cats. It's difficult to get more than two of them in the same shot.

January 29, 2010 -- Les Savy Fav perform at the Howard Gilman Opera House at the Brooklyn Academy of Music as part of the Sounds Like Brooklyn Music Festival.

What you see here is Tim Harrington threatening to continue his interpretive dance moves unless the crowd gets up from their sets.

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January 29, 2010 -- Vivian Girls perform at the Howard Gilman Opera House at the Brooklyn Academy of Music as part of the Sounds Like Brooklyn Music Festival.

I'm not sure they felt quite comfortable in the large, formal space, but the band loosened up a bit towards the end of the set.

January 15, 2010 -- Brian Fallon of the Gaslight Anthem and Dave Hause of the Loved Ones perform acoustic at the Bowery Ballroom in New York, NY.

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December 17, 2009 -- Julian Koster/The Music Tapes perform at a private home as part of the Music Tapes Caroling Tour.

Yes, you read that correctly, a caroling tour. Koster and the Singing Saws went caroling from house to house in New York City. File this one under weird and wonderful.

December 8, 2009 -- Tori Amos performs solo at the SPIN offices in New York, NY as part of the SPINhouse Live series.

One song, from the other side of the room, during a very quiet performance. Whew! A tough assignment, but I think I did pretty well. She's an extraordinarily expressive performer.

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October 18, 2009 -- Lenny Kravitz performs at the Fillmore at Irving Plaza in New York, New York.

Taken, crouching under some giant stacks, on the most cramped stage set up ever. I had official stage access, but then the roadies yelled at me to get out of the way!

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November 21, 2009 -- Sonic Youth at Terminal 5 in New York, NY.

Kim Gordon, how can you be so damn hot and talented and cool? I can only hope to have one-tenth of that when I'm your age.

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October 21, 2009 -- Duchess Says perform at the M is for Montreal showcase during the 2009 CMJ Music Marathon Film Festival at

I can't wait to photograph this band again. Annie-Claude is dynamite! They were great at a tiny room during CMJ, running around the audience, tossing beer everywhere, and even climbing up onto the bar.

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October 16, 2009 -- The Dirty Projectors perform at the Bell House in Brooklyn, New York as part of Brooklyn Playlist: A Special Concert Featuring Bands From the County of Kings, a concert curated by the New Yorker staff writers Sasha Frere-Jones and Kelefa Sanneh, part of the New Yorker Festival.

I think I got all of the Dirty Projectors in one photo, just barely! View the full set.