For this  Monday Photo Blog  we have five shots from Jake Cunningham covering the Richmond, VA scene.

Tight Hold at Nile - Richmond, VA - November 18, 2011 Photo by Jake Cunningham

Daytrader at Sweet Fest - The Camel, Richmond, VA - April 15, 2011 (Photo by Jake Cunningham)

Strike Anywhere at Best Friends Day 10 - Canal Club, Richmond, VA - August 19, 2011 (Photo by Jake Cunningham)

Pedals On Our Pirate Ships at Best Friends Day 10 - The Hospital, Richmond, VA - August 19, 2011 (Photo by Jake Cunningham)

Page 99 at Best Friends Day 10 - The Hospital, Richmond, VA - August 19, 2011 (Photo by Jake Cunningham)

Send your tour photos, bands that have come through your town, the best of your local bands, etc. to: photoblog {at} maximumrocknroll(.)com (note new email address!). Include your name, the band (or subject) in the photo, where and when it was shot, and a link to your website (or flickr, Facebook, or whatever). Just send your best photos — edit tightly. Three to seven photos is plenty, and it’s best to send pictures of different bands. Please do not send watermarked photos. Please make your photos 72 dpi and about 600–800 pixels at the longest side. Not everything sent in will be posted, and a response is not guaranteed, but we do appreciate all of your contributions — and feel free to submit more than once. Thanks!

This week’s  Monday Photo Blog comes to us from Tanner Douglass. Three photos, three  different bands up close, from three shows this past summer in the Pittsburgh, PA area. Get some!

PUNCH at Square One in Braddock, PA. August 15, 2011. (Photo by Tanner Douglass)

ALPINIST at The Brew House in Pittsburgh, PA. August 8, 2011. (Photo by Tanner Douglass)

HEARTLESS at 222 Ormsby in Pittsburgh, PA. August 24, 2011. (Photo by Tanner Douglass)

Send your tour photos, bands that have come through your town, the best of your local bands, etc. to: photoblog {at} maximumrocknroll(.)com (note new email address!). Include your name, the band (or subject) in the photo, where and when it was shot, and a link to your website (or flickr, Facebook, or whatever). Just send your best photos — edit tightly. Three to seven photos is plenty, and it’s best to send pictures of different bands. Please do not send watermarked photos. Please make your photos 72 dpi and about 600–800 pixels at the longest side. Not everything sent in will be posted, and a response is not guaranteed, but we do appreciate all of your contributions — and feel free to submit more than once. Thanks!

Had to start my first  Monday Photo Blog with a classic band. I can still remember the first time hearing Siege on the Cleanse The Bacteria comp. Could not believe a band so brutal could come from America. They stood out from all the other bands on that record, and the line-up was some top notch stuff.  So, when the offer came to run some photos of the band I jumped at it. A huge thanks to Kurt Habelt for providing the images.

Photos courtesy of Siege

Photos courtesy of Siege

Photos courtesy of Siege

Photos courtesy of Siege

Photos courtesy of Siege

Send your tour photos, bands that have come through your town, the best of your local bands, etc. to: photoblog {at} maximumrocknroll(.)com (note new email address!). Include your name, the band (or subject) in the photo, where and when it was shot, and a link to your website (or flickr, Facebook, or whatever). Just send your best photos — edit tightly. Three to seven photos is plenty, and it’s best to send pictures of different bands. Please do not send watermarked photos. Please make your photos 72 dpi and about 600–800 pixels at the longest side. Not everything sent in will be posted, and a response is not guaranteed, but we do appreciate all of your contributions — and feel free to submit more than once. Thanks!

Alright, punkers — this week we have a nice batch of photos from Barcelona by Alejandra! Check out more awesome shit from her HERE.

We’re stoked to announce that next week the Monday Photo Blog gets a new editor: the venerable Matt Average. The email to submit photos from now on is photoblog {at} maximumrocknroll(.)com (see submission details below). Give ‘em hell, Matt!

Glam at Caos a Gràcia, August 2010

Belgrado at Caos a Gràcia, August 2011

Absurdo at Casal de Joves de Roquetes, January 2011

Send your tour photos, bands that have come through your town, the best of your local bands, etc. to: photoblog {at} maximumrocknroll(.)com (note new email address!). Include your name, the band (or subject) in the photo, where and when it was shot, and a link to your website (or flickr, Facebook, or whatever). Just send your best photos — edit tightly. Three to seven photos is plenty, and it’s best to send pictures of different bands. Please do not send watermarked photos. Please make your photos 72 dpi and about 600–800 pixels at the longest side. Not everything sent in will be posted, and a response is not guaranteed, but we do appreciate all of your contributions — and feel free to submit more than once. Thanks!

Well, we are sad to announce that Mark “icki” Murrmann is stepping down from his duties as MRR’s Monday Photo Blog editor. We can only hope to live up to the quality standard that icki has set in his two and a half years on the job. You can still keep up with Mark at his website, and I’m sure he’ll still be contributing to MRR now and again. So, thank you icki for all of the amazing photos!

While we’re looking for a new photo editor, your fearless Webmaster has been scouring recent contributions. Amongst shot after shot of shirtless singer dudes we were pleased to find an amazing selection of band portraits, live pics and scene photos from Olympia’s Ben Trogdon, editor of NUTS! zine and drummer of the great Weird TV. Check out his photo site here, and some of his awesome shots right here!

Bleak End At Bernie’s (photo by Ben Trogdon)

Outlook (photo by Ben Trogdon)

Hysterics at the SR 512 Park & Ride (photo by Ben Trogdon)

Bricks (photo by Ben Trogdon)

Last show at Olympia's legendary Red House (photo by Ben Trogdon)

Happy Halloween! Send us your Halloween photos for next week’s post!!

Send your tour photos, bands that have come through your town, the best of your local bands, etc. to: photoblog {at} maximumrocknroll(.)com (note new email address!). Include your name, the band (or subject) in the photo, where and when it was shot, and a link to your website (or flickr, Facebook, or whatever). Just send your best photos — edit tightly. Three to seven photos is plenty, and it’s best to send pictures of different bands. Please do not send watermarked photos. Please make your photos 72 dpi and about 600–800 pixels at the longest side. Not everything sent in will be posted, and a response is not guaranteed, but we do appreciate all of your contributions — and feel free to submit more than once. Thanks!

This past weekend marked the end of the Bay Area’s Budget Rock Fest. Ten years into it and Chris Owen, Mitch Cardwell and the whole gang wisely decided to pack it in. Don’t get me wrong — I’ve had plenty of fun at Budget Rock, but it’s good to see someone call it a day while they’re going on strong rather than dragging it out, you know? So, with that in mind, I thought I’d post a few shots from this year’s blow-out and a few hits/misses from the past few years too.

Dukes of Hamburg, Budget Rock 10, San Francisco, CA 22 October 2011 (photo by icki)

SLA, Budget Rock 10, San Francisco, CA, 22 October 2011 (photo by icki)

Donny Denim, Budget Rock 8, San Francisco, CA, 2009 (photo by icki)

Andy Levy, Budget Rock Hot Dog eating champion, 2010 (photo by icki)

The Rip Offs, Budget Rock 10, San Francisco, CA, 21 October 2011 (photo by icki)

We’ve got a nice backlog of submissions — we’ll be getting them up soon! But keep ‘em coming! The more, the better.

Send your tour photos, bands that have come through your town, the best of your local bands, or something like this to: photoblog {at} maximumrocknroll(.)com. Include your name, the band, where and when it was shot, and a link to your website (or flickr, Facebook, or whatever). Just send your best photos — edit tightly. Three to five photos is plenty, and it’s best to send pictures of different bands. Please do not send watermarked photos. We like to exercise a little quality control here…not everything sent in will be posted. Please make your photos 72 dpi and about 600–800 pixels at the longest side. Thanks!

David Mirabedini sent a nice set of recent photos he’s taken in the Raleigh area. Check ‘em out:

Brain Tumors, Raleigh, NC, 30 August 2011 (photo by David Mirabedini)

Double Negative, Raleigh, NC, 4 October 2011 (photo by David Mirabedini)

The Men, Raleigh, NC at Hopscotch Music Festival (photo by David Mirabedini)

Whatever Brains, Raleigh, NC, 4 October 2011 (photo by David Mirabedini)

Shards, Raleigh, NC, 30 August 2011 (photo by David Mirabedini)

Send your tour photos, bands that have come through your town, the best of your local bands, etc. to: photoblog {at} maximumrocknroll(.)com. Include your name, the band, where and when it was shot, and a link to your website (or flickr, Facebook, or whatever). Just send your best photos — edit tightly. Three to five photos is plenty, and it’s best to send pictures of different bands. Please do not send watermarked photos. We like to exercise a little quality control here…not everything sent in will be posted. Please size your photos so they are about 600–800 pixels (72 dpi) at the longest side. Thanks!

Ace photographer Kandi Champne Cook was on the scene at Gonerfest this year and graciously shared some of her favorite shots with us here at MRR’s Monday Photo Blog. By all accounts Goner Fest is always a great time…

True Sons of Thunder, Goner Fest 8, Memphis, TN, 2011 (photo by Kandi Cook)

Ryan Rousseau and His Desert Children, Goner Fest 8, Memphis, TN, 2011 (photo by Kandi Cook)

Straight Arrows, Goner Fest 8 (Buccaneer Lounge), Memphis TN, 2011 (photo by Kandi Cook)

Mean Jeans, Goner Fest 8, Memphis, TN, 2011 (photo by Kandi Cook)

The Gories, Goner Fest 8, Memphis, TN, 2011 (photo by Kandi Cook)

Send your tour photos, bands that have come through your town, the best of your local bands, etc. to: photoblog {at} maximumrocknroll(.)com. Include your name, the band, where and when it was shot, and a link to your website (or flickr, Facebook, or whatever). Just send your best photos — edit tightly. Three to five photos is plenty, and it’s best to send pictures of different bands. Please do not send watermarked photos. We like to exercise a little quality control here…not everything sent in will be posted. Please size your photos so they are about 600–800 pixels (72 dpi) at the longest side. Thanks!

About a month ago, we posted some killer photos by Sylvain Zayard, with the promise of more to come. I am here today to deliver on that promise. Here’s round two of Sylvain’s photos.

Crimen D Estado, Barcelona, 2010 (photo by Sylvain Zayard)

In Suiciety, Mistral Gagnant, St. Etienne, 2003 (photo by Sylvain Zayard)

Remains of the Day, Main Dans La Main, St. Etienne, 2003 (photo by Sylvain Zayard)

Phobia, New York, 1998 (photo by Sylvain Zayard)

Melt Banana, Pez Ner, Velleurbanna, 2001 (photo by Sylvain Zayard)

NNY, Cret De Roch, St. Etienne, 2002 (photo by Sylvain Zayard)

Send your tour photos, bands that have come through your town, the best of your local bands, etc. to: photoblog {at} maximumrocknroll(.)com. Include your name, the band, where and when it was shot, and a link to your website (or flickr, Facebook, or whatever). Just send your best photos — edit tightly. Three to five photos is plenty, and it’s best to send pictures of different bands. Please do not send watermarked photos. We like to exercise a little quality control here…not everything sent in will be posted. Please size your photos so they are about 600–800 pixels (72 dpi) at the longest side. Thanks!