A quick glance through the finest of our online LomoHomes will always yield a constant theme: incredible live music snapshots! It’s clear that the International Community of Lomographers treasure their favorite bands and find an endless source of inspiration in their songs – whatever genre they may be. To throw some further fuel onto this musical fire, we’re thrilled to present three very special bands – each of whom was given an LC-A+ to take around with them on tour to document their experiences.

John Vanderslice is an experimental indie pop singer/songwriter from the San Francisco area. Known as a literate, ever-curious songwriter and sonic technician, Vanderslice has released several character driven concept albums over the past few years, his latest the 2007 release Emerald City. Vanderslice also started Tiny Telephone , a small recording studio, in 1997. Boasting a variety of respected and experienced house engineers, Tiny Telephone gained a reputation as an affordable recording outlet for San Francisco ’s indie rock community.

Click here to visit the John Vanderslice Homepage. See the John Vanderslice Gallery

Grizzly Bear began as a home recording project for Boston-bred experimentalist Edward Droste who laid the groundwork for the band’s otherworldly debut album on a small hand-held tape recorder while holed up for 15 months in his Greenpoint, Brooklyn, apartment. His homespun D.I.Y. effort took on new life with the help of multi-instrumentalist Christopher Bear, a Chicago native who had worked in a diverse range of musical projects ranging from laptop electronica to free jazz, who added additional instrumentation and vocals to Droste’s stripped-down sonic blueprints.

Grizzly Links:

Gallery / Homepage / MySpace

Cold War Kids began in the Fall of ‘04 with jangly guitar, hand claps, and a Harmony amp in a storage room atop Mulberry Street restaurant in Fullerton , CA . Since then, Cold War Kids have self released 3 six song EP’s on Monarchy Music , and toured relentlessly. Much like Blue Note Artists of the ‘50’s, the music of the group walks hand in hand with its graphic design. Bass player Matt Maust is responsible for creating the visual aesthetic using the photos of Matt Wignall, who is constantly documenting the band, friends, strangers, and situations both on tour and at home.

Cold War Kids: Gallery / Homepage / MySpace

As the weather heats up and those sunny days stretch into steamy nights, a healthy swath of the Lomographic Community finds itself travelling to and fro with a freshly loaded LC-A+ at their side. Over the past few weeks, we’ve invited those nomadic types to submit their very finest travel shots from all sorts of places that are “a long way from home.” Open the door, grab the passenger seat and head out on the road with them!

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