Last week, Atlanta hometown heroes, The Black Lips played a small one off show here in Saigon after their gig at Coracle Music Fest up in Mui Ne. It was all a bit surreal as I’ve seen The Black Lips more times than I can probably count and it brought back memories of beer-soaked ridiculous shenanigans years ago when I lived in the A. It was so good being able to indulge in some nostalgia while partying with the Saigon homies. Skeleton Goode opened up with their take on Psych rock and absolutely killed it. Super solid opening set. The Black Lips followed and played to an increasingly rowdy crowd as the night went on. Booties shook, rugs were cut, good times all around.

I only took my Fuji x100s anticipating maybe a few beers flying and wanted to avoid cleaning the Sony kit after night of rocking out, but it turns out Saigon has a bit more manners than Atlanta so everything stayed dry. Shooting with the Fuji was ….. not ideal. While this little camera is completely capable in travel and most other situations, it is not exactly fluent in autofocusing in low light situations. That being said, I loved the rawness of these frames and they definitely matched the vibe of the show. It felt like the DIY punk shows I grew up going to nearly every week. I wish more of these type shows happened in Saigon , but based on some info I heard recently, this may be changing in the near future. Fingers crossed! Now onto the images!