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    Ronnie Wood, Mick Jagger, Charlie Watts, and Keith Richards at Houston’s NRG Stadium on July 27, 2019 Staff photographer David Brendan Hall explains the story behind his favorite shot of the year: “Making photos of the Rolling Stones is a golden goose for music photographers, and with all members in their 70s when they announced their No Filter Tour, the sense of urgency to check off that No. 1 bucket list band was palpable. With the assignment secured came a plot twist: Jagger was ordered to undergo heart surgery, forcing postponement of the original April date until July … I couldn’t have been alone in worrying that the gig might not even happen. For me, this image best encapsulates the surreal feeling of all the elements finally coming together: two songs with my lens trained on one of the greatest rock bands of all time, seemingly immortal in their unerring onstage energy, just a few feet away – a landmark career moment I’ll never take for granted.”
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    The inimitable Karen O leads the Yeah Yeah Yeahs during the group’s triumphant return to Austin at ACL Live after six years away (May 7, 2019).
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    A week prior to the release of their self-titled debut album and five months before receiving a Grammy nomination for Best New Artist, the Black Pumas (Adrian Quesada and Eric Burton) pose during a South Austin portrait shoot (June 13, 2019).
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    Sabrina Ellis takes flight during local rock band Sweet Spirit’s headline turn at Blues on the Green in Zilker Park (Aug. 7, 2019).
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    Austin musician Caleb de Casper poses backstage at Empire Control Room & Garage during Free Week (Jan. 2, 2019).
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    Lizzo performs during SXSW at Stubb’s, arguably the show that launched her meteoric rise to de facto ACL Fest headliner and Grammy-nominated superstar (March 14, 2019).
  • dbh-07_drakulas_sxsw-picks-2-click_portrait_022519_01
    Austin band Drakulas pose during a pre-SXSW portrait shoot in the bathroom of South Austin restaurant Eberly (Feb. 25, 2019).
  • dbh-08_hopscotch-light-and-sound_021719_01
    Matt Elson’s “Infinity Boxes,” one of the many optical wonders featured at temporary art installation space Hopscotch: Light and Sound (Feb. 17, 2019)
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    Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez greets the audience for her SXSW session, “The New Left” (March 9, 2019).
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    What better image to represent the contentiousness of the year’s scooter invasion than this rider viewing hilariously relevant graffiti on E. 4th Street during SXSW? (March 16, 2019)

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