+UP Staff Pics 2009+

January 10th, 2008

The wait is finally over. These are the “top five” picks (albums and shows) from 2009 as seen and heard by the staff here at Union Productions. - - Enjoy!

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+Adam Gismondi - Staff Advisor
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Albums:
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - It’s Blitz!
Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros - From Below
Bowerbirds - Upper Air
Fruit Bats - The Ruminant Band
Elvis Perkins in Dearland - Elvis Perkins in Dearland

Shows:
Bon Iver - Sasquatch! Festival
Grizzly Bear - Central Presbyterian Church
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Sasquatch! Festival
The Dodos - Club Downunder
Bowerbirds - Bowery Ballroom

+Lori Vaughn - Staff Advisor
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Albums:
Mirah - (a)spera
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - It’s Blitz!
Camera Obscura - My Maudlin Career
Neko Case - Middle Cyclone
tUnE-yArDs - BiRd-BrAiNs

Shows:
Peaches, MEN - Club Downunder
tUnE-yards - SXSW
Neko Case - The Moon
White Rabbits - Union Green
Tori Amos - SXSW

+Zach Harris - Talent Buyer / Manager
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Albums:
Dirty Projectors- Bitte Orca
The Antlers- Hospice
Grizzly Bear-Veckatimest
The Horrors- Primary Colours
Kurt Vile- Childish Prodigy

+Shows:
Grizzly Bear- Central Presbyterian Chruch
The Antlers- Pitchfork Music Festival
Mew- Pitchfork Music Festival
The Jesus Lizard - Pitchfork Music Festival
Low- Club Downunder

+Katie Junot - Operations Manager / Event Staff
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Albums:
Lady Gaga - The Fame Monster
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - It’s Blitz!
Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
Regina Spektor - Far
Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion

Shows:
Gym Class Heroes, Pitbull - Langford Green
Girl Talk - The Moon
The Ting Tings - Club Downunder
The Walkmen - Union Green
Lucero - Club Downunder

+Alejandro Alvarez - Co-sponsorship Coordinator / Manager
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Albums:
The xx -xx
Grizzly Bear -Veckatimest
Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
Lady Gaga The Fame Monster
Neon Indian - Psychic Chasms

Shows:
Cut Copy - Bicentennial Park
Crystal Castles - Bicentennial Park
Dan Deacon - Club Downunder
Junior Boys - The Engine Room
Neon Indian - Club Downunder

+Diandra Garcia - Public Relations Director / Manager
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Albums:
Dirty Projectors - Bitte Orca
The Antlers - Hospice
Fever Ray - Fever Ray
Sunset Rubdown - Dragonslayer
Japandroids - Post-nothing

Shows:
Andrew Bird - Variety Playhouse
Deerhunter - Club Downunder
Gogol Bordello - Revolution
Low - Club Downunder
Blitzen Trapper - Club Downunder

+Lukas Suveg - Public Relations Assistant / Event Staff
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Albums:
Dirty Projectors: Bitte Orca
The Antlers: Hospice
DM Stith: Heavy Ghost
Grizzly Bear: Veckatimest
Baroness: Blue Record

Shows:
The Antlers: Pitchfork Music Festival

+Onalee Smith - Public Relations Assistant / Event Staff
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Albums:
Foo Fighters – Greatest Hits
We Were Promised Jetpacks – These Four Walls
Jay-Z – The Blueprint 3
Lady Gaga – The Fame Monster
The Avett Brothers – I and Love and You

Shows:
Frightened Rabbit – Club Downunder
Peaches – Club Downunder
Pat – O’Connors Pub
Blitzen Trapper - Club Downunder
Rent-a-Car 7 – Corner Pockets

+Natasha Parish- Hospitality Assistant / Event Staff
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Albums:
Matt and Kim- Grand
The Lonely Island- Incredibad
The Thermals- Now We Can See
Title Fight- The Last Thing You Forget
American War- Rhetoric

Shows:
Against Me! - Black Box Collective
Paul Baribeau- Harvest of Hope Fest
Blink 182- Ford Amphitheater
The Get Up Kids - House of Blues
Metric- Center Stage

+Evan Strouss - Comedy Buyer / Event Staff
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Albums:
Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion
Bibio - Ambivalence Avenue
The Antlers - Hospice
Atlas Sound - Logos
Dirty Projectors - Bitte Orca

Shows:
Andrew Bird, Loney Dear - Plaza Theatre
Animal Collective, Black Dice - Culture Room
Dan Deacon, Future Islands, Teeth Mountain - Club Downunder
The Dodos, The Ruby Suns, Megafaun - Club Dowunder
Deerhunter - Harvest of Hope

+Sydney Weinberg - Lectures Coordinator / Event Staff
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Albums:
Elvis Perkins– Elvis Perkins in Dearland
Animal Collective– Merriweather Post Pavilion
The xx– xx
Dirty Projectors– Bitte Orca
Wild Beasts– Two Dancers

Shows:
Blind Pilot - Club Downunder
Monotonix–Harvest of Hope
The National–Harvest of Hope
Frightened Rabbit - Club Downunder
Islands - Club Downunder

+Steven Connell - Culture and Arts Coordinator/Event Staff
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Albums:
Raekwon - Only Built 4 Cuban Linx
Method Man & Redman - Blackout!
Jay-Z - Blueprint 3
P.O.S. - Never Better
Art Brut - Art Brut vs. Satan

Shows:
Look Mexico, Spike Mott, and Curious Animal - Club Downunder
Ben Sollee - Club Downunder
Art Brut - Club Downunder
Blind Pilot - Club Downunder
Why? - Club Downunder

+Anne Cardenas - Daytime Events/ Event Staff
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Albums:
The xx - xx
We Were Promised Jetpacks - These Four Walls
Cobra Starship - Hot Mess
Lady Gaga - The Fame Monster
The Lonely Island - Incredibad

Shows:
We Were Promised Jetpacks - Club Downunder
Frightened Rabbit - Club Downunder
Pat - O’ Connor’s Pub
Blitzen Trapper - Club Downunder
The Rent-A-Car-7 - Corner Pockets Bar

+Erik Schardin - Sound Production / Manager
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Albums:
Dirty Projectors- Bitte Orca
Grizzly Bear- Veckatimest
Why?- Eskimo Snow
Emperor X- The Blythe Archives Vol. 2
Andrew Bird- Useless Creatures

Shows:
Andrew Bird, St. Vincent - Tipitinas
Why?, AU - Club Downunder
Monotonix - Harvest of Hope
Black Moth Super Rainbow - Club Downunder
Pattern is Movement - Club Downunder

+Jesse Laier - Sound Production
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Albums:
My Heart to Joy- Seasons in Verse
Castevet- Summer Fences
Banner Pilot- Collapser
American Steel- Dear Friends and Gentle Hearts
All Teeth- I Am Losing

Shows:
A Wilhelm Scream - The Venue
These Arms Are Snakes- Club Downunder
Bridge and Tunnel - Common Grounds
My Heart to Joy - Coolifornia House
Glocca Morra - Beer Olympics

Entry Filed under: Awesome