Kate Hoos is a New York based photographer, writer, and musician. Her work has been featured in Brooklyn Vegan, Tom Tom Magazine, Razorcake, Maximum Rock N Roll, and more. A stalwart of the DIY punk scene for many years, she served as an organizer for Punk Island from 2016-2022 and is the veteran of several bands, most recently playing drums with Witch Slap from 2019-2021.

When not out and about with a camera in hand or playing a show, she can be found slinging merch, lurking on abandoned train tracks or hanging with her cats, usually with her nose buried in a book.

Jeni is a Newport based hot yoga enthusiast and lover of ALL of the vegan cheese. When she grows up she’s going to be Dorothy Zbornak.

Rebecca is a writer, drummer, and yoga teacher. Her work has appeared in Tom Tom Magazine, Bust, and Brooklyn Magazine. She lives in the Catskills with two cats who boss her around.

Ray is the big bald guy that you see regularly in the photo pit at all too many shows.  When he’s not there he’s probably umpiring a baseball game or refereeing basketball.

Amanda Meth is a person who deeply loves music and food so much that she can’t help but write about and photograph both of these things. Based in Brooklyn and raised in the Bay Area, she grew up going to shows at legendary venues such as The Fillmore and Slim’s (RIP) and making friends with musicians and music lovers both online and in-person. She has a guitar that mostly sits in her closet but on occasion gets around to playing it. Her work can be found on her website,  Amanda Meth. Her photography can be seen @amandaholdsacamera.  Her food writing can be found at World of Vegan. She lives in Bushwick with her cat Aidy Lion and can often be found at a show, in the kitchen, or at karaoke covering as much Bruce Springsteen as possible. 

Emilio Herce is a writer, musician, photographer, and music publicist based in Brooklyn. He has been involved in the NYC music scene for over 10 years and is very tired. His work can be found at Weird Kids Up Front. 

Kate Bell is a writer, musician, theater artist, and teaching artist living in Brooklyn.  She’s played bass, keys, and/or sung with various bands in NYC for almost twenty years. Her current musical project is Creek and Kills. Kate also curates the BQuakE! music series at Mama Tried in Brooklyn.

Kevin’s that tall, long haired dude blocking your view at most shows and is commonly mistaken for Jesus. A former musician himself and an avid concert goer since the 80’s, he started capturing the magic in 2018.