Brisbane Laneway 2011 @ Alexandria Street, 04.02.2011 – Part 4
If Two Door Cinema Club are the type of band that makes you question whether you’re just too old to like popular music, Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti are the type of band that makes you question whether you’re still in tune with the more leftfield side of music, the music that’s been critically acclaimed and […]
Brisbane Laneway 2011 @ Alexandria Street, 04.02.2011 – Part 3
These days I find it almost impossible to keep up with all the new music released in the year and so tend to catch up on things I’ve missed when the music industry does its ‘Best Of’ lists at the end of each year. The last Beach House album was one of those albums and […]
Brisbane Laneway 2011 @ Alexandria Street, 04.02.2011 – Part 2
“Les Savy Fav played. Some other bands were also present” This is where I try and remember anything about any of the other bands that played… I guess the writing was on the wall for Laneway’s status as a boutique festival this time last year, when some canny booking meant a bill that boasted Florence […]
This Is Not A Photo Opportunity Has Wood
Seems like only yesterday…. Yep, we made it through another year and scarily have made it all the way to five years of blogging, our Wooden Anniversary. When you start out you never think about the future or that in five years time you might still be writing about poor lighting at Brisbane venues, shows that […]
Brisbane Laneway 2011 @ Alexandria Street, 04.02.2011 – Part 1: Les Savy Fav
They might not have been the headliners or even playing on either of the festivals two main stages, but whoever tweeted “Les Savy Fav played. Some other bands were also present” perfectly summed up this year’s Laneway. The original plan was to photograph the first three songs and then go and photograph Deerhunter but seconds […]
Good Vibrations @ Gold Coast Parklands, 19.02.2011 – Part 2
As the day goes by, the numbers at Parklands increase to a respectable number, and there’s a decent number at each of the stages. I’ve never seen some many shirt-off bogans and chest tattoos in all my life though. Highlight of the second half of the day is Kelis, who, as with Erykah Badu, has […]
Good Vibrations @ Gold Coast Parklands, 19.02.2011 – Part 1
It’s Saturday morning and if there’s one place I don’t want to be today it’s Good Vibrations. I mean I did, once, when I said I’d head down to the Gold Coast for the day and photograph it, but that was when the two main drawcards (for me at least) – Janelle Monae and Cee […]
The Hold Steady @ The Zoo, 09.03.2011
When it comes to flicking through the shelves of CDs at my place to decide what to put on the stereo, more often than not the conversation starts with the following opening: Girlfriend – “Every time I think there can’t be any more Bruce Springsteen albums, I manage to find another one”. What can I say? I […]
Powderfinger + Jet + You Am I @ The Riverstage, 13.11.2010
In a way I’ve already summarised Powderfinger’s last ever show in the post about the Vegas Kings’ last show, which took place later that same night. On one side of Brisbane, down by the river, Powderfinger are playing the final show of their illustrious 20 year career. Surprisingly, given the demand, that is the fourth show […]
Gang Of Four @ The Hi-Fi, 25.02.2011
Incredible, just incredible. I didn’t know what to expect from tonight but even more than two weeks after the show I’m still completely blown away by just how good it was. Having spent a couple of days before the gig re-familiarising myself with Entertainment! and Solid Gold I’ve hardly listened to anything else since. When bands […]
Roxy Music @ The Riverstage, 01.03.2011
Well. To say that I royally fucked up tonight would be a bit of an understatement. Being led through the backstage to the front of the Riverstage, the photographers are greeted with a seated audience and a barrier pushed very close up to the stage, with the gap between the stage and the barrier being […]
