Last year I went to BluesFest for the first time. I’d never applied to cover it before as being away from home for five days over a public holiday long weekend seemed a bit unfair and selfish. Plus the cost of being away down in Byron for five days always put me off. But last […]
May 31, 2011 | Categories: Music Photography | Tags: Billy Gibbons, BluesFest 2011, BluesFest2011, Byron Bay, Dusty Hill, Frank Beard, Justin Edwards, Music Photography, Rave Magazine, Sony a700, Thursday, Tyagarah Tea Tree Farm, ZZ Top | Leave A Comment »
My first trip to Woodland last year (to see sixfthick) was really enjoyable and I had high hopes for the new venue. However, in the last 6 or so months I’ve found myself disliking the place more and more. It’s no big issue really, I mean I don’t like loads of the venues in Brisbane […]
May 20, 2011 | Categories: Music Photography | Tags: Boomgates, Justin Edwards, Music Photography, Per Purpose., Rave Magazine, Sony a700, Super Wild Horses, Woodland | 3 Comments »
I always despise those half arsed, cliche-ridden, lazy street press live reviews that end along the lines of “…and the crowd all left with smiles on their faces”. However, if anyone reviewing tonight’s Go! Team show ends their review with similar words, I’d be more than happy to forgive them. [update: oh, look! ] […]
May 19, 2011 | Categories: Music Photography | Tags: Brisbane, Chi Fukami Taylor, Ian Parton, Jamie Bell, Justin Edwards, Kaori Tsuchida, Music Photography, Ninja, Rave Magazine, Sam Dook, Sony a700, The Go! Team, The Zoo | Leave A Comment »
The evening before Laneway finds me at the Old Museum for the Flood Bank benefit night, as the name suggests a fundraiser for people affected by the 2011 floods in Queensland, with 100% of the proceeds going to the Premier’s Flood Appeal. As well as the gig, the organisers asked a number of Brisbane music […]
May 13, 2011 | Categories: Music Photography | Tags: Ball Park Music, Blonde On Blonde, Brisbane, February 2011, Flood Bank, Justin Edwards, Music Photography, Rave Magazine, Sony a700, The Medics, The Old Museum, Violent Soho | Leave A Comment »
It’s the launch night for Stature::Statue’s debut album but also their last show. It seems to happen a lot in Brisbane that bands either make an album and either call it a day soon after (as recently done by The Rocketsmiths) or get most of the way through recording and don’t even get around to […]
May 10, 2011 | Categories: Music Photography | Tags: Brisbane, Dune Rats, Horse Fight, Justin Edwards, Music Photography, Rave Magazine, Sony a700, Stature::Statue, Tape/Off, The Zoo, Velociraptor | Leave A Comment »
Seeing Belle & Sebastian at All Tomorrow’s Parties in the UK in December was exciting. It wasn’t just that the band were curating the weekend and the main band on the Saturday night or that ATP is the more civilised way to experience a music festival but it the weekend was part of a two […]
May 09, 2011 | Categories: Music Photography | Tags: Belle & Sebastian, Bobby Kildea, Brisbane, Justin Edwards, Music Photography, Rave Magazine, Sarah Martin, Sony a700, Stevie Jackson, Stuart Murdoch, The Tivoli | Leave A Comment »
I see that there are time listed for three acts tonight on Woodland’s Facebook page but as I don’t bother to check each of them out I arrive at the venue nice and early for Bardeya, only to find it’s a laptop DJ for the next 45 minutes. The weird thing about tonight is that […]
May 05, 2011 | Categories: Music Photography | Tags: Bardeya, Brisbane, Ghoul, Justin Edwards, Music Photography, Rave Magazine, Seekae, Sony a700, Woodland | Leave A Comment »
Day Three of Splendour and the battery in my mobile lasts long enough for a single tweet: Tent collapse. Slept in car. Need hat. Bad hair. Festival oversold. Florence carnage. Raisin bread and can of mother for breakfast. #sitg. It’s a good summary of Saturday night/Sunday morning. I keep seeing the reformed Pixies and they […]
May 04, 2011 | Categories: Music Photography | Tags: 2010, Ash, Australia, Boy & Bear, Broken Social Scene, Goldfrapp, Jonsi, Justin Edwards, Kate Nash, Live Music & Threats Panel, Mess+Noise, Music Photography, Piracy Debate, Pixies, Richard Ashcroft & The United Nations Of Sound, SITG, SITG2010, Sony a700, Splendour In The Grass, The Mess Hall, The Vines, Woodford, Woodfordia | Leave A Comment »