Violent Soho + Ceres + Black Deity @ Mansfield Tavern, 07.11.2014
Driving the 15 minutes across Brisbane’s southern bible belt, from Salisbury where there are probably as many churches as shops, past Hillsong’s base in Mt Gravatt to Mansfield, Brisbane’s infamous religious heartland and the home of Violent Soho, it strikes that in over 10 years in Australia, I don’t think I’ve ever been to a […]
Cibo Matto + Richard In Your Mind + Ben Ely @ The Zoo, 29.10.2014
I have the photos to prove that I was there, but struggle to recall many memories from the night. There are some nights when you become so pre-occupied with photographing that the night quickly passes you without making much of an impression. It happens on ‘bad’ nights when you’re not happy with the photographs you’re […]
Bedroom Suck Records’ 5th Birthday Party @ Black Bear Lodge, 19.10.2014
Time may be getting faster every year but it’s crazy to look at how much Bedroom Sucks Records have achieved in the last five years, their first five years. As the man said, they’ve put out some of the best music in Australia in that time and keep going from strength to strength. By comparison, […]
Courtney Barnett + D.D. Dumbo + Mosman Alder @ The Zoo, 11.10.2014
There was life before Kate Bush and there is life after Kate Bush. The live shows I’ve been to in the last couple of months just haven’t done it for me and it’s all La Bush’s fault for putting on the greatest show ever. Admittedly, I haven’t set my aim that high since getting back […]
Ghost Notes + Winternationale + Pale Earth @ The Waiting Room, 04.10.2014
The final show at The Waiting Room. It always felt that the DIY scene that I first found at 610 when I moved to Brisbane matured to the Hangar in Paddington and then progressed to the Waiting Room. It probably explains why I’ve been seeing the same people at shows for the last decade, even […]
Pop Will Eat Itself + Dog Machine + Monster Zoku Onsomb @ The Zoo, 05.09.2014
Last Wednesday I was in London seeing Kate Bush, this Wednesday I was in Perth seeing No Bunny. At one point during the show a bottle of whisky was passed from the stage into the audience, some ‘mates’ forced it down their mate’s throat and within seconds he is vomiting all over the floor. Last […]
Kate Bush @ Hammersmith Apollo, 27.08.2014 & 29.08.2014
I don’t think I dream like other people do. My dreams are rarely about events or occurrences in my life, past or present, and seldom about the people in it, be they friends, family or loved ones. My mostly commonly recurring dreams centre on gigs and live music, and especially photographing them. The usual synopsis […]
