Bully + Rolling Blackouts + Tempura Nights @ Woolly Mammoth, 12.12.2015
The 8th day of Gigmas. It’s been 10 shows in 9 nights and it’s the final show for the year. It’s the end of a long week but one that was so enjoyable and brought back memories of the good old days photographing for Rave when there would be times of the year when doing […]
Mercury Rev + Primitive Motion + Fainting Spells @ The Zoo, 11.12.2015
Friday night brings the 7th day of Gigmas It’s a show I wasn’t expecting to get and indeed it’s come via a really late confirmation on the day of the show. The show obviously hadn’t sold very well as there was a two-for-one fire sale in the last few days leading up to the gig […]
Moon Duo + Dreamtime + Grinding Eyes @ The Zoo, 09.12.2015
And so to the fifth day of gigmas. From a packed Triffid last night, it’s a much less packed Wednesday night at The Zoo. Depressingly, it’s only my second gig at The Zoo this year (excluding popping in for some of the BigSound showcases. The only other time I was here during 2015 was for […]
Goat + King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard + ORB @ Triffid, 08.12.2015
Tuesday brings the fourth day of Gigmas. Although Triffid annoyingly never advertise their set times, checking on each band’s Facebook page I’m able to get the start times for the three bands playing tonight. There are a lot of terribly named Australian bands and also a lot of bands that take on names that they […]
Thurston Moore Band @ Woolly Mammoth, 07.12.2015
It’s a Monday night and the third day of Gigmas (having had the Sunday night off, although I’m sure I could have found a show to go to, especially given all the Meredith sideshows in town at the moment). Gold Class are the single supporting act tonight and although I saw them on the Friday […]
Shellac + Crooked Fiddle Band @ Triffid, 05.12.2015
The second day of Gigmas takes me to Triffid for Shellac. Famously Shellac never have a guest list, something I learnt last time they played in Brisbane with a show at The Zoo. It’s not so much the buying the ticket that’s ever the issue with bands I want to see, it’s more that I […]
Gold Class + Per Purpose + Pleasure Symbols @ The Foundry, 04.12.2015
The first day of Gigmas continues with Gold Class at The Foundry, which is basically the after show from the 4ZZZ Birthday party at the Old Museum. By the time I get here, I’ve already missed the opening 100% but get to see the rest of the night’s bands. The last time I saw GC […]
4ZZZ’s 40th Birthday Party @ The Old Museum, 04.12.2015
We’re into the last month of the year and a run of shows that I’m calling Gigmas. Thanks largely to all the Meredith sideshows happening in Brisbane, it’s a crazy nine shows in nine days, just like the good old days at Rave. It makes such a refreshing change to get some festival sideshows, given […]
Future Islands + Curse Ov Dialect @ Triffid, 16.11.2015
I was never sold on that Future Islands appearance on Letterman, I didn’t get the hype about either them or the performance. That perception changed when they played at Laneway earlier this year, when they were one of the standout acts of the day. I think sometimes (maybe often) TV appearances just don’t translate into […]
AC/DC + The Hives + Kingswood @ QSAC, 12.11.2015
AC/DC are a band I grew up with and have been listening to and enjoying for decades. I’d never seen them so bought a ticket for one of the QSAC shows, a venue that’s just up the road from where I live, never expecting to be successful with applying for a photo pass. Getting a […]
E^ST + Golden Vessel, Mid Ayr @ Black Bear Lodge, 01.10.2015
On the Wednesday night I stayed in the Valley after work as Kirin J Callinan was playing a random Brisbane show at Brightside. After having some food (burrito), I headed to the venue at around 8:30pm only to find that the headliner was playing a 10:40 to 11:30pm set. On a Wednesday. So I just […]
BIGSOUND 2015, 10.09.2015 – Part 2
The final set of photos from BigSound 2015. Highlights were Jonny Telephone at Ric’s, one of the pleasant surprises of the whole thing, and, as yesterday, Major Leagues and Totally Mild. I’d never seen Waax before and they were fun to photograph as was Milwaukee Banks. I’m not a fan of the music but really […]
BIGSOUND 2015, 10.09.2015 – Part 1
As for Parts 1 and 2 from the first night of showcases, these photos are presented alphabetically rather than in chronological order from the night. Looking through them now it’s hard to remember anything or anyone that really stood out from this selection of bands. Maybe Darts, maybe Sui Zhen? That’s the trouble with cramming […]
BIGSOUND 2015, 09.09.2015 – Part 2
I’ve been too lazy to sort out the Bigsound photos by the time the acts played, instead you get them by alphabetical order, with Part 2 of the first night being the bands starting with a letter between L – W. Highlights from this set of photos from the first night of showcases are Major […]
BIGSOUND 2015, 09.09.2015 – Part 1
I went to BigSound and photographed a lot of bands across the two nights of live showcases. It’s one of those occasions where photo opportunities are maximised at the expense of spending time with any of the acts. Highlights from this first set of photos were the musically-worlds-apart Aldous Harding and High Tension. The Aldous […]
Blank Realm + Nite Fields + 100%, 05.09.2015
Nine months and more on, I realised that I’d completely missed to log this show or write any notes about it. It was the launch party for Blank Realm’s latest album and a good show from what I remember, with good supports too, although also the usual frustration of photographing Blank Realm in poorly lit […]
Alpine + Pearls + Olympia @ Triffid, 03.07.2015
It was a surprise to open Brisbane street press publication, ‘The Music’, a couple of weeks ago and find that the lead review for that edition only gave the new Alpine album 2.5 stars. Obviously whether or not it was worthy of 2.5 stars is neither here nor there, albums by Australian acts getting anything […]
Rainbow Chan + Nonsemble @ GoMA, 29.05.2015
I was supposed to be at GoMA last week for Sky Needle & McKisko but managed to get my times wrong and couldn’t make it. It was a lot earlier than all of the other Up Late shows I’ve been to and there was no way I could get there in time by the time […]