…And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of The Dead + Nikko + To The North @ The Hi-Fi, 09.09.2011
It will come to a surprise to no one that I keep an annual spreadsheet for all the gigs I go to and all the bands I photograph; who, where, when, support acts, number of bands photographed, that sort of thing. Having updated the spreadsheet this week with a few gigs I hadn’t yet added, […]
Richmond Fontaine + Gentle Ben & His Sensitive Side @ The Troubadour, 29.05.2010
There’s an abundance of bands playing in the Valley tonight – with Texas Tea and Keep On Dancin’s at Ric’s and the R.I.P. Society Records Label Party in the Brunswick Street Mall with Dead Farmers, Royal Headache, Kitchen’s Floor and Bed Wettin’ Bad Boys – but I’m at The Troubadour again, the second of two […]
Meet Me In The Middle Of The Air @ The Riverstage, 23.07.2011
I enjoy the evenings that the Queensland Music Festival (QMF) puts on each year at the Riverstage as the festival’s main event. They always provide something different, the sort of show you’re unlikely to see in Brisbane unless it’s a special one-off, as with tonight’s pairing of Paul Kelly and Paul Grabowsky. They’re always well […]
Jesus Jones + The Wonder Stuff + Clouds @ The Tivoli, 18.08.2011
The third proper gig I ever went to was The Wonder Stuff. The Great Hall at Exeter University. 20 November 1989. The Wonder Stuff headling, Eat supporting, Ned’s Atomic Dustbin opening. £6. From a music perspective, growing up in near Exeter was far from ideal. Few bands made the 80 miles each-way detour west of […]
Sarah Blasko + Seja @ QPAC, 21.10.2010
Despite living in Brisbane for more than five years (at the time) I’d never even been to a gig at QPAC’s main auditorium, let alone photographed anything there. Having done it once (and not since almost a year later) it’s not somewhere I would be too excited about going back to in either capacity. Based […]
Ty Segall + Tiny Migrants @ Woodland, 07.07.2011
Another Thursday night gig, another Thursday night at Woodland and another gig where I only know the headline act by reputation and recommendation rather than a real familiarity with the songs. The times have been put up on Facebook but based on previous form I’m not too worried to be running more than twenty minutes […]
I Used To Skate Once 7 @ The Zoo, 23.06.2011
It feels like it was only yesterday that I popped into I Used To Skate Once 6 on the way to and on the way back from the gorgeous Hope Sandoval gig at The Tivoli. This year I had originally put in to cover Helmet at The Hi-Fi but decided that this would be more […]
OFWGKTA @ The Hi-Fi, 05.06.2011
From Kylie on Friday night to OFWGKTA on Sunday night. Odd Future have been one of the more interesting phenomenons in 2011. They’ve gone from me having never heard of them, first seeing their name on the Vivid Live bill, and suddenly being everywhere. And despite all that I wouldn’t be able to hum you […]
Kylie Minogue + Gypsy & The Cat @ BEC, 03.06.2011
I never expected to get assigned to this in a million years. When the concert calendar for the fortnight was emailed out it included a whole list of shows that had already been assigned, including tonight’s show, and a note not to ask to cover these shows. The first email was followed up slightly later […]
The Pajama Club + Glass Towers @ The Zoo, 12.06.2011
Straight from Unconvention to the Joynt for a few post conference drinks and straight from the Joynt to The Zoo for The Pajama Club’s, Neil Finn’s new band, second ever gig, having played in Byron on the Saturday night. I’ve been a huge Neil Finn for a long while. Although I don’t think it was […]
Van Dyke Parks and Kinky Friedman @ Brisbane Powerhouse, 25.06.2011
I saw Van Dyke Parks play at the Powerhouse a couple years ago, when he was here for Big Sound and played the upstairs balcony room, a lovely space that I’d never been to before (or since). It was the same day as that year’s Frankly festival and the audience included a very sweaty Peaches, […]
The Black Angels @ The Hi-Fi, 30.06.2011
The Black Angels are another one of those bands that I didn’t know a whole load about but who were recommended to me by so many people when their tour was announced that I decided to put in for it. The gig was advertised as them headlining with Joel Gion from Brian Jonestown supporting as […]
Clare Bowditch @ The HiFi, 08.10.2010
I always really enjoy photographing Claire Bowditch and have written previously that it’s impossible to take a bad photo of her. Tonight I completely dispel that theory by taking as load of rubbish in those first three songs. I don’t think it’s entirely my fault; the lighting in the Hi-Fi is typically very low and […]
Gary Numan @ The Tivoli, 12.05.2011
Having last been here in March 2009, Gary Numan makes a fairly swift return to The Tivoli as part of his tour celebrating the 30th anniversary of his third album, but the first released under his own name, The Pleasure Principle. I don’t get there until really late, so late in fact that not only […]
BluesFest 2011: Day 6 – Tuesday 26.04.2011
Having had a relaxing and leisurely long-weekend, the last day of BluesFest, Day Six, is when I go to work. Compared to the rest of the weekend, the day starts early with Osibisa in the Mojo Tent before Tim Finn over on the Crossroads stage. Last time I saw Tim Finn was at The Troubadour, […]
BluesFest 2011: Day 5 – Monday 25.04.2011
Monday is another day spent at the beach before an evening drive up to Tyagarah for the last few acts of the night; Jethro Tull, Bob Dylan and Elvis Costello. Bob Dylan hasn’t allowed photographers in the photo pit for about 30 years so I know when I apply for accreditation that I’m not going […]
BluesFest 2011: Day 4 – Sunday 24.04.2011
Although Lowell George is long gone, I had originally wanted to photograph Little Feat. Not really sure why to be quite honest… But ever since the first day of the festival they had been written up on the media tent’s whiteboard as not allowing photographers. So instead I headed in a bit later for Mavis […]
BluesFest 2011: Day 3 – Saturday 23.04.2011
Originally I had planned on making the drive up from Ballina late in the day for John Legend. Other than that there was no one I was especially interested in photographing or seeing. Indigo Girls? No. Wolfmother? Bored of seeing them, bored of photographing them. Imogen Heap? Maybe, but not enough to make me hang […]
BluesFest 2011: Day 2 – Friday 22.04.2011
Until the evening before, I’d never heard of Fistful of Mercy. I can’t even remember taking it in when looking at the timetable and planning my long weekend down the coast. Either way it’s a terrible name. They were described to me as “Ben Harper, George Harrison’s son and some other guy”; it’s a fairly […]
BluesFest 2011: Day 1 – Thursday 21.04.2011
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 […]
Boomgates + Super Wild Horses + Per Purpose @ Woodland, 07.05.2011
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 […]
The Go! Team + Toy Balloon @ The Zoo, 03.05.2011
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! ] […]
Flood Bank @ The Old Museum, 03.02.2011
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 […]
Stature::Statue + Velociraptor + Dune Rats + Horse Fight + Tape/Off @ The Zoo, 28.04.2011
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 […]
