ATP – In Between Days 2009: APSE + Sleepy Sun + Deerhoof + Polvo, 11-12-2009
File under ‘Better Late Than Never (Maybe): Part 4. For the final day of In Between Days there’s a change from the Wild West theme pub stylings of Crazy Horse to the much larger Red’s bar. Although a few more people have turned up a day early for the 10 Days of ATP weekend, moving […]
ATP – In Between Days 2009: Om + Bardo Pond + Mum + Growing, 10-12-2009
File under ‘Better Late Than Never (Maybe): Part 3’. One of the disappointing things about In Between Days was that there wasn’t a lot to do during the days whilst waiting for the bands to start in the evening. With only 100 or so people on site most of the facilities were closed; no swimming […]
ATP – In Between Days 2009: Fuck Buttons + Dirty Three + Josh T Pearson, 09-12-2009
File under ‘Better Late Than Never (Maybe): Part 2’. Day 2 of In Between Days is easily the best day of the four, mainly because getting to see Dirty Three play close up on a tiny stage in a tiny venue (a Western theme bar to boot) with 100 other people is always going to […]
ATP – In Between Days 2009: Lightning Bolt + Glass Rock + Alexander Tucker, 08-12-2009
File under ‘Better Late Than Never (Maybe): Part 1’. The first day of In Between Days 2009 was all about finally getting to see Lightning Bolt. Whilst they had played the Sunday night of MBV’s Nightmare Before Xmas, they clashed with getting to see MBV for the third time in three days and as I […]
Vegas Kings @ The Troubadour, 13-11-2010
An evening of farewells. 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 at the Riverstage, that it’s the very end and supposed to be sold out, tickets are still on sale at the […]
Lost & Found Festival @ Rosie’s, 07-03-10
By the time I’d been signed up to cover the Lost Weekend Festival it had already been relocated from Ivory Rocks, a 45 minutes drive west from Brisbane, to The Riverstage and downscaled from a three day camping festival to a two day festival in the heart of the city. Having looked forward to the […]
Brisbane Sounds 2010 – The Gin Club, Grand Atlantic, The Cairos, Lion Island, Coalition Crew, Dirtybird @ The Zoo, 27-02-10
More photos from the archive.
3OH!3 + Tonight Alive @ The Old Museum, 12-08-10
They say a change is as good as a rest, which is part of the reason I find myself at 3OH!3’s all-ages show at the Old Museum tonight, something a lot more ‘pop’ than I would normally go and see. The other part of the reason is that I’ve known their Tour Manager through the […]
Batrider + Kitchen’s Floor + Blank Realm @ Rosies, 20-05-2010
Something from the hard drive archives. I didn’t write any notes the following day so musically can’t tell you much about the night, other than Batrider had a much different line up from the last time I’d seen them at The Troubadour, with only singer Sarah Chadwick remaining. The one residing memory from the night […]
This Is Not A Photo Opportunity – The Revamp
Largely based on what I’ve learnt putting together Collapse Board, I decided my own blog was well overdue for a bit of a revamp. The trouble is that it makes the posts and photos from the last 4½ years look pretty terrible. Maybe if I ever have the time I’ll go back and update all […]
Paddington Fair @ Neal Macrossan Park, Paddington 05-06-10
Spent the afternoon at Paddington Fair, ate too many hot dogs and churros, drank too much Solo, sat on the grass and took a few quick photos of some of the bands with the camera that I had dragged along with me. Gentle Ben & His Sensitive Side Pineapples From The Dawn Of Time Velociraptor Lion […]
Violent Soho + Scul Hazzards + Butcher Birds + The Seizures @ The Zoo 24-07-10
Three of Brisbane’s best bands, three bands I’ve photographed and blogged about so many times it’s hard to know what else I can say (plus opening band The Seizures, who I’d never seen before but who had my ears ringing well before the end of their set and me reaching for my ear plugs, a […]
Otouto + Seja @ Tempo Hotel 06-08-10
Tonight is a repeat of Seja’s album launch show at The Troubadour back in April with the playing order reversed and with Seja playing a solo show to Otouto‘s headlining position. It’s the first time I’ve ever been to see a show at the Tempo Hotel in any of the venue’s incarnations and possibly the last […]
Kasabian + Little Red @ The Riverstage 25-07-10
The chance to see and photograph a band that has won Best Live Act awards seems like an interesting prospect on paper. When it comes to reality it’s a whole different ball game: In fact, based on this, how Kasabian have managed to be nominated for, let alone win awards for their live show, defies […]
Sally Seltmann + Parades + Little Scout @ The Zoo 09-07-10
Although Sally Seltmann is the headliner tonight, it’s clear that Parades are the drawcard, with Seltmann playing to a much smaller audience than the main support act. Whilst Parades are an interesting and intriguing band and have a lot of good things going for them, there’s something about them that just hard to actually like, […]
Boy & Bear + Oh Ye Denver Birds + The Chemist @ The Troubadour
Although The Troubadour has sold out well in advance, and everyone is here to see Boy & Bear, it’s Oh Ye Denver Birds who are the most interesting band on show tonight. Sandwiched between the headliners and opening act, The Chemist, they’re interesting because of the mix of instruments, the mix of influences and because, […]
The Gin Club + Rocketsmiths + Ridgeback County @ The Troubadour
Tonight is the third of three consecutive nights The Gin Club has sold out The Troubadour, albeit with a reduced capacity of 100 (as opposed to the venue’s more traditional 200 person capacity). Whilst the band have their reasons for wanting to do this, from a commercial point of view it probably doesn’t make a […]
Chris Bailey + Ed Kuepper @ The Troubadour 13-05-2010
The prospect of Chris Bailey and Ed Kuepper playing a series of mini-residencies – a three week tour, three shows a week, one each in Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne at the same venues in each city – is an interesting and intriguing one, even though, based on past experience you know what you’re going to […]
Me vs Splendour In The Grass 2010
Having photographed Splendour In The Grass in 2008 and 2009, I find myself in an interesting position for 2010. I have a free media pass but because Mess+Noise (who I’m covering the festival for) forgot to apply for a photo pit pass before the deadline and before all of the passes were allocated, I don’t […]
Mark Lanegan @ The Zoo 06-07-10
As much as I really like Mark Lanegan, and all the music he’s been involved with, he’s not an easy subject to photograph, preferring to perform in extreme darkness with his eyes tightly shut. The cause isn’t helped tonight by being at The Zoo, which doesn’t have a photo pit and choosing the wrong side […]
I Used To Skate Once 6 @ The Zoo 24-06-2010
With the best part of 90 minutes to kill before Hope Sandoval is due to start her set at The Tivoli, I Used To Skate Once 6 down the road at The Zoo means that I have something to do whilst I wait. Although previous years’ events have always been in my diary, this is […]
Teenage Wolves @ Young Bloods #1, The Legion Club 02-07-10
I popped into Young Bloods #1 at The Legion Club on Friday night to check out the headline act, Teenage Wolves, as I’d been hearing good thing about them, even though they’ve only been around since the end of last year and have only played a handful of gigs. I’d never been to The Legion Club […]
Hope Sandoval & The Warm Inventions @ The Tivoli 24-06-2010
One thing I often wonder about the move away from music as a physical product to a digital one is whether the same emotional attachment is there as it was for the older generation. It’s just not the ritualistic nature that used to exist – buying the album, looking at the photos on the inlay […]
Mick Turner + Opals & Pooles + Ghost Notes @ The Hangar 23-06-10
Up until tonight I’d never been to The Hangar, although had been close a few weeks ago. When I say close I actually mean having dinner in the Lebanese restaurant across the road before deciding that I was too exhausted and getting a taxi back for a more relaxing Saturday night in front of the TV. […]
