Matt & Kim + Citizen Kay + Tiger Beams @ The Zoo, 09.05.2013
Although I’d done a couple of interviews for Rave as their go-to person for taking to people about photography, and in fact my first ever effort wound up being the feature story, I’d never done a Q&A before. Having been offered one with Matt & Kim, and with no one else showing any interest, I […]
Occults + Rule Of Thirds + Keep On Dancin’s + Screaming Match @ Black Bear Lodge, 02.05.2013
I had it in my diary that Keep On Dancin’s were playing tonight but it wasn’t until the day of the gig that Facebook showed a four band show. Keep On Dancin’s launching a cassette single, while the two bands ahead of them on the bill, Adelaide’s Rule of Thirds and Brisbane’s Occults were both […]
God Bows To Math + Tiny Spiders + Undead Apes + Roku Music @ The Waiting Room, 27-04-2013
Go to any photography forum or ask any music photographer and the advice they’ll just about all give you is to make the first lens you buy a 50mm f1.7. The famous and seemingly well regarded ‘Nifty Fifty’. However, despite this being the general consensus among photographers, I’ve always hated my 50mm f1.7 lens and […]
Dig It Up! 2013 – Hoodoo Gurus + Blue Oyster Cult + Flamin’ Groovies @ The Tivoli, 18.04.2013
When I used to photograph for Rave, I made myself a name as the photographer who was more interested in photographing ‘old time’ acts. Obviously part of this is an age thing, and wanting to photograph acts who were part of my musical heritage when I was growing up, but it’s also partly about photographing […]
The Mark Of Cain + Blacklevel Embassy + The Sea Shall Not Have Them @ The Hi-Fi, 21.03.2013
I always feel awkward at gigs where a band plays to a small crowd but where I’m stood right at the front photographing. It’s worse in venues where there isn’t a front barrier as at least the steelwork provides some separation between the band and the crowd and your own little area to work in. […]
Bob Mould + Screamfeeder @ The Zoo, 08.03.2013
If there’s one thing that happens on a regular occurrence in Brisbane, it’s weeks and weeks without any interesting gigs and then everyone playing on the same night. Tonight’s heavyweight clash is between Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds at The Riverstage and Bob Mould playing Copper Blue at The Zoo. Relevant but a whole […]
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds @ The Riverstage, 08.03.2013
Once again it’s a very last minute confirmation of accreditation and as ever, for all Nick Cave bands, it’s a one song, no flash scenario. It’s frustrating and somewhat annoying as these days, especially when it’s a show with a pit, I’m finding that two songs is enough but one song gives you very little […]
Cat Power + Mick Turner @ The Tivoli, 05.03.2013
Photos of Cat Power playing at The Tivoli in March 2013, with support from Mick Turner.
Stone Roses @ The Riverstage, 01.02.2013
Brown & Squire & Mani & Reni play a Future Music sideshow at Brisbane’s Riverstage and bring their shitty photo contract with them.
Einstürzende Neubauten @ The Tivoli, 23.02.2013
Photos of Einstürzende Neubauten’s Brisbane show at The Tivoli on 23 February 2013
Soundwave 2013 @ RNA Showgrounds, Saturday 23 February 2013 – Part 3
Cancer Bats are yet another one of those Stage 4 bands that, a few weeks on, I have no clear recollection of. All the Stage 4 band have just all blended into one. Danko Jones fill some time between bands, although I don’t know anything about them. Band fatigue has well and truly set in […]
Soundwave 2013 @ RNA Showgrounds, Saturday 23 February 2013 – Part 2
Kyuss were another one of those bands that completely passed me by and I didn’t know much about them until I moved to Australia and found that they were really big in Newtown and their videos were always on the jukebox in the Sandringham. When the band come out, I’m trying to figure out if […]
Soundwave 2013 @ RNA Showgrounds, Saturday 23 February 2013 – Part 1
If there’s one constant to take away from every Soundwave, it’s that any plans to photograph the first couple of bands of the day always go straight out of the window as the photo passes are never ready to collect from the box office in time. It’s the same story every year. Looking back at […]
Blink 182 + The Vandals + Sharks @ RNA Showgrounds, 22.02.2013
Blink 182 play a rare Brisbane festival sideshow on the Friday night before Saturday’s Soundwave. The afternoon of the show takes an interesting turn on Twitter as Soundwave promoter, AJ Maddah, and Blink drummer, Travis Barker, become embroiled in a massive online spat that spans most of the afternoon. The crux of the argument is […]
Laneway 2013 @ RNA Showgrounds, Friday 1 February 2013 – Part 3
Jessie Ware is a quick in/out photo opportunity, less than a song and a half to rush back to the rest of Pond’s set. I only last that long as the lighting is rubbish and I wait until the second song to see if there’s any improvement. There’s only two of us in the photo […]
The Very Belated That Was The Year That Was 2012
If I recall correctly from a time management course that work sent me on last year, in order for something to become a habit, you need to do it 21 times consecutively in the appropriate time period, e.g. if it’s a daily action, you need to do it for 21 days in a row, if […]
Laneway 2013 @ RNA Showgrounds, Friday 1 February 2013 – Part 2
The Rubens are easily the worst band of the day, a country mile out front, head and shoulders above everyone. In fact they’re the worst band I’ve seen in a long, long time. If you told me they were a high school band who had won a local competition to play at Laneway, I probably […]
Laneway 2013 @ RNA Showgrounds, Friday 1 February 2013 – Part 1
Laneway is usually one of the high points of the festival season (with the exception of last year’s rain affected shambles). It’s just about the only festival, if not the only festival, where you get to see some new bands and not the same-old, same-old festival fodder that all the other major festivals put on […]
Deadshits 4 – Woods + Hunx & His Punx + Black Realm vs Naked On The Vague + Kitchens Floor @ The Zoo, 25.01.2013
A very last minute arranged trip to The Zoo for the latest edition of Deadshits. Although I’d photographed Deadshits #1 and Deadshits #2, and taken a bunch of photos that I really like, I didn’t make it to #3. Looking at a line-up that included Scott & Charlene’s Wedding, Absolute Boys, Angel Eyes, Kitchen’s Floor, […]
Big Day Out 2013 @ Gold Coast Parklands, 20.01.2013 – Part 3
When Crystal Castles played in the Boiler Room a couple of years ago, the experience of photographing them from the stage was cool. It was nice to have that opportunity and to have a set of photos to provide some variety from the usual “up-nose”view festival photos (even if some photographers hogged the best positions […]
Big Day Out 2013 @ Gold Coast Parklands, 20.01.2013 – Part 2
The quickest way back to the media tent after a few songs of Jagwar Ma is through the photo pit. Grinspoon are about to start so I make the most of the walk by taking a couple of photos in the first song. Some might say it was a good walk spoiled. Death Grips are […]
Big Day Out 2013 @ Gold Coast Parklands, 20.01.2013 – Part 1
Back when I lived on the northside of Brisbane, the train journey down to Helensvale felt like it took forever. Now that I live on the southside, it takes a whole lot less time, the only downside being by the time the train gets to me, there’s standing room only. Everyone on a train heading […]
Big Day Out 2013 @ Gold Coast Parklands, 20.01.2013 – The Very Belated Quick Round-Up
A couple of years ago I got back from a trip to the UK and a few hours later was out photographing a festival in the Botanic Gardens. Unfortunately I had been en route and had missed the far superior line-up of the first day of Sunset Sounds but getting out of the house to […]
Soundwave 2013 on Film
I can remember saying when I got my first digital camera that I saw no reason to stop using my film camera and expected to keep using both cameras side-by-side. For a while I did keep photographing gigs in film and digital but it didn’t last too long. Since that time I’ve had rolls of random […]
