Posts Tagged ‘2013’

Eight

I managed to be disorganised enough to miss the eighth anniversary of keeping a blog yesterday. In those eight years I have written 544 with this post now being Number 545.  It’s been another slow year of 50 published posts.  I guess it’s a slight increase on last year’s 45 but a long way down […]


Chic featuring Nile Rodgers @ The Tivoli, 15.12.2013

Ever since I’ve been interested in music photography (and that’s quite some time) one of my very favourite photos and probably my favourite group shot has been the Jill Furmanovsky photo of Chic. Group photos is something I don’t do a whole lot, I’ve always much preferred a portrait style but getting a good shot […]


Bitch Prefect + Cured Pink + Primitive Motion @ Black Bear Lodge, 29.11.2013

I was disappointed with the latest Bitch Prefect album and mentioned it to someone that was reviewing it that it made me think that the whole Dolewave sound had gone as far as it could go. Fast forward a few months and it’s been amusing to see a bunch of articles about Dolewave and a […]


The Breeders + Screamfeeder @ The Tivoli, 29.10.2013

Making the photos in your head that you want to take match the photos that you actually take at a show is a regular source of frustration.  However, tonight is a good night as at the fifth time of asking, I get a photo of Kim Deal that I’m really happy with. The first time […]


Regurgitator + Wampire @ The Hi-Fi, 11.10.2013

Rock ‘n’ Roll is full of lame excuses but probably the most lame of all is missing a couple of bands because I was trying to buy a tie for a wedding I was going to on the following day. It’s a long story but somehow thanks to erroneous gift card swiping, via accusations that […]


The Nation Blue + Batpiss + Roku Music + Grieg @ Crowbar, 05.10.2013

Grieg are the latest Brisbane super-group featuring Jon from Undead Apes, Tamara from Hits and Alex from No Anchor. I think this might be their first show and there are probably more people here to see them than there are for the rest of the night. It’s one of those Saturday nights in Brisbane when […]


The Drones + Harmony @ The Hi-Fi, Brisbane 26.09.2013

Anytime anyone and everyone photographs The Drones, they always come away with the same photos of Gareth Liddiard pressed up against his mic, his face contorted, his mouth open as he sings. Having photographed the band a number of times, once again I find myself in the situation of wanting to photograph differently and developing […]


Mere Noise 10th Birthday Party: Vegas Kings + HITS + Tiny Migrants + Death Rides A Horse @ Black Bear Lodge, 07.09.2013

Seeing the Vegas Kings tonight really makes me miss Ric’s circa 2005/06. A few years ago Black Bear Lodge would have been packed and an easy sell out, and it’s really surprising that it isn’t, even more so as it’s free entry. I guess the trouble is that all those 20-somethings grew up, started families […]


Bloods + Major Leagues @ The Worker’s Club, Melbourne, 30.08.2013

I’m always surprised whenever there’s one of those lists that places Melbourne at the top of the most liveable cities.  Although I only visit for a week or two every year, I always find it extremely overrated compared to its reputation.  You can rationalise it by considering if money was no object, would you live […]


Bardo Pond + Dreamtime @ The Zoo, 02.08.2013

As with so many shows I go to, it’s another evening spend initially wondering about how many are going to be here tonight.  There’s the usual handful when arrive, only just getting into double figures by the time the first act plays but surprisingly the numbers swell by the time the headliners play.  There’s far […]


Kirin J Callinan + Standish/Carlyon + Scraps + Per Purpose @ The Zoo, 29.06.2013

I’ve been suffering with a throat infection (that almost 3 months on doesn’t feel like it’s fully gone) and miss out on the BBQ/Lovely Legs/Go Violets show at The Troubadour on the Friday night, hoping that I’ll be feeling better for tonight. I still feel completely wiped out but it’s a good looking bill that […]


You Am I @ The Tivoli, 26.06.2013

I’m heading to the Tivoli for the first night of two You Am I shows at the venue, where they’re playing their Hourly Daily and Hi Fi Way albums in full Don’t Look Back-style. There’s no information saying anything about support acts for the night and the band’s Facebook page announces that they’re playing at […]


Beaches + Per Purpose + Occults @ Black Bear Lodge, 14.06.2013

Everyone is a photographer these days. If you’ve been to a gig in the last few years you will have no doubt noticed the fact.  From mobile phone cameras, through digital compacts and all the way to DSLRs, everyone is at it.  For better or worse, everyone is at it.  For worse is the change […]


Texas Tea + Shifting Sands + Johnny & The Fembots @ Black Bear Lodge, 09.06.2013

It’s been a long while since I’ve seen Black Bear Lodge (the old Troubadour) this busy.  It’s Texas Tea last show until 2014, with the band heading off for a European tour and then Kate heading off to Sweden for the year, which hopefully brought in a fair number of people.  It’s also the Sunday […]


No Anchor + Ø + Vassals @ The Waiting Room, 31.05.2013

Another evening at The Waiting Room and another chance to force myself to only use my f1.7 50mm lens again. The trouble with using it tonight is that it’s very restrictive in a busy, small venue. As a prime lens, it’s a lens where you have to use your feet rather than adjust the focal […]


Super Wild Horses + Day Ravies + The Kramers @ Black Bear Lodge, 17.05.2013

Amazingly there has been some recent discussion regarding whether you should bother going to see the support bands.  It might be just me, but it seems like there’s been noticeable decline in music writing in the first half of 2013.  There’s very little in the way of creative writing or developed and considered prose; it’s […]


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 […]


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.