Peaches + Monster Zoku Onsomb + MKO @ Max Watt’s, 06.05.2015
Having flu means a couple days of work. It also means missing out on the interview, Q&A and book launch with Peaches at Avid Reader the day before the show. I tried my hardest to get there by spending the entire day in bed and getting up at the very last minute I needed to […]
HITS + The Horrortones @ Triffid, 03.05.2015
The continuing series of first time visits to new/refurbished venues continues with a first time expedition to Triffid. I miss living in the inner suburbs close to the city, and if I still lived where I use to live in Teneriffe, this venue would have basically been at the end of my road, within a […]
Babaganouj + Flowertruck + Statler & Waldorf @ The Brightside, 20.03.2015
I wanted to go and see Babaganouj again as I hadn’t seen them for ages but just did this show as a pay on the door, rather than actually trying to sort out accreditation. I still feel that if a band is charging less than $15 or so that I should just pay to go […]
Sonic Masala 2015 @ Greenslopes Bowls Club, 14.03.2015: Part 2
I’m there for the duration but throughout the day, the numbers ebb and flow. I guess it helps that Greenslopes isn’t too far away from where I live and I’m used to photographing music festivals from first to last. I think a lot of people headed off early to catch Oblivians play their first show […]
Sonic Masala 2015 @ Greenslopes Bowls Club, 14.03.2015: Part 1
It’s only been about nine months since the inaugural Sonic Masala Festival at Greenslopes Bowls Club but it’s clearly time to do it all again. The slightly odd thing about these days is that basically it’s the same group of people I see at every ‘local’ show in Brisbane. Given Wikipedia gives the metropolitan population […]
Jessie J @ Eatons Hills Hotel, 13.03.2015
I photographed Jessie J at the Riverstage last time she toured as well as her set the following day at the always horrible Future Music Festival and it was fun to photograph (apart from the whole Doomben crowd experience obviously). It’s always good to get away from a typical night of photographing indie bands standing […]
Mogwai + Mick Turner @ The Tivoli, 04.03.2015
I’ve seen Mogwai a number of festivals but only for a handful of songs before needing to go and photograph another band on a different stage at the other end of the festival site. I’m not sure I’ve ever seen a complete set, which makes tonight a special event. It’s disappointing that the lights are […]
The Courtneys + Hinds + The Furrs + Soviet X-Ray Record Club @ Black Bear Lodge, 19.02.2015
Even at the time it felt like this was going to be one of the year’s best shows. I felt sorry for The Courtneys, headlining the night and having to follow Hinds and having to do so to a much reduced audience. I don’t know the story about why or how Hinds found themselves to […]
Gooch Palms + Woodboot + Tempura Nights + Eyes Ninety @ Crowbar, 13.02.2015
Yet another Crowbar show and one that further cemented my views on the place. The upstairs bar is nice and the $10 price for a pint of cider, and a nice tasting one at that, are a welcome addition to the Brisbane scene where you normally expect to pay $8 or $9 for a 250ml […]
Knaw + Updead Apes + Fancy Boys @ Crowbar, 12.02.2015
I had/have no idea who Knaw were/are and although they came recommended via Facebook, I was at the Crowbar to see Undead Apes play their first show in ages (due to one of them living overseas, Indonesia I think). The name Fancy Boys was familiar from the mid-late 2000s when I first moved to Brisbane […]
Laneway 2015 @ RNA Showgrounds, Brisbane, 31.01.2015 – Part 3
It’s the evening of the Asian Cup Final and the VIP bar is a lot more full then it should be as Laneway reaches the pointy end of the day and the festival’s big names start to make their appearances. What’s interesting is that I can spot a number of reviewers preferring to watch the […]
Laneway 2015 @ RNA Showgrounds, Brisbane, 31.01.2015 – Part 2
As ever, there is a GPS tracker for the day, for as long as my phone battery runs for. As I have my laptop with me, I’m able to sneakily charge it up between bands from the comfortable confines of the VIP bar area with its luxurious and much appreciated air con. At least I […]
Laneway 2015 @ RNA Showgrounds, Brisbane, 31.01.2015 – Part 1
In recent years I’ve generally concluded that Laneway is the best of the major Australian festivals, the depressing thing that in 2015 it’s almost gains that complement by default through being the only festival left. Depressingly for me it means that my festival season is over and done with by the end of January. I […]
Cornelius Presents salyu x salyu @ GoMA, 30.01.2015
A consecutive Friday night at GoMA, this time for Cornelius presents salyu x salyu. It’s a lot more pleasant than last week in terms of the number of people squeezing into the space that GoMA uses for its Up Late shows. The only thing that frustrates is the amount of gear on the stage, but […]
ZA! @ The Zoo, 23.01.2015
Straight after the Shonen Knife show at GoMA, it was a quick bus ride to the Valley for the Johnny & The Fembots show at Black Bear Lodge. The plan was to photograph this show as well but as the band had already started playing by the time we got there and the front of […]
Shonen Knife @ GoMA, 23.01.2015
However badly the previous year went from a photographic perspective, the start of a new year always brings new hope. It’s a bit like the first day of the football season, that sunny day in August when the outlook is unduly positive and anything is possible. This year is different though as unlike any in […]
This Is Not A Photo Opportunity is Ten
It feels a bit awkward to be celebrating a whole decade of blogging today when it’s been so long since I actually posted anything up. I’ve only published 17 new posts since this time last year, a number of which were from travels to Western Australia and nothing to do with music, and the last time […]
Violent Soho + Ceres + Black Deity @ Mansfield Tavern, 07.11.2014
Driving the 15 minutes across Brisbane’s southern bible belt, from Salisbury where there are probably as many churches as shops, past Hillsong’s base in Mt Gravatt to Mansfield, Brisbane’s infamous religious heartland and the home of Violent Soho, it strikes that in over 10 years in Australia, I don’t think I’ve ever been to a […]
Cibo Matto + Richard In Your Mind + Ben Ely @ The Zoo, 29.10.2014
I have the photos to prove that I was there, but struggle to recall many memories from the night. There are some nights when you become so pre-occupied with photographing that the night quickly passes you without making much of an impression. It happens on ‘bad’ nights when you’re not happy with the photographs you’re […]
Bedroom Suck Records’ 5th Birthday Party @ Black Bear Lodge, 19.10.2014
Time may be getting faster every year but it’s crazy to look at how much Bedroom Sucks Records have achieved in the last five years, their first five years. As the man said, they’ve put out some of the best music in Australia in that time and keep going from strength to strength. By comparison, […]
Courtney Barnett + D.D. Dumbo + Mosman Alder @ The Zoo, 11.10.2014
There was life before Kate Bush and there is life after Kate Bush. The live shows I’ve been to in the last couple of months just haven’t done it for me and it’s all La Bush’s fault for putting on the greatest show ever. Admittedly, I haven’t set my aim that high since getting back […]
Pop Will Eat Itself + Dog Machine + Monster Zoku Onsomb @ The Zoo, 05.09.2014
Last Wednesday I was in London seeing Kate Bush, this Wednesday I was in Perth seeing No Bunny. At one point during the show a bottle of whisky was passed from the stage into the audience, some ‘mates’ forced it down their mate’s throat and within seconds he is vomiting all over the floor. Last […]
I Used To Skate Once 10 @ The Zoo, 26.06.2014
An ever-present in my social diary as soon as they announce the dates. Looking forward to this year’s show although not sure how much the change from a Thursday night to a Friday night will change it. I liked it best when The Zoo opened at 5:30pm and I could saunter over straight from work […]
Sonic Masala Festival @ Greenslopes Bowls Club, 21.06.2014
Even though it’s less than six months outside the Australian summer music festival season, today shows just how out of practice I am, at least from a physical sense of coping with an all day event, as those comfy couches dotted around Greenslopes Bowls Club provide a safe haven for most of the day when […]
