Bon Iver + Mckisko @ The Tivoli
The whole Alt Country/Alt Folk scene has been flirting with the mainstream for a number of years, near enough since the start of this decade, but with Fleet Foxes and Bon Iver battling for supremacy in most of the music media’s end of year polls, 2008 definitely seems to be The Year That Folk Broke. From one […]
The Black Keys + Gomez + Dr Dog @ The Arena
It’s Monday the fifth of January. For many it’s the first day back at work after the Christmas and New Year holidays. The Black Keys are playing at The Arena, with a really good support band in Gomez and one of the worst named bands ever, Dr Dog, opening.  Although there are three bands on the bill, the doors […]
Stars + Firekites @ The Zoo
There is a new (although temporary-looking) sign next to The Zoo’s door tonight, repeated up the stairs to the front desk and also in the venue itself; ‘No Flash Photography’. Restrictions at The Zoo used to be fairly non-existent, although that’s all changed thanks to Perth band Birds Of Tokyo getting precious enough about it […]
ATP Mt Buller: Part 6
Despite only living in Melbourne, a reluctance to play anywhere near as north as Brisbane in a number of years makes Rowland S Howard a real personal draw-card. Having never seen him in the flesh his gaunt appearance is a bit of a shock, but he is in good humour, and with his excellent but […]
ATP Mt Buller: Part 5
If there is one major criticism that could be leveled at the ATP Australian line-up, it’s that it’s very male and very middle-aged. In that respect, Afrirampo are like a breath of fresh air. Sure, they have the whole clichéd Japanese female punk band thing, with the colorful outfits (resplendent with artistic face make up), the […]
ATP Mt Buller: Part 4
All the exertion of the previous day as taken it’s toll as I wake to a world of pain, with extremely sore knees and back. Things are taken more leisurely than at Splendour, when the alarm was set for 6am on both days, so editing the first days photos starts at a more reasonable hour, […]
ATP Mt Buller: Part 3
As with recent shows over the last couple of years, tonight’s Silver Apples set is performed as a solo set by Simeon Coxe. Similar to Fuck Buttons he’s got his array of vintage-looking instruments laid out on the table in front of him, but unlike Fuck Buttons on the Bourke Street Stage, the smaller and lower Amphitheatre Stage, […]
ATP Mt Buller: Part 1
Waking up in Merrijig the first thing you notice is that even at the bottom of the mountain it’s cold enough to make getting out of bed a struggle. But once that’s been achieved and some breakfast eaten it’s a short and scenic 20 minute drive back up the mountain. After dropping my stuff off […]
All Tomorrow’s Parties – Mt Buller: Saturday Quick Round-Up
Saturday was probably an even better day than Friday. Here’s a quick round-up. Time to start going through all the photos in a bit more detail now and to try to remember all the things that happened over the weekend, a tall order all things considered. I probably should have taken some notes as I […]
All Tomorrow’s Parties – Mt Buller: Thursday
It’s always about the sex, the drugs, the glamour, the romance. It’s never about getting up at 4:15am to get to the airport to get the plane down to Melbourne. The taxi comes at 4:45am and it’s a quiet ride, everyone in a state of still being half-asleep combined with early morning grumpiness. But gradually […]
MereNoise Xmas Party
When you’ve got a new camera to test out for the first time, there has to be no better place to take it into battle than the original scene of the crime, every Brisbane photographer’s favourite venue, the black hole that sucks all the light out of the universe, The Troubadour, where MereNoise were holding […]
The Datsuns + Black Diamond Heavies @ The Zoo
 The law of diminishing returns in the music industry shows, especially in more recent years when the record companies have demanded immediate success and have been less likely to allow a band to develop over a number of albums, that however well your debut album is received, the follow up is unlikely to match […]
Welcome to the Brave New World of Digital Camera 2.0
I finally took the plunge and bought a new camera. I’ve had my Minolta 5D for 3¼ years and it always was my intention to look to upgrade after 3 years. Originally there was some talk that Sony’s recently released full-frame camera, the a900, would come in at under US$2,000 so I was waiting to […]
That Was The Year That Was 2008
2008 was another hectic year, which in photographic terms looked something like this: Girl Talk Buck 65 The National Enter Shikari The Police Battles Scul Hazards Brisbane Sounds Died Pretty Soundwave Broken Social Scene Toto Coco Rosie The Brisbane Sound Buffalo Tom The Bellrays Sinead O’Connor Whitesnake QOTSA Jesus & Mary Chain Spectrum Wolfmother Gin […]
MGMT @ The Tivoli
One of the most obvious signs of the onset of old age in your average music fan appears to be the annual comparison of albums bought versus album included in the music media’s end of year polls. Whereas through your late-teens and throughout your twenties a ‘score’ of ten, twelve or maybe even a fifteen from a typical top […]
Coming Soon: All Tomorrow’s Parties @ Mount Buller
Got confirmed yesterday to go and take photos at All Tomorrow’s Parties at Mount Buller, down in Victoria. It’s going to be awesome. Also going as a punter to the show at the Brisbane Riverstage, to get an extra fix of Spiritualized whilst they’re in the country. And look to replace my two well-worn glow-in-the-dark Spiritualized t-shirts… […]
Saul Williams + The Red Paintings @ The Zoo
Is there anything to be said about The Red Paintings that hasn’t already been said? Or are we left to once again muse over same old questions as how they’ve managed to get the high profile supports that they have and somehow managed to persuade people to give them $40,000 (supposedly) to record their album? […]
Pivot + My Disco @ The Zoo
I have never been impressed with Bloc Party: they have a good drummer but the best thing about their songs always seems to be the intros – as soon as those awful vocals and the terrible lyrics start I’m over it. I saw them once, maybe at Glastonbury, and they weren’t very good then either. So […]
Texas Tea Album Launch @ The Globe
All the way back in August 2007 I had the great privilege to spend an evening with Brisbane’s very own Johnny and June, Texas Tea, during the recording of their second album, ‘The Junkship Recordings‘, up at Jamie Trevaskis‘ home studio up at The Gap. It was an amazing experience to sit and watch them rehearse and […]
No Love From Triple J
A few months ago Triple J put out the following call for submissions: Are you obsessed with finding the latest music online? Do you know about every good Australian band worth anything at the moment? Have you got your own music blog? Do you annoy your friends with constant music facts and the latest bands […]
Jeremy Jay @ The Troubadour
Waking up in the morning and logging-on to find a email from a reputable publication asking if you want to photograph doesn’t happen every day but when it does it’s somewhat exciting. Daunting, but really exciting and pretty thrilling. So, when I got an email from Plan B on Wednesday morning asking if I was […]
