Twitter Updates for 2008-11-30
Thinks it might have stopped raining enough to venture out to Global Gathering. Wish me luck… # Not happy. Waited 25 mins for train, they did a very last min platform change thanks to which i’ve got another 30 min wait… # Finally on train. Have missed 2 bands wanted to photo. The orb + […]
John Mellencamp + Sheryl Crow @ BEC
I’ve previously blogged that photographing big name acts at big venues just isn’t all that… and the artist formally know as John Cougar Mellencamp, i.e. John Mellencamp, supported by Sheryl Crow at the Brisbane Exhibition Centre was another one of those nights. I think I first heard John Mellencamp back in the mid-1980s on Entertainment USA […]
Steve Earle @ The Tivoli
 Last week saw Steve Earle roll into town to play at The Tivoli, the last night of his Australian tour in support of his ‘Washington Square Serenade’ album. For most of the set it was just him and his guitar. However, later on in the set he was backed by a DJ, playing beats […]
Def Leppard @ BEC
Love is like a bomb, baby, c’mon get it on Livin’ like a lover with a radar phone Lookin’ like a tramp, like a video vamp Demolition woman, can I be your man? Razzle ‘n’ a dazzle ‘n’ a flash a little light Television lover, baby, go all night Sometime, anytime, sugar me sweet Little […]
Tim Finn @ The Troubadour
Last time Tim Finn played in Brisbane it was with the reformed Split Enz at the 13,500-capcaity Entertainment Centre, so it was a real thrill to get the opportunity to see him play at 200-capcaity The Troubadour this week. His 75 minute set included songs from his new album, ‘The Conversation‘, plus crowd-pleasing Split Enz favourites (‘I […]
Joan As Police Woman @ The Globe
There was a two-song limit in place for photographing Joan As Police Woman. But not something sensible like Songs One and Two or Two and Three; instead it was the slightly bizarre pairing of Songs Two and Five. In retrospect there was some method to this madness, as these songs gave the differing opportunites of […]
The Best Seat In The House
My work recently located from Milton to a new 12 storey building in the Valley. I ended up being given a corner seat on the 12th floor. My view kind of looks like this. Sometimes it’s hard to get much work done…
We Are Scientists + Bluejuice @ The Zoo
This night was one of those very rare occasions at The Zoo when you’re given a photo pass and told “first three, no flash”. Whilst I can deal with this “industry standard”, it is a pain when it’s at a small venue without a photo pit and without much in the way of lighting. Support […]
New Pornographers @ The Zoo
I confess: bar a tune or two, New Pornographers were a band I mainly knew by reputation and recommendation. 100 or so minutes and two encores later I’m a true convert with a copy of their latest album, ‘Challengers‘Â in my bag and money burning a hole in my pocket until I can get myself down […]
Gentle Ben And His Sensitive Side + Kim Salmon @ The Ding Dong Lounge
Having seen Sixfthick and Rollerball the night before, the weekend of Brisbane-In-Melbourne continues back at The Ding Dong Lounge with Gentle Ben And His Sensitive Side. And in a role reversal from last weekend in Brisbane, Kim Salmon (albeit playing solo and without The Surrealists) is supporting. Gentle Ben was showing no signs of the […]
Sixfthick @ Roxanne Parlour
From X at The Ding Dong Lounge, it was a bit of a magical mystery tour to Roxanne Parlour, despite the venue only being just down the road. Eventually, after a walk around the block, going into a somewhat random building with no sign outside saying that this was the place and getting the lift […]
X + Rollerball @ The Ding Dong Lounge
Work has taken me down to Victoria for a few weeks, but there’s always time to fit in a gig or two, especially when I had a couple of nights in Melbourne. First up was X supported by Rollerball at The Ding Dong Lounge. After a few years of only knowing Richard Sharman of Black […]
Kim Salmon And The Surrealists @ The Step Inn
I managed to fit in Kim Salmon And The Surrealists’ gig at the Step Inn whilst back in Brisbane for a few days, in between being in Far North Queensland and being down in Victoria. Although I have seen Kim Salmon with Darling Downs, his acoustic country/folk duo with Died Pretty’s Ron Peno, this was […]
Robert Forster @ Brisbane Powerhouse
Got another of those last minute requests, this time to cover Robert Forster‘s gig at the Brisbane Powerhouse, which I couldn’t say no to. Unfortunately it was a 3 songs and escorted out of the venue job, which was a shame as I always enjoy seeing him play. In addition, it was a bit of a […]
Mr Rascal + Granite Lakes + Carry Nation @ QPAC
 The night before I went up to Cooktown back in July I was commissioned by Mr Rascal to photograph their album launch at the Cremorne Theatre at QPAC, with Carry Nation and Granite Lakes supporting. Nice little venue, with excellent sound and some pretty good lights; a nice change from the usual venue fare […]
Splendour In The Grass 2008– Part 6
I saw The Vines on their first UK tour at ULU in April 2002 (for bragging rights it was a shame I didn’t go see them a month earlier at the Camden Barfly…) and watched a really boring show in amongst an mostly arms-folded, unexcited crowd who were not being convinced that they were worth […]
Splendour In The Grass 2008– Part 5
Eighteen year old teen sensation Laura Marling pulls a pretty sizeable crowd in the GW McLennan tent. Although I’d seen the name before, mainly in the UK broadsheets, I’d not heard her music. It’s quiet, acoustic, sounds a bit like Joni Mitchell and is a perfect lazy Sunday afternoon soundtrack. On stage she cuts a […]
All The News That’s Fit To Print
Thanks to the blog I wrote about Everett True vs The Australian Music Press I’ve had my blog mentioned and linked to on his Guardian and Plan B. http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/music/2008/08/im_front-page_news_down_under_but_for_all_the_wrong_reasons.html http://planbmag.com/blogs/staff/2008/08/16/news-from-brisbane-2/ Bit strange to thinking about it really. I didn’t have any great plans for it; the lack of critical discourse in Australian music press is […]
Splendour In The Grass 2008 – Part 4
The alarm goes off at 6am, although feeling pretty tired and in a world of pain, much like I did when I climbed Mount Warning earlier in the year, I don’t manage to get out of bed until 6:30am. It’s straight into editing and I manage to get the ones I’m sending off for consideration […]
Splendour In The Grass 2008 – Part 3
Back over at the Supertop and it’s time for Cold War Kids. Looking at the line-up for the weekend you can’t help but get the feeling that the organisers had their ears glued to their radios on the 26 January, when Triple J does it annual Hottest 100 run down, and then rushed out on […]
Everett True vs The Australian Music Press
A quick non-photo post for a change. I was interested and slightly bemused a couple of months ago when I heard that Plan B creator/editor and ex-Melody Maker writer Everett True was relocating from Brighton to Brisbane. As weekly Melody Maker readers back in the day, we all used to hate ET with a passion, […]
Splendour In The Grass 2008 – Part 2
Saturday afternoon continues with The Music, who I might have seen before at Reading a few years back, although my memory of gigs and especially festivals is getting a bit fuzzy, even more so having recently celebrated the 21st anniversary of my first gig (U2 at Cardiff Arms Park, 25 July 1987). Either way they […]
Splendour In The Grass 2008 – Part 1
It’s a leisurely start to the weekend at Splendour. Have some breakfast, Adam turns up at the hotel, we check, double-check, tripled-check that we all have everything we need for the day’s photographing and Adam drives us up to the site. Then we wave my media pass at various people working on the gate and completely […]
Splendour In The Grass – Sunday Quick Round Up
Just got back to Brisbane. Feeling a bit fuzzy due to lack of sleep. Here are some photos from Sunday at Splendour. A few more are on flickr. A more comprehensive set of photos on the way with some proper blogs. The Grates The Presets Robert Forster Vampire Weekend The Vines Wolfmother Yves Klein Blue
