Posts Tagged ‘Laneway’

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 […]


Laneway 2014 @ RNA Showgrounds, 31.01.2014: Part 3

Savages were always a good idea on paper. I liked the image, the manifesto, the album cover photo, I just didn’t think much of the music the couple of times I tried listening to the album.  Everyone told me that I needed to see them live so I quit Haim after a couple of songs […]


Laneway 2014 @ RNA Showgrounds, 31.01.2014: Part 2

Originally I had no intention of being anywhere near the Alexandria Road stage for Vance Joy but in the end decide that as there’s not much else on, I might as well fill in some time.  He starts off with some song that talks about someone wearing the same old socks to bed and you […]


Laneway 2014 @ RNA Showgrounds, 31.01.2014: Part 1

In an ever-diminishing festival season, Laneway is once again the best looking festival.  Once again they’ve managed to put together the most interesting and exciting line-up and mostly managed to avoid booking the same old, same old that the competition book year in, year out.  In fact, the way that the other festivals have been […]


Laneway 2014 @ RNA Showgrounds, 31.01.2014: On Film

Laneway was shot on film in the same fashion as Big Day Out: Kodak Tri-X pushed to ISO 800, and then developed in ID-11. In developing these ones I was surprised to see how many acts I photographed on film given how busy the day was Nine out of 22 acts were given the honour; […]


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 […]


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 […]


Laneway 2012 @ RNA Showgrounds, 28.01.2012 – Part 2

The next three stage clash of the afternoon pits DZ Deathrays (3:35pm start) against Laura Marling (3:50pm start) and Girls (3:55pm start). I was always going to see DZ Deathrays and the fact that (a) I’ve photographed Laura Marling before and she was boring; and (b) Girls start five minutes later, meaning I can spend […]


Laneway 2012 @ RNA Showgrounds, 28.01.2012 – Part 1

This year’s Laneway Festival was another one of those occasions when I didn’t scribble down any notes afterwards. In part this was due to the always unwise reasoning that makes me think I’ll easily remember everything that happened over the day and in part because it was hard to come away from Laneway thinking much […]


Brisbane Laneway 2011 @ Alexandria Street, 04.02.2011 – Part 4

If Two Door Cinema Club are the type of band that makes you question whether you’re just too old to like popular music, Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti are the type of band that makes you question whether you’re still in tune with the more leftfield side of music, the music that’s been critically acclaimed and […]


Brisbane Laneway 2011 @ Alexandria Street, 04.02.2011 – Part 3

These days I find it almost impossible to keep up with all the new music released in the year and so tend to catch up on things I’ve missed when the music industry does its ‘Best Of’ lists at the end of each year.  The last Beach House album was one of those albums and […]


Brisbane Laneway 2011 @ Alexandria Street, 04.02.2011 – Part 2

“Les Savy Fav played. Some other bands were also present” This is where I try and remember anything about any of the other bands that played… I guess the writing was on the wall for Laneway’s status as a boutique festival this time last year, when some canny booking meant a bill that boasted Florence […]


Brisbane Laneway 2011 @ Alexandria Street, 04.02.2011 – Part 1: Les Savy Fav

They might not have been the headliners or even playing on either of the festivals two main stages, but whoever tweeted “Les Savy Fav played. Some other bands were also present” perfectly summed up this year’s Laneway. The original plan was to photograph the first three songs and then go and photograph Deerhunter but seconds […]