Sally Seltmann + Parades + Little Scout @ The Zoo 09-07-10
Although Sally Seltmann is the headliner tonight, it’s clear that Parades are the drawcard, with Seltmann playing to a much smaller audience than the main support act. Whilst Parades are an interesting and intriguing band and have a lot of good things going for them, there’s something about them that just hard to actually like, […]
Boy & Bear + Oh Ye Denver Birds + The Chemist @ The Troubadour
Although The Troubadour has sold out well in advance, and everyone is here to see Boy & Bear, it’s Oh Ye Denver Birds who are the most interesting band on show tonight. Sandwiched between the headliners and opening act, The Chemist, they’re interesting because of the mix of instruments, the mix of influences and because, […]
The Gin Club + Rocketsmiths + Ridgeback County @ The Troubadour
Tonight is the third of three consecutive nights The Gin Club has sold out The Troubadour, albeit with a reduced capacity of 100 (as opposed to the venue’s more traditional 200 person capacity). Whilst the band have their reasons for wanting to do this, from a commercial point of view it probably doesn’t make a […]
Chris Bailey + Ed Kuepper @ The Troubadour 13-05-2010
The prospect of Chris Bailey and Ed Kuepper playing a series of mini-residencies – a three week tour, three shows a week, one each in Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne at the same venues in each city – is an interesting and intriguing one, even though, based on past experience you know what you’re going to […]
Me vs Splendour In The Grass 2010
Having photographed Splendour In The Grass in 2008 and 2009, I find myself in an interesting position for 2010. I have a free media pass but because Mess+Noise (who I’m covering the festival for) forgot to apply for a photo pit pass before the deadline and before all of the passes were allocated, I don’t […]
Mark Lanegan @ The Zoo 06-07-10
As much as I really like Mark Lanegan, and all the music he’s been involved with, he’s not an easy subject to photograph, preferring to perform in extreme darkness with his eyes tightly shut. The cause isn’t helped tonight by being at The Zoo, which doesn’t have a photo pit and choosing the wrong side […]
I Used To Skate Once 6 @ The Zoo 24-06-2010
With the best part of 90 minutes to kill before Hope Sandoval is due to start her set at The Tivoli, I Used To Skate Once 6 down the road at The Zoo means that I have something to do whilst I wait. Although previous years’ events have always been in my diary, this is […]
Teenage Wolves @ Young Bloods #1, The Legion Club 02-07-10
I popped into Young Bloods #1 at The Legion Club on Friday night to check out the headline act, Teenage Wolves, as I’d been hearing good thing about them, even though they’ve only been around since the end of last year and have only played a handful of gigs. I’d never been to The Legion Club […]
Hope Sandoval & The Warm Inventions @ The Tivoli 24-06-2010
One thing I often wonder about the move away from music as a physical product to a digital one is whether the same emotional attachment is there as it was for the older generation. It’s just not the ritualistic nature that used to exist – buying the album, looking at the photos on the inlay […]
Mick Turner + Opals & Pooles + Ghost Notes @ The Hangar 23-06-10
Up until tonight I’d never been to The Hangar, although had been close a few weeks ago. When I say close I actually mean having dinner in the Lebanese restaurant across the road before deciding that I was too exhausted and getting a taxi back for a more relaxing Saturday night in front of the TV. […]
Tumbleweed + The Meanies + Hytest @ The Hi-Fi Brisbane 02-05-2010
Since moving to Australia, I’d heard a lot about Tumbleweed, mostly via the Time Off Message Board, all of it glowing in its praise of the band; they’ve been talked about as the main Australian band from the 1990s that missed out on becoming massive. Although I’d checked out a few songs on YouTube and […]
All Tomorrow’s Parties – The Nightmare Before Xmas 2009 – My Bloody Valentine vs ‘The Holocaust’
Back in the day, way back in March 1992 I could have gone to see My Bloody Valentine play at Whitley Bay Ice Rink on the Rollercoaster tour, where they were supporting Jesus & Mary Chain along with Dinosaur Jr and with Blur opening. But at the time I wasn’t that into any of the […]
All Tomorrow’s Parties – The Nightmare Before Xmas 2009 – Part 1
Amazingly not only have more than six months passed since the December 2009 10 days of ATP bonanza but Minehead has also played host to another couple of amazing looking ATP festivals, with Matt Groening curating the first weekend and Pavement the second. As usual, there were some amazing bands on both of bills and […]
Seja + Otouto @ The Troubadour 22-04-2010
Somewhat strangely Seja chooses a Thursday night for the hometown launch of her debut solo album, We Have Secrets But Nobody Cares, at The Troubadour, with Adelaide and Melbourne shows having happened the previous weekend and the Sydney launch happening the day after Brisbane. It’s not quite a sell out but is fairly busy […]
Julian Casablancas @ The Tivoli 06-05-10
Generally a lot of the blame for restrictive terms and conditions when photographing concerts is laid at the door of management and promoters; an assumption that the artists leave the business side up to the people they pay to look after the business side of the industry and any bad treatment is carried out without […]
Massive Attack @ The Riverstage 23-03-2010
I know I’m starting to sound like a broken record but three songs consisting of two songs sung by 3D singing in a mixture of dark and smoke from behind his keyboards in the middle of the stage and a third song (Babel) sung by Martina Topley Bird, who at least was stood at the front of the stage, even […]
The Thin Kids + Velociraptor @ The Troubadour 24-02-10
Tonight is the full debut of Everett True’s latest musical collaboration, The Thin Kids, after a guest spot during The Legend!‘s support set at the recent Cribs show at The Zoo. I caught the very end of it but with not enough time to photograph it. How you take tonight very much influences your verdict on proceedings and […]
Spandau Ballet + Tears For Fears @ The BEC 27-04-10
If you’d told me 25 years ago that one day I’d be photographing Spandau Ballet and Tears For Fears I would never have believed you. (And then I probably would have gone “Spandau Ballet? Ugh!”). But that’s what I find myself doing tonight at the BEC (my first time photographing at the venue since John […]
Mess Hall + Bridezilla + Cabins @ The Zoo 13-03-10
Tonight is a night that really highlights everything that’s wrong about the three songs, no flash rule. The night gets off to a good start as I’m let in for free despite not covering the gig – I do keep my promise to spend the saved money on merch, buying both the Mess Hall and […]
Wilco + Liam Finn @ The Tivoli 30-04-10
I was so looking forward to FINALLY getting so Wilco and so ever so slightly gutted when security kicked me out after three songs on the orders of the band’s management that photographers couldn’t stay for the show unless they had a separate ticket. In retrospect I should have shown them the email from the […]
Henry Rollins @ The Powerhouse 20-04-10
It’s always the way; you turn up to a gig expecting to maybe get 10 minutes of photographing before you’re escorted from the premises and without warning not only do they give you a ticket to stay for the whole show but they’ve also thrown in a very unexpected +1. And with 10 minutes to […]
Kid Sam + Deep Sea Arcade @ The Troubadour 20-04-10
Although I did see a few Kid Sam songs at this year’s Laneway Festival, I will admit that choosing to request this show was largely a result of them being nominated for the Australian Music Prize, just in case they won the award at the previous week’s winner’s announcement. In the end, rightly or wrongly the […]
Butcher Birds + Sixfthick + Loomer + Dirty Bird @ The Zoo
It seems to have taken forever and a day ( a bit like this post), but finally we got there; the Butcher Birds‘ début album launch, just about 3½ years to the very day from their very first gig at The Rev on Sunday 2 April 2006. Way back then, with half the band being fairly new to […]
Texas Tea @ The Troubadour 12-03-10
Due to the amount of time I spend there – consistently a third of the gigs I go to each year – I often think of The Zoo as my second home. Coming up a close third has to be The Troubadour, and in particular Texas Tea at The Troubadour; the very first band I saw […]
