Pains Of Being Pure At Heart @ The Zoo 20-02-10
Apparently this was a really good gig; it just completely passed me by as I was still in Soundwave euphoria and having already photographed 23 bands that day, by Number 24 I was very much in autopilot mode. It sounded nice enough; very old school 1980’s twee British indie but I was too busy rehydrating […]
Camera Obscura @ The Zoo
It isn’t often that you get a “three songs, no flash” instruction at The Zoo, the only ones I can remember were for Amanda Palmer and We Are Scientists. It didn’t really make much difference for WAS but was very annoying for Amanda Palmer, considering all the amazing theatrics throughout the show. I think I […]
Big Sound 2009 – Friday
Friday was the last day of the conference. No live music and just a half day (luckily the afternoon session) photographing the Master Classes, seminars and Keynote Interviews. Was busy editing the photos first thing so unfortunately missed Glenn Wheatley‘s Keynote Address, which by all accounts was excellent. The easy highlight of the day was […]
Big Sound 2009 – Thursday
Thursday morning was another morning off from photographing the conference, when I again got to sit in and listen to the talks, with my stint starting in the afternoon session. Again, the Keynote Interviews were the highlight, particularly Everett True‘s interview with Danny Goldberg. Photographing the sessions was generally quite straightforward; a combination of wide-angle […]
Soundwave 2010 – Quick Round Up – Part 3
Soundwave 2010 Quick Round Up Part 3. A gallery of my photos from the day is on The Vine. Meshuggah Anvil Isis Enter Shikari The Aquabats Gallows Rolo Tomassi
Soundwave 2010 – Quick Round Up – Part 2
Soundwave 2010 Quick Round Up Part 2. A gallery of my photos from the day is on The Vine. Eagles Of Death Metal Taking Back Sunday HIM Escape The Fate Reel Big Fish Set Your Goals Anthrax
Soundwave 2010 – Quick Round Up – Part 1
I photographed Soundwave in Brisbane last weekend. It was very much a last minute thing and at the start of the week I wasn’t expecting to be photographing, as much as I wanted to do it. I will probably get around to blogging in a bit more detail sometime but it was a bit of […]
Big Sound 2009 – Wednesday
For a few days back in September I got to play at being a proper bona fide photographer for a few days when I was commissioned by the organisers to be part of a three-person team of photographers covering the Big Sound conference in Brisbane. The work involved covering the panel discussions and also all […]
Photos in Rolling Stone Australia RS700
I’ve got a couple of photos in this month’s Rolling Stone Australia (RS700, The First Annual Awards Issue), one of the Dirty Three and one of The Drones. Both photos are from All Tomorrow’s Parties at Minehead from last December; the Dirty Three photo from the Inbetween Days festival, when they played an amazing, unrehearsed, […]
Brisbane Sounds 2010 Media Launch @ The Zoo
One gig that has always been scribbled in my diary for the last couple of years has been the annual Brisbane Sounds gig at The Zoo. The night is a showcase of local bands used as a fundraiser to raise money for a promotional CD sampler of Brisbane bands. You can read more about it […]
Violent Soho @ The Step Inn
Leaving the Monster Magnet show mid-way through it’s a race across town to get to the Step Inn for Violent Soho’s last show before relocating to New York. I get there just in time, although having missed all the support acts. Photographing at the Step Inn is challenging at the best of times, as it’s […]
Monster Magnet + Regular John + Rollerball @ The Hi-Fi
I find out tonight that Monster Magnet have a completely different fan base in Australia than they do in the UK, Whilst the UK fanbase is more what I’d expect, being the typical indie/rock crowd, the audience in the Hi-Fi tonight is possibly the most bogan crowd I’ve ever experienced outside an Australian music festival. […]
Alice Cooper @ Brisbane Convention Centre
The cool kids would never contemplate it let alone accept it, but Alice Cooper > Iggy Pop and basically the classic Alice Cooper band (when it was the name of the band, not just the singer) > The Stooges. Alice Cooper was one of the first things I ever got into and I’ve got more […]
Joanna Newsom @ The Tivoli
I think my favourite description of Joanna Newsom (maybe from Mess+Noise, maybe from Drowned In Sound, maybe somewhere else, I can’t exactly remember) described her as “singing like a recently smacked child”. It’s a description that always brings a wry smile as I’ve always thought there is an element of truth in the description and it’s been […]
X + Sixfthick @ The Zoo
Every time I see Sixfthick I make a conscious decision that I’m not going to photograph Gentle Ben as I’ve got a ridiculous amount of photos of him and would say he’s my most photographed person by a long, long way. By comparison I have hardly any photos of Dan, and even less of Tony […]
I Heart Hiroshima + DZ @ The Zoo
Another chance to catch up with DZ, this time away from the small stage of The Troubadour, supporting I Heart Hiroshima at The Zoo. I had hoped that the larger venue, larger stage and better lighting might make it an improved photographic experience but it ends up being almost the opposite, with the band being […]
Cannot Buy My Soul: The Songs of Kev Carmody @ The Riverstage
Waiting outside The Riverstage before the gates open you can’t but get a feeling that there’s a heavy cloud of middle-class liberal guilt in the air, watching the white, middle-aged masses gather with their rugs and picnic baskets to celebrate one of modern Australia’s protest singers. But I guess I am sat outside the gate […]
That Was The Year That Was 2009
This time last year I blogged that 2008 had been a hectic photographic year, little knowing that 2009 would be even more extreme, and end up looking as follows: Stars Black Keys All Tomorrow’s Parties – Mt Buller All Tomorrow’s Parties – Brisbane Powerhouse: Fuck Buttons, Dead Meadow & Afrirampo Bon Iver Laughing Clowns Jeff Beck […]
Timothy Carroll + Mckisko + Kate Jacobsen @ The Troubadour
As I said at the time, I was very impressed when I first saw Timothy Carroll, when he supported Texas Tea at their album launch last year; a set of really nice songs, with excellent melodies sung beautifully, especially the vocal contributions of The Troubadour’s Corinna Scanlon who I didn’t realise sang up until that […]
Philadelphia Grand Jury + DZ @ The Troubadour
I put in to cover this show more for another chance to see DZ play as opposed to getting to photograph the headline act. They had their strobe out in force again so took the opportunity to play around with long exposures again, as I had when I’d seen them before. I was less lazy […]
+1 Records Showcase @ The Zoo
The +1 Records showcase at The Zoo provided a chance to catch up some local bands that I hadn’t seen for a while. Having said that, Black Mustang were one of those bands that I had never gotten around to seeing, although they had one of the best songs on the Brisbane Sounds 2009 compilation, ‘Between The Devil […]
ATP Nightmare Before Xmas 2009 – Saturday Quick Round-Up
The Tyde The Membranes Sun Ra Arkestra Harmony Rockets The Pastels That Petrol Emotion J Mascis & The Fog The Horrors Spectrum Sonic Youth Robin Guthrie My Bloody Valentine No Age Fucked Up
Incremental Records Launch @ The Zoo
I made a comment in a recent blog about how easy it it to lose touch with the local music scene. When you start of photographing the usual route is to start with the local scene, build up a portfolio and  hope that it leads to bigger and higher profile opportunities but when that happens those […]
Washington + Last Dinosaurs @ The Troubadour
I know I’ve blogged previously about photographing keyboard players; it’s the worst and along with saxophonists they’re probably the hardest musicians to get really good photos of. Not just ok photos, REALLY good photos. This is possibly because, with a very few exceptions, the keyboard is the most un-rock instrument ever. So Megan Washington is […]
