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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 photographing Joan at her side-of-stage keyboard (Song One) and photographing her mid-stage whilst playing guitar (Song Five). The main downside to this arrangement was that it meant concentrating on which number song she was up to so as to not miss being able to take some photos.
It was the most full I’ve seen the Globe and it was a very interesting crowd that she pulled in. I never would have expected a middle-age woman in a nasty, very 80s looking, fire-hazard-of- an-all-in-one jumpsuit and pink boots combination to have attracted the audience that she did… It would have made for a good variety of social pics…
The lighting wasn’t up to the usual Globe standards, with lots of red backlighting aimed at the back of her head. And she was another one of those singers who always has their eyes shut. Musically it was probably a bit too jazz-caberet for me, so I only ended up staying for a couple more songs after I had to stop photographing. You can get hold of her performance from the Turn It Up To 10 blog.
theredsunband were one of the first batch of bands I saw when I first moved to Sydney, although I can’t remember the occasion. I know I saw them play at the album launch for their first album at @Newtwon in October 2004 with The Red Riders supporting, and think that my first time of seeing them might have been a combination of going predominantly to see the support band, aided by the fact that the venue was just up the road from where I was living in Enmore at the time.
Almost four years on and they’ve just released their second album and although there’s been a change in drummer, the sound is the same shoegazing, indie pop. On their Wikipeida page, one of their genres as listed as ‘Dream Pop’, which is an apt description. The main obvious drawback to a genre called ‘Dream Pop’ and one that definitively applies to theredsunband’s music is its soporific tendencies. The Globe is the obvious Brisbane venue for them to play, with everyone sat or lying on the floor and whilst there’s nothing wrong musically, there is a definite lack of visual engagement as far as the performance goes (especially with the only light being on singer/guitarist, Sarah Kelly). Even though they’re not an instrumental band, I think they would benefit greatly with some visuals, be it moving images projected onto a backdrop or something less high-tech like a liquid light show.
Sady Butcher Birds couldn’t play, and although The Gin Club were originally mooted as their replacements, in the end Z Rays took up the main support spot. They weren’t particularly exciting, with a Garage/Mersey Beat type sound and a similar rhythm for each song making their short set very monotonous. And not helped much by the centre-stage keyboardist/one drum drummer playing with one hand whilst holding his drink in the other…
The lovely Sienna, ex-Love Outside Andromeda opened the night with a mix of new and old songs and the odd cover. Sounded in really great form, although they probably shouldn’t have played PJ Harvey through the speakers straight after her set…
Some more photos on flickr.
Couple Saturday nights ago went to Scholckfest at The Globe. Schlockfest bills itself as ‘Brisbane’s Best B-Grade Short Film Festival’ and the films I saw didn’t disappoint with tales of killer cans of Spam and giant chickens. As well as the films there was also caberet and music to end the night. The main reason for going was to see Darling Downs (Died Pretty’s Ron Peno and The Scientists’/Beasts of Bourbon’s Kim Salmon) and try to get some good photos of them. Saw them support The Drones last year but it was at The Columbian so it was mostly in the dark and the photos were pretty meh.
Also on the bill were Brisbane bands The Mercy Dolls and the John Steel Singers. First time seen Mercy Dolls in ages (possibly at The Globe with Butcher Birds…) and they were on good form and were more dressy/showy than the other time, which made for some good photos. Had somehow managed not to see John Steel Singers before tonight but can see why they’re so highly rated.
Some photos below and more on flickr.
Shlockfest
The John Steel Singers
The Mercy Dolls
Darling Downs
Last Saturday night was Zombie Ghost Train and The Wrath at The Globe. Was a toss up between that and Vasco Era at The Zoo. Seen TVE a couple times before (supporting Gomez, Falls Festival) and although really impressive live and good to photograph, was a bit disappointed with the album, plus not seen ZGT before. Good night. Took ’til about Tuesday to feel better…. Love photographing bands like The Wrath. Loads of fun, they give you loads to work with. It’s why I like photographing Overcranked so much. ZGT were cool to photograph too, although shooting from the middle of the mosh pit can be a bit problematic. Looking forward to seeing them again, hopefully somewhere with a proper photo pit…
Dumped a load of photos on flickr.
The Wrath
Zombie Ghost Train
Had a great night at the MereNoise Meltdown festival at The Globe at the start of the month (2 June).
Load of photos on Rave’s website and dumped bigger versions on flickr. The flickr shots are as I intended them to be; had to reshape them for Rave after they had initially been done.
The Money
The Shrewms
The Horrortones
The Hymies
The Warm Guns
Texas Tea
Vegas Kings
The Dangermen
Butcher Birds
Photographed Sloan on Thurs night, with The Pictures supporting.
When the Rave Concert Calendar was emailed around it was a blast from the past to see their name on it. A housemate from years ago had some of their stuff, so put in for it despite a Thursday night embarrassment of photo ops (Underoath, Tim Rogers, and Dallas Crane/67 Special all playing Brisbane the same night). Also Intercooler were initially the opening band and I’ve never photographed them, but they pulled out due to going on their own tour with Mary Trembles. But I’m sure that there will be another time for them…
Was a fantastic set of awesome indie power pop but was really tired after a long week at work so had to call it a day at 12:15am, with the band still going, which was a real shame. And, because of the public holiday, Rave’s deadline was midday Friday so had to sort out a few photos when got back and email them off. This meant that I was up until almost 1:30am, followed far too swiftly by the joys of the 6:30am alarm…
Anyway, some photos… and more on flickr.
The Pictures
Sloan
Some photos from a gig at The Globe last month that got missed and have been sat on my hard drive.
Is hard getting photos of pianists/keyboard players; even though they don’t move, they always seem to lean in close on the mic so that you always get it obscuring half their face, and from the photo pit their hands are generally hidden behind the keyboard. Hands = more important than head in my book. I would rather cut off the top of someone’s head from a photo if it meant could get their hands in. And I quite often do…
Got there late and everyone was sat on the floor and remained sat down for the whole gig. So ended up sat down and didn’t move around as would normally, hence why all the photos are from the same place…
A few more photos on flickr.
Emma Dean
Tara Simmons
Over jet-lag and straight back into photographing stuff after being away for the BDO and all the Brisbane sideshows. Hopefully someone will give me Splendour, V and other assorted festivals and big shows to make up for it…
Will get around to posting some photos from my two weeks back in the UK but in the meantime here’s some photos of Expatriate, Operator Please and wind&brackets from Saturday night at The Globe. The Globe is now probably my fave place to photo in Brisbane. The lighting is great, you can get some great colours happening and the red light is strong enough to get some really nice b+w contrast.
More here.
Expatriate
Operator Please
wind&brackets
Went to The Globe for the first time on Friday and found that it’s really nice venue, especially the lighting. Even the red light was strong enough to get some really nice contrasty B+W shots.
Had taken Thursday and Friday off ill and have spent ever since coughing up my lungs so probably shouldn’t have gone. Suffering for my art…
Was a fun night though.
Some photos here and dumped the rest here.
The Follow
The Mercy Dolls
The Mean Streaks
