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 […]
Biffy and Blunt
Got one of my Biffy Clyro photos in the latest edition of Blunt magazine, the one with The Living End and Foxboro Hot Tubs on the front cover (#71). It’s always good getting a telephone call requesting a photo from a publication that you’ve not been published in before. So yay for me.
The Audreys at The Zoo – No Chimping Allowed
– His computer’s off. – Luke, you switched off your targeting computer. What’s wrong? – Nothing. I’m all right I recently made the point on the flickr concert photography forum that photographing concerts isn’t rocket science – most of what’s happening on stage – the lighting, where people stand, what they do – is completely […]
Kate Miller-Heidke
[DISCLAIMER: My girlfriend wanted to see Kate Miller-Heidke so asked me to request to do the photos at this gig…..] Much loved by Sunrise, much loathed by a large majority of the Pig City audience, Kate Miller-Heidke was back in Brisbane for a couple of dates at The Zoo and an All Ages show at […]
Rocket Science
The first, and indeed last, time I saw Rocket Science was when I photographed the first Come Together festival at Luna Park in Sydney in April 2005. This was when it was a one day festival of smaller indie/alt Australian bands, before it became a two day metal/emo festival with Australian and International bands (although […]
My Disco: Paradise? Not at 1/20 Second…
It’s a rare occurrence for the support bands to have much better lighting than the headline act, but somehow My Disco managed it. Although when you play in near darkness with no front lights it’s not too hard to achieve. Indeed Feathers, the first band on, had by far the best lighting of the night. […]
Biffy Clyro: Mon the Biffy
Monday night gigs are strange affairs; they’re quite a rare occurrence – indeed a fair number of bars and pubs are shut every Monday in Brisbane – and yet they bring out the most devoted and passionate fans. It’s a different vibe to a more typical Thursday, Friday or Saturday night show when there are […]
The Mess Hall
I wrote in a blog last year about the joys of photographing The Mess Hall, in particular Cec and his photogenic drumming skills. The album launch last year was a disappointing affair, with very little light being stuck in a poor position to photograph from. When the Brisbane date in support of their latest single […]
Buffalo Tom + Screamfeeder
They say that time flies when you’re having fun. Whether or not this is true, time definitely has flown since the last time that I saw Buffalo Tom, (which from memory was in London at the LA2 in November 1999) let alone the first time that I saw them back in the early 1990s at […]
CocoRosie
CocoRosie are a band that has perplexed me for a while. Whilst only familiar with their music via their myspace and random snippets available on the web elsewhere, I found the polarisation of views and reviews to be really interesting; you either love them or you hate them; they either get 5 star gushing reviews […]
Enter Shikari: Sorry You’re Not a Winner
Having seen a fair number of fantastic photos from the UK of Enter Shikari from the likes of Danny North and Peter Hill, this was a gig that I was really looking forward to photographing (despite feeling the effects of the Big Day Out the day before). Whilst The Arena can be very hit and […]
Mashing it up with Girl Talk
Back to Brisbane after New Year in Sydney and straight back into it with the first gig of the year on the 3rd Januray: Girl Talk at The Zoo. Came from a recomendation from someone I know who is into his dance music. Call me old fashioned but I still don’t really get the whole […]
Amanda Palmer
My last gig of last year was Amanda Palmer at The Zoo (After two years photographing Falls Festival over New Year decided to have a break this year and spent New Year in Sydney with friends). As have been away from Brisbane a lot recently have missed out on a lot of gigs that normally […]
The Drones + Snowman
Photographed The Drones and Perth band Snowman a couple of weeks ago at The Zoo. First time seen The Drones since they played at The Columbian with Darling Downs last September (I think). Photos here. Good to see they’ve picked up a lot more fans since then. Fantastic gig, especially Dan Luscombe’s guitar playing, which […]
SixFtHick Album Launch
Hope that one day will get to photograph sixfthick (a) with good lighting; (b) with a photo pit. Hope that one day will get to photograph Scul Hazzards with (a) some lighting…I did wuss out of standing against the stage (unlike last album launch….) but probably ended up in up the worst of the mosh […]
The Vasco Era + The Fumes
Gave up photographing The Fumes after about a song ‘cos the the lighting was so bad. Was having a drink, was stood by the mixing desk and a random guy started chatting to me about the usual, i.e. who I was photographing for etc. Then it went a bit surreal…. Random Guy: So why aren’t […]
Long Blondes + Belles Will Ring
Day after Editors was Long Blondes + Belles Will Ring at The Zoo. I kinda only put in for this ‘cos my gf likes them and wanted to see them, but was quite a fun night… even if they are somewhere between a poor man’s Sleeper and a poor man’s Pulp. Not sure about Kate […]
Magic Dirt + Violent Soho + Gyanism
Some photos from the Magic Dirt gig at The Zoo a couple weeks back. Magic Dirt gone a lot more rock and noise since the last (and first) time I saw them at The Annandale about 2 1/2 years ago. Been told they were more like this back in the day. Violent Soho, still being […]
Howling Bells + The Temper Trap
This was the third time of seeing Howling Bells (after the 2006 shows at The Rev and The Columbian) and definitely the best of the three shows. It was also the second time that I’d seen The Temper Trap and was good to see them for more than the three songs that saw them for […]
Random March Photos
Apart from moving house at the start of March also managed to tear myself away from unpacking to get up to the Valley to see a few things. A few here and more on flickr. Bellrays Vegas Kings Comets On Fire Grey Datsuras Scul Hazzards The Slits Japanther
Random February Photos
Photographed a few things in February and March that didn’t get around to putting in blogs due to moving. Here’s some from the February batch, with more on flickr. Bob Log III Vegas Kings Handsome Family Vashti Bunyan Love is All Mean Streaks
Tapes ‘n’ Tapes
Took some photos a couple weekends ago of Tapes ‘n Tapes. Decided that would get some practice in by only shooting the first three songs. Although I did cheat and do a couple near the end of Tapes ‘n Tapes’ set. The keyboard player started playing a tuba. What else was I to do? More […]
