Hard, Sweet and Sticky with The Bellrays
One night, two choices: The Bellrays at The Zoo or Ozzy Osbourne at the BEC. I put in for both but with The Bellrays as my preferred choice. Reasons why? I photographed The Bellrays last year but could only stay for a couple songs and, as they won a Best International Live Act ‘award’ from […]
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 […]
The Brisbane Sound
A few weeks ago it was Brisbane Sounds; this time around it was The Brisbane Sound, as in the definitive article. As part of the exhibition, there was a series of three concerts; I went to the second one, curated by Robert Forster. Although the exhibition was celebrating the indie and experimental music scenes and […]
A New Beginning
Whilst I have been writing a regular music photo blog on myspace for much of the last two years – you can check it out here – I thought it was about time that I went out on my own, went a bit more legitimate/professional and set up my own blog. So welcome to ‘This […]
Sloan & The Pictures
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 […]
Emma Dean & Tara Simmons
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 […]
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 […]
60 seconds with Beyonce
Originally we were told we would get 2 songs from the mixing desk. On the train out to the BEC got a phone call from the Sony rep to say this had now become 60 seconds from the mixing desk – as in the roughly 60 seconds it took Beyonce to walk to the centre […]
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
Overcranked 2007
Had a great time at Overcranked this year. Enjoyed the day much more than last year. Possible due to less emo bands this year, possibly due to drinking far too much… Was great to see Helmet after all these years. Mammal were awesome, the find of the day and one that a fair few other […]
Lethargy in the UK
Had a very relaxing couple of weeks back home in mid-January for my Dad’s 60th.Lay by the fire, watched DVDs, ate, drank, went for the occasional walk down by the river or by the sea. And that was about it. Got about 6 hours in London before flew out so long enough for a $250 […]
Expatriate + Operator Please + wind&brackets
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 […]
Falls Festival 2006
Falls Festival photos from what seems like an age ago… Drove down to Melbourne the day after Boxing Day for a couple nights. Tried to book somewhere to stay on the way but forgot that the cricket was on and got laughed at by lots of hostels when phoned them up. So ended up camping […]
G3 – Satriani, Vai, Petrucci
The List Yngwie Malmsteen [x] Joe Satriani [x] Steve Vai [x] Edward Van Halen [ ] Last night it was G3 at the Brisbane Convention Centre. Promoter photography rules get ever worse – turn up at 10:15pm and you can shoot the finale when all three of the guitarists – Joe Satriani, Steve Vai and […]
The Follow + The Mercy Dolls + The Mean Streaks
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 […]
Noel Gallagher
Noel Gallagher was in town last Tuesday as part of his whirlwind semi-acoustic tour. The deal was supposed to be three songs and escorted out the venue (although by the time we were escorted to the pit he was already half way through the first song…). I was packing up afterwards and watching him play […]
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 […]
SixFtHick + Mean Streaks
What I learnt from last Saturday night: (a) I don’t take very good photos at The Troubadour; and (b) I don’t take very good photos of Jean Nicotine. Actually, I already knew both of those things… A few more here. SixFtHick Mean Streaks
Why I Didn’t Photograph Carol King
Tonight I was supposed to be photographing Carol King, which I had been looking forward to doing. It’s not every day you get to photograph one of the 20th century’s most renowned songwriters. But I ended up turning it down when they sent me the contract to sign. The contract said that the photos could […]
The Datsuns + The Casanovas
Can’t remember the last time I shot three days in a row (making it four in a week). Possibly the Mean Streaks back in April, when it was four nights in a row… So anyway, Sunday night was The Datsuns and The Casanovas at The Zoo. With a photo pit The Datsuns would be a […]
The Scare
Went to The Columbian on Friday night to see The Scare’s first gig back in Brisbane since their infamous show at The Zoo last year. The light at the Columbian is never the best but they turned it down even lower than normal so the stage was only lit by a single red spotlight about […]
Yngwie Malmsteen
So, you miss out on U2 and next up is Yngwie Malmsteen… Thought I’d get there a bit early, get into the pit before it kicked off and do some still life shots of the guitar, the scalloped fretboard, the wall of Marshall amps etc. Get there at 8:50pm and find out that the door […]
