Monotonix wreak havoc at The Annandale
Israeli punk band Monotonix played one of the most unpredictable and mayhem fueled gigs i’ve ever seen at The Annandale last night.
The room was about half full, so to begin the 3 piece band set up their gear in the middle of the room for the audience to circle around.
From the get go it [...]
AC/DC – The Boys are Back in Town
Rock’n’roll icons AC/DC returned to the city that spawned them at a bombastic concert in front of 70,000 odd fans at Sydney’s ANZ stadium last night.
I was shooting for Time Out Sydney, whose cover this month is adorned by Angus Young with a feature on the A to Z of AC/DC. Read the review.
As a [...]
Rock Photography panel discussion
This Friday evening Tony Mott (music photography legend), Joe Ferrara (Art Director of Rolling Stone Australia) and little old me are talking at the Australian Centre for Photography about “Rock Photography“.
Tony will give a 30 minute presentation which will leave you in awe of his career and give you plenty of chuckles – then it’s [...]
Covers – a photo show
Cybele Malinowksi and I are having a photo show at Mart Gallery in Surry Hills (156 Commonwealth St) starting this Friday 12-5pm and continues for 2 weeks.
The show comprises 24 music magazine covers that feature our photos, including Drum Media, The Brag, Time Out Sydney, jmag and Mess and Noise.
Artists who feature in the photos [...]
Laneway Festival Sydney 2010
Here’s my snaps from the Laneway Festival on the weekend. It was pretty exceptional; a fantastic line-up, a well mannered and good looking crowd, and a new more spacious venue in an ex-mental asylum.
Yeah Yeah Yeahs at the Hordern
The Yeah Yeah Yeahs last night at Hordern Pavilion. A joy to photograph.
Andrew Stockdale of Wolfmother
Having photographed Wolfmother countless times onstage it was nice to get the opportunity to photograph frontman Andrew Stockdale face to face.
It was for a feature in Time Out Sydney on various Modular artists.
The shots on white were taken at my place with an idea for a composite cover with other artists. That didn’t end up [...]
Empire of the Sun photos
During the filming of Empire of the Sun’s video for Without You i took a few snaps of (Emperor) Luke Steele.
In the tradition of their previous publicity shots, they went through the Debaser illustration process to come out in this fantasy fashion.
One of the shots also made the single artwork cover.
Here’s the video, directed by [...]
Homebake 2009
Here’s my photos from the Homebake festival on Saturday.
Lovely day out as usual, and this year marked the fifth time i’ve photographed Homebake.
It was the first festival i ever photographed with proper accreditation. Thanks Sonia for sorting out that pass all those years ago.
For old times sake, here’s Tumbleweed playing Hang Around on Denton circa [...]
Them Crooked Photo Contracts
I was asked for comment by The Music Network the other week about a photo contract that photographers were required to sign in order to shoot Them Crooked Vultures live. The article was prompted by a discussion thread on Flickr about it. I thought i’d expand my thoughts on the issue.
You may have noticed that [...]
Experiments with ringflash
After a full day at Griffin Theatre shooting portraits i had a meetup at the pub with the lads from Art vs Science to chat about doing some pictures together. I was still carting around the ringflash that i’d hired, and after a couple of beers we decided it would be opportune to take [...]
Britpop live music photo exhibition
Next week i’m having a little photo show with a couple of snapper mates, in association with the British Indie night Britpop.
It’ll be me, Graham Denholm and Mark Metcalfe, all showing photos of British bands performing.
I’ve managed to dig out the trinity of britpop heroes Noel Gallagher, Jarvis Cocker and Damon Albarn plus more modern [...]
The McClymonts Kick it Up
Here’s some snaps from August, on the set of a music video for The McClymonts song Kick it Up.
It was filmed in Balmain Town Hall by Conti Brothers Films.
New Sydney Laneway festival location
Here’s some snaps from the new location for the Sydney Laneway festival – Sydney College of the Arts in Rozelle.
I got a call from the organisers the other day, saying it was moving from it’s former home in the Sydney CBD and that they’d like some pictures to illustrate what the new location is like.
Thankfully [...]
Bluejuice through the years
To coincide with the release of bluejuice’s new album Head of the Hawk, i dug out some of my photos from the archives for a pictorial retrospective in Tangent magazine.
Bluejuice is in the midst of an Australian tour at the moment and Head of the Hawk is out now.
The Lair on MTV
Clearing out the archives, here’s some photos i took at The Lair earlier in the year.
It’s a TV show on MTV filmed at The Metro.
Wolfmother lays their Cosmic Egg
Wolfmother II played a free outdoor concert at the Entertainment Quarter (always Fox Studios to me) last Friday for Take 40 Live and Guitar Hero 5.
It was good to shoot them on a relatively small stage for a change, not the festival stages they primarily grace these days.
With TV lighting, an enthusiastic crowd and a [...]
SPOD gets wet
Some photos of Sydney’s favourite freaky son, Spod.
These were taken a couple of months ago for Kluster to coincide with Spod’s Fantasyze project.
Fantasyze is a series of 9 podcasts of music – all mixed and composed to accompany a jogging workout of about 30 minutes. A little bit like the Nike sponsored mixes by [...]
Paul Dempsey recording Everything is True
Something for Kate frontman Paul Dempsey releases his first solo record today Everything is True, so i thought i’d post some snaps of a visit i made to his studio during the recording.
In January, on assignment from EMI, i ventured down to MacMasters Beach where Paul and producer Wayne Connolly had set up a studio [...]
Dappled Cities record Zounds
This Saturday Dappled Cities new album Zounds will finally go on sale. So i thought it opportune to dig these snaps out of the archives from September 2008, in the first days of recording at Big Jesus Burger with US producer Chris Coady.
At the time Dappled Dave told me they were intending to make it [...]
UncharTED 2009 finals
I photographed the uncharTED Grand Final for Peer Group at Oxford Art Factory last Thursday.
UncharTED is a band competition sponsored by Tooheys Extra Dry that offers the opportunity to play Splendour in the Grass along with a $25,000 development package. The next round offers a spot on the Big Day Out bill.
The bands that made [...]
Red Riders through the years
Red Riders are one of those acts i’ve admired and followed since they appeared on the Sydney scene circa 2004.
This week they release their second album, so i thought it an opportune time to take a trip down memory lane.
Like other acts that emerged in that era (eg, Wolfmother, Children Collide, The Scare) they’ve come [...]
