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Homebake 2011

Daniel Boud — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 12:47:32 +0000

Grinderman headline Homebake

I almost skipped posting these, but i’ve got 6 years of photographing Homebake here, so i ought to keep up the tradition. It’s also the first music festival i ever photographed so i have a soft spot for it.

Any time you get an opportunity to see or photograph Nick Cave it’s a treat.

Shooting officially, you only get one song, not the standard three. But he gives a more visceral and compelling performance in one song than most bands do in their whole set.

A festival is largely about the crowd and atmosphere of the event, so i always try and capture that. I’m not keen on shooting hundreds of social snaps, i try for a more candid approach.

Anyway, back to the bands.

Cut Copy

Pnau

Unknown Mortal Orchestra

Icehouse

Ladyhawke

Gotye

Triple j’s Nick Cave tribute

Daniel Boud — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 06:00:23 +0000

Lisa Mitchell performs 'Into My Arms'

Triple j’s Nick Cave tribute show, dubbed Straight To You, rolled through Sydney’s Enmore theatre last week and i dropped by to take some pictures and catch up with old pals.

At the end of "Into my Arms" Lisa Mitchell embraces Jake Stone. Get it?

Paul Kelly

Urthboy as Stagger Lee takes out Jake Stone

Stagger "Urthboy" Lee's reign of terror is unsuccessfully interrupted by Lanie Lane

Adalita lets fly

Dan Sultan leads the full ensemble

Dan Sultan takes flight

The cast take a bow

I popped my head in backstage to say hello too.

Lanie Lane limbers up

Johnny Mackay and Dan Sultan

Lisa Mitchell and Johnny Mackay

Urthboy's Stagger Lee inspired homicidal urges overcome by the love of Dan Sultan

Don't do it Dan

Adalita and Alex Burnett get cosy

Half a setlist

Thank you and goodnight

Big Day Out Sydney 2011

Daniel Boud — Sun, 30 Jan 2011 10:22:08 +0000

Here’s some of my snaps of the Sydney Big Day Out last Thursday.

I spent the bulk of my time backstage shooting portraits for FasterLouder but ducked out a few times to catch some performances for Time Out.

Like five years ago when Iggy Pop’s performance blew my mind at the 2006 Big Day Out, he did it again this year.

From the very moment he pounced onto the stage he was mesmerising. Shirtless and with more boundless energy than frontmen a third of his age, Iggy and the Stooges stole the show without needing the theatrics of acts like Rammstein.

Kim from Matt and Kim surfs the Lilyworld crowd

Die Antwoord

The act that most fascinated me on the Big Day Out bill was Die Antwoord. I tried my darnedest to get them into my studio, asking every publicist and record label rep who’d listen, but to no avail. So i wasn’t going to miss their live show.

Andrew WK

I did get to shoot Andrew WK in my studio set-up, and he was so awesome there that i just had to see his performance too. I missed his mainstage act, but he did a little solo set at the Lilyworld stage, just him and a keyboard, playing cover songs, telling stories and chatting with the audience.

Nick Cave with Grinderman at the Enmore Theatre

Like Iggy Pop, Nick Cave provided a lesson to every other younger act on the Big Day Out tour on what it is to be a frontman of a rock’n'roll band.

I shot Grinderman at their Big Day Out sideshow, and only got permission to shoot one song, but it was all you needed. Nick Cave performs like a man possessed.

All Tomorrow’s Parties in Sydney

Daniel Boud — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 03:55:45 +0000

For years i’ve envied other cities around the world that hosted the All Tomorrows Parties festival. Created 10 years ago by an english chap named Barry Hogan he describes the festival as,

"…kind of like an anti-festival. We want to have drinks at reasonable prices, decent bands playing a lot of sets, free programs and brochures, no sponsorship. We don’t have a merch rate for bands, parking is free, we treat people with respect, as you’d like to be treated. You know who I’m talking about, those out there who like to milk it to people. The way forward is to keep it boutique.

But also we want to try to make the line-ups different than everything else. If you look at the line-ups of those summer festivals–good God, Jack Johnson! Who wants to see him? I don’t even think Jack Johnson wants to see himself. "

What also makes it different is that the line-up is curated by a band or particular artist. Fittingly Australia’s first All Tomorrow’s Parties had Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds choosing the bands and performing.

True to other versions of the festival, the Sydney venue wasn’t your typical festival location either – it was on Cockatoo island in the middle of Sydney Harbour. Pretty bloody special.

I wasn’t familiar with most of the artists on the bill, but that didn’t stop it being my favourite festival experience in years.

An amazing venue, lots of space, well organised, no long queues, Nick Cave and most importantly – no aggro drugged up shirtless munters!

Here’s hoping ATP becomes an annual fixture on the festival circuit.

Loads more ATP Sydney photos in the gallery.

Nick Cave and Grinderman

Daniel Boud — Sun, 21 Oct 2007 09:02:40 +0000

Here’s some photos from Nick Cave‘s gig at The Enmore Theatre tonight.

Nick Cave is a genuine Australian music legend. Unlike many of his generation who lost their mojo and grew complacent and boring from success, Nick Cave is still filled with more passion and venom than most half his age. His unique style and broad creative output is beyond compare.

In a cheeky move for this tour, his band Grinderman plays the support slot prior to Nick Cave’s solo set which was filled out by his bearded Grinderman band mates.

Here’s a clip of Grinderman performing on Later with Jools Holland.

For the gig tonight us photographers were restricted to shooting just one Nick Cave song, and none of Grinderman. Still, it was a privelege just watching.

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