Annandale Hotel 10th Birthday
Over the past couple of weeks my local, The Annandale Hotel has been celebrating its ten year anniversary. The place has stood for a lot longer than ten years, but the anniversary marks the time it’s been owned and run in it’s current incarnation by Matt and Dan Rule. I saw a couple of the [...]
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 [...]
A weekend at The Annandale
Here’s the full range of photos from the show at The Wall. They’re pictures of bands i took during the My Filthy Riot festival at The Annandale in March. They were taken backstage over the weekend. I’d approach the acts, explain that i was taking pictures and ask them to pose for me. No fuss [...]
The Cops and Sparkadia at The Annandale
Continuing my series of going to gigs and taking photos onstage and off (see Dappled Cities Fly and Red Riders plus Expatriate) here’s The Cops and Sparkadia at The Annandale on the 6th July. I’ve taken so many live concert pictures in my time i figure i might as well mix it up and get [...]
The Vines at The Annandale
The Vines played the last show of their 3 night stint at The Annandale on Friday. The sold out crowd was mental for them. The front row seemed to be filled with young women, behind them a pit of moshing blokes. There was quite a lot of crowd surfing which i haven’t seen for some [...]
Howling Bells, Red Riders and Sparkadia
Here’s some pictures of Howling Bells show last night at The Annandale. After moving to the UK it was a triumphant homecoming for the band formerly known as Waikiki. The show sold out several days earlier and expectations were high. It’s amazing what a good rap from NME and airplay on the OC will do [...]