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FBi Final Fling portraits

Daniel Boud — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 07:51:26 +0000

FBi presenter Sweetie

On Saturday night i took some pictures at FBi Radio‘s Final Fling concert at the Metro.

Rather than shoot it traditional event coverage style, I set up a paper roll and light to do some portraits.

Will Reichelt

My buddy Will helped me set up. He has a photo show opening this week at Mart Gallery.

Sam aka Guineafowl

FBi presenter Thom McMullen aka Shag

Freya from Kyü

Kyü

Pepa from Jinja Safari

Marcus from Jinja Safari

Jinja Safari

Jinja Safari were pretty impressive. They’ve only been playing a short while but already have some polished songs and enthusiastic live show. Part of the Paul Simon, Peter Gabriel, Vampire Weekend zeitgeist.

I intended to take more photos but was in an awkward spot and had to pack down prematurely, so this was it. But there’ll be abundantly more musician portrait opportunities at Splendour.

The Lair on MTV

Daniel Boud — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 22:49:12 +0000

The Lair host Ruby Rose

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.

Short Stack

Jessica Mauboy doing her makeup backstage

White Lies

Kram

Snob Scrilla

Kiss from The Scare

FBi fundraiser final fling photos

Daniel Boud — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 00:22:39 +0000

Palace of Fire

Here’s some photos from the FBi Radio fundraiser gig last Saturday night at The Metro.

Muscles

Muscles still commands a dedicated youthful following

Midnight Juggernauts

bluejuice hype the crowd

After the bluejuice show: a completely spent Jake backstage

You can see more pictures in the gallery at Mess and Noise or below.

The Ting Tings at The Metro

Daniel Boud — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 01:25:29 +0000

I took some snaps of The Ting Tings at the Metro last night ahead of their appearance at the Sydney Big Day Out on Friday.

They’re a pretty fun band to photograph, trying to capture the constant movement of versatile frontwoman Katie White.

Thankfully i’ll get another crack at photographing them on Friday.

Tricky live

Daniel Boud — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 22:20:10 +0000

Prior to Splendour i photographed Tricky‘s sideshow at The Metro.

Seeing some of Danny North’s shots gave me forewarning that the light would be very low and difficult to shoot in. And it was – no front light at all with lots of red and blue.

Luckily i was able to go side of stage and shoot a few pictures from there. That was handy since he seemed to spend a fair bit of time with his back to the audience, looking toward the drummer and lighting up ‘cigarettes’.

I was surprised at how upbeat and ‘rock’ the show was. I guess that’s the direction of his new record.

After coming home from the show i got all nostalgic and crawled youtube for his old material. Such great music. Takes me back.

Poems

Broken Homes – featuring PJ Harvey

Hell is round the corner

Pumpkin – with Alison Goldfrapp on vocals from 1995

Black Steel – covering Public Enemy

More Billy Corgan at The Lair

Daniel Boud — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 08:00:53 +0000

Here’s some snaps i took at MTV’s The Lair. It was a special one off show to coincide with V Festival featuring Smashing Pumpkins, Hot Hot Heat and Cansei de Ser Sexy.

Read Time Out’s account of it and check out more of my photos.

Cut Copy and Patrick Wolf

Daniel Boud — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 02:37:58 +0000

Here’s some old-ish photos from a couple of gigs back in November – Patrick Wolf and Cut Copy, both playing at The Metro.

I wasn’t very familiar with Patrick Wolf, but was impressed and can see why he inspires such a cult following.

Cut Copy’s gig was their first live outing for quite sometime after drip feeding songs off their album due out next year.

Have a listen to latest single So Haunted (mp3 | 4.9MB) via Bigstereo and also this hour long "mix mp3" (mp3 | 55MB) via anthem.

Lily Allen at The Metro

Daniel Boud — Mon, 13 Aug 2007 03:19:11 +0000

Here’s a few shots from Lily Allen at The Metro. Most of my shots were rubbish and these are pretty ordinary.

One memorable thing about this gig was that us photographers had to wear Shrek ears rather than a standard photo pass. Apparently Lily Allen had a scuffle with a paparazzi photographer in Melbourne and the Shrek ears were a gesture to poke fun at us. It was a laugh seeing the old agency hacks in their green ears.

I found this snap of my back with the ears on Flickr.

Editors at The Metro

Daniel Boud — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 23:03:42 +0000

Seeing Editors at the Metro on Wednesday night was the start of my Brit band weekend. Tonight i’m attempting to shoot Arctic Monkeys at the Hordern then Lily Allen at The Metro. Saturday is Bloc Party, Sunday Kaiser Chiefs and Monday The Horrors.

I may not be going to Splendour like most of my mates but i’ll be at a lot of sideshows.

See more photos of Editors at The Metro.

Dappled Cities Fly and Red Riders tour photos

Daniel Boud — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 00:46:45 +0000

Last week Dappled Cities Fly and Red Riders co-headlined a sold out show at The Metro in Sydney. I took pictures.

It was quite an occasion, one which marks a high point in the rise of each band.

Sydney bands tend to start their lives by playing a gig at a smallish venue like The Excelsior or The Hopetoun, if they graduate from that they may play at Spectrum, Candys or The Annandale. The next step might be The Gaelic Club and if they’ve really got things going for them, The Metro.

After that it’s a game of diminishing returns. If you move on to The Enmore or the Hordern Pavillion or even the Entertainment Centre, it’s not so fun to watch anymore. The Metro holds about a thousand people, which is about the biggest size to still feel intimate and comfortable. It’s a well designed room which has seen some incredible gigs in it’s time.

Once a band can sell out The Metro it’s a bit of a hallmark moment in their career. And so it was for Sydney bands Dappled Cities and Red Riders.

After triumphant sets, both bands came back on stage to cover Guns’n'Roses November Rain. It was awesome. Sean has video.

I’m not sure what’s next for Red Riders, but Dappled Cities are soon to migrate to the US. They’ve got support tours lined up with Tokyo Police Club and The Fratellis. Exciting times.

You can read Tim’s tour diary of their last trip to America when i briefly crossed their path.

Not to be forgotten was fabulous supporting act Belles Will Ring. They’re about to embark on their own tour soon.

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