October 24, 2008
The Step Inn, Brisbane
Violent Soho, Eat Laser Scumbag, Dick Nasty, Turnpike, No Anchor

Part two ... the review!Initially billed as headliners, Violent Soho have been usurped at the last minute by Brisbane punk stalwarts Eat Laser Scumbag. However, crowd and Mansfield's finest forge on unperturbed - beer and noisy, fuzzed-out rock ( Read more... )

October 24, 2008
The Step Inn, Brisbane
Violent Soho, Eat Laser Scumbag, Dick Nasty, Turnpike, No Anchor

First real chance to test out my shiny new lens under the conditions I really bought it for -- appallingly dim lighting. It did really well. Quite sharp, and a definite improvement on the 50mm f/1.8.


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Violent Soho, The Repitiles, Side Effects
July 12, 2007
The Troubadour, Brisbane

I haven't been gigging a lot lately (although I've still managed 29 bands so far this year somehow), but I shot the album launch of Violent Soho on Saturday at the Troubadour in the Valley. It was also my first shoot for about six weeks ( Read more... )

The Mess Hall, The Scare, Violent Soho
April 19, 2008
The Zoo, Brisbane

This lot were all great to photograph. Got some super action shots. The stage was rather backlit, especially early on, but it worked very well on several occasions, and the rest I was able to tweak to get something.

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Scul Hazzards, Violent Soho, Little Lovers
The Step Inn, Brisbane
February 22, 2008

Shot photos /and/ wrote a review. Must be some special property of alcohol consumption, I think. Still the evening was quite a blur. So were a lot of the photos -- about 95% of the 770-odd that I took. Follow the link to check out the best of them.


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Iron On, Violent Soho, Butcher Birds
December 8, 2007
The Zoo

Iron On played a super gig to launch their new EP The Verse, with fellow Brisbane locals Butcher Birds and Violent Soho in support. I took photos, including the one below.!


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Magic Dirt, Violent Soho, Gyanism
July 7, 2007
The Zoo, Brisbane

The Zoo has played host to many strange acts, but Gyanism make a fine fist of taking first place in the freak-out stakes. When this reviewer arrives, the six or eight performers on the stage are not so much playing as physically assaulting their instruments. What emerges is a ( Read more... )

So, a little over a week ago, I was thrown into my first experience as a live gig photographer. And, after a few nervous moments at first, it worked out pretty well. Except for the rather dark atmosphere and the plethora of red lighting -- all of which contributed to the extremely tomatoey look bathing the scene in my shots.I shot three bands all ( Read more... )

I contributed only a tiny bit to this review (Ed Kuepper), but I really liked how the rest of it flowed. It's probably one of the best joint efforts I've seen on Fasterlouder so far. Kudos to gumbuoy.The majestic Powerhouse Theatre sits on the banks of the Brisbane River at New Farm, with a good view of both the river and the wide open space of New Farm ( Read more... )

So Fasterlouder threw a Christmas bash at the Zoo the other night for contributors and people who visit the site. There was a slightly annoying number of no shows (always a problem with a free gig ... and it was a school night to boot), but the bands were entertaining and much fun was had. There were finger foods which was a true novelty - I haven' ( Read more... )