Brontide
With a name that translates variously as “Thunder”, “The distant sound of an earthquake” and other such colourful terms, Brontide are a fittingly epic proposal on stage. With their heavy-yet-melodic instrumentals, they craft little storms of songs, with a neat sense of dynamics and timbre. I caught them recently supporting Rolo Tomassi at Manchester’s Night & Day Cafe.
Rolo Tomassi
With appearances at Leeds and Reading fast approaching, prog-hardcore crew Rolo Tomassi (see previously) stopped by Manchester’s Night & Day cafe for a pre-festival warm up show. With a new album now well-lodged in their fans minds, the Tomassi gang tore it up, with both new and old tracks going down a storm with the assembled crowd. Check out more shots below the cut!
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In Print!
Loughborough’s premier (only?) local newspaper, The Loughborough Echo, has picked up the photos from Jon and Sarah’s wedding I posted a while back, and whilst they haven’t included a photo credit, it still tickles me that this made page 2 of the local rag.
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Pulled Apart By Horses
Only a few scant days after my previous shoot with PABH, I had the pleasure of taking some shots at their debut album launch party at the world(?) famous Brudenell Social Club. Life has been pretty crazy of late, but I managed to find a bit of time last week to finally go through these shots, and I hope you enjoy them!
Big Mister Doom
I know nothing about electronica. Honestly, I couldn’t tell you the difference between minimal techno and deep house if you put a gun to my head. I do, however, know good music when I hear it, and Leeds glitch crew Big Mr Doom make some very good music indeed. With their debut EP on its way, they were in need of some promo photos, and I was more than happy to oblige.
End To Empires
If you like your punk music hardcore and raw, and would rather think of metalcore and its other derivative styles as simply bad dreams best left forgotten, then End to Empires are for you. Scathing, groovy and brutal, these guys really deserve to go places. I caught them at Santiago’s in Leeds a few days back and took a handful of shots. Check out more below the cut!
Zombie wedding attack!
This past weekend, I was down in Loughborough to shoot my friends’ wedding. The day was going great till the wedding band arrived: no one had considered the implications of hiring a zombie band to play, and before long, Zombina and the Skeletones were chomping their way through the bride and groom. Another shot of the horror below the cut!
Everything Everything
Currently one of the UK’s most promising up-and-coming rock bands, Everything Everything put on a brilliant live show, filled out with four-part vocal harmonies, triggered samples, liquid basslines and angular guitar gymnastics. Add in to that an almost incomprehensible stream-of-consciousness collection of lyrics, and you’ve got quite the package! They recently stopped by Leeds on their tour with fellow bright young things, Delphic.
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Opposite Cafe
This one’s a bit of a break from the norm! I’m waiting on getting a site-wide redress in the near future, to showcase a broader selection of my work than just live music – this post is a bit of a teaser of what’s to come!
Living in Leeds brings many pleasures, few greater than stopping by Opposite cafe for a hot cup of goodness. I got called in for a favour recently, to take some shots of the coffee-making process in action for an upcoming magazine article on the cafe. With the promise of a free brew in exchange, who was I to turn down the offer!
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The Rotted
With a new EP freshly released, UK punk-metal bruisers The Rotted are on the road again. bringing a healthy dose of Lahndahn misery along with them. I stopped by their recent show at Manchester Moho Live to catch the action. Check out more shots below the cut!