Stephen Booth Photography

Hoodoo Gurus / The Sonics / 5678s – Dig It Up – 20th April 2012 – The Tivoli

Stephen — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 09:06:25 +0000

Brad Shepherd - Hoodoo Gurus

A slightly edited version of Dig It Up played The Tivoli last Friday night, The 5678's, The Sonics and The Hoodoo Gurus were all great, I was a little nervous about The Sonics, but they were brilliant, and LOUD.

5678's

The Sonics

Dave Faulkner - Hoodoo Gurus

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Byron Bay Bluesfest 2012

Stephen — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 06:46:15 +0000

Justin Townes Earle

I went down to Byron to shoot Bluesfest for Timeoff / themusic.com.au on Saturday the 7th of April, I only had the time for one day, but Steve Earle, Justin Townes Earle, Lucinda Williams and John Fogerty were all playing so it was totally worth the trip - I hadn't been to Bluesfest for years, but really enjoyed the day, it's such a relaxed festival compared to Soundwave, Big Day Out and all the rest, it made a really pleasant change... I'll be back next year for at least a day or two.

Justin Townes Earle

JTE and Lucinda were personal faves, Justin Townes Earle just gets better and better, if you have the chance to see him play don't miss it whatever you do, if there's any justice in the world he'll be huge in no time at all. I'd wanted to see Lucinda Williams for ages, her set was a little rickity to begin with, but once she hit her stride it was simultaneously beautiful, fragile and powerful, quite a thing.

Lucinda Williams

Steve Earle

Steve Earle / Lucinda Williams

John Fogerty

Anjelique Kidjo

Brian Setzer

Bettye Lavette

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Dead Meadow / Pink Mountaintops – 5th April 2012

Stephen — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 06:31:13 +0000

Dead Meadow / Pink Mountaintops at The Zoo

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Boris – 23rd March 2012 – The Hifi Brisbane Australia

Stephen — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 04:59:30 +0000

Boris played at The Hifi last week, great show, more photos in the gallery below, plus a vid of one of my fave songs of theirs.

"Pink" - Boris

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Bon Iver – 17th March 2012 – The Tivoli

Stephen — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 04:46:18 +0000

Bon Iver played three sold out shows at The Tivoli last week, I got to shoot the last show.

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Wild Flag – 11th March 2012

Stephen — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 06:16:07 +0000

Wild Flag played The Zoo in Brisbane last Sunday night, great show, Carrie Brownstein (of Sleater Kinney and Portlandia fame ), Mary Timony (Helium), Rebecca Cole and Janet Weiss (Sleater Kinney and The Go-Betweens, amongst many more) really suprised me with their energy, they put a lot of mopy younger bands to shame : ) The record's great too, you can buy it here

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Soundwave 2012 Photos

Stephen — Sun, 26 Feb 2012 10:25:42 +0000

Photos from Soundwave 2012 - RNA Showgrounds 25th Feb 2012, Brisbane Australia.
Here's just a few from the show, many more to come.

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Mastodon

Machinehead

Dillinger Escape Plan

Slipknot

System of a Down

Sisters of Mercy

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Laneway – Brisbane – 28th January 2012

Stephen — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 11:27:40 +0000

Just a few photos from Laneway, Brisbane 2012, more in the gallery below. The Horrors, DZ Deathrays, Anna Calvi, Cults, Feist,M83, Laura Marling,Girls and Chairlift.

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Live Music Photos – 2011

Stephen — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 05:19:50 +0000

So, that's it for 2011 - I had dozens of photos published in Australia, The UK and US, had photos on album covers, book jackets and DVDs, (The Gin Club, Public Enemy, Robert Forster, Powderfinger and more) sold a heap of prints, licensed photos to a TV production, a film and a few ads, and was featured on an ABC TV show. I shot 168 bands at 96 shows, at 19 venues plus one library and one zoo, and shot portraits for a bunch of bands.

The Flaming Lips at Harvest

Here's a few of my faves from the year, thanks to all the bands, fans, editors, venues, promoters, labels, managers and PR types who've helped out, rock on, and so on : )

Screamfeeder at Woodland

Violent Soho - Float On

Iggy - BDO

Mogwai - Splendour

Mos Def

The Bronx - Soundwave

The Holdsteady - The Zoo

Public Enemy

Kurt Vile

You Am I

Justin Townes Earle

Katy Perry

No Anchor

Slash

Black Mountain

Regurgitator

Perry Farrell - Jane's Addiction

Jarvis Cocker - Pulp

Future of the Left

The Drones

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Kurt Vile – 8th Dec 2011

Stephen — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 14:13:10 +0000

Kurt Vile played at Woodland the other day, supported by Kellie Lloyd and Blank Realm. Mr Vile's album 'Smoke Ring For My Halo' has been getting a LOT of plays around the house lately, so I was keen to see the show. Dunno why Woodland runs so late on weeknights, but it seemed the crowd thinned out after midnight, and most of the oxygen seemed to leave the room at the same time, weird. Still, his band was great, and the songs from the album held up live, I enjoyed it, you probably would too, check him out next time why dontcha : )