39 – ‘Lost In The Riots’, ‘Electric Fusiliers’ and ‘Luxury Stranger’
Lost In The Riots:
www.soundcloud.com/lostintheriots
“Lost in the Riots are a four-piece post rock outfit fighting their way out of Watford, Hertfordshire. Differing from their hardcore peers that the town has previously spawned, the quartet serve up a guitar-driven assault of quiet-loud dynamics laden with unconventional time signatures and occasional vocalism. Their sound is a schizophrenic mix of heavy riffs to aggressively nod your head to and tear jerking, hopeful crescendos.”
Electric Fusiliers:
www.facebook.com/ElectricFusiliers
“Formed by Ollie, Sheard and Matt as we had run out of bands between us and wanted an outlet for our music. Callum quickly joined and we played a couple of small time gigs. Matt left to pursue other things, Sam O’D joined, cementing the lineup. Spent many hours and days playing COD and cracking jokes, under the guise of ‘Writing and Recording’. Now actually nearly finished writing and recording our first EP, having not had a band COD session in rather long time, due to the trend for practicing at Ruff Rockers. Will have more tracks up imminently, and a few gigs on the horizon, which will hopefully turn into many more gigs following the ‘release’, or more accurately indiscriminate distribution, of the EP. Have a listen, please do contact us with constructive feedback and stuff, love to hear what you think. ”
(Quote obtained from the band’s facebook page)
Luxury Stranger:
“Influenced by the sounds of post-punk / new wave from 1978 – 1984. Imagine: Bowie and Pop’s Berlin years mixed with the disparate sound of Joy Division and early Cure with the melodies of Martin L Gore and power of The Chameleons – this is Luxury Stranger.”
(Quote obtained from the band’s official website)
25 – ‘Club Smith’, ‘Dustland’, ‘Southern’, and ‘Gorgeous George’
Club Smith:
(No biography info available on the artist’s website)
Dustland:
(No biography info available on the artist’s website)
Southern:
www.myspace.com/thisissouthernmusic
“Hailing from Belfast, Southern are a musical trio consisting of siblings Thom and Lucy Southern and one of the best exports of the past 12 months. Lead vocalist and songwriter Thom Southern got his start busking around Belfast and Dublin for pocket money. At the tender age of 17 he won ‘Belfast Busker of the Year Award’ which gave him a coveted slot in the Belfast Nashville festival. Through the festival he won the ‘Katherine Brick Award’ for ‘Young Songwriter of the Year’. Soon afterwards Thom joined together with his sister Lucy and their childhood friend Jonny Lee.
It was not long afterwards that Southern began to make a big impact on the Belfast and Dublin music scene playing with well-known artists such as John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers, Steve Harley, Nanci Griffith, John Hannen, Benitta Hill and Iain Archer.”
(Quote obtained from the band’s facebook page)
Gorgeous George:
www.gorgeousgeorgetheband.tumblr.com
“Gorgeous George play a mixture of balkan folk, eastern european jewish klezmer, and manouche jazz, with cockney voices and lyrics about overtime, saturday afternoon results and everyone wearing the same bloody aftershave. bonjour.
We like eastern europe and south west london and we’re here to unite the two.
We are currently working hard on our debut EP ‘Dangle The Carrot’ for a mid-may release and doing lots and lots of gigs.”
(Quote obtained from the band’s facebook page)
20 – ‘The Bright Young People’, ‘Healer/Monster’, ‘Tin Pan Gang’, and ‘Paperface’
The Bright Young People:
www.myspace.com/thebrightyoungpeople
Healer/Monster:
Tin Pan Gang:
http://www.myspace.com/tinpangang
Paperface:
http://www.myspace.com/thisispaperface
19 – ‘Arms of Atlas’, ‘LeCarla’ and ‘Eat Off Your Arms’
Arms of Atlas:
Arms of Atlas‘s ‘Hour of the Night’ Official Music Video:
LeCarla:
Check out LeCarla‘s Official Music Video for their debut track ‘DILLIGAF’ which was released in May of last year:
Eat Off Your Arms:
www.myspace.com/eatoffyourarms
Check out Eat Off Your Arm‘s video for their song ‘Sit and Grin’:
17 – ‘Tankus The Henge’, ‘Kitty Junkbrother’, and ‘Doyle & The Fourfathers’
Tankus The Henge:
“The world of Tankus the Henge is uplifting and wild, dark and heartfelt. A five piece powerhouse of a band drawing visual and musical influences from old time Fairgrounds to modern day Circus; The Beatles to Tom Waits and Gogol Bordello to Radiohead, they embody a look and a sound that lies somewhere between their South East London home and the carnival town of New Orleans.
With their charismatic frontman, Jaz Delorean, looking like a lost character from a Terry Gilliam film and the pump and grind of the Tankus the Henge sound generating a groove that makes it impossible to stand still, their live show ebbs and flows like a small boat on a turbulent sea.
Any other band who billed themselves as “the most fantastic band in the world” would rightly quake in their boots at having to live up to such fanfare. Tankus the Henge defy you to contradict them!”
(quote obtained from the band’s official website)
Kitty Junkbrother:
www.myspace.com/kittyjunkbrother
“KittyJunkBrother was made in Camden. Hair is her own. She likes her cat Brian and days in which she is not under any obligation to do anything. Freedom to dine on the stars overhead and sing songs about lovers that fled; that is what a JunkBrother likes. To travel the world with a dime in your shoe, got no time for the system that seems to fuck you.”
(quote obtained from the artist’s myspace page)
“Doyle & The Fourfathers are a Southampton based band who formed in September 2009. The band consists of Lead singer and songwriter William Doyle, Guitarist and multi-instrumentalist Ben Clark, Bassist Michael Goozee and Drummer Alex Urch.
Inspired by all great and enduring artists of the last 60 years, the band’s sound is a refreshingly honest coalescence of nostalgia and innovation. Their music presents a diverse sonic palette, yet is always underpinned by assured and evocative songcraft.
The band’s most notable successes of 2010 include performing at the triumphant ‘Save 6 Music’ protest gig at the 229 Club in London and playing a live session for Marc Riley on his BBC 6 Music show, as well as gaining recognition from other DJs on the station. The band have also built up a modest yet passionate fanbase in a short space of time.
Having released their single ‘The Governor of Giving Up’ on October 4th 2010, Doyle & The Fourfathers have finished recording their first full-length album, “Man Made” the release of which will be supported by a UK tour in early 2011.”
(quote obtained from the band’s official website)
Check out ‘Doyle & The Fourfathers’ performing on BBC Radio earlier this year:
12 – ‘Cairo Son’, ‘The Palace of Justice’, and ‘Hot Monocles’
Cairo Son:
The Palace of Justice:
www.myspace.com/thepalaceofjustice
Hot Monocles:
11 – ‘In Like Flynn’, ‘Bwani Junction’, ‘King With No Throne’ and ‘Drafts’
In Like Flynn:
www.myspace.com/inlikeflynntheband
Congratulations to ‘In Like Flynn’ on entering the UK Unsigned Top 40 Chart at No.36 with their track “Johnny Brooker”! Check it out on their myspace!
Bwani Junction:
King With No Throne:
Drafts:
10 – ‘They Say Jump’, ‘Lonely Bird’, ‘The Hensons’ and ‘The Final Few’
They Say Jump:
Lonely Bird:
www.myspace.com/lonelybirdband
The Hensons:
www.myspace.com/thehensonsband
The Final Few:
07 – ‘The Quays’, ‘Outakes’, and ‘Lightning Strikes The Empire State’
The Quays:
Outakes:
Lightning Strikes The Empire State:
www.lightningstrikestheempirestate.com
06 – ‘ 14th’, ‘Bungalows’ and ‘The Voyeurist’
14th:
’14th’ Promotional Material which was handed out before and during their performance:
Bungalows:
www.myspace.com/bungalowsmusic
The Voyeurist:
05 – ‘Mavis’, ‘Karl Phillips & The Midnight Ramblers’, ‘Urban Key’, and ‘Joshua Fisher & The Miles Away Project’
Four more bands……..
Mavis:
Karl Phillips & The Midnight Ramblers:
Also, check out their video for ‘Pink Champagne’:
Joshua Fisher & The Miles Away Project:
www.myspace.com/themilesawayproject
Urban Key:
03 – ‘Hurricane Season’, and ‘The Twisted Hearts’
Hurricane Season:
http://www.myspace.com/hurricaneseason1992
The Twisted Hearts:
http://www.myspace.com/thetwistedheartsuk
02 – ‘The Pulse’, ‘Dirty Ape’, ‘Parking Offence’ and ‘Baxter Rhodes’
Live at the Workshop, London.
The Pulse:
Dirty Ape:
Parking Offence:
www.myspace.com/parkingoffence
Baxter Rhodes:
01 – Recent Bands…
The first gig I photographed professionally was in October 2009 and since then I have photographed a variety of bands at a wide range of venues. Around Camden, Islington, Shoreditch and Kilburn, every venue is different. Personally, I’m not a believer in using ‘flash’ when doing live music photography. It can be distracting to the performer(s) and it also has the potential to drown out some of the atmospheric stage lighting. Sometimes though, when used appropriately and correctly, it can work to the photographer’s advantage. Some venues are very dark; even on the stage, and I think these places are the best locations for any photographer to practice and test their technical abilities. After all, I believe that testing conditions determine how good we really are. A photographer can be in a studio all day long with full control over everything from lighting, backgrounds, props etc and not be tested. On-location shoots, such as gigs are the ones that are always different and test me…plus they get my adrenaline going too.
Here is a selection of a few Live Music Photos that I’ve taken recently.
AmberSuit:
Live @ The Workshop
Live @ The Workshop
Live @ The Workshop
Live @ The Enterprise
Live @ The Enterprise
Live @ The Good Ship
Live @ The Good Ship
DeepSeaGreen:
DeepSeaGreen’s latest album can be purchased from itunes here
The Glass Child:
www.myspace.com/charlotteeriksson
The New Outfit:
Pearl Jammed (Tribute Band to ‘Pearl Jam’):
Absolute Bowie
(Tribute Band to ‘David Bowie’):
London Unsigned Music 