For this week’s Photo Friday, ahead of their set at tomorrow’s Twisterella Festival, here’s the last of my shots from the Summer — taken at Kingsley Chapman and The Murder‘s single launch for ‘Lovers’.
Category: Photography
It’s a double exposure! In the second part of Photo Friday catch-up, we catch up with some more established treasures of the North-East’s alternative scene.
Been a while since I shared some shots, hasn’t it? So how about a wee catch-up on the sets I’ve photographed in recent weeks? First up, this year’s Evolution Emerging Festival, which took place in venues across the wonderful Ouseburn valley back in May. Every year, North-East music development agency Generator dedicates a night to the best of the independent scene – it’s a great evening for discovering hidden gems. Having missed last year’s due to the Edinburgh Half-Marathon, I was well looking forward to getting stuck into some new, up-and-coming music – that and getting some shots too!
I’ve got a lot of respect for the work of mental health charity Mind, particularly within the North-East of England. However, I have to confess that’s not the only reason the recent charity gig was a fixture in my calendar. A rare set from Brilliant Mind, plus the promise of new album material from The Lake Poets? You’d have been nuts to have missed it.
Sadly I couldn’t make it down to the whole day, but it’s always a good night when you find a new spaced-out indie band – Coquin Migale, in this case. Brilliant Mind‘s joyful set, by contrast, had a much poppier vein, a sort of Smiths-meets-The-Beatiful-South-via-Shearwater vibe, but with a North-East bitterness to it. The highlight of the evening for me was still the ethereal harmonizing of Martin from The Lake Poets and Rebecca Young (aka This Little Bird). Tracks like ‘Black & Blue’ suggest that Martin’s recent recording time in Nashville wasn’t wasted — definitely a record that’s on my wishlist.
Here’s some shots I took of Coquin Migale, Brilliant Mind, and The Lake Poets. Enjoy!
Sadly I couldn’t make it down to the whole day, but it’s always a good night when you find a new spaced-out indie band – Coquin Migale, in this case. Brilliant Mind‘s joyful set, by contrast, had a much poppier vein, a sort of Smiths-meets-The-Beatiful-South-via-Shearwater vibe, but with a North-East bitterness to it. The highlight of the evening for me was still the ethereal harmonizing of Martin from The Lake Poets and Rebecca Young (aka This Little Bird). Tracks like ‘Black & Blue’ suggest that Martin’s recent recording time in Nashville wasn’t wasted — definitely a record that’s on my wishlist.
Here’s some shots I took of Coquin Migale, Brilliant Mind, and The Lake Poets. Enjoy!
Some rather more sedate news this time. I popped along to catch Richard Dawson‘s darkly brilliant hometown show the other week, shooting for Drowned in Sound. With support from Vibracathedral Orchestra, and the ruddy excellent Phil Tyler in a solo banjo set, it was a grand night out all round. And it really was a lovely way to say goodbye to the Star and Shadow’s old Ouseburn location too, before their upcoming move to Heaton later this year. Anyway, photos below…
RICHARD DAWSON
(w/ Phil Tyler and Vibracathedral Orchestra)
The Star and Shadow, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, 7th February 2015.
http://drownedinsound.com/in_depth/4148705-in-photos–richard-dawson-the-star-and-shadow-newcastle
(w/ Phil Tyler and Vibracathedral Orchestra)
The Star and Shadow, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, 7th February 2015.
http://drownedinsound.com/in_depth/4148705-in-photos–richard-dawson-the-star-and-shadow-newcastle