Wednesday, January 27, 2010

The Saw Doctors

It's been quiet on the blog here recently, mostly because it's been quiet on the gig front for the most part. The only gig of note recently was Pete Doherty, and I was already busy. Anyhow, the coming month looks more interesting. In the meantime, here's a shot of Leo from the Sawdoctors.

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Thursday, January 7, 2010

The Sunseekers

Local band The Sunseekers did an album launch a while back. Came across these shots yesterday, so I thought I'd post them.



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Friday, October 2, 2009

Messiah J & The Expert

A cracking night with Messiah J & The Expert at Roisin Dubh tonight. Nice crowd, well into the gig and the lads having a ball despite the initial lack of Kinder eggs.






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Friday, September 25, 2009

The Ralphs

It's been superbly busy recently with all my blogs getting neglected. Anyhow here's a quicky of Jamie Ralph from The Ralphs.


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Tuesday, September 1, 2009

Funeral Suits

A mildly hoodied and Emo-esque Funeral suits played the Roisin Dubh tonight. Excellent gig actually, with great support from The Lost Chord and Jon Dots.

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Tuesday, August 25, 2009

Leftover Crack

As is normal with hardcore nights, 3 bands played before the headline act Leftover Crack. I have to say I really enjoyed this gig. This was shot from the side of the stage as I'd have no hope of getting anything in further with all the moshing!

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Sunday, August 23, 2009

The White Liars

A slightly different look from a gig this time: the 24mm Tilt Shift. The White Liars @ Roisin Dubh.




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Wednesday, August 19, 2009

Alela Diane

Alela Diane is a wonderfully quiet and tender folk singer. Hot Press have an article about her this week displaying her with marvelous locks. As this shot shows, she's pretty recently shorn and certainly not looking worse for it. This shot is from her support slot with Bon Iver at the Galway Arts Festival Big Top.
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Saturday, August 15, 2009

Fred

Fred were playing in the Roisin Dubh tonight. Popped in to catch the end of the set, after the soundcheck ran late in The Quays. Here's a shot of Joe I particularly liked when I saw it on camera. It's unbelievably sharp, with a fantastic level of detail. I haven't had time to look through the rest of the shots yet.

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Friday, August 14, 2009

Fionn Regan

Here's an oldie of Fionn Regan. Fionn is probably best known for 'Be good or be gone'. At this gig he was also a lover of almost no light, hence the extreme ISO and B&W finish!

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Thursday, August 13, 2009

Pierce Turner

Wexford/New York based musician Pierce Turner played to an intimate, but interested crowd last Tuesday in the Roisin Dubh. Pierce has had songs featured on 'The Wire', as well as performed by Christy Moore.

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Sunday, August 9, 2009

Saul Williams

Slam poet and rapper extraordinaire Saul Williams on his first sold out Roisin Dubh gig. This was nothing short of spine tingling as his words shot through everyone there, baring both heart and soul.

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RSAG

Jeremy from RSAG is a low light lover. Part of a set for online music mag Red Track Music. He plays drums and sings to a backing DVD of himself on other instruments. It's a cool show.

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Saturday, August 8, 2009

Oldest of the old.. digitally anyway

Here's the very old live gig photo I can find in my Library. I do have some older ones on film, but I can't locate them currently.. I even have some old sidestage shots of Junkster/Beastie Boys etc, from the Big Day Out, way back, but this is the oldest I have on the computer. The poor gentleman on the receiving end of my lens is Glenn Tilbrook, formerly, and semicurrently with Squeeze.

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It's certainly no masterpiece, but I remember being so impressed with myself, shooting manually and being able to capture a low light gig with no flash. And oh yes, is there a lot of flash in some of the other (ropey) shots from this set! This may bring a sense of nostalgia to the old Roisin Dubh heads, it's from June 2003!

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The Jam: Bruce Foxton

I'm currently going through archives, trying to amalgamate all my band related photos into one catalog. I thought that I'd been successful, but as I go through my general catalog, I'm finding all kinds of stuff I'd forgotten, or missed. Case in point is this. Here's a shot of Bruce Foxton with his 'The Jam' from Roisin Dubh in June 2007.

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Friday, August 7, 2009

Conway Savage

The Bad Seed Conway Savage played an interesting mix of melancholy and mischief tonight in the Roisin Dubh. As always, the light in there was just about acceptable - the LED parcans just give off the bizarre colours when mixed with the normal tungsten parcan. The LED's are very blue, while the tungsten is very yellow. Not a good mix for a photograph! Anyhow, the easiest way to resolve such issues is B&W and that's what I've done!

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