I have let this thing go since January, I’ve been so slack. So very slack.

I’ve shot so many bands: Howard Jones, The Waifs, The All-American Rejects, Hey Monday, Fall Out Boy, Amanda Palmer, Mogwai, The Stills, Kings of Leon, Counting Crows, The Who, Kean, The Greats, Little Birdy, Oh Mercy, Lady GaGa, Pussycat Dolls and Lily Allen.

I’ve also shot a bunch of festivals: Sunset Sounds, Soundwave, Big O, V Festival and the Victorian Fire & Flood Benifit concert in Brisbane.

I will upload some photos from the most recent shows I’ve shot but probably not ALL. You can however see most of them on my Flickr photostream if you’re really curious!

Serj Tankian, lead singer of System of a Down, is next. A lot of punters here haven’t heard his solo efforts, eventuating in the 2007 album Elect the Dead. Tankian walks out in a white suit and white top hat.

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Two albums into his already acclaimed career, Lior is welcomed onto the stage like a long-lost family member and with his laconic, razor-sharp wit and his easy between-song banter, it is simple to see why even before he strikes a chord on his guitar.

With a string quartet in tow, the emotional atmospheres of Autumn Flow, Daniel and This Old Love transcend their original versions and take on a whole new power. Add a lovely duet by special guest Katie Noonan into the mix and you can’t get a much better night.

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After a stellar 2007 and a landmark set at this year’s Splendour In The Grass festival, The Panics touched down in Brisbane before heading off to write the follow up to the ARIA-award-winning Cruel Guards, and it was certainly a night to remember.

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