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Dan sultan is the kind of guy both you and your mum can go ga-ga over. His lyrics are sweet, his voice is rough and the pathway he is stomping seems dusty.
Between his true blue bonds singlet and distinct accent, there is a definitely an Australian taste in his aura.
Having seen him over ten times before, i know what I'm in-store for... a dynamic soul rocking show full of haunting acoustic ballads and a little bit of Elvis hip swiveling grooves... and yep, he delivers!
He is on tour with his 7 piece outfit - including guitar & song writing guru Scott Wilson - to promote the new album, 'Get out while you can.'
The crowd digs it - young and old and i watch as a drunken teen dances traditionally with an older lady.. two generations collide. -BR
Surfing or photos, surfing or photos? This day i got to do both. Just one of the Easter sessions at our most consistent beachie of 2010. I'm pretty sure everyone got tubed this day. Well at least Garret and Dom did! -JH
:: Canon 5d MKii, f/5.0, 1/100, ISO 100, Canon Fish Eye 15mm f/2.8
When you wake up singing the songs to a band you heard the night before, you know its been a memorable experience.
Little lisa mitchell, quaint and polite, quiet and beautiful. The 20 year old, english born/australian bread singer has bursted into the Australian music scene after releasing her debut album, Wonder in 2009. Her wonderfully evocative lyrics and playful melodies float around in your head... light and airy, picturesque and pretty.
With a definite appeal to a female audience, the crowd was gentle and happy to sit on the floor until Lisa entered the stage. During the song "Coin Laundry" which Lisa sings, "do you hava dollar, do you havva dollar?" the crowd threw dollar coins up onto the stage... how cute!!! She was backed by a 7 piece band all boasting individual styles and attitudes.
Her vintage outfit, introverted personality and vocal style shouts Julia Stone! and she could pass for her younger sister. The perfect music to listen to while lying in a field of daisies on a warm summer day. -BR
Having grown up down the coast of Victoria in Apollo Bay, the Vasco Era boys have an air of familiarity, of backyard jams and local attitude.
They're well known for letting loose on stage and sending a crowd into a frenzy. Brothers, Ted & Sid O'Neil were still in their teens when they found drummer, Michael Fitzgerald and felt an instant musical and live chemistry. They spurred exciting local performances that were soon packed houses, leaving the crowd feeling the dynamic intensity of their live shows.
From these youthful beginnings, the band has gone on to much bigger things culminating in large outdoor performances at The Falls Festival, Southbound, East and West Coast Blues & Roots Festivals, Apollo Bay Music Festival and The Great Escape. In addition to the ever growing list of festivals, The Vasco Era have toured extensively throughout Australia headlining and won fans further afield with shows in LA, New York and London. the band has supported The Black Keys, The Grates, Gomez, The Violent Femmes, You Am I and Wolfmother.
The boys were here to promote their new Album, 'Lucille.' It has been a long time since their first album, 'oh i do like to live beside the seaside' which was their debut album and kickstarted their career beyond the small coastal town they started in.
Having seen their shows in Melbourne and at festivals i was expected a much larger crowd, but it was an intimate show wiith room to move and definitely space to jump. Everyone there seemed to sing along to the words, shake their hair around and sing arm in arm to the their favourites. One enthusiastic lady even escaped the bouncer to get up onstage and take over Sid's microphone to wail the chorus with the crowd cheering on. The boys loved the crowd interaction, drinking beers between songs and getting involved in banter with drunken harmless guys in wife beaters. - BR
The day went a bit like this: Wake up, Blues skies, drive in, park in mud, enter, backstage, observe, meet important people, dance, get drunk, take photos, dance, work, hari Krishna, black market drink tokens, late for shoot, too drunk, work, dance, leave.
Blues & Roots 2010 was a Killer! It's one of those festivals you can tick off all the bands you're sure you'll never see. There new festival site at Tyagarah looks like it's from a fairytale, and there 2010 staff made it a really pleasant working experience. -jh
I often wonder what happened to my memory. Have all those years of synthetic love and endless parties robbed me of any first hand recollection of my life? Are my only memories reflections of the dodgy black and white disposables or the pixelated juxtapositions poised on facebook pages; heightened moments often fabricated for the pleasure of the camera. Even besides those deborturous evenings my memories of growing up seemed like spinifex in the desert. But recently I rejoiced, for they are still there, buried discretely in the layers of distractive dialogue. Solitude has allowed them to rise again, vivid and wild, full of colour and injected with laughter. Random and without warning they grace my days in this foreign land, I'm so happy for what has been and for the mystery of what is to come.
And for all those times that seem forgotten, hail to the photograph.
:: J.P
It's cool... One by one, Wu Tang Clan affiliates seem drift through Byron in Between Battling through the major cities of Australia. Although only a small amount of peeps turned up to the Beach Hotel, they danced the Tuesday night out and left the Raekwons Clan stoked with their surroundings - jh
Photos - JH
“If I don’t lose my voice and my hearing, I’m not doing my job,” LB tells us. Before the show he had sat quietly in the fenced off green room tweeting about DJ Goodie spinning Chali 2na. Onstage, LB barely pauses for breath. His backing vocalist, Joyo Velarde, belts out her tunes while busting non-stop funky-ass dance moves. Lyrics Born and his live band don’t just perform, they engage the crowd. Both the keys and bass player make eye contact with me and grin... (Read More)
Lesbians on the Loose: As I turn the pages of the latest issue of LOTL, I am confronted with such stories titled 'Lesbian is the new straight' and 'Bitches and Twits'. Suddenly I become somewhat adsorbed in the world of Lesbian style and culture. Full of interesting articles, reviews and photos. Dare I say, relative to my non-bi nor curious self.
On page 41, I find my favourite story 'Designer Vagina'. Writer Clare Edmonson describes the recent nip & tuck trend on the... fanny, gash, lady garden, pussy, vag or love box. It reminds me of a conversation I had last week with my German girlfriend, that there really is no polite or sexy way of describing lady parts without sounding crass or somewhat immature. Or as Clare writes, 'sounding like a brazened whore or a five year old confused about the birds and the bees'.
However... The photo shoot: On the infamous Byron train tracks, just east of the infamous (although rumored) Byron homeless commune we park Jess's infamous 1966 Shelby Mustang. Jess Bowen Settled in Byron in 2001 after achieving a very long list of things, including work with Vidal Sassoon in London and Toni & Guy in Sydney. She now runs a more personal experience at her very own Mudhoney boutique hair salon, you can find out more about the lovely Jess Bowen here. The second model for the shoot was little miss photogenic. Shaney Simpson. Another shoot to add to her steadily growing portfolio. The colourful Location, vintage costume, vibrant make up, very cool props and blue sky made for a pleasant trouble free day. Thumbs up to Flic Henderson for the enthusiasm and pointing out the exposed nipples -JH
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Local Brisbane designer Irena Jusufović has just dropped her Autumn/Winter 2010 collection called 'Sex and Landscapes'. These photos were taken for her online look book and we managed to pull through despite a model who didnt show up, a broken light and a cracked lens. Check out Irena's blog here. Make up and hair was done by talented Elana Mullaly who's blog you can also check out here.
:: Callie marshall
:: It needs tape or something? photo - Jonno. 50mm ef. 1/60, f/5.6, 580ex Bounced.
As well as being a Byron Bay's surf life saving champion, Rique recently took out “New Face of the Year Category” at the Pantene Young Woman of the Year Awards. She's in high demand from the big wigs like Bonds, and picked up a contract with Priscillas in Sydney. You can check her portfolio out here. We spent some time with the very nice Rique in a very nice house on a very nice beach.
:: The New 50mm f/1.4 Canon lens gave some great depth of Field. make up & hair by Mandana Hemety
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New Face of the Year Category” at the Pantene Young Woman of the Year Awards.
It's good to see a dedicated and fresh talent such a Chrisitna Dietze rewarded with a cover shot! Her impressive portfolio is mainly due to the Scene Models group in Melbourne. You can check it out here. I was lucky enough to spend a few rushed hours with her on a well known beach in Byron. It was very enjoyable, due to her professional fast and stylish approach!
:: Tallows was particuarly good this day. One eye in the lens and the other on the point.
