Explosions in the Sky live at Brixton Academy

January Blues

By James | Jan 29th, 2012 | Live Music |

January bluegrass may be nearer the truth, actually. Though there was blues, of a sort – foot-stomping, banjo-belting, deep-south country. And a heft of post-rock too…

Open Ears

I Am Really Bad At Blogging, Part 2

By James | Jan 18th, 2012 | Live Music |

As if to prove a point, it has taken me the best part of a month to conclude my end of year round up. I am, you must understand, really bad at blogging.

Miles Kane at Electric Ballroom

I Am Really Bad At Blogging, Part 1

By James | Dec 22nd, 2011 | Live Music |

Even considering the shoddy number of gigs I’ve actually been approved for in the last few months, I have somehow failed to keep up with this meagre flow of photo work in diary form.

Spiritualized

Spiritualized

By James | Oct 25th, 2011 | Live Music |

Considering all the bands and musicians that I’ve been fortunate enough to photograph over the last few years I can’t remember being as excited about shooting anyone as I was for this gig…

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DFA 1979 / Andy Burrows

By James | Oct 14th, 2011 | Live Music |

So summer was, for various reasons, a bit quiet. I barely set foot in a venue, for the first time in years and years I didn’t set foot on festival turf, and yet somehow I’m already behind on my blogging…

Notting Hill Carnival 2011

Notting Hill Carnival 2011

By James | Sep 10th, 2011 | Event,Festival,Music,Portrait |

It’s pretty poor form to have lived in the capital for 12 years without ever having stepped foot on West London tarmac during one of the most celebrated street festivals in the world. In my defense, for most of those years I was watching white men play indie music at either Reading or Leeds Festivals…