Start of a new year, end of an old
It’s January and the start of a new year – time to start fresh and look forward to all the incredible opportunities that can be made and the ones that can be taken. First off, this is how my 2011 ended: After coming back from America, I went on a short tour with Break Even … Read more
My favourite 10 records of 2011… sort of
I’ve never been so excited about so much new music being released in one year than I have in 2011… Putting together a favourite 10 records of the year would be next to impossible, so I set a weird rule for this and didn’t include any bands that I have worked with. The list ends … Read more
La Dispute Fall Tour with Thrice, O’Brother and Moving Mountains (Pt 2)
The first post I put up about the Thrice tour was written in the dressing room of the Metro Theatre in Chicago. Now as I write this second post, I sit in the dining room of my house on the Sunshine Coast back in Australia with tour now just over a week gone (I had … Read more
Touché Amoré in LA tonight
Two months ago to the day on the other side of the world, I finished a very short tour with Touché Amoré (with Title Fight and Break Even), and they were talking about their LA show for their first proper headline tour in the US. Well tonight is that show and they are playing …To … Read more
La Dispute fall tour with Thrice, O’Brother and Moving Mountains (pt 1)
I am incredibly fortunate to have been on a bunch of really cool tours this year, but this one has to take the cake. I’m currently half way through a six week tour riding with La Dispute while they support Thrice. Both bands have new records out (Wildlife, and Major / Minor respectively). Also on … Read more
Title Fight / Touché Amoré / Break Even tour
It’s a bit late, but here’s some dodgey photos of the Title Fight, Touché Amoré and Break Even tour I was recently on. I rode with Break Even in the van and we had some really long drives every day. The dudes were rad and super patient with me having to get to the venue … Read more
Columbia Buffet
I recently mixed the debut record by (just north of) Brisbane band Columbia Buffet. They’ve just posted the first single, Twenty Five, online. It’s also available on iTunes. For fans of Third Eye Blind and other assorted catchy rock. Check it here! Links: Twenty Five on iTunes Website Facebook
Balance and Composure / Fires of Waco tour
August 18-27 Balance and Composure are a band from Pennsylvania that play melodic rocky tunes with a grunge twist to them. They’ve been on my radar for about a year now when I was introduced to them by a couple of members from Fires of Waco, who were fittingly on this tour. Two wins already … Read more
Splendour & more – July and August so far…
The last month or so has been a lot of random gigs which have all been great. I also finished recording, mixing, producing etc the new Fires of Waco EP and 7″ (more on the later), and Columbia Buffet‘s debut record, but I have no photos of that because screen shots of Pro Tools are … Read more
Break Even support Rise Against
I was lucky enough to mix Break Even at the Brisbane Entertainment Centre when they supported Rise Against on their 2011 Australian tour. FOH was a Digidesign Profile into D&B J Line system. It sounded incredible, and Break Even killed it and were really well received. Here’s some dodgey photos.
