Neil Young & Crazy Horse, RDS Arena, Ballsbridge, Dublin, 15th June 2013
2013 Mercury Prize winners Alt-J played a hugely-anticipated show in The Olympia Theatre in Dublin. Expectations were high, the crowd was huge and the band were rather good. A fantastic light show helped things, and gave a great atmosphere to the music. Made my life nice and easy. A band also not known for running around the stage, up PA gantries and the like.
ASIWYFA, or And So I Watch You From Afar, to give them their full moniker, popped into Hot Press for a shoot to mark the release of their new opus ‘All Hail Bright Futures’. Cracking live band, and great fun to shoot in the studio too. Did a mixture of indoors and outdoors, as the weather did me a favour for a change.
First studio shoot with Josh for a few years, last one was up the Swiss Alps in 2007. You can read the interview with Olaf Tyaransen for Hot Press here.
This session was for the Hot Press cover to mark the release of his brand new long-player, ‘The Beast In It’s Tracks’. Went with a mixture of a clean white and black background, as Mr Ritter was looking very dapper that day so suited his look quite well. Here are some shots that were used in the feature, processing by Mr Dave Keane of Hot Press.
Levon Helm Tribute Night, The Sugar Club, Dublin, 19th April 2013 featuring performances from Trouble Pilgrims, Pete Cummins, Graham Hopkins and Joe Doyle from The Frames, Fiachra Gaffney, The Group, The Walls, Gavin Glass, Shane O’Reilly from Bipolar Empire, Republic Of Loose, The Lost Brothers and Valerie Francis.