I spent last night listening to some of Laura Marling’s new songs and it made me think back to these photos I took of her at Field Day in Victoria Park a number of years back. It was near the start of a day where the rain lashed down. More images in this set that I took from the sound desk show her performing to a sea of umbrellas. There are also images that show her backing musicians which includes some chap called Marcus Mumford.

This photo best reflects that original record of hers though; just Laura the singer-songwriter playing some of her own music. On the off chance you’ve not encountered that record or any of her follow ups, I seriously suggest you grab a copy and listen.

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Laura Marling at Field Day 2008

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Ian McCulloch performs with Echo & The Bunnymen

A festival shot timed perfectly with a stunning summers sunset, which I made use of by shooting from the opposite side from where it struck Ian McCulloch’s face. The resulting image is one that I love, showered in the smoke from the cigarette he’d just puffed and with a contour pulled out from the surrounding blackness. It was as effortlessly cool as the band themselves.

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Chris Shiflett (Foo Fighters)

This photo originated from half hour spent with Chris Shiflett – who’s most known as the lead guitarist in the band Foo Fighters.

Chris was fitting in a small UK tour with his side project Jackson United whilst in the middle of a busy summer jaunting with the Foos. We met in the dressing room at the Camden Barfly where his band were playing later that night. We chatted about various things – Jackson United, Foos, the surf in Cornwall – as part of an arranged interview. I explained the graffiti on the walls, saying that artists who play the Barfly leave their mark on the walls. He borrowed my Sharpie and proceeded to sign and doodle on a gap on the wall where we were, I documented the moment.

A photo that was never planned of a moment that was never planned.

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Battle are a band that will undoubtedly feature numerous times in my archive photo posts due to the number of times I was lucky enough to have access to photograph them.

This is a shot of Jason and Tim exiting the stage after their set at Reading Festival in 2007. The story of the day that led up to this photo is something that I jotted down in detail for Play magazine – an article that was never published due to Sound Control entering administration. I will eventually refer back to my work and publish it here with more images from my weekend with them.

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The Maccabees guitarist Felix White @ Underage Festival 2008

Here’s a great portrait of The Maccabees’ guitarist Felix White performing at the 2008 Underage Festival in Victoria Park. A great event for younger music fans who want to experience live music festivals in safety – so strict and well adhered to were the rules that I required a chaperone to venture outside the backstage compound and into the main arena. Was a great day of role reversal for me and was one of the best atmospheres at a festival I can recall. I covered the day for Clash magazine.

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My Top Ten Movies of 2012

Without reasons and minimal descriptions (because you’ve heard everything you need to about these films a thousand times already), here’s a list of my top ten movies released in the UK during 2012. The choices are likely to change on the letterboxd.com page in time as I see more movies, but this is how it stands at the end of those twelve months.

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1. The Raid
Reinventive. Gripping. Thumping. Kinetic. Balletic with violence. Most entertaining of 2012.

2. Martha Marcy May Marlene
Haunting. Smart. Cult. Behaviour. What is ‘normality’?

3. Liberal Arts
Books. Music. Arts. Relationships. Curiosity. Crushes. Self-discovery. Everyone has something to teach. Everyone has something to learn.

4.Berberian Sound Studio
Watermelons. Horror through sound. Descent to Madness. Forces the darkness of your imagination, forces you to scare yourself. Paranoid. Compelling.

5. Moonrise Kingdom
Delightful. Precise… to the millimetre.

6. Argo
Gripping. Dramatic. Interesting. Argo-f***-yourself. CRANSTON.

7. The Avengers (none of this ‘Assemble’ nonsense)
HULK SMASH. PUNY GOD. Beat after beat of action-comedy… com-tion lets say. Perfection in its genre.

8. Jason Becker: Not Dead Yet
Astonishing. ROCKING. Touching. Creativity is life-affirming.

9. Silver Linings Playbook
Almost drama. Almost Rom-Com. Entertaining and uplifting. Great performances.

10. The Muppets
Joyful. Innocent. Happy. Positive. Funny Funny FUNNY. Fart Shoes.

Notable applause for my two favourite surprises of the year; DREDD and PITCH PERFECT.

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Laura Marling at Field Day 2008

Alison Goldfrapp performs at V Festival

Ian McCulloch (Echo & The Bunnymen)

Chris Shiflett (Foo Fighters)

Battle at Leeds Festival

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