New “festival” on the block(s) and classic Simpsons quote “The Blurst of Times” Festival headed up a host of local bands from Violent Soho and Velociraptor to Gung Ho and Bitch Prefect. Spread across three venues, Coniston Lane, Alhambra and Black Bear Lodge, it was kind of like a festival, a bit of running around but minus the long queues and battling the elements.
Our full gallery is available over at The Good Guide – Blurst of Times Festival.
Pro skater ( 
) Thelma Plum is in for our Time Off Magazine Live cover shoot this week.
We also took on the full brunt of the angry weather gods during the annual Future Music Festival monsoon!
Check it all out in this week’s issue #1617.
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For the full coverage Future Music Festival head here
Well if there was ever a time to call an “Australia Day 2″ on a music festival this would be it! Its no real secret that FMF is plagued with some of the worse weather Queensland can dish out each year but the music gods severely lost out this year with constant rain all day and atrocious ground conditions – to the point one of the main stages was closed early in the day, but apart from that it was non stop music and pyrotechnics!
Check out our photos of all the fun and mud and more mud at the Up All Night Facebook page
..or see the crispy high res versions on the Up All Night website
Here are a few of the highlights from last week’s Soundwave Festival in Brisbane. Forecast was for rain all day with days either side varying in degrees of downpour, so it was a pleasant surprise when there was not a single drop all day for some of rock’s greats and bands of the now to do their thing to.
Stay tuned for the complete gallery (:
Parklife Brisbane 2012 photos
Its official, the festival season has been kicked off with a bang and crackle! This year Parklife coincided with the Brisbane Festival’s Riverfire so there was an extra treat of fireworks to add to the festivities.
Parklife Brisbane 2012 highlight photos here
More Future Music Festival 2012 Brisbane photos here
Fatboy Slim
We’ve lost count of how many years Future has been under water, or mud as it were so when the previous day’s forecast said it was going to be partly cloudy we were skeptical but were really hoping for a good day. The day started with a bout of moderately heavy rain which laid a soggy foundation but thankfully held out for the better part of the day with only a few patches of light drizzle. Unfortunately it was too good to be true and as the headliners were beginning to take to the stage the weather man in the sky remembered what day it was and bucketed it down, but that didn’t stop us from getting some shots even with the thought of a dead flash courtesy of Soundwave Festival last week still fresh in my mind :-\
The sets however were nicely varied and LMFAO wasn’t heard -too- many times (though once is usually more than enough!) and dubstep seemed to be kept to its respective DJ’s. Highlights were definitely Aphex Twin with a lesson in how to play a broken beat set and Chase and Status with a mid afternoon stormer. PvD’s trance stage also provided a few sparks of interest to a genre I haven’t paid much attention to in a long time.
Check out the first batch of photos, more to come!
Brisbane Future Music Festival 2012 photos
Skrillex
Die Antwoord
Big Day Out 2012 – Gold Coast
Girl Talk
With about 2/3 capacity it was one of the smallest turn outs in recent history for the festival institution that is the Big Day Out, though all this meant was shorter lines and it easier to get around Headliners Soundgarden, Kayne West (albeit 45min late) and Nero still delivered what the fans wanted.
Gold Coast Big Day Out photos gallery 1
Gold Coast Big Day Out photos gallery 2
Parkway Drive
Soundgarden
Kanye West
Blah blah blah Festival 2011
Blahfest once again rose to the occasion and delivered a quality festival minus all the usual qualms associated with large gatherings of “music lovers”.
Over abundance of bad dubstep (is there even any that’s good?? ;p ) aside, stand out sets were easily marked by A.Skillz and LTJ Bukem.
Check out the full gallery – Blah blah blah Festival 2011 photos
This week we take a break from our regular Time Off Magazine Live local feature shoots for some festival action at Parklife 2011!
Check out the full review and a couple photos in this week’s issue #1547.
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