Arczyk “Femme” collection
Last year we shot the new range of women’s fashion shoes for local Brisbane designer Arczyk which are now in stock. Head on over to the site and check out the whole range.
Also a note for the guys, their whole men’s range is currently on sale with some models over 50% off, get in quick!
Best of 2015
Its been awhile since we’ve done one of these but “new year, new me” right?? Yea I want to punch myself in the face too, but here goes anyway, a bit of a run down of our fave photos and gigs from last year.
2015 saw a big shift in the live music scene, namely the fall of music festivals. The first year without Big Day Out and the last year for Future Music Festival (which I incidentally thought was one of the best in the way of general production and logistics) and finally confirmed, the last year for Soundwave – going out on a massive 2 dayer binge and then unfortunately leaving quite a few workers and punters with a bad taste in their mouths.
Closer to home, our editor (The Music magazine, Brisbane) and all round top bloke moved on from the top dog position to the lucrative world of vinyl record sales…. beginning to think he’s a glutton for punishment! After many years of chasing deadlines and wrangling bands and gigs together it was sad to have to part ways but on the plus side his replacement has been going great guns to fill (or is that empty?) the big pint glasses left before him 😉 The magazine, and print media in general, wasn’t immune to the shift away from physical publications and has since gone from a weekly to a fortnightly issue. Our southern counterparts however are still lucky enough to get their music news weekly.
On the travel front, it was a painfully long year of minimal travel bar a couple trips to Melbourne. All this lack of international travel makes me something something! Thankfully we’ll be rectifying that in a couple months time with a return to Japan, can not come soon enough! Anyways, on with the show!
We kicked the year off with one of our fave drink and dance your ass off DJ’s, Krafty Kuts.
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Like previous years the highlight of festival season is with its two stellar closing events, Soundwave and Future Music Festival and they didn’t disappoint.
Soundwave Day 1 and Day 2
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Our buds The Iron Eye smashed out their first gig at The Triffid then followed it up later in the year at the Foundry.
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We got asked to write an article for G-Street for those who use and abuse their G-Shocks (or are just grots).
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2015 was also the year of weddings with a few great couples getting together and tying the knot. We were lucky enough to photograph two of them.
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Motion City Soundtrack always has the perfect amount of wit, sarcasm and angst. Standing ovation on top of your mates kinda stuff.
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We got together with some lovely models and mocked up some ads for G-Shock
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Us old foagies like a boogie too and the Candee Flip gang continued to provide the nights and the tunes. 1 2
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Our love for G-Shocks and Halloween came together in a spooky late night photo sesh
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Two of our fave bands of all time came head to head in a night of ska punk awesomeness. Less Than Jake and Reel Big Fish
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90s hip hop legends Naughty by Nature still have plenty of energy and gusto putting a lot of current hiphop to shame.
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Years in the making, two of our favourite things, G-Shocks and sneakers came together and gave birth to the G-Shock x Sneaker Freaker “Nightowl” collab …then had a party to celebrate.
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Just when we thought 2015 was over, two concerts came in to finish the year off strong, Rise Against and a double header with A Day To Remember and The Amity Affliction.
Rise Against
A Day To Remember
The Amity Affliction
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And finally it would’nt be us if there wasn’t a peppering of random G-Shocks, sneakers and a spot of scenic travel 😀
So that was the year in a pretty damn big nutshell, looking forward to just as much fun and craziness in 2016! 😀
Two heavy hitters came together for the perfect storm of metal to close out the year.
Bumper gallery below!
A Day to Remember
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The Amity Affliction
The Rise Against punk rock machine rumbled through town a couple weeks ago. Here’s some of the action!
Luggage lockers in Melbourne CBD
Image courtesy of Dreamstime.com
In case you missed it, I was in Melbourne a couple weeks ago covering the Sneaker Freaker x G-Shock launch party and since I came straight from the airport, I needed a place to stash my suitcase, after a spot of Googling there wasn’t anything recent regarding luggage locker storage in the CBD so here’s a quick run down that will hopefully help other travellers.
Flinders St Station – has limited space and times via the third party Travellers Aid place which provides lockers and other assistance to travellers.
IBIS hotel – work in conjunction with baggagestorage.com.au and have 24hr access. Going by their online calculator, the pricing is based on per item. $13 for carryon luggage, add a backpack it jumps to $29.
Southern Cross Station – Is the best bet for those in town for a short time ie. Heading straight to a gig, be it photo, video, dj or performance and don’t have time to drop your stuff off at the hotel or your friend’s place (or they might not live in the CBD). It’s conveniently the same station where the Skybus stops so if you’re not driving or getting picked up, you will be more than likely getting off at this stop in the CBD.
The heavy duty lockers unmanned and fully automated and being inside the Skybus station which runs buses all hours means the lockers are accessible 24/7. Access and paying is via an ATM-like terminal in the middle of each bank of lockers, there are several along the length of the station in this area as well as some upstairs at the train station (note: the upstairs ones may not be open 24/7). The lockers that have a green arrow are the ones that are free and unlocked so it’s a good idea to test fit your gear before paying as the price varies for sizes. Note the door of the locker is noticeably smaller than the locker cavity, so while it may look like it will fit on the outside its best to open the door and “try before you buy”. Once in they are quite roomy, a medium size one easily fits a carry on sized suitcase, a backpack and some shopping bags. Using the terminal to allocate your locker and pay is very straight forward, just follow the prompts.
Prices are listed on the console and will probably change over time but a medium size locker was $12 which is for 24 hours of access so it may be a little expensive if you only need it for a couple hours but the up side is you can access the locker as many times as you like in that period via a unique code which is printed on a ticket when payment is made. This was ideal for my trip as it began with about 8 hours in the evening, collected at about 2am, then back the next morning to dump my stuff for another 4-5 hours and be baggage free to wander around the city.
Travel tip: the re-entry code is on a small paper slip which could easily be lost while travelling so treat it like money. Writing down the number elsewhere or taking a photo of it on your phone adds extra piece of mind. Also note when re-entering the locker you will be prompted to continue using the locker or to end the use. Obviously not a good idea to get these two mixed up!
Hope this helps some what, happy travels! (:
When two of our favourite things, sneakers and G-Shocks, come together in a perfect storm its a wondrous thing but to have the launch party on home soil? Well you know flights to Melbourne were booked faster than you can say “Shock Resist” and boy do those guys know how to throw a party! All the bases were covered, from a 3 course meal (entree, burger and fries and donuts for dessert) to an endless bar and DJ’s and live entertainment from Mafia, Hans DC, Joyride and Californian Anderson Paak. The watch itself wasn’t too shabby either 😉
Check out the fun and good times below! More socials will be posted in an album on our facebook page 🙂
The Illtown trio came through with their almost 25th anniversary show. Yep, feeling old! Would have thought the guys would have been a bit sluggish too but they were quite the opposite with plenty of energy and Treach still buff. Hennessy flowed and hands were waved from side to side like it was 19-Naughty-3 all over again!
Check out the bumper highlights below.
Who doesn’t love a good two-fa deal! Even better when its two of our fave bands of all time. Great show as always lads (y)
LTJ even helped “Mitch” get to first base! You owe them big time Mitch!
Shout out should also to the girl that put her lips on the line to get up on stage. Small price to pay to have a boogie with LTJ right?
Check out the bumper gallery!
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Less Than Jake
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Reel Big Fish
Our buddies The Iron Eye give The Foundry what for, supporting Aerials last month.
Check out the highlights below
Halloween 2015 x G-Shock
Halloween is one of our fave times of the year so this year we thought we’d throw together some spooky photos for the occasion. Oogey boogie!
The Midnight GA400 with a Totoro
The WEBered GDX6900
The BLudman G9300
The Ectoplasmic GAC110
The pumpkin jam(min) G5500JC
Bones and Bullbars GA100
GD120CM red blood cell cam-oh noo….
Toxic Pumpkin GD100/GD120CM
GPW(alking dead)1000
M.U.D.(Mercenary of Unplanned Disasters) Master GWG1000
