A very belated post about this, in fact i completely missed its release back in December! The image, shot on tour with Magnetic Man for NME back in October 2010, fronts the article where Skream tells the Guide about his amazing work ethic, the evolution of Dubstep and fatherhood. You can find the full text by Sam Wolfson here and the cover illustrations were by Harry Malt.
Described by Leonie Cooper in this weeks NME as “The bedsit lothario raiding Leonard Cohen’s soul and feasting on his own demonic lust“… Taking inspiration from themes explored in his debut EP, ‘Sleep Paralysis’, Gabriel’s four poster bed provided the ideal backdrop for his first shoot with NME.
Rolling into Alexandra Palace a couple of weeks ago was Ohio’s favourite duo for the last of three sell out nights. Dan and Patrick unleashed new material and stomped through hits of old as if they were back in a sweat filled basement gig. Its my gig of the year already, and it’ll take some beating…
This weeks NME cover features my shot of Jordan from the Howler, making this my first official cover for the magazine! Grab a copy this week to see who we’ll be listening to in 2012…
My opportunity to shoot the young Harlem rapper arose one Sunday in November at the Hoxton Hotel. Having just come off stage, she had plenty of energy left to perform for the camera, so here are the results below for you… Having topped the NME’s Cool List and named today in the BBC’s ‘Sound of 2012 Countdown’, this certainly won’t be the last we see of this young lady.
To ease you into 2012, here some portraits of the boys from Kendal, shot in Paris last October. I was lucky enough to join them for a couple of nights on the tour for NME, more pics of which can be found here. Enjoy, and Happy New Year!
Portraits shot at Le Grande Halle de Villette
Hayden Thorpe
Chris Talbot
Ben Little
Tom Flemming
To usher in the festive season, I went along to the O2 arena to shoot this years Jingle Bell Ball for Capital FM. Over the two nights, pop acts such as Rihanna, Jesse J, One Direction and JLS had the pleasure of being shot by myself and friend/ colleague/ partner in crime, Danny North. It was great fun with lots of screaming pop fans and festive pyrotechnics!
Pixie Lott
Labrinth
Some of the 20,000 screaming pop fans
Rihanna
Ri Ri closes Saturday’s show
The Saturdays kick off Sunday on the red carpet
JLS: Swoon-mongers
Write a popstars name on you’re forehead and he will love you forever!
One Direction, showing appreciation for the face paint and home made signs
Jesse J gets festive
Sunday night finale
Here is a small selection of backstage shots from my On The Road feature for NME. Writer Alex Denney and I hopped on the bus with Katy and the band to Brighton and Plymouth, and a lot of fun it was too! The Brighton show happened on Halloween, which explains the witch and skeleton shenanigans and rainy Plymouth brought the tour to a close.
Sexy witch costume
Skeleton crew
Tricks AND treats for Brighton…
Plymouth warmup
Junior and Tippa, pre gig high five
Plymouth: Model helicopter paridise (see below!)…
The next chapter in Fred Les’ musical destiny, Spector’s debut material is the subject of many a band crush article. Effes pool hall Dalston is very much of the band’s heritage, hosting some of their early gigs and their latest video, ‘What you wanted’.
Latitude festival provides a sanctuary from the usual festival carnage with stuff like knitting, pink sheep and poetry, but its still good to see the kids go mental for The Cribs and the Vaccines…
Oysters: Essential festival grub
Anna Calvi, one of my very favourite artists of the year
Ryan Jarman in an unexplained pink wig, thankfully the mic stand missed me… JUST!
A spot of crowdsurfing, then more oysters…
The Vaccines rip up the Word Arena
Suede Light up the Obelisk Arena
Check out the NME Big Picture blog here.
UK bass wunderkind Joker in Shoreditch for the latest issue of The Stool Pigeon. His new album, ‘The Vision’ is released later this month and you can see his latest single and video here. If you haven’t heard of him already, it won’t be long until you flick on the radio and hear one of his tunes pumping out…
Carrying on the festival, erm, festival with T in the Park. It was pretty wet, very cold but never fails to deliver, i always have a blast!
Scarred for life
At T, you will find lots of Tennent’s, Haggis and usually The View…
Mr Grohl also swung by…
Have a look at the NME big picture blog from T here, featuring the hard work of my NME partners in crime, Andy Willsher and Tom Martin.
When it rains, it pours… Not only in terms of the 2011 festival season, but the same can also be said for my blogging habits! This will be one of a few new blog posts catching up on what i was up to this summer, enjoy!
So the first, biggest and wettest festival of 2011 was of course Glastonbury. I spent some time with The Vaccines for their debut on the Other Stage, and i’m glad to say that the downpour as they strode on didn’t dampen spirits…
Mudstyle
“Get you’re wetsuit on, no, seriously…”
A couple of weeks ago i had the pleasure of spending a couple of days with Charlie Fink and his merry band in Ibiza. It was as about as Rock ‘n’ Roll as it gets, shooting and staying at the legendary Pikes Hotel where the likes of Freddie Mercury and Grace Jones have frequented in the past. The feature in this week’s NME, was to highlight Noah and the Whale’s amazing summer of festival performances, topped off with a swaggering show at Ibiza Rocks.
In this week’s NME, my six page feature with the wonderful, Laura Marling. I joined her in the fresh air of Stornoway for a couple of days on her Highlands tour, and very nice it was too! Her new album, ‘A Creature I Don’t Know’ is out in September.
