About fifteen years ago I started taking my camera along to gigs – it could have been a fad but at the end of a gig at Latest Music Bar the support act asked if they could have a copy of my photos, which might just have been the spark of encouragement that has made me carry on for all this time. After her gig at the Rosehill in November this year Cate Ferris once again got in touch to ask for a copy of the photos from that night too. The first time I saw her live, it was just Cate and an acoustic guitar on stage, but as the years have rolled by she introduced looping pedals, samples and electronics. Back in 2009, Steve Baker was the guitarist in The Woo!Worths, and he has made the journey to music production over time putting out releases under the name Champion Fever. Somehow Blinkers is their very first collaboration – apparently Steve hadn’t even been to one of Cate’s gigs before this year – but what a banger it is.
3 : Cate Ferris & Champion Fever / Blinkers
4 : Ideal Living / Roam
5 : MEMORIALS / Lamplighter
6 : Hutch / Ice on the Lake
7 : Lime Garden / Pop Star
8 : Thomas Ducout / Feminina
9 : Jamie Broughton / The Sound
10 : David Best / Terms & Conditions
11 : Welly / Shopping
12 : Ellis D / Shakedown
13 : Ladylike / Horse’s Mouth
14 : AK/DK / Nobody Shouts
15 : The New Eves / Astrolabe
16 : Projector / Tastes Like Sarah
17 : Penelope Trappes / Sleep
18 : Lambrini Girls / Big Dick Energy
19 : Holiday Ghosts / Sublime Disconnect
20 : Plantoid / Modulator