Conor Oberst + The Mystic Valley Band @ The Enmore Theatre, Newtown - 4th October, 2008

Wow - what a gig! I was more than happy to throw my hat into the ring to shoot this gig for Reverb Street Press in Newcastle and I wasn't disappointed. I'm a big fan of all of Conor's work - Bright Eyes has been doing plenty of trips around on the music list and I've been loving what I've been hearing on his current outing with The Mystic Valley Band - and the evening with him and his band live was an absolute gem.

For shooting, the lighting was good, but a bit patchy at the start compared to throughout the show. Once again I found myself wishing that I was either shooting the last three songs, or no song restrictions. Further irritating me where the number of people shooting with p+s's but leaving the flash on - note to all, don't use a flash at gigs, particularly if you're just grabbing a quick memento. It annoys the artists and doesn't actually throw far enough to be effective.

Unfortunately I was running a little late due to some domestic assistance I was attending to at my folks place, and hence missed I Heart Hiroshima at the beginning so apologies to them.
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Shot for Reverb Street Press