Homegame: An audiovisual dispatch

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Photos by Su Anderson
Audio recorded by Billy Hamilton

Drumroll, please... It's the Scottish music photo of 2009

We want to take this opportunity to congratulate photographer Su Anderson, who yesterday won The Pop Cop's second annual Scottish music photo competition.

Su covered the the BBC Introducing and T Break stages at T in the Park for Under the Radar last year, and it was this image of a typically wild Dananananaykroyd show which judge Harry Benson (Scotland's most famous living photographer, no less) picked out as the best of 2009.



Su describes how the photo came to be: "It was my first time seeing Dananananaykroyd live. I knew they were an an enthusiastic band, to put it mildly, but I didn't realise it would be quite so energetic. The two singers really played up to the crowd, taking turns flinging themselves around the stage and jumping into the pit area - one almost landing on my camera gear. The barricade between the stage and the throng of sunburned festival-goers had a ledge around it wide enough for someone to stand on. The singer climbed onto it and so did I, and I shot several frames, but this was the only one where his face was visible. They really were one of the funnest bands I've ever shot, giving me a wealth of options, but this one is my favourite."

Harry Benson said: "The photograph is real and not altered in Photoshop, and I like that straightforward approach. The photographer is right in the middle of the action, which is where the photographer should be."

Read The Pop Cop's article in full and see the runners-up here.

As a bonus here is the slideshow of some of Su's T in the Park pictures which we published last July (with music by Findo Gask) ...

In pictures: Oxjam Edinburgh

On Friday a few of us sampled the musical delicacies of Oxjam's Edinburgh takeover. Tomorrow we'll publish a podcast with our interviews from the night, but before that here's a chance to relive the occasion in pictures, courtesy of the talented photographers who helped us out.

Tip: click the icon in the bottom right for full-screen view.

Photographs: Lauren Hunter, Nick Mailer, Luke Joyce
Soundtrack: Meursault

In pictures: T in the Park 2009

To round off our T in the Park coverage we say farewell to the unique delights of Balado for another year with a special picture feature of our weekend of madness and music. Warning: some viewers may find images of extreme Scottish sunburn disturbing.




Pictures: Su Anderson
Music: Tango in the Attic

In pictures: My Latest Novel / Copy Haho / Mitchell Museum

Black Tape, the Edinburgh 'anyone-can-DJ' night, went out with a bang on Friday with sets from three of Scotland's most hotly tipped bands, and we were there with a camera.

Headlining was My Latest Novel, the ambitious Greenock-based band who recently released their second album Deaths and Entrances to wide-spread acclaim.

That alone would have justified the ticket price, but also on the bill were Copy Haho, the frenetic Stonehaven band who have been making UK-sized waves, and Mitchell Museum, the giddily experimental Glaswegians who are no strangers to this blog.

Black Tape regulars will be relieved to know that the people behind the night are launching a new, free monthly clubnight at Sneaky Pete's on Friday 3 July. Details here.

Pictures: Nic Rue (nicrue.carbonmade.com)

In pictures: Mitchell Museum / Cats in Paris

One of our favourite Glasgow bands, the kaleidoscopic Mitchell Museum, played the Duty Free night at Cabaret Voltaire in Edinburgh last Saturday (23 May). They were sharing a bill with the equally colourful Manchester band Cats in Paris, and UtR was on hand with a camera.

Play: Mitchell Museum - Take the Tongue Out


Pictures: Nic Rue (nicrue.carbonmade.com)

In pictures: You Already Know / Anavaris / Holy Mountain

Instrumental rockers You Already Know headed a bill of three local up and comers at Nice N Sleazy on Tuesday night. Up first were Holy Mountain, a two-piece drums and guitar outfit, who worship at the shrine of the riff and play it like the last 30 years never happened, only heavier. Next up were Anavris, whose crunchy rock stylings make them one to look out for for fans of local heroes Biffy Clyro.

Finally, playing to fund forthcoming UK tour plans, You Already Know play an epic brand of heavy, technically-accomplished, instrumental rock, with a potent pop heart beating strongly at its core. They will release their debut album 'Stop Whispering' on 15th June on the local Mister Tramp records.

Pictures and words: Alex Woodward @ Crimson Glow Photography