Another Portland Rise post, I know – but we have a great relationship that I’m sure is going to live on for some time yet, so don’t be surprised if there are yet more to come over the years!

The band played a really great set at 229 the other day, a video of which is floating around somewhere on Facebook only at the moment – when they get it up onto their MySpace I’ll let you know.

Anyway, here’s a quick selection of shots from the gig – enjoy! Read the rest of this entry »

I had the chance today to get Portland Rise into the studio to take some band photos, and I must say it was a great shoot. The boys are fun to be around, which doesn’t necessarily come across in their serious faces, but some of the outtakes are genius – I’ll try and get them to agree to putting some up.

Do listen to their music if you can bear going to MySpace – they’re at myspace.com/portlandrise and have various gigs coming up in London. I’ll be at the 229 gig taking photos for them as part of our long standing relationship, so expect more pics of the boys in a couple of weeks. Read the rest of this entry »

I’ll be honest – I’ve known Portland Rise (warning: MySpace link) for a few years, back when they used to have another member and a different name, a different sound. However, I do like their stuff on a non-friend level too, with several of their tracks on my iPod.

It just so happens that they played a small gig the other day at a Battle of the Bands at UCL Union, and of course I popped along (still sans flash – need to pick up a new one very soon!) to take a few photos. They’re mostly of frontman George, with one shot that I liked of another band’s frontman too (apologies to him for knowing neither his name nor his band’s name!), but the larger pic above is of the entire threesome. Read the rest of this entry »