2016 IN CONCERTS.

I've always loved taking photos at gigs. I used to sneak my DSLR into venues - sometimes even with my giant zoom lens - and never once got caught. One time I was fifth row at the Radio 1 Teen Awards and ended up with some great photos of One Direction and Taylor Swift. It seems funny now, because multiple times this year venue staff during bag-check have told me that my little Olympus E-PL7 isn't allowed because it has a detachable lens and that deems it 'professional'. (What does that even mean, anyway?) Nonetheless, because I am me, and am remarkably persuasive when I want to be, on every one of these occasions I managed to convince each staff member to let me bring the camera in regardless (mostly I exasperate them and they just give up, but hey, you gotta do what you gotta do). With that, allow me to present to you some of my favourite photos from the various gigs I attended this year (fifteen in total, but only nine of them feature in this post), taken with the aforementioned ~forbidden camera~.

DOUBLE DARE REVIEW.

I haven't posted in a while but alas, I am here with an album review! Recently I've been really into the band Waterparks, who, after a few EPs, released their debut album Double Dare about a month ago. If you're unfamiliar with Waterparks I'll give you a quick rundown; they're made up of Awsten on guitar and vocals, Geoff (guitar) and Otto (drums), they originate from Houston, and they are wonderfully ambiguous in their interpretation of pop punk. Double Dare features a wide range of takes on pop punk and pop rock, infused with electronic elements and really cool lyrics. Let's just get to my track-by-track review, shall we?