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Brendon Urie of Panic! at the Disco at the Barrowlands, Glasgow. January 2012

ctrlaltrock.com: It’s been a little quite over here at team CtrlAltRock lately as many...

It’s been a little quite over here at team CtrlAltRock lately as many of us are still working our way through school/college/university and had to make way for exam season/essay deadlines. But worry no longer! We’re going to have a huge amount to update you on over the coming weeks with artists like Mayday Parade, Blitz Kids, We Are The In Crowd, The Summer Set, Hellogoodbye,3OH!3..and of course coverage from various dates of the incredible Slam Dunk 2011 Festival.

But to tide you over till then why not take a peek of some of our most recent content that you might have missed:

Panic! at the Disco Interview

Panic! at the Disco Live Review

Panic! at the Disco Photos

Hellogoodbye Pre-Interview

MakethisRelate Feature

A Day To Remember and UnderOATH Live Review

Twin Atlantic Interview

Twin Atlantic Live Review

Twin Atlantic Photos

My Passion Feature

My Passion Photos

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1 year ago
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Panic! At The Disco. May 2011

last one for a while, lots of college work to do this week so as mentioned before it’ll probably be friday before all the photos and interview and show review are up. keep your eyes peeled at ctrlaltrock!

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1 year ago
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Brendon Urie of Panic! At The Disco. May 2011

Lights were not as good as I’d hoped for tonight, but really my photos do not do the show justice. Stellar return from the dudes. Fun night. Photos and an interview with then and a review will be up on ctrlaltrock.com by the weekend x

“bow-ties are cool”

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1 year ago
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Ryan Ross (ex-)Panic At the Disco. August 2006

Funny story, but Panic At The Disco was actually the first band I shot with a photopass way back in January 2006 (it was also the first band I ever interviewed but that is a horrific story for another time). The entire experience shooting it with the old film EosElan was a complete disaster, but as I was doing about 4 (?) other dates on the tour I still managed to get a few decent photos with my old reliable 4 megapixel Powershot s45 (all of which I have just found out may have been deleted forever by my brother *tear*)

Tomorrow I get to shoot them again with a photopass - funnily enough for the first time since that incident - every other time I’ve seen them I’ve just taken a few casual snaps in the crowd - like the one of RyRo above from Bush Hall. I was always a little too scared to try and suss another pass for them (regardless of Zack trying to offer), but I figure five years has been enough time to learn and do better!

ALSO: Lucy is going to be interview them (I will thankfully not be involved this time) if you have any questions for them please get in touch with her here

Prizes, CtrlAltRock, and bands I know you guys love.

Congratulations to sabbyvee for winning the free print!

I did not expect to get that sort of response from a contest! I now know it’s a good fun way to keep all this up! I’ll stick with it from now on and draw one person from every 50 new adds to get a free 9x6 print of their choice, how’s that sound?

Actually what might also work is if everyone heads on over to our music sites tumblr CtrlAltRock anyone that adds us between now and when I get home from my mini tour/travels on Wednesday will be put into a draw to win a TWO of 9x6 prints - winners choice!

We’ve got a great new music site on the go and there is more than just my photos - the rest of the girls to a fantastic job of reviewing the latest tracks and pop along to shows to review AND interview a lot of the bands I post photos of here. This week alone we’ve posted interviews with The Butcher (TAI/Animal Upstairs), Sam and Craig of Twin Atlantic, Bayside, Pierce The Veil, and most recently with Sierra and Blake of Versaemerge. There’s also reviews of the Panic At The Disco show at Bush Hall in London, and A Day to Remember at Brixton!

We’re gonna be doing a few surveys to find out exactly what our readers want, and having some nice little prizes to go along with that soon and it’s likely we’ll be promoting that through tumblr - so helping us out by answering a few Qs could get you some sweet rewards and if you have any questions for bands we’re gonna interview we’ll always try our best to get them answered. xo

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1 year ago
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Not actually a photo…BUT it’s something I made all by my very self.

As someone who really doesn’t actually know how to use photoshop (seriously I can colour correct/resize/watermark my photos. that’s pretty much it) this feels like a grand achievement. Decided it was time I started actually trying to use it as I was gifted with the Premium Edition of CS5 the other month - figuring it out might be a wise thing to do. If anyone wants to teach me how to actually use it that sure would be swell :D

Also c’mon it does alright in advertising our new site where we’ve just posted an interview with Ally Burnett, a review of Ben Jorgensen (ex Armor For Sleep) solo show in Adelaide and a bunch of single and album reviews (Panic At The Disco, The Holiday, A Day To Remember, The Dangerous Summer, Twin Atlantic…)

February is gonna be SUPER busy - we currently have 17 shows to plan for. When you think about how that month only actually has 28 days its a very scary/exciting prospect.

Click the banner to check everything out xo

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Self-taught photographer based in Scotland. Originally just worked on live music but I've branched out into other fields (landscapes and animal portraits mostly - with a random human portrait thrown in from time to time). Now I'm never without at least one camera. Uses: Canon 50D, an assortment of Canon and Sigma Lenses, Canon Ixus 95, old-reliable Canon Powershot S45, Fisheye2 and Polaroid 600. Loves: traveling, canon gear, a good book, music, and cheese.