Every Sunday afternoon, The Brisbane Powerhouse hosts Livespark – free performances from “the best indie pop/rock talent from Brisbane and beyond”. The Powerhouse is a fantastic venue, and Livespark has become one of my favourite ways to spend a Sunday afternoon, either as an audience member or a photographer. Today, I was the latter, shooting Pear & The Awkward Orchestra and Texas […]
The Grates
With a new album, Secret Rituals, and an upcoming national tour, Brisbane band The Grates have played a couple of secret warm-up shows at small clubs in town. This one wasn’t so secret, after the band pretty much let the cat out of the bag on twitter. The tiny upstairs bar at Ric’s was packed for […]
Pajama Club
It started out as pajama-clad lounge room jam sessions between Neil Finn (Crowded House, Split Enz) and his wife Sharon, and became a new project – The Pajama Club. With the addition of Sean Donnelly and Alana Skyring, the project became a band. These photos, shot for The AU Review, are from their second ever gig, […]
The Wombats
Liverpool three-piece The Wombats came to Brisbane on Tuesday night and tore The Tivoli a new one. Support was from Sydney band Tortoiseshell.
Heron Island
I seem to say this about almost every place I’ve visited, but Heron Island is one of my favourite places in the world. Unlike the more famous Whitsundays and other islands on the Great Barrier Reef, Heron Island is a coral cay – formed from the collection of sand, seeds and ultimately vegetation on a […]
You Am I – Ric’s Big Backyard
Since the mid-1990s, You Am I have been my favourite Australian band. In my mind, two of their albums – Hi-Fi Way and Hourly, Daily – continue to fight it out for the title of best Australian album of all time. Despite this, I haven’t seen them perform live since 29 January 1997, when they […]
Timothy Carroll
One Friday evening a year ago, I wandered into the Brisbane Powerhouse and caught the last couple of songs by an artist who was, until that point, unfamiliar to me. The songs were the kind of melancholy folk perfect for that time of day, at that time of the week. Later, I found out that […]
Laneway Festival – The Bands
In terms of number of acts shot, Laneway was by far the biggest festival I’ve covered. By the end of the night I had seen 23 bands. Many of them had terrible light, and were a complete waste of time (I’m looking at you, Yaesayer), so I haven’t included all bands in the slideshow. There […]
Scott Spark
Brisbane’s loveliest singer-songwriter Scott Spark played at this week’s Live Spark, Brisbane Powerhouse’s free Sunday afternoon music series. Support was the funky, haphazard Yeo and his band. Shot for The AU Review