Melbourne Portrait, Music, Editorial and Wedding Photographer | Lucy Spartalis

I don’t get a lot of time for my music photography (my first love) these days – it’s hard to fit it into the craziness of a busy summer wedding season. But whenever my friends at PBS FM Community Radio call, I come running.

The PBS Drive Live is a week long series of live on-air performances, featuring the cream of the local music scene. This year I was honoured to crawl around in the studios whilst shoegazers Lowtide, Electronic funk/soul duo GL, and epic drone and electronic outfit Black Cab played their sets. All three acts put on phenomenal shows.

Here’s my view of what went down.

My friends at PBS asked me to come in and photograph Hiatus Kaiyote, Great Earthquake and The Harpoons as they performed live on air for the station’s Drive Live week.

I love my job.

Grammy nominated Hiatus Kaiyote are arguably the most exciting band to come out of Melbourne in the last few years. Praised by such RnB/Soul gods as Erykah Badu and Questlove (The Roots), this insanely talented four piece’s soulful tunes (and singer Nai Palm’s sultry vocals) are truly minblowing. If you haven’t heard them yet, get out from under that rock and do your ears a favour.

The lineup also introduced me to Great Earthquake, a one-man-loop-pedal-machine, layering all manner of instruments to create some awesome and complex rhythms; and The Harpoons – a smooth toned RnB/Soul act extremely worth your time.

Jake Cooper and Bianka Feo form bluesy Adelaide duo Coops + The Bird.

A couple of months ago we spent a long weekend down on Hindmarsh Island, South Australia filming their first music video for ‘Crow’, the second single off their debut EP.

The clip is launching on Thursday September 26th at The Grace Emily in Adelaide, with live performances from the duo and local songstress Emily Davis.

You should go.