Tag: "splendour in the grass"

Fat Freddy's Drop
0 Comments. 135 Views. Posted 19 Jun 2013 @ 10:45am.
Things are pretty busy for the Fat Freddy’s Drop guys right now, with a new album and world tour to fit in between their familial duties. Trumpet player Scott ‘Chopper Reedz’ Towers is helping his young son in and out of the shower between juggling interview duties for Fat Freddy’s, which is “fairly typical” for the band these days, he say. They’ve been going for a while and they’re all a bit... Read More
Frank Ocean Announces Second Melbourne 2013 Show
0 Comments. 362 Views. Posted 18 Jun 2013 @ 4:30pm.
Proving to be the hottest ticket in town, Frank Ocean sold out his Melbourne headline Splendour appearance in mere seconds. But fear not, a second date has just been announced. Taking the world by storm with his breakthrough record Channel Orange, Ocean has gone on to become one of the most in-demand acts on the planet.   With Frank Ocean live shows proving to be a rarity, Melbourne... Read More
Deap Vally
0 Comments. 422 Views. Posted 12 Jun 2013 @ 10:11am.
Emerging from LA with a scuzzy and sludgy brand of filthy blues rock, guitarist Lindsey Troy and drummer Julie Edwards have gone on to tour extensively across the globe as Deap Vally – including an Australian debut at the start of the year. Turns out that visit was but a tease for their swift return, which will see the band grace Splendour In The Grass as well as peripheral headline shows.... Read More
Empire Of The Sun
0 Comments. 421 Views. Posted 11 Jun 2013 @ 12:28pm.
“A bluebird flew down from the heavens, and landed in the Cal Mar Suites in Santa Monica,” Luke Steele tells me, explaining the inspiration behindIce On The Dune, the title track of the new Empire of the Sun record. “Much later, we were shooting the video for Alive in Bryce Canyon, Utah, and as we stood there, thousands of feet up, I looked around and saw ice melting on the top of these... Read More
Sarah Blasko Announces 2013 Regional Tour
0 Comments. 286 Views. Posted 7 Jun 2013 @ 4:52pm.
After taking a splendid, orchestra-backed tour to Australia's capital cities earlier in the year, lauded singer-songwriter Sarah Blasko has announced a run of regional dates surrounding an appearance at Splendour In The Grass. Check out the kinda-NSFW clip for Part Of Me above.   The list of Victorian tour dates reads as follows:   Tuesday July 30 – Eastbank Centre, Shepparton ... Read More
Robert DeLong
0 Comments. 302 Views. Posted 5 Jun 2013 @ 8:24am.
The past year has seen a meteoric rise for Robert Delong. The young Los Angeles-based producer had a hit with his manic, percussion-heavy trackGlobal Concepts, and followed it up with an acclaimed debut album, Just Movement. The album takes in an array of styles, sounds and textures, from house to moombahton, all of them held together by Delong’s signature raggedy vocals. Delong is in great... Read More
Laura Marling
0 Comments. 571 Views. Posted 29 May 2013 @ 6:47am.
Music journalists love context. Context is nearly always the Rosetta Stone to decoding an artist: once you know who they are, where they come from and what has shaped them, you have an ‘in’ into their world, and you can begin to pull on the threads of their life until the whole thing unravels and they are laid bare before you. Sometimes an artist’s context has no impact on their art,... Read More
Babyshambles Announce 2013 Melbourne Show
0 Comments. 1,113 Views. Posted 21 May 2013 @ 9:29am.
Many were pleasantly surprised to see ol' mate Pete Doherty and co. gracing this year's Splendour In The Grass lineup. Now Melbourne Babyshambles fans are in for a treat, with the band announcing a headline show at The Palace. The upcoming tour will mark Pete Doherty's first ever visit to Australia in any guise, bringing with him Babyshambles well-loved catalogue of hits - plus we can expect a... Read More
Laura Marling Announces 2013 Heavenly Sounds Tour
0 Comments. 1,263 Views. Posted 16 May 2013 @ 10:09am.
Already announced for the sold-out Splendour In The Grass, Laura Marling has added a run of intimate church performances to her Australian itinerary.  Marling's fourth studio album Once I Was An Eagle, is set for release on Friday May 24, but has already garnered widespread critical acclaim overseas.    Since debuting in 2007 with Alas I Cannot Swin, Marling has won a Brit Award,... Read More
Passion Pit Announce 2013 Australian Tour
0 Comments. 394 Views. Posted 14 May 2013 @ 7:34am.
Already announced on the freakin' massive Splendour In The Grass lineup, electro pop maestros Passion Pit have locked in two Melbourne appearances. Last year saw the release of the hugely successfull Gossamer, and album that follows the pristine pop canon established with earlier releases Manners and Chunk Of Change. Read More
Cold War Kids Announce Melbourne Show
0 Comments. 363 Views. Posted 7 May 2013 @ 12:43pm.
No strangers to Australian shores, indie titans Cold War Kids have announced a peripheral Melbourne visit alongside their appearance at this year's Splendour In The Grass. The band recently released their fourth album Dear Miss Lonelyhearts, enlisting former Modest Mouse guitarist Dann Gallucci and Lars Stalfors (Matt & Kim, Funeral Party) to produce. Read More
Airbourne Announce Splendour 2013 Sideshow
0 Comments. 341 Views. Posted 7 May 2013 @ 11:44am.
Set to be one of the loudest acts gracing this year's Splendour In The Grass, Warrny boys made good Airbourne will also be performing their first headline Melbourne show in a long while. Currently gearing up to release their third album Black Dog Barking, the hard rocking outfit will be primed to tear a few faces off when they bring their wall of amps to The Corner this July. Read More
Surfer Blood Announce Splendour Sideshow
0 Comments. 338 Views. Posted 6 May 2013 @ 10:18am.
With their new album set to drop next month, Florida's Surfer Blood are set to once again wreak havoc on Australian shores. Currently criss-crossing the States on a two-month trek with Foals, anticipation for the release of their sophomore album Pythons is high. Recorded in LA with producer Gil Norton (Pixies, Foo Fighters) and mixer Rob Schnapf (Beck, Elliott Smith), Australian audiences... Read More
Everything Everything Reveal Splendour Sideshow
0 Comments. 374 Views. Posted 6 May 2013 @ 10:12am.
Released at the tail-end of 2012 from the Manchester quartet’s second album, Arc, Cough Cough snuck into triple j’s Hottest 100 in the nick of time.  Touted by NME as “Britain’s poppiest smart band become Britain’s smartest pop band," Everything Everything have recently supported the likes of Two Door Cinema Club and Muse and are set to show Australian audiences why they... Read More
Haim Announce Splendour Sideshow
0 Comments. 572 Views. Posted 6 May 2013 @ 10:05am.
After topping the BBC’s Sound Of 2013 and conquering SXSW, Californian siblings Haim are descending on Melbourne. After barnstorming the charts with Falling and the title tune from EP Forever; the girls are currently teaming up with producers Paul Epworth (Adele) and James Ford (Arctic Monkeys) for their highly anticpated debut album. Read More
Daughter Reveal Splendour Sideshow
0 Comments. 473 Views. Posted 6 May 2013 @ 9:25am.
Signed to seminal label 4AD, London trio Daughter unleashed one of 2013’s most hypnotic debuts in If You Leave.  Originally a solo project of singer/guitarist Elena Tonra, Daughter make introspective, emotional pop – songs of heartbreak and hope, like smouldering singles Smother and Still. Recorded by Rodaidh McDonald (The xx), If You Leave follows two acclaimed EPs... Read More
Deap Vally Reveal Splendour Sideshow
0 Comments. 349 Views. Posted 29 May 2013 @ 9:22am.
The fierce twosome will be embarking on their second tour of Australia this year, following a whirlwind visit last month. The pair’s tenacious drum rolls and blues rockin’ howls are all over tracks like Lies and End Of The World, lifted from the Get Deap EP. They’ve carved it up alongside Eagles of Death Metal, Muse and The Vaccines, and will drop their in-demand debut, Sistrionix, this June. Read More
James Blake Announces Melbourne Splendour Sideshow
0 Comments. 764 Views. Posted 6 May 2013 @ 9:41am.
After an all-too undersized promo visit at the start of the year, UK producer James Blake has announced a decent-sized Melbourne headline show to supplement his Splendour In The Grass appearance. This year saw Blake release Overgrown, the worthy follow-up to his breakthrough self-titled debut.    His 2013 return to Australia comes after a stellar showing at Coachella. Read More
FIDLAR Announced Splendour Sideshow
0 Comments. 306 Views. Posted 6 May 2013 @ 9:25am.
LA skate-punk brats FIDLAR will be bonging on down Melbourne way as well as hitting up this year's Splendour In The Grass. With their ethos on show in their acronymous moniker (fuck it dog, life's a risk), FIDLAR are guaranteed to get the party started when they blaze The Corner this July. Read More
Palma Violets Announce Melbourne Splendour Sideshow
0 Comments. 353 Views. Posted 6 May 2013 @ 9:25am.
Already set to tear up the 2013 Splendour In The Grass, NME darlings Palma Violets have announced a headline Melbourne appearance. With the release of 180 earlier this year, the band have established themselves as one of England's finest psychedelic-garage exponents.   Palma Violets' Australian visit will follow on from a London support slot for a lil' old band called The Rolling Stones.... Read More
Jake Bugg Announces Melbourne Headline Show
0 Comments. 436 Views. Posted 6 May 2013 @ 9:25am.
It was no surprise to see British troubadour Jake Bugg on the mammoth Splendour In The Grass lineup, considering his track Two Fingers soundtracked the intial venue announcement video.  Now Melbourne fans can see exactly what the Bugg buzz is about with the announcement of a headline sideshow.    The 19 year-old Briton has been making waves since last year's release of his self-... Read More
Darwin Deez 2013 Splendour Sideshow
0 Comments. 525 Views. Posted 3 May 2013 @ 9:20am.
The first of what will be many Splendour In The Grass sideshows has been unveiled. Deez has previously toured Australia for the 2011 Groovin' The Moo and the 2010 Parklife festivals.   His 2013 will see his first visit Down Under since the release of his sophomore album Songs For Imaginative People. Read More
2013 Splendour In The Grass Sideshow Roundup
0 Comments. 1,737 Views. Posted 6 May 2013 @ 9:25am.
After the festival sold out in under an hour, the Splendour sideshows are now coming in thick and fast. So far, the full list of Splendour artists who will be trekking down to Melbourne from Byron include:   Airbourne, Saturday July 20 - The Corner Hotel  Daughter, Tuesday 23 July – The Corner HotelSurfer Blood, Wednesday July 24 –  The Corner Hotel Haim, Thursday July... Read More
The Rubens
0 Comments. 295 Views. Posted 30 Apr 2013 @ 10:36pm.
It’s been a few weeks since The Rubens returned from South By Southwest, known internationally as one of the more chaotic industry-driven music festivals. Bands are regularly forced to bring their gear around town on foot in desperate attempts to play upwards of three shows in one day. It can be intimidating, to say the least, for many first-timers to play the festival. But Elliott Margin, who... Read More
Splendour In The Grass 2013 Lineup Revealed
0 Comments. 1,799 Views. Posted 24 Apr 2013 @ 8:07am.
After an unprecedented bout of rabid rumour-mongering as to who will help break in Splendour In The Grass's lush new digs at North Byron Parklands, we can finally reveal who will be heading our way for our largest winter music festival. The full, very tasty, lineup reads as follows:   Mumford & Sons (Only Australian Show)Frank OceanThe National (Only Australian Show)Of Monsters... Read More
Splendour In The Grass 2013 Rumour Roundup
0 Comments. 6,608 Views. Posted 19 Apr 2013 @ 10:59am.
As this summer's festival season begins to wrap up, we take a look forward at who could be appearing at our biggest midyear romp, Splendour In The Grass. Wouldn't you know it, Mumford And Sons have quickly risen to the ranks of one of the world's biggest acts, and would make for prime headliners one night of Splendour. They're hitting our festival slipstream for Japan's Fuji Rock, and could make... Read More
Dates And Venue Revealed For Splendour 2013
0 Comments. 649 Views. Posted 14 Mar 2013 @ 8:40am.
This year Splendour In The Grass will warm its new and permanent home in the North Byron Parklands. Just 20 minutes north of Byron Bay, 660 acres of rolling hills, beautiful native forest and water lily covered dams make up the the site which festival co-producers Jessica Ducrou and Paul Piticco have been eyeing off for seven years. It boasts places to explore and lots of space for on site... Read More
The Afghan Whigs @ The Hi-Fi
0 Comments. 469 Views. Posted 28 Aug 2012 @ 3:36pm.
The Afghan Whigs belong to a time when I was younger and less cynical. That time has now passed and the cynic in me dictated that the reformation of The Afghan Whigs, like any other, could go either way. I'm ecstatic to report that in this case, their reformation is a reason to get excited.   In their heyday (the early '90s), The Afghan Whigs were an odd fit as part of the Seattle/Sub Pop... Read More
Splendour In The Grass @ Belongil Fields
0 Comments. 680 Views. Posted 2 Aug 2012 @ 10:51am.
When you rock up to the first morning of a three-day festival, the last thing you want is to do is get pelted with pea-sized hailstones. But after that minor meterological fakeout, Byron Bay turned on an exquisite weekend to welcome Splendour In The Grass back to its spiritual home.   Post-hail on Friday, we joined the moist masses at Alison Wonderland and Yacht Club DJs to dance ourselves... Read More
The Shins @ Festival Hall
0 Comments. 581 Views. Posted 31 Jul 2012 @ 1:01pm.
The Shins live onstage is something to behold. Any thoughts I had of the band being introspective were blown away when the first notes of Caring Is Creepy were delivered by a band clearly in festival mode. With the added help of an extra guitarist the sound was huge, and although singer James Mercer is the head of the beast, the intricate pieces that make up The Shins signature sound had me... Read More
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