Splendour Sideshow Bonanza

For all those who weren’t willing to shell out their first born for a Splendour ticket this year, never gear as the first official Splendour In The Grass sideshows for 2011 have just been announced!

All tickets for the following shows will go on sale at 9am Friday 27^th May from usual outlets or www.splendoursideshows.com

This year, a portion of all tickets purchased on www.splendoursideshows.com will go toward the Premier’s Disaster Relief Appeal, which helps Queenslanders affected by the devastation of the recent floods and Tropical Cyclone Yasi.

So I’ll see you all at Grouplove and DZ Deathrays?

PULP
Wed 27 July – Hordern Pavilion, Sydney
Fri 29 July – Festival Hall, Melbourne

FOSTER THE PEOPLE
w/  GUINEAFOWL
Wed 27 July – The Hi-Fi, Melbourne
Fri 29 July – Metro Theatre, Sydney

JAMES BLAKE
Tues 26 July – Prince Bandroom, Melbourne
Thu 28 July – Factory Theatre, Sydney

GROUPLOVE
w/ YOUNG THE GIANT
Tues 2 Aug – Corner Hotel, Melbourne
Wed 3 Aug – Oxford Art Factory, Sydney

THE VACCINES
Tues 2 Aug – Metro Theatre, Sydney
Wed 3 Aug – The Hi-Fi, Melbourne

THE HIVES
w/ THE GRATES
Mon 25 July – Thebarton Theatre, Adelaide
Wed 27 July – Festival Hall, Melbourne
Thurs 28 July – Hordern Pavilion, Sydney

FITZ AND THE TANTRUMS
w/ LANIE LANE
Wed 27 July – The Basement, Sydney
Fri 29 July – Red Bennies, Melbourne

DANANANANAYKROYD
w/ DZ DEATHRAYS
Fri 29 July – Annandale Hotel, Sydney
Mon 1 Aug – East Brunswick Club, Melbourne

NOAH AND THE WHALE
Tues 2 Aug – Factory Theatre, Sydney
Wed 3 Aug – Corner Hotel, Melbourne

KELE
w/ STRANGE TALK
Tues 2 Aug – Billboard, Melbourne
Wed 3 Aug – Metro Theatre, Sydney
Fri 5 Aug – HQ, Adelaide
Thurs 6 Aug – Villa, Perth

MONA
Tues 26 July – East Brunswick Club, Melbourne
Thurs 28 July – Annandale Hotel, Sydney

Splendour In The Grass 2011 lineup

After months of rumours, fakes and blind guessing, it’s finally here, the full lineup for Splendour In The Grass 2011.

So, while Radiohead aren’t on the bill, there are some other really cheeky acts like the king of controversy Kanye West, brit-pop lords Pulp, the ever sweet Regina Spektor and the best thing about 2010 Grouplove.

Tickets will sell out in what is sure to be record time again this year, so start your mouse exercises and get set for one hell of a weekend!

Splendour In The Grass 2011 lineup:
Coldplay
Kanye West
Jane’s Addiction
The Hives
Pulp
The Living End
The Mars Volta
Regina Spektor
Bliss N Eso
Pnau
Mogwai
Dj Shadow
Glasvegas
The Grates
Devendra Banhardt
Modest Mouse
The Middle East
Kaiser Chiefs
James Blake
Kele
The Vines
Elbow
Eskimo Joe
Noah And The Whale
Children Collide
Thievery Corporation
Cut Copy
Isobel Campbell And Mark Lanegan
Bluejuice
The Kills
Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears (Featuring The Relatives)
Architecture In Helsinki
Foster The People
The Panics
Friendly Fires
Jebediah
The Vaccines
Gomez
Boy And Bear
Gotye
Does It Offend You Yeah?
Cloud Control
Mona
Sparkadia
Warpaint
Muscles (Live)
Fitz And The Tantrums
The Jezebels
Drapht
British Sea Power
Tim & Jean
Leader Cheetah
Grouplove
Seeker Lover Keeper
Yelle
Kimbra
Phrase
Oh Mercy
Dananananaykroyd
The Black Seeds
Marques Toliver
The Holidays
Ghoul
Liam Finn
The Herd
Young The Giant
Guineafowl
Hungry Kids Of Hungary
Jinja Safari
Wild Beasts
Illy
Cut Off Your Hands
Gareth Liddiard
Alpine
World’s End Press
Mosman Alder
Lanie Lane

Plus Dj Sets

Aston Shuffle
Flight Facilities
D-Cup (We No Speak Americano)
Ajax (Mega Jam Set)
Hoodrat & Dangerous Dan
Light Year
Hoops
Cassian
Wax Motif
Kato
Toni Toni Lee
Charlie Chux
Tranter

Woodfordia site in Woodford, Queensland
Friday 29th July to Sunday 31st July
Tickets will cost $390 (inc gst) Event + $120 (inc gst) Camping + booking fees, which gains entry to the festival for 3 days, from Friday 29 July to Sunday 31 July .
Tickets go on sale at 9am AEST on Thursday 5 May.

Hells Yes!

Splendour In The Grass 2011 line up leaked?

Is this the greatest line up to grace our fair country, or is this just some jerk with photoshopping skillz trying to make us cry? I’m kind of going to have to side with the latter.

The camera phone picture of the alleged Splendour 2011 line up was posted by user Sneaker1010 on FasterLouder’s Unofficial Splendour In The Grass forum.

With the picture, Sneaker1010 said:

“in my friend’s office, who is in same building as designers of this year’s splendour artwork + website. i have seen the 80% lineup confirmed and tried to take a picture.

i will def get in trouble for this: eek:”

For those who can’t read good, Splendour 2011 “Line Up”:

Radiohead
Arcade Fire
Kanye West
The Cure
Sonic Youth
Fleet Foxes
Arctic Monkeys
The Avalanches
The Decemberists
The Presets
Weezer
P.J Harvey
The Church
Santigold
Robyn
Missy Higgins
Foster The People
The Black Keys
Bag Raiders
The Jezabels
Itch-e and Scratch-e
Tim and Jean
Big Scary
Seekae
Oh Mercy
The Chemist
Guineafowl
Snowman
The Holidays
Jinja Safari
Wagons
Paul Simon
Pnau
The Living End
The Hives
Birds of Tokyo
Battles
Expatriate
The Honey Month
Seagull
Ball Park Music
M83
Gotye
Grace Woodroofe
Elbow
Ellie Goulding
The Panics
Janelle Monae
The Vacines
Royskop
The Grates
Surfer Blood
Drapht
Grouplove
Tennis
James Blake
Panda Bear
Freelance Whales
Akron/Family
Sparkadia
Delta Spirit
The Naked & Famous
Esben & The Witch
+ more to be announced

Yeah – A little ridiculous. But if it’s true it’s amazing. There is some merit to this though, as there is a heavy quota of Dew Process bands on the bill, like Delta Spirit, Grouplove & Freelance Whales, all who one would expect to populate the actual line up. I don’t know, Paul Simon and Kanye on the same bill? I’d say someone is on crack – Or it’s mock text.

What do you think?

Addition: Yep; it’s a fake. Promoters have denied the poster’s better-than-an-orgasm claims and even poked fun at its less than awesome design.

Promoters said in a statment:

“Aside from the alleged artwork looking terrible, at this point in time those speculating on line up have got it way wrong.”

New Video: Grouplove – Colours

All im going to say about this video is that Californian lads (and lass) Grouplove are the best new band of 2010. Watch Colours and understand why.

2010 & Beyond: Lost In Suburbia

Who has been the stand out local artist for you in 2010?

Violent Soho for sure. Those guys have gone above and beyond with their reworked album. The production, the song writing, everything is amazing! Their album has been on very high rotation in my iTunes this year, I seriously can not get enough of it!

Who has been the stand out International artist for you in 2010?

For me, there have been two. Caitlin Rose, who is an amazing Nashville singer songwriter, and Grouplove, a New York via London via Greece via California indie-rock band. They are incredible. They have just been signed by Dew Process and their debut EP is sun drenched immaculate pop! It is beautiful! Please, please, please everyone check these guys out!!!

What would you consider the highlight of the Australian musical calendar in 2010?

Lost In Suburbia’s first ARIAs! It was fantastic! The catering, the lack of being able to hear presenters, the separation between Molly Meldrum and everyone else! And did we tell you about the complementary coffee! It was a fantastic night, and I apologise to Dan Mac for telling him that his moustache looked like a caterpillar at the after party. Movember is everyone’s friend!

Looking forward to 2011, who is your tip for local artist set to make a huge impact? Why?

Papa Vs Pretty for sure. A Sydney three piece with more talent than you can poke a stick at. They are one of the most amazing live bands you will ever see. Do yourself a favour and get out and see them. Also check out their EP Heavy Harm. Amazing!

And your tip for International act set to break in 2011? Why?

Grouplove! I don’t expect them to make a big impact on the country until next year, though I do believe they are the best score to summer since the point break soundtrack! Please check out the track Naked Kids as soon as you can!

What do you hope 2011 will have in store for the Australian music scene? Do you see any large changes on the horizon?

I think things are going to shift much more to new purchasing avenues. Mobile is the new black as far as the current generation is concerned. I think that the future of music as well as social media lies in the mobile centric social realm.

What’s your New Year’s resolution?

Stop drinking so much and stop listening to Short Stack. Ha ha. Four years ago it was Stop drinking so much and stop listening to Simple Plan. Those guilty pleasures never abate!