From today, most of the 30,000 punters start the trip to beautiful Woodfordia to take in a little slice of live music heaven: the Splendour in the Grass festival. Gumboots and clothes for all seasons packed, the journey can be a long one for some. I hope you’ve created some playlists for your travel and downloaded the free app from the Splendour facebook page (which, can I just say, is freakin awesome!):
We’re pretty excited to see this awesome lineup appear in real life so we’ve put together a playlist to get us in the mood:
Tracklist is:
Jesus Came To My Birthday Party – The Middle East
Gold Canary – Cloud Control
Undertow – Warpaint
Hurt Me – The Jezabels
Limit To Your Love – James Blake
Monster – Kanye West feat Jay-Z, Bon Iver, Nicki Minaj
Well, well, well. On this rainy Thursday, we woke up to not one but TWO festivals announcing Grinderman as the headline. The formidable and ferocious foursome of Nick Cave, Warren Ellis, Martyn Casy and Jim Sclavunos will be playing at the return of Homebake one weekend and then on to Meredith Music Festival the next.
This year will see the return of beloved Homebake festival to Sydney’s Domain where some of the biggest musicians in Aussie music history will perform as part of Homebake The Classic Edition 2011…. but never fear Gen Y, there are a fair few contemporary names on the bill too.
Here’s the first of the Homebake 2011 line-up announcements:
Grinderman(featuring Nick Cave, Warren Ellis, Martyn Casey & Jim Sclavunos), Pnau, Gotye, Ladyhawke, Rockwiz Live, Gurrumul, Cut Copy, Icehouse, Drapht, Daniel Merriweather, The triffids, Eskimo Joe, Architecture In Helsinki, The Church, The Vines, illy, The Jezabels, Kimbra, CW Stoneking, Kids Of 88, Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Papa Vs Pretty, Hungry Kids of Hungary, Passenger, Killaqueenz, Avalanche City, Vents, Noah Taylor & The Sloppy Boys and more.
Tickets on sale 9.00am Monday August 15th from Ticketek and OzTix…. Head to the Homebake website for more info.
Grinderman is the only band announced for Meredith Music Festival as yet. You can however enter the ballot for tickets by clicking here.
Now that the east coast cyclones, flooding, and heatwaves have died down (fingers crossed), it’s time for a summer camping adventure…
Say hello to Playground Weekender festival up at the (very posh sounding) Del Rio Riverside Resort at Wiseman’s Ferry. OK yes, we’ll be sleeping in tents, but the sights & sounds will be stunning. Here are a few of our kids who will be putting on a great show:
Tricky
We’d hope the original Knowle West Boy and trip-hop/ dub/ electronica Brit legend needs no introduction. 15 years and 9 albums since the Mercury Prize nommed Maxinquaye album, his latest effort Mixed Race, spawned the very sticky track Murder Weapon (featuring the famed Peter Gunn theme).
The original and the best.
Hungry Kids of Hungary
triple j 2009 QLD Unearthed winners Hungry Kids released their debut album Escapades last year to much critical acclaim and airplay. Their hits Scattered Diamonds, Set It Right, Let You Down, and Wristwatch had already been performed on multiple national tours and spun on many airwaves before Escapades became triple j’s Album of the Week in 2010.
Their latest single Coming Around is another catchy indie-pop addition an already delightfully energetic show. Are you ready to clap your hands???
King Cannons
NZ via LDN via Melb punk rockstars in the making, King Cannons are undoubtedly best known for their live performance. Slick, not only in their look, but in their sound. King Cannons own the stage and the audience. From Springsteen to The Clash. Chuck Berry to the ease of a Jamaican Sunday. King Cannons play with the live commitment of the MC5 before the outbreak of violent protests at the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago. Its music for everyone who shares in that sentiment.
AKA Kieran Hebden – original member of Fridge, solo abstract electronica artist, and amazingly talented remixer, Four Tet’s latest album is There Is Love In You. A totally unique and beautiful sound, well worth blissing out to in the festival sun or at one his Australian side-shows with Caribou.
I Am Kloot
Virtually unknown in Australia, I Am Kloot are the Manchester three piece who regale the world with twisted torch songs and heart-wrenching serenades. Their 2010 album Sky At Night has gained astonishing critical acclaim, including a Mercury Prize Album of the Year nod (amongst Laura Marling, Mumford & Sons, Dizzee Rascal, Paul Weller…) and a 9/10 score from triple j Mag.
How about dropping in at The Capitol on Thursday evening for a quiet beer and a not-so-quiet music showcase? From 7.30pm we’re proudly presenting a stellar lineup of Australian (& Japanese) talented artists to whet your palate for the following festival daze / days.
Not well acquainted with the lineup? Read about each of the artists below the jump…
What a great Aussie band! Hungry Kids of Hungary are straight out of Brissie and straight into a fantastic debut album, what is bound to be the summer album of the year, Escapades.
After working it on their lonesome for a good year now and garnering huge triple j play with four separate singles, they have been rewarded with a love from Stop Start Music, EMI, and a cracker of an LP.
Give Escapades a whirl right now – you can skip from track-to-track with the buttons on each side of the video.
You may have heard Scattered Diamonds, Wristwatch and Coming Around before, but thankfully the rest of the album lives up to their singles, genre jumping between afro-beat indie a-la Vampire Weekend, sweeping alternative soundscapes a-la Arcade Fire and quirky alt-pop a-la, well, themselves!
Enjoy, and go out and support them tomorrow by buying the album for those sunny walks to work in the morning. Or in these final hours you can still preorder it from iTunes.
With a beaming smile, I’m more than happy to welcome Queensland’s Hungry Kids Of Hungary to the EMI Family through the Stop Start label. A very worthy addition to sit alongside Old Man River & Maniac in Australia’s newest indie.
If you’re a Triple J aficionado – you’ll definitely know their tunes. Every single the band have released has had a workout at the station. If you’re new to the name – check them out.
I’ve seen these guys play quite a few times this year in Sydney and that shows how hardworking and great they are for playing around the country all the time. So of course there’s a great tour lined up all around Australia with two other very worthy bands, Big Scary & Ball Park Music.
I’m giving a pre-release copy of their debut album ‘Escapades’ a good crank right now and you’ll be able to join in on the fun when it’s officially released on October 1st.
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Wristwatch comes from Hungry Kids of Hungary’s 2010 album Escapades. It’s available on 
