R&B was at the head of Kelis‘ career 15 years ago, followed by neo-soul and electronic grooves, and now, proving that she is the master of reinvention, Kelis entered Melbourne’s Prince Bandroom as a soul superstar. Kelis’ perfromance defied detractors that claim she genre-hops for the sake of the mode du jour or merely under
Despite an appeal from Art Vs Science‘s Dan McNamee to trial a sniffer-dog free year at the upcoming Splendour In The Grass festival, NSW police have announced drug-detection dogs will be in force at the event in Byron Bay this weekend. Speaking to triple j‘s Hack today, NSW police drug squad commander Detective Superintendent Tony
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Art Vs Science‘s Dan McNamee has penned an email to his local member appealing for a trial year without the use of sniffer dogs at the upcoming Splendour In The Grass festival. He posted the transcript of the email on Facebook this morning. In the email, McNamee appeals to the Member for Ballina, Don Page,
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In the country to headline Splendour In The Grass, the always a little controversial popstar Lily Allen will be treating Melbourne’s Festival Hall and Sydney’s Hordern Pavilion to accompanying sideshows this July. Four years since her last sojourn in the country, playing on the main stage of the Big Day Out Festival in 2010, Allen
In what will be his only Australian side-show for 2014, City and Colour, a.k.a Dallas Green, will be making his Sydney Opera House debut, return to Sydney in classic confessional form while in the country as a part of the massive Splendour In The Grass lineup. Celebrating a decade since the phenomenal groundswell that brought
UK indie-rock quartet The 1975 were recently tearing up the country as a part of the Big Day Out 2014 lineup, touting around 2013’s self-titled debut full-length album. Since Australian audiences just haven’t had enough of the Manchester four-piece, they will be making their way here once again, playing a bunch of sideshows to compliment
Following their celebrated eponymous debut of 2011, Seattle’s The Head and the Heart released their second album Let’s Be Still late last year to critical acclaim. The six-piece went from busking and playing open mic nights to selling out venues and scoring a place on the Splendour In The Grass 2014 lineup. Audiences will now
Winning hearts with unashamed indie-pop, Liverpool four-piece Circa Waves have already been tipped by NME as a band to watch and crowned twice with BBC Radio 1’s Hottest Record in the World. They’ll now be bringing their onstage magic to Australian audiences, playing a bunch of sideshows on top of their Splendour In The Grass
Following their high energy performance at this year’s Splendour & Falls Festival Showcase at SXSW, it didnt come as much of a surprise that New York City band Skaters would feature as one of the many hyped-about acts on the Splendour In The Grass 2014 lineup. Now, Australian audiences will get another couple of chances
Secretive London-based duo Jungle will bring their electronic grooves and bittersweet melodies to Melbourne and Sydney for two very special Splendour In The Grass 2014 sideshows in July. Jungle members J and T, who expand into a captivating seven-piece live band when performing their modern soul tunes, were the talk of the town during this
London’s alternative electro-pop foursome Metronomy have announced three Splendour In The Grass 2014 sideshows. Touring in support of their well-received fourth studio album Love Letters, they’re bringing their mosh-ready melodies to Perth, Sydney and Melbourne in July alongside fellow Splendour friends Circa Waves. The Mercury prize-nominated group were thrust into the mainstream spotlight with 2011’s
Moshtix have released a statement in response to the issues hampering Splendour In The Grass ticket sales this morning, explaining that a “technical issue” caused some punters to be hit with credit card fees in the thousands of dollars. “During today’s Splendour in The Grass on-sale, due to technical issues some customers were erroneously offered
