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FRI 22, SAT 23, SUN 24 JULY 2016 • NORTH BYRON PARKLANDS Look at Splendour now! SPLENDOUR IN THE GRASS IS GROWING UP. It’s hard to believe that the music festival that grew its wings at Belongil Fields is in its 16th year! The lineup back in 2001 included Michael Franti and Spearhead, Resin Dogs, Powderfinger, Magic Dirt. I was only 32 and could pass for 28, which made me only a few years older than my festival cohort. Many of the festival attendees for 2016 probably weren’t even born back in the day, or were dancing to the Wiggles instead of slamming into people during a Frenzal Rhomb blast. It’s great to have a festival on our doorstep that celebrates the vibrancy of young music, in all its dirty anarchic glory. And for those voyeuristic music lovers such as me, it’s still a hoot to pull on some jeans and a shabby t-shirt and some gumboots to immerse yourself in the sound of now. Even if it does make you feel a little bit like Stifler’s mum. This year’s lineup is something like 10 times the depth of the first one, with mixup tents, little quiet gigs in tipis, and a homage to old fuckers like me with headlines such as The Cure. With The Strokes, Flume, The Avalanches, Sigur Ros, and a whole, whole lot more… 2016 is one big deposit in your memory bank. Just for god’s sake bring a cardigan. – Mandy Nolan
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Splendour revellers having a ball in 2015. Photo Jeff ‘lost in the long grass’ Dawson
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2 Want to look like a big Splendour? Well the Splendour in the Grass fashion, food and lifestyle mecca is back, bigger than ever in ‘the very small suburb’. Keeping your hair and overall look on point, vintage inspired and Insta ready… and those eyebrows onfleek! Get your touch-ups before the bands hit the stage. Check out the Rimmel Room for makeovers and makeup tutorials, Kiehl’s Rocks Skin Retreat and Suli’s House of Lush Aveda Lifestyle Salon. For a taste of the divine get your tongue around Gelato Messina with its impressive triplescoopers, Bourke Street Bakery (best sausage rolls ever!), and Single O, the coffee-crazed crew from Surry Hills. With Afends, Mr Simple, Moondust Merchants and more. Even if you’re up to your beard in mud, there’s no reason not to be stylin’!
Beyond the Main Stage There’s a whole other world to explore at Splendour in 11:00
TINY DANCER TINY DANCER STAGE STAGE TIPI FOREST TIPI FOREST THE WORLD THE WORLD STAGE STAGE
into your headphones. You choose the channel. And of course there’s Smirnoff House, complete with an impressive haul of DJs on the decks till late. A dancefloor with a difference.
And are those mosh pit shoulders in need of a massage? Head on over to the Healing Sancturary where a professional masseuse will work out all those post-salsadancing knots. You can even get a tarot reading to work out what the hell to do with your life when Splendour is done. Having chai withdrawals? Head on over to The Bohemian Lounge for some Hari Hari Chai. There’s silent disco at Electric Garden where the best DJs pump music right
On Friday morning check out Breaking Bland, a panel that asks, ‘Why are our most exciting screen stories heading online, why is TV so hellbent on censoring authenticity?’ Hosted by self-confessed TV nerd Tom Ballard and featuring Skins creator Byran Elsley alongside a host of other producers, writers and actors. You can also catch Eva Orner when she talks about her new documentary Finding Asylum and see never-before-seen footage from detention camps
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Forums Splendour is not just for critical musical lovers; it’s for critical thinkers. Festival philosophers and campsite theorists are in for cerebral intensity with presentations, panels and forums by some of today’s most prominent and engaging thinkers, politicians, journalists, musicians and activists.
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on Manus Island and Nauru. You can learn How to Unfuck the Planet, shoot the breeze about Drones, participate in a Secular Sermon with Lawrence Leung and Ngaiire On and get smashed on science with Dr Karl. He is going to ask the bit questions such as what is the link between earwax and armpit sweat. Something no doubt Splendour benders will find out firsthand. And Tony Jones, ABC’s rockstar journalist, will host a Q&A with Barnaby Joyce, Greens senator Sarah Hanson Young and more! To ask a question email qanda@splendourinthegrass. com or tweet using #qandasitg.
Splendid Comedy! So if stirring your intellect with the issues of the day is not enough for cerebral stimulation then pop into the Splendour Comedy Club to catch one of the four massive shows planned for over the weekend. On Thursday, kick off your Splendour weekend with a bunch of LOLs when 10 of the country’s most exciting upand-coming comedians take over the Forum tent. Friday 8:009:00
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LUCIOUS DEED LUCIOUSDISCROW DEED DISCROW SUBWAX SUBWAX DREAMSTATE DREAMSTATE SHORT CIRCUIT SHORT CIRCUIT HYPNOTECHHYPNOTECH
TIPI FOREST
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THE WORLD STAGE BRUISE BOHEMIAN BROTHERS SLACKLINE LOUNGE SHOWCASE PERFORMANCE
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WELCOME TO COUNTRY WITH UNCLE MAGPIE & MINJUNGBAL
AFRICAN DANCEAFRICAN DRUMMING DANCE CIRCLE DRUMMING CIRCLE BRUISE BROTHERS WITH GABRIEL OTU WITH GABRIEL WITHOTU THE WITH THE SLACKLINE RHYTHM HUT RHYTHM HUT PERFORMANCE
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PRESENTED 6.00-7.00 6.00-7.00 7.00-8.00 7.00-8.00 8.00-9.00BY CONTIKI 8.00-9.009.00-10.30 9.00-10.30 10.30-12.00 10.30-12.00
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RHYTHM HUNTERS
LOUNGE 7.00-7.45 8.00-8.30 8.00-8.309.00-9.45 9.00-9.45 10.00-10.45 10.00-10.45 11.00-12.00 11.00-12.00 EROTIC
JESSE JESSEMARIGOLD PORCHES PORCHES TIGERILLA TIGERILLA EGO EGO U-KHAN U-KHAN MAJESTIC
MARIGOLDMARIGOLD MAJESTICMAJESTIC
YOU C*NTYOU STOPC*NT STOP THE MUSICTHE MUSIC
LIVE BODY LIVE BODYRHYTHM SERMONS SERMONSBRUNSWICK BRUNSWICK BOHEMIAN ON THE ON THEPICTURE HOUSE PICTUREPAINTING HOUSE WITH PAINTING WITH LOUNGE BOHEMIAN CREATRIX CREATRIXHUNTERS SACRED SACRED CHEEKY CABARETCHEEKY WORLDBRIDGERS CABARET SHOWCASE WORLDBRIDGERS
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the Grass, a whole other world that exists beyond the Main Stage. A planet where music reigns, were mobs dance among tipis, where yoga enthusiasts salute the sun and monks – yes that’s right, monks – conduct daily chanting and blessings. The Global Village is a melting pot of the inspiring and transcendental. From 5pm daily catch the most exciting world fusion acts on the World Stage. Bustamento, The Cambodian Space Project, Kallidad, Dubbarray, The Rhythm Hunters, Ziggy Alberts, Chukale, Bobby Alu, Declan Kelly, Matiu Te Huki and Future Elders.
FORUM/COMEDY
6.00-9.00 6.00-9.00 NIGHT LIGHTSNIGHT — LEDLIGHTS LANTERN — LED LANTERN MAKING WITHMAKING AMAC FROM WITH AMAC FROM CITYLIGHTS PROJECTS CITYLIGHTS PROJECTS
4.00-6.00 4.00-6.00
SPLENDOUR IN THE CRAFT BEDTIMEWITH STORIES BLACKMASS WITH BLACKMASS YOU C*NT BEDTIME STOP STORIES THE MUSIC TENT OF MIRACLES
8.00-12.00 8.00-12.00
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3 is variety night with YouTube stars Aunty Donna doing a full hour set and cult podcast Little Dum Dum Club live taping. Then on Saturday and Sunday nights, strap in for two massive nights of laughs as Splendour Comedy Club presents Wil Anderson & Friends. Australia’s biggest comedian has collected some of his favourite acts from around the country for an all-killer standup, with both nights headlined by Wil himself. Featuring some funny folks you might know from the tele such as Tom Ballard and Michael Hing and all your Triple J faves Matt Okine and Becky Lucas, and Raw Comedy winner Danielle Walker, Comedy Club 2016 is set to deliver the best medicine to your Splendour weekend!
Take the easy ride to Splendour – catch a bus!
Brunswick Heads, Ocean Shores, New Brighton, South Golden Beach, North Ocean Shores, Pottsville, Hastings Point, Cabarita, Casuarina, and Kingscliff. Find the full schedule online at splendourinthegrass.com/ event-info/bus-info. Most of these services are operated by Blanches Bus Company: blanchs.com.au 6686 2144 For services to Kingscliff see Surfside Buslines: surfside. com.au/905-2. For services to and from Ballina, Lennox Head, Lismore and Bangalow see Ballina Bus Lines: buslinesgroup.com.au/ ballina, 6686 3666. Bus tickets: inbound bus tickets need to be purchased from bus staff prior to queuing for the bus. Out bound bus tickets can be purchased at the Bus Ticket Booth, the General Store and any Drink Ticket Sales Booth on site.
Buses will operate to and from locations surrounding our venue at North Byron Parklands, providing destinations with either frequent shuttle services or timetabled scheduled services.
Car parking
Buses will be running between the festival and and the following locations: Byron Bay, Suffolk Park, Mullumbimby,
The festival carpark is on Tweed Valley Way,Yelgun. Please follow signage and directions of traffic control
staff. The day carpark will be open to event patrons only between 9am and 2am on Friday 22, Saturday 23 and Sunday 24 July. In order to minimise the number of private vehicles travelling to and from the festival, Splendour encourages car-pooling as much as possible. Redemption vouchers will be available on a daily basis for vehicles with valid parking passes which arrive with four or more passengers. Do not park in surrounding streets or roads, especially in any residential areas. Special event parking restrictions will be in place on surrounding roads and fines may be issued for illegal parking.
The Music of Splendour Edited by Mandy Nolan
The Cure When I was 17 I worshipped Robert Smith. Like all the other individuals just like me I wore my hair big and teased over one eye, white makeup and red lipstick and way too much kohl pencil. I wore oversized white shirts with skinny black jeans and lace-up boots and when I danced I did the strange walking forwards walking backwards thing with my head on one side. Like a drunk budgie. It was challenging to get it right. You had to look like you were both dancing and
almost losing your balance at the same time. Boys Don’t Cry is still one of my favourite songs. What started out in Southern England in 1976 is still going 40 years on. I hope there are some middle-aged mums and dads schooling their kids up on The Cure right now. I played a bunch of songs to my daughter in the car. She said she’d never heard of The Cure, but she knew every song I played from movie soundtracks. Good on Splendour for giving the kids some proper music-history schoolin’. The Cure play the Amphitheatre on Saturday at 9pm.
All vehicles parking on the site need to have a pre-purchased vehicle pass. These passes can be purchased at moshtix.com.au/v2/splendour.
The Cure headline the Amphitheatre Saturday at 9pm.
The Avalanches The Avalances have been around for more than 20 years and the tunes just keep getting better. Pioneering their own specific electronic sound, they are known for their debut plunderphonics album Since I Left You back in 2000 as well as their live and recorded DJ sets. Since I Left You was a critical and commercial success and is widely considered one of the best Australian albums of all time. Definitely one of the best albums in the 2000s. Sure there’s been a bit of time between drinkies, but the album they’ve been working on since 2005, Wildflower, came out this year. Immerse yourself in the Avalanches at the Amphitheatre on Friday at 9pm.
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With the wide variety of goods available you really don’t need to travel farther afield than Ocean Shores. Locals and festival-goers alike can all experience the convenience of being able to find groceries, furnishings, clothing, bottleshop supplies and much more all in one convenient location. There is also a wide variety of services available and the tavern provides a local watering hole with great entertainment.
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James Blake at the Amphitheatre on Sunday at 9.15pm
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Flume at the Amphitheatre on Sunday at 10.45pm
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A few months ago, James Blake was working on the biggest album of 2016 and he couldn’t tell anyone. Beyonce had asked him to come to the studio and work on the secrecy-shrouded Lemonade. He’s just released his third album The Colour in Anything five years on since his selftitled debut that featured distinctive space and silence, stark juxtaposition of intimate, emotionally direct vocals with sub-bassy club rhythms. This six-foot-six unassuming Londoner is one of the most quietly influential figures in pop. He is the musician’s musician. Madonna has called his music ‘the kind of thing that makes me jealous’. He’s been publicly called Kanye’s favourite artist. Covered by Lorde, sampled by Drake and even been given a few tips along the way by Joni Mitchell. Catch him at the Amphitheatre on Sunday at 9.15pm.
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Rising wunderkind Flume creates atmospheric, beatdriven music that draws on a range of influences to create a fresh new sound; one capable of bringing a festival crowd to fever pitch and then bringing it right back down again on demand. This Australian record producer and musician found public acclaim back in 2012 with the release of his self-titled debut. He’s
scored a number-one rating on the ARIA Albums Chart and reached double-platinum accreditation. Flume plays the Amphitheatre on Sunday at 10.45pm.
Golden Features Since the genre’s inception, producing under a mysterious moniker has yielded some of the greatest intrigue in dance music. It elevates the curiosity of fans to explore whether they know this act already. Is it a fresh new producer, or who is behind the mask? All of these questions were no more captivating than with ‘overnight sensation’ (AdamNotEve) and ‘next big thing in Australian dance music’ (Pulse) Golden Features, whose name made its entrance to the flourishing scene in breakneck speed. With a ‘killer’ (Pilerats) EP like nothing people had heard before and an electric word of mouth, this masked producer knocked many for six – but the hype that followed few could foresee. Reaching boiling point and media attention ever growing into other parts of the world, Golden Features made the huge decision to reveal his secret identity. Wanting the music to take in all the focus and not the curiosity, Golden Features announced, exclusively to THUMP, that he was longtime producer and Sydney native Tom Stell. Golden Features plays the Mix Up Stage on Sunday.
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FRIDAY 22 JULY 2016 11:00
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HIGH TENSION
NOTHING BUT THIEVES
12.00-12.30
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VIOLENT SOHO
THE AVALANCHES
THE STROKES
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3.15-4.00
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6.00-7.00
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5.10-6.00
6.30-7.30
8.00-9.00
9.30-10.30
NICOLE MILLAR
WORLD CHAMPION
KLLO
MALL GRAB
3.00-3.50
4.00-4.50
5.00-5.50
5.55-7.00
1.00-2.00
2.30-3.30
SNUZE
DREAMSTATE
LUCIOUS DEED
LEOCH
3.00-4.30
4.30-6.00
6.00-7.30
7.30-9.00
KALLIDAD 4.00-5.00 YOGA RHYTHMS WITH DJ R.I.A AND SHIAN LOVE 3.45-4.45
MAORI HAKA WITH MATIU TE HUKI
HAWAIIAN DANCE WORKSHOP WITH IOLANI GRACE
1.45-2.30
2.30-3.30
PILERATS DJS
TINA SAYS
SMS
AUDIOPAXX & FRIENDS
11.00-1.00
1.00-2.00
2.00-3.00
3.00-4.00
12.00-4.00
11.00-12.30
12.45 -1.00
1.00-1.45
2.00-2.45
6.00-7.00
4.00-5.00
HIP HOP DANCE PERFORMANCE WITH SONS OF NEREUS
6.00-6.45
THE MAKER FALCONA AGENCY BAES & FRIENDS 5.00-6.00
5.00-6.00
10.30-12.00
NICK TAYLOR 12.05-2.00
BUSTAMENTO
CAMBODIAN SPACE PROJECT
7.15 -7.30
7.30-8.30
9.00-10.00
10.30-11.30
12.00-1.30
PUZZLEDUST SERMONS LIVE BODY CIRCUS ON THE PAINTING WITH CREATRIX SACRED EROTIC WORLDBRIDGERS
8.00-8.30 8.30-9.00 9.00-9.45
THE DELTA RIGGS DJ SET
TIME PILOT
7.00-8.00
8.00-9.00
6.00-7.00
HYPNOTECH
9.05-10.30
NEREUS
7.00-7.30
RAY BORNER BARRY SUNSET
SHORT CIRCUIT
CHUKALE
CIRCUS PERFORMANCE WITH AKIN
6.00-7.00
10.00-11.00
ARIANE
GARY & MINA MUSICAL TALES OF A VAMPIRE ROMANCE
10.00-10.45
INAGWA
11.00-11.30 11.30-12.00
12.00-2.00
HYDRAULIX
RIBONGIA (DJ SET)
HAUS OF MAPLE
ENSCHWAY
PILERATS DJS & FRIENDS
9.00-10.00
10.00-11.00
11.00-11.30
11.30-12.30
12.30-2.00
SHANTAN WANTAN ICHIBAN TYLER TOUCHÉ
7.00-8.00
ANGELS & JYOTIKA ROCKSTARS BELLY DANCE IN DRAG /FIRE SHOW
8.00-10.00
10.00-11.00
BEYOND BOLLYWOOD AV SHOW BY SAMPOLOGY
11.00-12.00
COMEDY CLUB: VARIETY NIGHT
AUNTY DONNA, LITTLE DUM DUM CLUB & MORE
Naked Treaties client. 5.00-7.30
job. lightbox panel
4.00-5.30
UNINTELLIGENT DESIGN
SPACEMAN LESTER
DJ F.B.S
PUNKARSE PERCY
BLACKMASS
12.00-8.00
8.00-9.00
9.00-10.00
10.00-11.00
11.00-12.00
TENT OF MIRACLES
INDIGO SPARKE
5.30-6.00
9.00-9.55
SMASH THOSE BAD DREAMS: DREAM CATCHERS WITH MEET MAKE CREATE & REGULAR WILDCAT
1.30-3.00
SIMON DOE
JAZZIE JAZ
3.00-4.00
YOU C*NT STOP THE MUSIC BUSKER STAGE
4.00-5.00
MATIU TE HUKI
5.00-5.30
BALL PARK MUSIC, ALEX LAHEY & JUNGLE GIANTS
SWING FROM THE PAPER CHANDELIER: RECYCLED PAPER CHANDELIER MAKING WITH BECI ORPIN
MONKEY MONKEY SHAKE SHAKE
ELK ROAD
BUNYARRA DANCERS - GHARIGAN
DRUMMING CIRCLE WITH THE RHYTHM HUT
APRA AMCOS SONGWRITERS SPEAK
FILM & Q&A: CHASING ASYLUM LINDSAY “THE DR.” MCDOUGALL W/EVA ORNER & SENATOR SARAH HANSON-YOUNG 12.00-2.30
8.00-9.00
2:00
MOTEZ STRANGE DREAMS 12.00-12.05
12.30 -1.00
7.00-8.00
STRANGE DREAMS 9.00-9.05
12.00 -12.15
DRO CAREY ROLAND TINGS LUCY CLICHÉ
BRUISE BROTHERS SLACKLINE
WELCOME TO COUNTRY WITH UNLCE MAGPIE
DECLAN KELLY
SPOTLIGHT SESSION: “LOVE AND OTHER BRUISES” COMMUNITY QUILT WORKSHOP WITH AMAC FROM CITYLIGHTS PROJECTS
9.30-10.00
BAND OF HORSES
ETERNAL INDIA
10.00-11.30
8.30-9.30
LEON BRIDGES
AN EXOTIC JOURNEY THROUGH THE MANY COLOURS OF MOTHER INDIA, WITH WORKSHOPS & PERFORMANCES TO INSPIRE YOUR SENSES PANEL & SCREEN TESTS: BREAKING BLAND TOM BALLARD
8.00-8.30
PETER BJORN AND JOHN
BOBBY ALU & THE PALM ROYALE
PRESENTED BY CONTIKI
7.00-8.00
1:00
HERMITUDE 10.00-11.15
EMMA LOUISE
GYUTO MONKS
MARIGOLD MAJESTIC
5.30-6.30 6.30-7.00
5.00-5.30
HUMAN MOVEMENT
ROBERT FORSTER
VINYASA YOGA W/ TAHL RINSKY – 10.00-11.00 ELEMENTS DANCE W/ SARAH JANE PERMAN – 11.30-12.30 SINGER SONGWRITER SESSION ESSIE THOMAS – 1.00-1.30
PILERATS
4.00-5.00
ILLY
FAT WHITE FAMILY
BRUISE BROTHERS - SLACKLINE • BUNYARRA DANCERS AKIN - CIRCUS • PUZZLEDUST CIRCUS • MINJUNGBAL DANCERS
12:00
THE 1975
METHYL ETHEL
VILLAGE GREEN PROGRAM — 10.00-2.00
11:00
THE KILLS
TIPI FOREST THE WORLD STAGE
10:00
THE WILD FEATHERS
TINY DANCER STAGE
SPLENDOUR IN THE CRAFT
6:00
DMA’S
12.15 -1.00 1.00-1.30 1.30-2.15 2.15-2.45 2.45-3.30 3.30-4.00
GW McLENNAN TENT
FORUM/COMEDY
5:00
SAMPA TOTAL HUMAN THE GREAT RIBONGIA GIOVANNI RIBONGIA KACY HILL SWICK JACK GARRATT SWICK HAYDEN JAMES SWICK YEARS & YEARS MOVEMENT
MIX UP STAGE
BOHEMIAN LOUNGE
4:00
WELCOME TO COUNTRY
AMPHITHEATRE
1:00
RIKI ECHOTONE 3.00-3.45
Naked Treaties client. Violent Soho
job. lightbox panel
Violent Soho at the Amphitheatre on Friday at 7.30pm
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Local indie rockers PLTS to play SITG This weekend thanks to Triple J’s Unearthed comp, four local boys get to share the stage with international acts such as The Cure. That’s part of the Splendour magic for Byron’s indie rockers PLTS, who follow in the footsteps of Splendour Unearthed alumni such as Tired Lion, Kingswood and Art Vs Science. Drummer Harry Deacon is pretty chuffed. In fact, he told me ‘we’re stoked to be playing’. Not bad for a band that’s been together for only a few short years. PLTS started out in 2012 as Pilots with just Harry, Byron Carney and Kit Bray. Nothing much was happening, and then the boys dropped a few vowels and boom, ‘we started getting hits online,’ says Harry. The boys were pretty eager from the get go. They had lined up gigs pretty well before they even had a set list. ‘We wrote some songs. We had all these shows lined up already, so we started playing shows, and started taking it seriously. We did a few tours, got a few support slots along the way, and things just started getting good.’ Things really fell into place
when the lads added Eli Ayo to the lineup.
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‘He jumped on bass and Byron moved to second guitar, and we just really started going hard and writing a lot more music.’
Harry has been going to Splendour in the Grass since he was nine years old, so it’s a bit of a dream come true for a young musician at 23 to be hitting the main stage.
The sound got bigger. Louder. And of course, when you have big loud sound, you have to have somewhere to practise. A bit of a challenge in Byron Bay. ‘There is nowhere much to jam in Byron. There are only two places: SoundLounge and Double Bassment – but you have to take your gear home after you jam and we were sick of renting, so we rented our own space. That changed everything. We left our gear there, wrote more music, had a new wave of creativity… you can do it whenever you want – didn’t have to go in and out – we could just stay in there. ‘We were trying to follow in the hardcore footsteps; we tried to fill a gap. There wasn’t any just rock, and that’s where we foud our own sound – this producer really brought that sound out in us. We are always open to exploring; we aren’t set on a set sound.
So what does it mean to play Splendour? ‘We are opening the main stage on Saturday. The networking is huge. We weren’t ever hoping for this so it came as a surprise that we won the spot. (Last Dinosaurs, Art Vs Science, Josh Pyke) last year and have just been in the studio putting together four new tracks.
after On & On because he felt that he hadn’t finished what he had started.’ That new release is just around the corner.
‘We liked everything he had; it was the sound we were aiming for. You add another person to the mix and we fit with it. We fit sonically with him. He said he was keen to work with us again
Musically Harry says the band has evolved its own unique sound. ‘We are pretty rock – you would call our genre indie
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SATURDAY 23 JULY 2016 11:00
AMPHITHEATRE
12:00
1:00
PLTS
HARTS
12.00-12.30
2:00
3:00
BEACH SLANG
GW McLENNAN TENT
IN LOVING MEMORY OF SZYMON
MONTAIGNE
1.45-2.30
12.30-1.15
TINY DANCER STAGE
6.30-7.00
GYUTO RHYTHM MONKS HUNTERS
VILLAGE GREEN PROGRAM — 10.00-2.00
BOLLYWOOD WORKSHOP WITH BOLLYWOOD SISTERS
BRUISE BROTHERS - SLACKLINE • MINJUNGBAL DANCERS IOLANI GRACE • AKIN - CIRCUS • PUZZLEDUST CIRCUS SHIVA / SHAKTI CEREMONY W/ SARAH JANE PERMAN – 10.00-10.45 SOUL PURPOSE MEDITATION W/ JAIIA CERFF – 10.45-11.15
AFRICAN DANCE W/ GABRIEL OTU – 11.15-12.15 MAORI HAKA W/MATIU TE HUKI – 12.15-1.00 SINGER SONGWRITER SESSION W/STEVE MANOA – 1.00-1.30
COCOMUNGAS DJ COMP. WINNER
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11.00-11.30
11.30-12.30
1.45-2.30
SUMI
12.30-1.30
1.30-2.30
JAMES VINCENT MCMORROW
MATT CORBY
3.00-3.45
4.15-5.00
5.30-6.30
7.00-8.00
8.30-9.30
10.00-11.00
RUNNING TOUCH
DRELLER
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4.00-4.50
5.00-5.50
5.55-6.55
7.00-8.00
8.00-9.20
9.30-11.00
5.30-6.00
CUT SICK DANCE WORKSHOP WITH SONS OF NEURUS
2.30-3.30
3.45-4.45
11.00-12.30
3.30-4.30
2.30-3.30
4.30-5.30
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PANEL: DRONES: HUMAN HUNTING 2.30-4.00
12.00-1.30 12.45 -1.00
5.00-5.30
THE JENSENS NORTHEAST PARTY K-BLOCK HOUSE DJ SET DJ SET
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DRUMMING CIRCLE WITH THE RHYTHM HUT
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12.00-4.00
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4.00-5.00
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6.00-7.00
7.35-9.00
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10.30-11.45
OPIUO (DJ SET) LUKE PSYWALKER 12.45-2.00
12.00-12.45
DECLAN KELLY
KALLIDAD
DUBARRAY
BUSTAMENTO
7.15 -7.30
7.30-8.30
9.00-10.00
10.30-11.30
12.00-1.30
CIRCUS PERFORMANCE WITH AKIN
BOLLYWOOD PERFORMANCE W/BOLLYWOOD SISTERS
6.00-6.45
7.00-7.30
SPARE TIME
LINGUINE
5.30-6.30
6.30-7.30
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7.30-9.00
9.00-10.00
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5.00-7.00
7.00-8.00
8.00-10.00
GARY & MINA MUSICAL TALES OF A VAMPIRE ROMANCE
10.00-10.45
ANGELS & JYOTIKA ROCKSTARS BELLY DANCE IN DRAG / FIRE SHOW
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11.00-11.30 11.30-12.00
SPICY VS GAZAL
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10.00-11.30
11.30-1.00
BEYOND BOLLYWOOD AV SHOW BY SAMPOLOGY
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10.00-11.00
11.00-12.00
12.00-2.00
NOY & YVNG JALAPEÑO 1.00-2.00
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4.00-5.30
UNINTELLIGENT DESIGN
SPACEMAN LESTER
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12.00-8.00
8.00-9.00
9.00-10.00
10.00-11.00
11.00-12.00
TENT OF MIRACLES
JESSE PUMPHREY
FUTURE ELDERS
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1.30-3.00
YOU C*NT STOP THE MUSIC
10.30-11.30
BALL PARK MUSIC
BOBBY ALU & THE PALM ROYALE
PANEL: HOW TO UNFUCK THE PLANET
9.45-10.30
8.45-9.45
MICHAEL KIWANUKA
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1.00-2.00
12.00 -12.30 12.30-1.00
10.00 -11.30
8.00-8.45
7.00-8.00
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2:00
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BUNYARRA DANCERS - GHARIGAN
1:00
9.00-12.00
SPRING KING
3.00-5.00
WOMEN OF LETTERS
BUSKER STAGE
5.30-6.30
11.00-3.00
PRESENTED BY CONTIKI
SPLENDOUR IN THE CRAFT
5.00-5.30
PUMPERNICKLE
MARIGOLD MAJESTIC
FORUM/COMEDY
4.00-5.00
12:00
THE CURE
7.30-8.30
9.00-9.05
BISTROTHEQUE
THE MEETING TREE
11:00
ELVIS
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SNAKEHIPS
10:00
BRUISE BROTHERS SLACKLINE
THE WORLD STAGE
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9:00
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6.00-7.00
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8:00
STRANGE DREAMS 7.30-7.35
TIPI FOREST
7:00
STICKY FINGERS
4.30-5.30
THE MEETING TREE
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6:00
GANG OF YOUTHS
3.00-4.00
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MIX UP STAGE
5:00
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1.50-2.40
12.50-1.30
4:00
MATTHEW ARMITAGE 3.00-3.45
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8 Marlon Williams & The Yarra Benders at the GW McLennan Tent on Sunday at 4.15pm
James Vincent McMorrow at the GW McLennan Tent on Saturday at 8.30pm
Music highlights continued Marlon Williams & The Yarra Benders ‘Each song is a character,’ says Marlon Williams of his selftitled solo debut: a remarkably assured and diverse nine-track tapestry, united by one of the most versatile and evocative voices you’ll hear this or any other year. ‘I don’t really ever sing out of character. Even if it’s a very personal song, once
it’s written it doesn’t belong to me.’ A veteran at the age of 25, Williams found his calling as a child growing up in Lyttelton, New Zealand, a picturesque coastal town populated by fewer than 3,000 people. He recalls its ‘wonderful contrast between port workers and a big artistic community’. The latter includes his mother and father, respectively a painter and industrial punk musician. ‘The first three things I
remember Mum listening to were PJ Harvey, early choral music and Smokey Robinson. A lot of Maori music too. We used to go down the marae for meetings and sing these big harmony songs. ‘Dad would bring home CDs every week, moving from Elvis and The Beatles through Echo & The Bunnymen, The Band’s music from Big Pink, and, crucially, Gram Parsons: “A rock ’n’ roll dude playing country music,
The Strokes at the Amphitheatre on Friday at 10.30pm. but respecting the purity of it”.’ A similar duality informed the young Williams’s unique journey as a singer, combining his family’s Maori upbringing with the vocal epiphanies he discovered in the school choir and then in nearby Christchurch’s cathedral ensemble. ‘It’s a very different approach,’ he explains. ‘With the Maori songs it’s layered thirds, one over the other. You just feel when you want to bring another third. But then I spent most of my teenage Sundays at church. We’d sing a 30-minute Mozart mass where every note is prescribed. I’m not a spiritual person but the music was enough to keep me there, through whatever hangover I had.’ His ability to truly inhabit his material illuminates Williams’s majestic rendering of such diverse touchstones as classic orch-pop ballad Lost Without You and conceptual, 1974-vintage nugget Silent Passage (originally by Bob Carpenter, a Canadian of First Nations heritage). These covers blend seamlessly with novelistic noir standouts Strange Things and Dark Child (co-credited to childhood choral pal Tim Moore, now a palliative care nurse), which deliver gallows humour with a widescreen groove. That quality is further illustrated by their playfully cinematic videos. Williams won Best Male and Breakthrough Artist at the 2015 New Zealand Music Awards and was nominated for Best Blues & Roots Album at the ARIA Awards, alongside nominations for the coveted Taite Music Prize and Australian Music Prize. His album was released internationally in February this year and Williams has spent 2016 selling out shows
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throughout North America and UK/Europe, playing major festivals including Latitude, Longitude, and Austin City Limits, and making appearances on tastemaker radio shows such as NPR, KCRW’s Morning Becomes Eclectic, KEXP and World Cafe, plus performances on legendary TV shows Later With Jools Holland, Conan and The Late Late Show in Ireland. Catch the enigmatic and unselfconsciously cool Marlon Williams with the Yarra Benders at the GW McLennan Tent on Sunday at 4.15pm.
James Vincent McMorrow James Vincent McMorrow plays his only Australian stage at Splendour, showcasing We Move, his most expansive, generous and ambitious record to date. There is, on the other hand, something more stripped back – vulnerable, even – surfacing for the first time: far from the dense, protective imagery at the heart of Post Tropical. We Move is ultimately a record open in its portrait of anxiety and social unease. For McMorrow, it’s about celebrating mental fragility – and how we move forward in life – rather than ‘people listening to my songs and believing that I’m out in the forest all day long, thinking about trees. Because I’m actually at home, trying to convince myself to go out and get milk.’ The first steps to We Move took place in 2014, when James – having been asked to write for different artists’ projects – started sketching out ideas for others on tour (and subsequently stopped over-analysing his own work). Intent on doing the opposite of everything he’d done thus far, McMorrow then came off
the road, but kept exploring: first through Barcelona, then Canada, and stopping in Los Angeles for six particularly fish-out-of-water months, where the songs for the album crystallised. He returned to Dublin determined not to just produce another album himself, but to work with people who could articulate the unique world he heard in his head (‘I grew up wanting to write songs like Neil Young but produce them like The Neptunes’). And so James reached out to a few key co-producers he’d met while travelling, who formed the backbone of We Move, namely, Nineteen85 (Drake, DVSN), Two Inch Punch (Sam Smith, Years & Years), and Frank Dukes (Kanye West, Rihanna). Mixing took place largely in Miami with one of McMorrow’s all-time heroes, Jimmy Douglass – known for his work from Donny Hathaway through to Timbaland – who finessed the record’s warm, vintage yet forward-thinking feel. He plays Splendour at the GW McLennan Tent on Saturday at 8.30pm.
The Strokes American rockers The Strokes are one of the headliners to see at this year’s Splendour in the Grass. Lauded for helping usher in the garage rock revival of the early 21st century with their debut album Is This It, and ranked number eight on Rolling Stone’s Best Debut Albums of All time and number two on Rolling Stone’s 100 Best Albums of 2000s! The Strokes have sold more than five million albums to date. Still one of the best international bands on the circuit, and bloody sensational live. They play The Amphitheatre on Friday at 10.30pm.
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SUNDAY 24 JULY 2016 11:00
12:00
AMPHITHEATRE
1:00
2:00
3:00
11:00
12:00
BOY & BEAR
JAMES BLAKE
FLUME
12.00-12.30
12.45-1.30
2.00-2.45
3.15-4.15
4.45-5.45
6.15-7.15
7.45-8.45
9.15-10.15
10.45-12.00
AMATEUR DANCE
LÅPSLEY
THE GOLDEN URTHBOY TWINSY INTERNET TWINSY JAGWAR MA TWINSY FEATURES
AMATEUR DANCE
GOLD CLASS
TIRED LION
LITTLE MAY
12.30-1.15
1.45-2.30
3.00-3.45
11.00-12.30
12.30-2.00
REMI
WAFIA
JUST A GENT
GANZ
SLUMBERJACK
6.00-6.50
6.55-8.00
8.00-9.00
9.00-10.00
NEREUS 4.00-5.00
5.30-6.00
2.00-3.00
YOGA RHYTHMS DRUMMING CIRCLE WITH DJ R.I.A WITH & SHIAN LOVE THE RHYTHM HUT
3.00-4.00
11.00-12.30
5.00-6.00
MATIU TE HUKI 6.00-7.00 AKIN CIRCUS
ANDY DUB
8.05-9.30
9.30-11.00
AUTOPILOT
MAGU
11.05-12.30
12.30-2.00
KALLIDAD
DECLAN KELLY
CAMBODIAN SPACE PROJECT
7.15 -7.30
7.30-8.30
9.00-10.00
10.30-11.30
PUZZLEDUST CURCUS
BRUNSWICK PICTURE HOUSE CHEEKY CABARET
BOLLYWOOD PERFORMANCE W/BOLLYWOOD SISTERS
SERMONS ON THE SACRED EROTIC 10.00-10.30
GARY & MINA JYOTIKA MUSICAL TALES BELLY DANCE OF A VAMPIRE /FIRE SHOW ROMANCE
DUBARRAY 12.00-1.30
2:00
INAGWA
1.00-1.45
2.00-2.45
9.30-11.00
RUI.
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5.00-7.00
7.00-8.00
8.00-10.00
BEYOND BOLLYWOOD AV SHOW BY SAMPOLOGY
11.00-12.00
12.00-1.00
1.00-2.00
FRAMES
10.00-11.00
11.00-12.00
COMEDY CLUB: WIL ANDERSON & FRIENDS 5.00-7.30 WOOL AND THE GANG: ARM KNITTING WITH THE CRAFT PARLOUR
4.00-5.30
UNINTELLIGENT DESIGN
SPACEMAN LESTER
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BLACKMASS
12.00-8.00
8.00-9.00
9.00-10.00
10.00-11.00
11.00-12.00
TENT OF MIRACLES
TAY OSKEE
8.00-9.30
POST PERCY
1.30-3.00
PHIL & TILLEY
7.00-8.00
4.00-5.00
2.30-4.00
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6.00-7.00
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12.45 -1.00
4.00-5.00
Q&A WITH TONY JONES
12.00-1.30
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7.00-8.00
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Grammy-nominated indie pop duo Tegan & Sara are another must-see at Splendour this year. These identical twin sisters are both songwriters and multi-instrumentalists. The girls have released eight studio albums and numerous EPs. Their most recent album Love You to Death was released in June. These girls are awesome. See I said it. Awesome. All the way from Calgary to Splendour, playing the Amphitheatre on Sunday at 4.45pm.
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I love indie rock. I guess that shows my age. Once you plugged into Nirvana back in the day it was hard to give it up. The Kills are an indie rock band featuring American singer Alison Mosshart and British guitarist Jamie Hince. They bring the best of both worlds together in The Kills The Kills, kind of a place where grunge collides with Brit pop. Ash & Ice is their fifth studio album, released last month, and it’s already hit the Top 20 Album chart in the UK. Ash & Ice is a little different from the other releases and perhaps that’s because of the change in Hince’s playing style after losing the use of his middle left finger when he got it jammed in a car door. Catch The Kills at Splendour, the same year they play Coachella. And keep your ears peeled for Doing it to Death. It’s great. The Kills play Splendour in the Grass at the Amphitheatre on Sunday at 6.15pm.
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How not to get wasted One of the big challenges for outdoor events is managing their footprint. Just how do you manage waste and environmental impact when you have 20,000 kids basically partying themselves silly without sounding like their mum? For Splendour’s environmental manager, Rod Conroy, this is a challenge he is intending to meet with gusto. ‘The key issue is waste,’ says Conroy, ‘and what we have to do is minimise how much we generate. We have three stations: one is landfill, one is organic and compostables – our goal is to get patrons to use the right bins and to put most things into recycling or compostables, and only into waste when we know it’s not able to be recycled.’ But of course, working out what goes where is a bit of a challenge at the best of times. So the crew at Splendour have come up with a solution. ‘As part of our environmental team,’ says Rod, ‘we have three groups: the Eco Cops, The Waste Warriors, and the Green Team. The Eco Cops are charged with roaming the festival areas and educating patrons on which bins to use, the best way to have a green festival. ‘And our Waste Warriors are situated within the campground and they educate people on what to drop off and encourage people to keep camp sites clean. ‘As for The Green Team – they roam the
planting on Saturday and Sunday from 10am till 12 noon. We do tree planting, so it will be behind the family camping this year… we want to plant 1,000 trees this year, to help regenerate the degraded farmland and help reestablish native habitat. I believe that festivals can co-exist with habitat. We do this by preventing patrons from going onto the bush blocks and bush habitat areas. Patrons need to stay on the grassed areas.’
Interview whole festival area picking up rubbish and making sure the bin systems are working.’ But of course all this has to be fun. ‘We try to educate – that is the key thing. We want to instil a sense of pride in the festival and in people’s campsites. You want to instil that attitude of being environmentally conscious. Most of our volunteer team are environmental studies students.’
And then of course there’s the little environmental issue of transport! Clearly with the site quite a distance from Byron Bay it’s not actually possible to walk there. So the push this year, if you don’t get the bus, is to carpool.
One of the biggest culprits when it comes to waste is plastic water bottles. These are going to be kept to a minimum at Splendour this year. ‘Anyone who buys or brings their own bottle onsite is encouraged to use that bottle the whole weekend. There are free refills onsite. Better still bring your own water bottle – we have free water!’ If you are at the event and want to get your hands dirty, then why not try some tree planting? ‘Patrons can participate in the tree
‘If you come with three or more people in the car, parking is free,’ says Rod. ‘People could also opt for a deposit to reduce their carbon footprint when they bought their tickets’. If people want to take on the environmental challenge, they can camp in Camp Little Footprint. ‘These are sites for people who are environmentally minded,’ says Rod. ‘It
The colourful Green Squad after the 2015 tree-planting event. Photo David Andreas involves keeping the campsite totally clean. And the cleanest and greenest gets a site closest to the venue and a double pass to the 2017 event. The Waste Warriors basically go around giving out prizes for best-kept sites!’ One of the most perplexing issues is the tendency for patrons to up and leave on Monday morning – without their camping gear. That’s right. Every year people decide that it’s just too much effort packing their tent down or taking their gumboots home, so they drive off and leave it all behind! Rod says this won’t be happening this year. ‘What people bring onsite we’d like them to take off. We do have organisations that come and collect donated tents and equipment that
Sticky Fingers
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More music highlights
American post-hardcore band were formed back in 1993 and Sticky Fingers is a melting pot of then broke up in 2001. In that reggae, psych, pop and bourbon. time they put out an album Hypnotising you into a swaying Relationship of Command that trance, then punching you in has been cited as a landmark the face for dancing like a hippy. of the post-hardcore genre. Like Their borderline contradictory any good hardcore love affair, the fusion of flavours speaks to band got back together. A couple every walk of life, and it’s this of times. This is their first reunion multiplicity which makes the since 2009. Omar Rodriguez Lopez world their oyster. Some bands has said, ‘We’re all excited to be meet from lame shit like Gumtree seeing each other, to be playing in advertisements. These guys met a room again, and to be making in Newtown after some drunken music under a new context. This is busking. It’s the stuff legends are where we all came from. We have made of. Sticky Fingers play the different places, but these are our Amphitheatre on Saturday at 6pm. roots, and a true person never forgets their roots. There is safety in being around people you trust. We slept on floors two inches All the way from El Paso Texas comes At the Drive-In. This away from each other in this
At the Drive In At the Drive-In
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people don’t want. We provide plastic bags to sort their waste. They don’t have to fill up their car with waste. But we want them to take their equipment. Don’t just drive off and leave your stuff behind. We want to encourage people to use good camping equipment so they can use it again. You wouldn’t do that anywhere else. You wouldn’t go to the beach and camp and get in and drive off!’ So basically the message from Rod is clear. ‘We want people to have a sense of pride in being environmentally friendly. This festival is in one of the most beautiful locations on the planet and we want to keep it that way. We want them to have a great time but to be environmentally conscious.’
band. We cooked for each other in this band. This is home, and it’s nice to come back to it and feel so positive about it.’ Be part of the At the Drive-In homecoming when they play the Amphitheatre on Saturday at 7.30pm.
Boy & Bear
Kim Churchill This nomadic multiinstrumentalist has become renowned for his deft guitar work, spending most of his time on the road intertwining memorable performances with his love of travelling and surfing. Kim Churchill fascinates his audience by juggling guitar, bass drum, harmonica, tambourine and percussion all while delivering an extensive and remarkable vocal range. Kim Churchill plays the GW McLennan Tent on Saturday at 4.15pm.
Indie rock folk band Boy & Bear find the Limit of Love this year with their Splendour spot. Back in 2011, just two years after forming, the band took home a massive five ARIAs including Best Group, Best Rock Album, and Producer of the Year. It was pretty impressive stuff. After touring through Europe the band return home for Splendour. Boy Check out the entire massive & Bear play the Amphitheatre on lineup on Splendour’s website: Sunday at 7.45pm. splendourinthegrass.com/lineup
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