Splendour Line Up Announce

[FlyingBurittoBro]

http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/musicnews/s3480336.htm

I don't know much about modern music but this looks pretty average.

 

[S120]

Yeh, I'm not that impressed. Was considering getting tickets to this if the line up was good but there are not enough artists that I like going to convince me to go.

 

[Defacto]

At the drive in!!!

 

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At the drive-in

 

[La Dispute]

Lineup looks pretty sick IMO.

ATDI, Smashing Pumpkins, Tame Impala, Explosions In The Sky are all among my favourite bands.

Will probably see a heap of sideshows again.

 

[_shifty_]

ATDI and Explosions doing it as their only aus show.

 

[La Dispute]

ATDI and Explosions doing it as their only aus show.

Just saw that.

Might have to get up there then.

 

[_shifty_]

Just saw that.

Might have to get up there then.

it's the big thing that is making me really consider it.
Jack White as a headliner? Pretty average, especially when compared to Kanye and Coldplay last year

 

[Tex_21]

^^Serious? Jack White has more musical ability in his little finger than Kanye and anyone from Coldplay combined have in ther whole body. That said, apart from Spiderbait and the Pumpkins, that looks very ordinary to me. Wait for Soundwave again.

 

[Eddie Dingle]

Mudhoney!

 

[Silent Alarm]

Totally underwhelming.

Bloc Party are one of my favourite bands. But they're all I want to see.

I'm not a White Stripes/Jack White fan. And Smashing Pumpkins are notoriously poor live: Butching staples and playing a flimsy setlist. There's some very average Australian performers thrown in for good measure, but they're just fleshing out the roster.

Tame Impala and Pond would be worth seeing. But they don't add anything to the Splendour lineup: You'll have a chance to see them five times in the next two years.

So underwhelmed.

 

[S120]

Looking over the line up a bit more closely, there are quite a few acts I would actually like to see. Not desperately giving any money to see them all but quite a few that I have heard bits and pieces of and would enjoy (plus the ones I would pay decent money to see).

I'd want to see with varying degrees of positive interest Bloc Party, The Shins, The Kooks, Miike Snow, Explosions in the Sky, Metric, Kimbra, Gypsy and the Cat, Last Dinosaurs, Big Scary, Michael Kiwanuka (any soul fans out there, get on to this guy, he is a star in the making), Youth Lagoon, Beautiful Girls and Chet Faker.

I doubt many mates of mine will be all that interested and not sure whether I will get more up on going as time progresses..

 

[DrummoSolo]

Absolutely raging about ATDI being locked into an exclusive contract. Please, someone, bring them back over summer.

 

[Jan Juc]

Ramped for ATDI as well.

Only downer is, their Coachella slot on the weekend (whilst amazing) was only nine songs and 41 minutes long.

 

[mansize rooster]

looks pretty good!

 

[Warsaw]

Ben Howard
The Shins
Michael Kiwanuka
Band Of Skulls
Tame Impala

Would enjoy for those, and for a few more but probably just see the sideshows rather than going up.

Would of liked to of seen the Kooks too, seeing as I missed them at Falls and when they played in Melbourne, but can do without.

 

[Windy At Moorabbin]

Really disappointed. The only three bands I care about (Explosions in the Sky, Bloc Party and At The Drive-In) are doing their only show at splendour. Would have loved sideshows from these three.

Although I like the marjority of the headline acts its the middle acts that is letting splendour down this year where as the last two years its been its strong point. In years gone by you've had really cool international bands filling this part of the bill but this year you have crappy bands like San Cisco, Wolfmother and Hilltop Hoods playing.

There are no obvious mix-up tent headliners too.

 

[S120]

Yeh a lack of 2nd tier international artists adds deeply to the line up's shallowness. Probably focused on local acts a touch too much.

 

[bradrowe#32]

Looks decent.

 

[Aliago]

The whole Jack White is a little misunderstood, IMO. He is playing songs from his whole career (White Stripes, Raconteurs, etc) plus his solo stuff. Blunderbuss is fantastic, apparently. I have not listened to it let so I can not give my 2c on it. He has headlined other festivals which had the full Black Sabbath lineup (the one in the US which the name of it has completely escaped my mind).

 

[mrbewbs]

Bit steep on the price for the line up, don't even know who half of them are. Only bands/artists that interest me are Azealia Banks, Miike Snow, 360, San Cisco, Gossling and Yuksek. I know about 30% of that list. Is most of it just semi famous Australian talent?

 

[_shifty_]

Seems to me ATDI are by the biggest draw card there by quite a way.
Shattered that it doesn't look i'm going to get to see them without paying 500+

 

[S120]

It's mainly a local list. They seem to have worked hard to get a few big international names (Jack White, Miike Snow, At the Drive In, Kooks, Shins) but then concentrated on giving local talent much of the mid-lower tier spots.

Am currently discussing with friends whether or not to go and I seem to be amongst the keenest to go. I want to go for the music in parts but mainly for the experience. I will have just finished my degree too so it will be a good way to celebrate that.

 

[Bomber Bears]

Thinking of doing a single day ticket for the friday to see at the drive in

 

[S120]

Got a 3 day ticket. Many friends either didn't bother or missed out or just got in for Sunday. Will have to make a decision soon on if I even bother going.