Featuring GOSSIP / LYKKE LI / DUCK SAUCE / SANTIGOLD / DEATH FROM ABOVE 1979 KATY B / THE NAKED & FAMOUS / CRYSTAL FIGHTERS / EXAMPLE / DIGITALISM (LIVE) ADRIAN LUX / THE STREETS / SIMIAN MOBILE DISCO (LIVE) / MAGNETIC MAN / NERO SEBASTIAN / DIPLO / MSTRKRFT / SEBASTIEN TELLIER / LITTLE DRAGON / MYLO (DJ SET) WOLFGANG GARTNER / JOKER & MC NOMAD / FEED ME / TENSNAKE / KIMBRA THE ASTON SHUFFLE (LIVE) / FLUX PAVILION / YACHT CLUB DJS / HARVARD BASS GOLD FIELDS / PLUS MANY MORE.

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Australia’s community of epic, atmospheric rock acts has never been stronger, with Karnivool, Floating Me, and Sleep Parade all flying the flag high for Aussie progressive rock. Add to that list Melbourne’s [ME]; their soon-to-be-released EP, ‘Naked’ is sure to establish the band as a real force in the Australian rock community.

The title track opens the EP, with an almost folk-like vocal quality and stuttering drums playing over a sliding keyboard element; before the track suddenly... read more

Amazing! Block out the diary, our Splendour In The Grass sideshows are here.

The BBC’s sound of 2011 and buzz boy James Blake will bring his unique  brand of dubstep to Melbourne & Sydney while here for his inaugural appearance at Splendour In The Grass 2011. His debut album released last month is described as “an enthralling collection of tunes, building on a fascination with the London dubstep scene and mixing ethereal electronic arrangements with considerable piano skills... read more

We are very excited to announce, one of our uber favourites The Kills will be returning to our shores to play Splendour In The Grass and headline sideshows in Sydney and Melbourne this July.

Their first trip back since 2005, the trans-atlantic duo always deliver an intensely addictive set – one you just can’t look away from. No bathroom breaks here! What makes Alison Mosshart and Jamie Hince two of the coolest people in music today is their honest dedication... read more

Brit electro punks Does It Offend You, Yeah? have just announced a series of Aussie Splendour In The Grass sideshows.

Fresh from recent slots at massive festivals such as Coachella, Lollapalooza, South By Southwest, Glastonbury, and Reading/Leeds, Does It Offend You, Yeah? have also toured with Bloc Party, Nine Inch Nails, and The Prodigy on their 2009 Australian tour.

It’s safe to say that, when Does It Offend You, Yeah? hit our shores in July for Splendour In The Grass and selected... read more

It’s a new year for The Grates, which means a new line up for the Brizzie band, new album, and now a headline tour.

Recently becoming a two-person show, Patience Hodgson and John Patterson headed to Brooklyn to “bang the skins on the record” with the help of Brooklyn drummer Ben Marshall and producer Gus van Go and Werner F. ‘Secret Rituals’ is slated for release on June 17, and The Grates will be playing songs from the new record this June with very special guests Big Scary... read more

!BUY HERE Track by Track review by Tim Galvin 1. I Wanna See You Already a proven dance floor special, this has all the hallmarks of the ‘Aston sound’. Take one part grindy bass-line, two parts electro bleep and a pinch of robot vocoder and blend into a smooth frothy floor filler. 2. Bring It Back This is Justice on barbiturates. An instant step back into raw electronic... read more

The most excellent Big British Sound is back again this year, aka Ben Sherman’s ode to British Music music utilizing the best up and coming bands in Australia.

Ben Sherman clothing has been synonymous with the sounds of punk and nu-wave since the 60s and after the huge success over the past two years with the likes of Big Scary, Tame Impala, Whitley, Art Vs Science, Bertie Blackman, Little Red, Deep Sea Arcade, Jonathan Boulet, Jack Ladder and more, Big British Sound is a night... read more

Yeah, we know that The King of Limbs has been out since February; but with the much-debated and painstakingly-analysed LP set for physical release in Australia this week, we thought we’d do a final wrap-up for you before you part with your hard-earned dough.

Just as The Strokes released an expectation-confounding and continually surprising work in ‘Angles,’ so too did Radiohead with their seventh album, ‘The King Of Limbs.’ But where the New Yorkers’ experimentation and desire... read more

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