Splendour in the Grass Announced!

Well it was another exciting morning here in Aus, as the lineup for this years Splendour in the Grass festival was announced. I was banking on The Black Keys headlining after their massive launch of El Camino last year. But that hope was pounded to smithereens on Tuesday when they announced an Australian tour for October, which sold out instantly three hours later!!! Anyway, back to Splendour. It's interesting to see how many of the rumours for this years lineup turned out to be true. Yes folks, Jack White, Bloc Party and Miss Lana del Ray are coming to our shores this July! 

The full line up is as follows... 

Jack White

Bloc Party

Smashing Pumpkins

At The Drive-In

The Shins

Hilltop Hoods

The Kooks

Gossip

Miike Snow

Dirty There

eLana Del Rey

360

Azealia Banks

Tame Impala

Explosions In The Sky

Ladyhawke

The Afghan Whigs

Missy Higgins

Wolfmother

Metric

Kimbra

Mudhoney

Band Of Skulls

Spiderbait

Django Django

Gypsy & The Cat

San Cisco

Last Dinosaurs

Electric Guest

Muscles

Angus Stone

DZ Deathrays

Howler

Lanie Lane

Fun.

Big Scary

Michael Kiwanuka

Seekae

Friends

Yacht Club Dj’s

Bertie Blackman

Jinja Safari

Blue King Brown

Youth Lagoon

Pond

The Beautiful Girls

Tijuana Cartel

Ball Park Music

The Rubens

Ben Howard

Bleeding Knees Club

Zulu Winter

The Medics

Shihad

Hypnotic Brass Ensemble

Husky

Kate Miller-Heidke

Father John Misty

Emma Louise

Chet 

Faker

Here We Go Magic Parachute Youth

Mosman Alder

The Cast Of Cheers

Wolf & Cub

Gossling

BeniSampology (AV/DJ show)

Canyons (DJ Set)

Nina Las Vegas

Danny T

Alison Wonderland

Nice and Ego (AV/DJ show)

Flume

Gloves

Luke Million

Harris Robotis

Alley Oop

Few people have expressed their disappointment with the lineup already, claiming how last year was "sooooo much better". But I think it is important to take each year as they come without too much comparison. This lineup is very reflective of what has happened in Australian music late last year and during the beginning of this year... So many of the artists included had just dropped new albums last year, some were just unearthed last year and some were just thrown in for good measure. 

I've had my ticket money saved since last week, because even if I don't enjoy a few of artists in the lineup, there is always a buttload for me to get silly to. Besides, who wouldn't want to go to a festival headlined by Edward Scissor Hands!!?? That and, with Smashing Pumpkins on the bill, my Splendour experience (ticket pending) is going to be exactly like The Simpsons Hullabalooza! 

Kaisha Gambell, smiling politely.