With just over a month until Australia’s biggest winter music festival kicks off, the organisers of the completely sold out event have a few more surprises up their sleeve.
Namely, some new additions to the already 100+ strong Splendour In The Grass 2014 lineup and a chance to see a selection of the festival’s must-see bands in a special mini-festival.
To get festival-goers in the Splendour mood, and “because three days of arts and music is never enough,” promoters have announced the official Splendour In The Grass Pre-Party, taking place the night before the festival kicks off – on Thursday 24th July at The Northern in Byron Bay – with a lineup featuring seven artists billed for the event.
Headlining will be New York post-punks Interpol – whose Splendour appearance is the band’s only Australian show. They’ll be joined by fellow internationals: indie favourites Future Islands and dance instigators Buraka Som Sistema (another Splendour exclusive).
Rounding out the pre-party lineup are Aussie artists Art Vs Science, performing a DJ set, 2014’s most hyped band DMA’s, young rapping gun Tkay Maidza, and Sydney sonic adventurers Fishing.
Tickets for the Splendour In The Grass 2014 Pre-Party are strictly limited, with only “a few hundred” going on sale next Thursday 26th June, while a special members’ pre-sale will get access the day before. Full details at bottom.
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Along with the party invitation, three new artists are joining the already huge Splendour In The Grass 2014 lineup, as the winners of the Triple J Unearthed competition are announced: Namely, Brisbane electro songbird Airling will be now be jetting to the Yelgun Parklands site next month, along with local Byron Bay five-piece Tora.
“Something amazing has happened,” wrote Airling vocalist Hannah Shepherd on the group’s official Facebook page following winning the Unearthed competition; “Thanks to the babes at triple j and triple j Unearthed … wow, my heart feels like it’s exploding xx”
Airling have just two (very fine) singles to their name, produced by Tom Iansek (of Big Scary/#1 Dads), and following opening for James Vincent McMorrow on his Aussie tour last month, they’ll now be playing support for The Paper Kites and Iceland’s Asgeir on his Splendour sideshows in the coming weeks.
Another late addition to the Splendour bill is masked producer Golden Features, who was added to the Byron festival late last week and has already announced a return to Australia in September as part of the Listen Out 2014 lineup.
Speaking of features, the details of Splendour’s arts and crafts component – Splendour In The Craft – have also been confirmed, featuring Fancy Free (the ‘crafternoon’ side-project of The Grates’ Patience Hogdson) and others showing festival-goers how to make “Piñata Boom Boxes, Cool As F#%k Guitar Pick Charm Bracelets, Scissors Paper Rock-n-roll fanzines” and other arty delights. (Full details here)
Along with Tone Deaf’s own picks for the 17 must-see Splendour acts, the lineup recently got an additional boost thanks to the announcement that the Red Bull Music Academy Stage would be returning this year.
Splendour In The Grass 2014 Pre-Party
Interpol
Future Islands
Buraka Som Sistema
Art Vs Science DJs
DMA’s
Tkay Maidza
Fishing DJs
Thursday 24th July – The Northern, Byron Bay
thenorthern.com.au
Tickets $65+ booking fee
Exclusive pre-sale available to Create/Control, Secret Sounds and Dew Process mail out subscribers from 9am Wednesday June 25
General admission tickets on sale 9am, Thursday June 26
Visit secret-sounds.com.au for details
Splendour In The Grass 2014 Lineup
Friday 25th, Saturday 26th and Sunday 27th July
North Byron Parklands, Byron Bay
Airling
Tora
Golden Features
joining the already announced lineup of
Outkast (Only Aus Show)
Two Door Cinema Club (Only Aus Show)
Lily Allen
Interpol (Only Aus Show)
Foster The People
Angus & Julia Stone
City And Colour
London Grammar
Vance Joy
Darkside (Only Aus Show)
RÜFÜS
Ben Howard
Kelis
Childish Gambino
Metronomy
Hoodoo Gurus
Hilltop Hoods
Chvrches (Only Aus Show)
Grouplove
The Jezabels
Tune-Yards
360
Wild Beasts
Danny Brown (Only Aus Show)
Illy
First Aid Kit
Violent Soho
Ásgeir
Sam Smith
Spiderbait
The 1975
Ball Park Music
Art Vs Science
Buraka Som Sistema (Only Aus Show)
The Preatures
Parquet Courts (Only Aus Show)
Sticky Fingers
Peking Duk
Sky Ferreira
Future Islands
Courtney Barnett
Phantogram
DZ Deathrays
Skaters
Gossling
Jungle
The Strypes
Hot Dub Time Machine
The Kite String Tangle
Ry-X
Mikhael Paskalev
Wave Racer
The Acid
Saskwatch
Kingswood
Circa Waves
Broods
Dustin Tebbutt
The Head And The Heart
DMA’S
Darren Middleton
Little May
Darlia
D.D Dumbo
Tkay Maidza
The Creases
The Wild Feathers
Chrome Sparks
Fractures
Mas Ysa
Nick Mulvey
Plus DJs & Producers:
Nina Las Vegas
Yacht Club DJs
Motez
Touch Sensitive
Indian Summer
Wordlife
L D R U & Yahtzel DJs
Cosmos Midnight
Sable
Kilter
Basenji
KLP
Fishing DJs
Paces
Charles Murdoch
Red Bull Music Academy Lineup:
Friday 25 July
Young Franco, Flamingo, Cassius Select, Remi, Sampology, Kirkis, Roland Tings, Peanut Butter Wolf (US) + More TBA
Saturday 26 July
Young Franco, Silentjay, Edd Fisher, Nicole Millar + More TBA
Sunday 27 July
Young Franco, Oisima, Jordan Rakei, Louis Baker (NZ), NGUZUNGUZU (US)
