Heyya Danny, just saw your post for Splendour =) Don’t think it was as good as last year’s line-up, but the shift in dynamics is pretty interesting. The higher focus on hip hop is pretty cool, and the headliners are a pretty disparate bunch haha (Kanye, Coldplay and Jane’s Addiction as headliners - craziness!) I probably won’t go this year (it’ll happen eventually haha), so I’m pretty bummed that Mogwai aren’t playing any side-shows - they were sublime when they played the Enmore back in 2009.
Anyhoo, I noticed that you highlighted your picks, so here are mine =)
KANYE WEST (only Australian show)
MODEST MOUSE
THE HIVES
THE KILLS
WARPAINT
THE MARS VOLTA
REGINA SPEKTOR (only 2011 show…anywhere)
BLISS N ESO
MOGWAI (only Australian show)
DJ SHADOW
THE GRATES
DEVENDRA BANHART
THE MIDDLE EAST
JAMES BLAKE
ISOBEL CAMPBELL AND MARK LANEGAN
ARCHITECTURE IN HELSINKI
THE PANICS
JEBEDIAH
GOMEZ
GOTYE
CLOUD CONTROL
THE JEZABELS
DRAPHT
BRITISH SEA POWER
SEEKER LOVER KEEPER (Holly Throsby, Sally Seltmann, Sarah Blasko)
PHRASE
OH MERCY
DANANANANAYKROYD
THE BLACK SEEDS
THE HOLIDAYS
GHOUL
LIAM FINN
THE HERD
HUNGRY KIDS OF HUNGARY
GARETH LIDDIARDÂ
It also warms my heart to see so many great Aussie acts on the bill! Support your local scene =)
