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Good morning and welcome to Saturday, the day named after the ancient Roman god Saturn (Saturn’s Day). Saturn was the god of wealth, agriculture, periodic renewal, liberation, and dissolution.

Sounds about right. How you feeling? I feel like there’s an angry lobster trapped in my skull. Gonna need to eat something (see page 14), and possibly engage in hair-of-the-dog, which is short for hairof-the-dog-that-bit-you. The dog that bit me last night also backed a tractor over my head. Ouch. By the way, I’m assuming all this stuff about dogs and crustaceans, because I’m actually writing this two weeks ago, on July 9. I’m writing this intro to Saturday’s Daily Splendour two weeks ago so I don’t have to try and write it with the screaming hangover I’m almost definitely experiencing right now on the morning of July 20. I hope you don’t feel cheated.

Anyway, today is Saturday. Hump day. So, make the most of it because after today, there’s only tomorrow, and then there’s Monday and we all have to go home and have a hot bath and be normal again. Ugh. Actually, that sounds pretty good to future sore-headed me... Better grab a beer and burger and keep on keepin’ on. Man, how good is this weekend? I’ll bet it’s awesome.

SATURDAY 20TH JULY SET TIMES AMPHITHEATRE Fergus James 12.00 – 12.45 Dear Seattle 1.00 – 1.45 Trophy Eyes 2.05 – 2.50 Pond 3.10 – 4.00 Dean Lewis 4.30 – 5.30 Wolf Alice 6.00 – 7.00 Ocean Alley 7.30 – 8.30 Catfish and the Bottlemen 9.00 – 10.00 Childish Gambino 10.45 – 12.00 MIX UP Thandi Phoenix 12.15 – 1.00 Dameeela 1.00 – 1.30 Channel Tres 1.30 – 2.15 Dameeela 2.15 – 2.45 Kwame 2.45 – 3.30 Donald’s House 3.30 – 4.00 Little Simz 4.00 – 4.45 Donald’s House 4.45 – 5.15 Maribou State 5.15 – 6.15 Donald’s House 6.15 – 7.00 Allday and Friends 7.00 – 8.00 Casual Connection 8.00 – 8.45 Friendly Fires 8.45 – 9.45 Casual Connection 9.45 – 10.30 The Streets 10.30 – 11.30 GW MCLENNAN Moaning Lisa 12.30 – 1.10 The Nude Party 1.40 – 2.20 Pub Choir 2.45 – 3.45 Ruby Fields 4.15 – 5.00 Tropical F*ck Storm 5.30 – 6.30 Jacob Banks 7.00 – 8.00 Dope Lemon 8.30 – 9.30 Courtney Barnett 10.00 – 11.00 TINY DANCER Noise In My Head 4.30 – 6.30 Merve 6.30 – 8.00 Suzanne Kraft 8.00 – 10.00 Kenji Takimi 10.00 – 12.00 Harvey Sutherland (DJ Set) 12.00 – 2.00

Time flies when you’re seeing shitloads of bands, high-fiving strangers, hydrating, and enjoying this brilliant weather (weather that cost the Splendour officials almost as much as the private jet Chance The Rapper insisted bring him here). So, after you’ve washed down some food and whatever multivitamins you think will help save you from the horrors of next week, let’s strap on our boots and destroy Saturday.

Thandi Phoenix kicks off the day at the Mix Up stage. The amazing emerging artist from Sydney’s Inner West is the perfect thing for a Saturday afternoon. A little dose of rock from Dear Seattle is the next stop, but be quick, Compton’s Channel Tres is right after that, and his show is one you don’t want to miss. If you’re feeling the hip hop vibes, grab a drink and hang around for Kwame, who’s up next on the Mix Up stage. It’s a hustle from here on, so pay attention.

Controversial move coming up: I’m headed to Little Simz, the English rapper who’s making some big waves you’re going to want to ride. A recommended alternative is chasing Dinosaurs on the main stage with Ruby Fields. Time for a drink, some food, a stretch, a hug, whatever you need. It’s full-pace from here. Head to Tropical Fuck Storm for a few mind-melting moments, then dash over to Wolf Alice, and then roll into Ocean Alley. After that, the choice is yours: Friendly Fires or the handsome Angus from Dope Lemon. The end of day two is a tough one, and we wish you could see everything, but it’s a physical impossibility. Courtney Barnett, The Streets, or Mr. Donald Glover (actor, cultural trailblazer, and allround superstar otherwise known as Childish Gambino). G’night, Splendour. See ya Sunday.

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Contents 3. LETTER FROM THE ED 4. MC’S ROADMAP 6. CONTENTS (YOU’RE LOOKING AT IT, DUMMY) 8. WOLF ALICE 11. OCEAN ALLEY 12. TROPICAL FUCK STORM 14. FOOD GUIDE 16. ART GUIDE 18. F-F-FASHION 19. THE STREETS 21. COURTNEY BARNETT 24. KWAME 25. CHANNEL TRES 32. FESTIVAL PHOTOS 26. THE NUDE PARTY 37. HOROSCOPES 38. CLASSIFIEDS

3. LETTER FROM THE ED 4. MC’S ROADMAP 6. CONTENTS (YOU’RE LOOKING AT IT, DUMMY) 8. WOLF ALICE 11. OCEAN ALLEY 12. TROPICAL FUCK STORM 14. FOOD GUIDE 16. LEE MCCONNELL 18. F-F-FASHION 24. THE STREETS 26. COURTNEY BARNETT 29. KWAME 30. FESTIVAL PHOTOS 34. CHANNEL TRES 35. THE NUDE PARTY 37. HOROSCOPES 38. CLASSIFIEDS

WOLF ALICE

By Nolan Gawron

It’s relatively easy for drummer Joel Amey to pinpoint the last time Wolf Alice toured Australia. It was this past September and they had won the Mercury Prize—arguably the highest honour for a band in the UK—just hours before boarding the plane.

‘We flew to Sydney the very next day,’ says Amey. ‘We were still so hungover from celebrating. Then when we landed in Singapore it was

my birthday, so we celebrated for 45 minutes during our layover in the Singapore airport before the next flight left. We arrived in Sydney the next morning and played that night. That was just crazy.’

While this may be one of the more extreme cases, the last few years have been a whirlwind for Wolf Alice. ‘I don’t think we’ve stopped since we started,’ Amey notes. ‘We toured on the first album for two and a half years and that led right into the last record. Ever since I joined the band, this is all I’ve been doing. And thank god because I love doing this and I didn’t like what I was doing beforehand.’

Amey. ‘Quite literally, there are many different layers

when I was 13-years-old and I’ve continued to do so

their debut full-length providing sonic proof that listen where no one would catch me, and there were

which are bucket list stages for us. You always dream

Founded as an acoustic duo in 2010, Wolf Alice en-

listed a bassist and drummer before their first EP. Five of sound, and I think it’s one of those records that for many, many years. It was only recently in the UK years and a couple of EPs later, the band released rewards you the fourth listen in. One day I gave it a where we played stages at Glastonbury and Reading, their gentle and humble beginnings were far behind so many things that I would hear and remember ‘oh about those kinds of things when you grow up going them. Sure, My Love is Cool has some soft spots, but yeah, we did that thing and that thing there.’ I think to festivals. It will be nice to see people at Splendour they’re usually part of a dynamic balance that has

that’s what was so liberating about that record and this year. Hopefully there are some fans there that

slow, heavy and soft, the band’s sound tends to vary

No signs of a sophomore slump here. Wolf Alice’s

come to define the band. Loud and quiet, fast and how that record was made.’

weren’t able to catch us when we played Australia last time around.’

between songs, and quite often, even in the course of new batch of songs was adventurous and satisfying, So, does the band feel the pressure to make another and they were rewarded for their efforts by winning Mercury Prize-nominated record? ‘No. Like I say, eva single track.

The album was nominated for the Mercury Prize, an the Mercury Prize. ‘It most definitely it took us by

ery now and then I have to remember that thing hap-

ish or Irish recording artist. The honourable mention about music, and we’re not a band that chases ac-

writing thinking, “Oh come on, we won the Mercury

award acknowledging the year’s best album by a Brit-

surprise,’ Amey reminisces. ‘We’re all very romantic

pened,’ Amey says. ‘It’s not like we’re sitting around

gave the band some added clout and a bigger studio colades in any sense whatsoever. The Mercury Prize Prize!” That would just be the weirdest band to be in. budget for their follow-up. When it came time to re- is a very respected award. We don’t treat making our We’re not a pop band. We don’t write formulaic Brit cord Visions of a Life, Wolf Alice headed to LA to work records lightly. We put a lot into it, so to come out

Award-worthy hits. For us, everything happens the

way it happens without us having to have an agenda.

with Justin Meldal-Johnsen, a musician who has

the other end with a prize, it definitely wasn’t expect-

engineer who had previously produced records for

it. I remember the guy at the airport recognised us the one before it. That is always the most important

played with Beck and Nine Inch Nails, and a sound

Tegan and Sara, M83, and The Raveonettes, to name a few.

‘We were also allotted quite a lot of time,’ Amey remembers. ‘We had three months to record in Amer-

ica. We had all this time to beef up the songs and it

just became so expansive and dense. I’m so grateful for Justin and the guys who worked with him on that

record. He was very supportive of us experimenting

and pushed us to experiment and to go that extra yard.’

ed. At the same time, we didn’t think too much about Just like the second record, it will be different than and said, “Oh you guys just won the Mercury Prize.”

thing. You feel like you have to keep getting better.

very lucky, even to be nominated. It transcends the

you do it? We don’t really fit into one specific scene.

I guess it was in the newspapers and stuff. You feel box that you live in for the rest of the year. I think one of the great things about the Prize is it raises aware-

Not that the other ones are bad, but why else would

If you change, then the music has to change as well,

especially if you write personally. I mean, it was two

ness about all sorts of different music and all sorts of years in between records. A lot changes in two years. different acts and albums. Definitely any good things

A lot changes in one year. I think the fact that we were

After winning the award and finishing up their lengthy

thing new to the table.’

that come from that we see as a blessing.’

actually able to take some time off will bring some-

world tour in December, Wolf Alice took some And if you’re wondering if the award is under lock and

The resulting record skillfully takes on an array of well-deserved time off in 2019, opting only to play a

key, or on someone’s trophy table, it’s not. ‘I shouldn’t

say this, actually, but the award is on the top shelf at

sounds, each track taking you some place different

handful of festivals this year. Splendour will be just

poppier and dreamier than its predecessor. It’s sus-

‘The opportunity to do Splendour is a big deal for it’s still there. Every now and then I’ll go in for a pint

than the one before it. It’s at times heavier, angrier,

penseful, with vocals ranging from aggravated lyri-

cal assaults to delicate personal songs where fragile words often lean on the added support of the strong

their second show of the year.

us,’ says Amey. ‘There is a great deal of prestige in

and look up and go, “Oh shit. There it is on the top

and I remember it was the muddiest festival I’ve ever

Catch Wolf Alice today

even being asked to play it. We played it back in 2015 shelf next to all the crisps.”’

backbone of instrumentation. Shimmering guitars been to except for Glastonbury. It was crazy muddy. and ethereal vocals provide shades of shoegaze,

It was just after the release of our first record and we

Brit-Pop’s alternative heyday.

now we’re playing the main stage again. There are

while their more rigid rock songs are reminiscent of played the main stage, which was pretty crazy. And ‘There are a lot of layers to Visions of a Life,’ says

one of our favourite pubs. I won’t say which one, but

loads of great bands there. I went to my first festival

at 6 pm at the Amphitheatre.

WHEN I CATCH OCE AN ALLE Y GUITARIST MITCH G ALBR AITH FOR AN INTERVIE W, HE’S ENJOYING A LIT TLE SLICE OF DOWNTIME IN THE MIDST OF A HECTIC TOURING SCHEDULE . THE BAND IS BACK IN NE WPORT, ON SYDNE Y’S NORTHERN BE ACHES, AND THE Y’VE BEEN ENJOYING THE SIMPLER THINGS IN LIFE . FOR MITCH THIS ME ANS HIT TING THE BE ACH E VERY DAY, COOKING FOR HIMSELF AND TRYING TO WATER HIS DE AD PL ANTS BACK TO LIFE .

‘Nothing too strenuous, eh,’ says Mitch, sounding ev-

was standing next to me in the crowd. It wasn’t long

by the government. Essentially, the NSW govern-

might imagine. ‘It’s those little things that give you

of them got distracted from Iggy Pop and started

as ‘high risk’ events and ordered festival organisers

ery part the Northern Beaches surfie-tradie that you the most enjoyment before you go and climb back on a bus or a plane again.’

Ocean Alley’s 2019 touring schedule has seen them

in New Zealand, Bali, and North America, followed by

Europe. But, of course, in between all that, you can catch them tonight at the Splendour amphitheatre.

As the ‘Mystery OZ Act’ for 2019, Mitch says the boys will be gearing up for a big show.

‘Yeah, there’s a lot of hype,’ says Mitch. ‘I hope we

can live up to it, to be honest. There are always some good nerves floating around for a show like that.’

Hype and mystery aside, Ocean Alley seem a pretty safe choice to deliver an exceptional and memorable performance at Splendour 2019. Their brand of

surfie-reggae-rock nods to classic 70s soul music

while providing distinctly contemporary vocals and

lyrics, distilling both old and new grooves to create a layered, full-bodied and incredibly tight sound.

Their repertoire includes ‘Knees’, ‘Happy Sad’, ‘Baby Come Back’ and ‘Confidence’—songs that are ripe

for dancing and singing along to. And at this stage, nearly everyone knows the words.

Last year, Ocean Alley were the fifth most played art-

ist on triple j and earned themselves three songs in the top twenty of the Hottest 100, including the top

slot for their catchy surf-reggae tune, ‘Confidence’.

That particular song, which has over 22 million streams on Spotify, was so popular that even one of

the dudes from One Direction took to the internet to

dub it a ‘banger.’ And beyond their studio success, the band’s hectic touring schedule has put them in

before some other people noticed too, and some pointing at Baden and getting selfies with him. He obliged the fans but then disappeared pretty soon afterwards.

‘Yeah, it’s definitely different to when we weren’t noticed at all,’ says Mitch when I tell him the story.

‘Sometimes it’s a pain, but we realise that our music makes a lot of people happy so we sort of don’t want

to deny anyone any fun they might get out of saying hi.’

It’s a good attitude. And it’s likely that nobody wants

to hear a successful band whinge about the small in-

conveniences that come with fame. Mitch obviously

knows this. ‘As the saying goes, it’s part of the job,’ he explains, ‘and it doesn’t seem like too much of a

sacrifice to do that for all the cool stuff we get to do.’

As far as ‘cool stuff’ is concerned, it doesn’t get

much better than ditching your day job to tour the world playing music with your best mates. All six of the Ocean Alley lads—Mitch and Lachlan Galbraith,

Angus Goodwin, Tom O’Brien, Nic Blom and Baden

Donegal—are long-time mates. They managed to quit

working regular jobs about 18 months ago. Before that, a few of the boys were tradies and the others were working casual jobs, Mitch tells me. Part of their

motivation is ‘not wanting to go back to that.’ But it wasn’t that the work was so terrible, it was more that

the opportunity they had as a touring band was so

desirable. ‘It was just so exciting, the chance that we were given, so we sort of just went for it.’

Taking that leap has led to all sorts of unexpected experiences, including the opportunity to go on The

good stead to deliver a solid live show.

Project—a primetime TV talk show—to talk about the

at first, with their first independent EPs, Yellow

television debut,’ Mitch laughs, going on to explain

The band’s trajectory was relatively slow and steady

Mellow in 2013 and Purple in 2015, gaining some

attention, followed by the breakthrough success of 2016’s Lost Tropics. They wrote and rehearsed some

of these songs in bassist Nic Blom’s back shed, before upgrading to the living room of the Newport

sharehouse where most of the band still resides. But it was 2018’s Chiaroscuro that skyrocketed Ocean Alley into a different league altogether—when they go out in public now, people recognise them.

Not too long ago, I was at an Iggy Pop show and

I noticed that Ocean Alley frontman Baden Donegal

NSW government’s war on festivals. ‘That was my why he thinks the Berejiklian-led state government are failing the Australian music industry, by imposing expensive regulations on NSW music festivals.

‘There were some festivals that just changed location recently because of rules that came in in NSW. But

it didn’t really stop the festival, it just moved it out

of NSW, so it seems like a bit of a waste of time,’ he says.

Mitch is referring to a festival called Rabbits Eat Let-

tuce, which moved to Queensland at the last minute in order to avoid the expensive regulations imposed

ment has deemed a whole bunch of music festivals to employ more police, medical professionals and

ambulances. This comes at a significant cost to festival organisers, and some of the smaller events

simply can’t afford to shoulder the extra costs. The result was that several festivals, including Mountain

Sounds and Psyfari, were forced to cancel their 2019 events entirely. Their organisers described it as a ‘war on festivals.’ Mitch says this is a shame on multiple levels.

‘It’s a massive income for everyone in the industry—

not just the performers—and it’s so important for the fans,’ he says. ‘Those events need to be championed rather than suppressed so people can still enjoy them, others can still make careers in that industry,

and the government can still run a functioning economy.’

While Mitch insists that politics is a ‘rabbit hole’ that

he doesn’t particularly want to go down during our interview, he’s quite comfortable talking about the value of music festivals, both for society at large and

for the band personally. ‘It’s always going to be im-

portant to us,’ he says, explaining that he and the

Ocean Alley boys would attend music festivals like Splendour as fans before they were playing them.

It probably comes as no surprise to anyone that Byron Bay and the surrounding area have always been an attractive place for Ocean Alley. ‘We’ve grown up

going on trips heading North from where we live in Sydney,’ he says. ‘That whole [NSW North] coast is

just so beautiful, and it’s definitely a place that we like to spend a lot of time. It’s always lots of fun, the

weather’s a little bit warmer up there, and if you can find a wave to yourself, you’re ripping.’

In terms of new music, there’s an album in the works,

but with such a heavy tour schedule it’s been hard to find time to record. ‘Stained Glass’, was the first taste

of what’s to come, but the album is far from finished.

‘We’ve been working in these disjointed blocks be-

tween touring, so that’s a challenge in itself to write

an album like that,’ says Mitch. ‘I dunno yet… we’re just as unsure of when it’s going to come out as you guys are.’

Catch Ocean Alley tonight at

7.30 pm at the Amphitheatre.

INTERVIEW BY NAT KASSEL

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Last time we spoke, you told us about an incident

Hitler the blueprints to super high-tech spaceship

mosphere later on, but you can’t fix the mass extinc-

with a BB gun and some men with machine guns engines that she got telepathically from aliens. Hitler tions or ecological damage and all the wounds and at JFK on the Modest Mouse tour. We have gun had them bolted to a U-Boat that then flew around the enmities the ensuing resource wars will cause as a

control in the band now, so nothing like that hap- solar system during WW2… like he had nothing better result. In my lifetime, I’ve seen the world go from bepens anymore. Does anyone in the band have a to do at that point in time. They say she went and ing really conscious of the need to avoid cataclysms pre-show ritual? We talk about current affairs for an lived with the aliens after the fall of the Third Reich. like the world wars, to not even knowing what they hour or so, then we turn off the dressing room lights But in our song, a Mossad agent posing as a jour- are, where they were or why they happened… peoand wait to viciously attack anyone who wanders in. nalist tracks her down in modern day Buenos Aires ple are just not interested. So, here we go again, and What’s the worst thing that’s ever gone wrong on- where she’s in hiding, disguised as the daughter she it’s gonna be worse cause there’s more of us. You

stage? TFS. Your new album Braindrops is out in never had. It’s a love song on the surface, but it’s ac- recorded the album at Dodgy Brothers Studio.

August and features some pretty bleak plotlines. tually Fake News. Do you really think the world is What’s the dodgiest thing that went down while

Were there any world events at the time of writing doomed? Well yeah, it’s always doomed ‘cause noth- making the new album? The hard drive crashed. that influenced the songs? There’s the whole truth ing lasts forever, even humanity. But I think civilisation That always sucks. It was ok though, ‘cause you can decay thing going on everywhere, especially on the as we know it is doomed because of climate change. right. Though the whole ‘my truth’ fact denial thing We’re not going to do anything about it until it’s too seems to have been invented by homeopaths on the late, because that’s what we always do. The problem left. So, there’s the track ‘Maria 63’, which is about is, climate change isn’t ISIS or Nazism where you can

download the recovery software these days and DIY it. Years back, we made a record called Gala Mill, and

that hard drive crashed three times. Each time we’d get an ex-cop computer guy to fix it—he was the guy

truth decay, among other things. As far as we can let it fester until you can’t ignore it, then with a shit- who’d dig for child porn and bomb-making manuals tell, it’s the 63rd song to be titled ‘Maria’, hence the load of blood, sweat, and tears you can mass-murder on wiped drives. He told us, ‘Don’t worry, the only

number 63. It’s about Maria Orsic—she’s a mythical it back into submission. Technology can’t fix climate way to really erase a drive is to burn it,’ so I don’t worwitch that Neo-Nazis and conspiracy theorists really change once it’s in full flight and you can’t machine ry so much anymore about shit like that. What were love. Apparently, she was immortal, telepathic, and gun it or bomb it back to normal like you can with op- you listening to during the making of Braindrops?

the leader of a coven called the Vril Society. She gave posing ideologies. You could conceivably fix the at- Man, tonnes of stuff. Speaking personally, Tirzah and

Mica Levi’s record Devotion was big for me. The newer Mark Kozelek stuff with Jim White playing drums, Cardi B, Junglepussy, Randy Newman, Suburban Lawns, and Béla Bartók—mainly the 4th string quartet. Stravinsky’s piano stuff, Bill Evan’s stuff

where he does inverted harmonies, Puccini if we’re having pasta, Jimi Hendrix Experience if we’re burned out, Hard Rain by the Rolling Thunder Revue, the live Bob Dylan

record. Loads of stuff. You posted some kind words from your favourite YouTube

troll on Instagram recently, the guy that said that your music ‘spewed out like a sewer disjointed noise pollution.’ What would you like to say in response? I would say: ‘Will, keep trying ‘cause all the bands you troll get some good lols regardless of

how sexist, homophobic or stupid you can be online.’ We’re all adults and we’re all

used to stuff like that. Plus, it gives an otherwise dull comments section a whole lotta zing. Also, we know that you (like most trolls) aren’t actually as dyslexic or

semi-illiterate as you appear to be —you’re just really drunk when you write this shit.

So, cheers! Who in the band has the most interesting hobby outside of making

music? Well, I kinda fix shit. Two stroke motors, car engines, busted electronics and general handyman stuff. I have to tinker ‘cause shit always breaks in the country.

Fiona is a mad gardener and grows veggies and cooks like a genius. She also trains fox terriers not to obey any rules. She’s like Aleister Crowley for dogs. Erica does crosswords—she’s got us all into them now. Hammer eats burritos and spends hours

searching for the best vegan joints in all the towns and cities on upcoming tours.

Other than that, we’re all too busy for much else. How should Splendour audiences prep themselves for a TFS show? Please stay completely sober and arrive exactly five minutes before we start.

Catch Tropical Fuck Storm today at 5.30pm at GW McLennan.

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tained from local growers. Crunchy Waffles is the

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got any 14-hour, slow cooked, American-style brisket

100-seat pop up dining experience, which has been is open and catering to vegetarians, gluten intoler-

Kitchen! With a focus on beef and pork, Morrissey

Positioned in a private and picturesque backstage Tahiti Bowl offers homemade family recipes passed

burger or a meat platter containing 14-hour smoke

Splendour this year is at the Icebergs Dining Room

er Jake Smyth, being able to grab a Mary’s burger shit. Get some. NEXT! & Bar. Duh. With the sell-out success of last year’s or pizza this weekend ‘may just save your fucking Let’s take a look at the Tiki Area and see if they’ve

forces to give your tastebuds the time of their life. Now, let’s take a look at Food Hall 3 and see if they’ve with special, signature rubs and sauces that make The Icebergs Dining Room & Bar at Splendour is a got any POKE bowls... Aaaaand they do! Tahiti Bowl the meat melt in your mouth... They do! At Hardstyle lovingly and creatively reinterpreted for the festival.

ants, and the other one where you don’t like milk.

hates this place, but you can score yourself a wagyu

location overlooking a lake, the Icebergs pop-up is

down through the generations, including our person-

beef brisket and 10-hour smoked pulled pork. YUM!

your go-to if you wanna treat yourself—and let’s face al favourite, The Tahitian Coco & Lime: yellowfin tuna,

it, it’s been a minute since you treated yourself. Ice- cubed and marinated in salt, then immersed and nat-

EAT THAT STUFF NOW! NEXT!

bergs will be seating today at 12pm, 3pm, and 6pm; urally cooked in lemon. THEN they lay that out on Right by The Forum you’ll find the last spot on our and tomorrow at 12pm, and 3pm. Tickets are selling bed of shredded carrot, diced cucumber, tomato, list, but one that we absolutely had to include: Riza out fast, so get over to moshtix.com.au to reserve a rice or quinoa, and then drizzle coconut milk and lime seat for your mouth. Your ticket also acts as an ex- sauce on top. You can avocado or banana if you’re

Swing & Grill. These dudes have wood fired authen-

tic German sausages, meats and burgers, all flame

clusive invitation to Icebergs’ ‘Italo Dining & Disco feeling adventurous. That sounds good as hell, don’t grilled on a ‘Swing Grill,’ which is one of the oldest Club’ on Sunday, from 11pm to 2am. Sembra diver- it? And there’s a bunch more to choose from on their styles of grilling. There’s no oil involved which means

menu. Definitely get at the Tahiti Bowl for the healthy much healthier food, and they use iron bark timber to enhance the flavour of the meats. THE MEATS! NEXT! For the fourth year in a row, Mary’s will be option. NEXT! tente!

taking up residency in the Gold Bar; the VIP area International Street Eats: Crunchy Waffles! Authen- Here are some of the German sausage names they for artists, celebrities and the lucky few with a VIP tic Belgian and Dutch waffles served from a 1980’s sell: Thringer (what?), Cheese Kransky (hahaha!), Deticket. Are you part of that lucky few? I hope so. It’s

fun in there, and they have the best burger at the

double decker bus. These guys offer gourmet, ar- breciner (interesting), and Frankfurter (been there, tisanal waffles made to order from the finest ingre- classic snag). All are served in a freshly baked roll

Mary’s, is their younger counterpart, Mary’s Pizze-

dients. All products are made from scratch. They with delicious sauerkraut and German mustard. Deuse callebaut (melted) chocolate, French patisserie licious. One of those and a beer will definitely knock

be making waves for the first time at the festival in

whipped cream (not from a bottle). Fruits are ob- your mouth to explore. Get out there and eat!

festival: The Mary’s Burger. So, so good. Joining

ria, which launched in The Lansdowne Hotel in late chocolate decorations, award winning ice cream (in- your hangover on its arse.

2018. Mary’s Pizzeria do Detroit-style pizzas and will cluding the ‘Grand Champion of Australia’ and real So that’s our picks, but there’s so much for you and

Iconic streetwear label Champion are helping to shine a light on some of the brightest young talent in the Aussie music scene, including twin brothers Cosmo and Patrick of Cosmo’s Midnight. The Sydney duo have been making waves in the electronic music scene ever since they started out messing around with beats in their bedrooms, and have quickly found themselves at the top of the charts and festival lineups ever since. Some talent just shouldn’t stay cooped up indoors. They’ll be hitting the Mix Up stage at 8.45 pm tomorrow to transport you to inconceivable sparkling sonic heights. You’d be a fool to miss it.

PHOTO BY THE JAMES ADAMS

H AV E YO U C H EC K E D O U T A LL T H E I N C R E D I B LE A R T WO R K , I N S TA LL AT I O N S , PE R FO R M A N C E S , A N D L A RG E B LOW- U P S O F H O LLY WO O D AC TO R S A RO U N D S PLE N D O U R Y E T ? I F YO U R A N SW E R I S N O, T H AT ’ S O K . S PLE N D O U R’ S A M A M M OT H FE S T I VA L W I T H S O M U C H O N O FFE R , YO U ’ R E G O I N G TO B E FL AT O U T FO R T H E N E X T T WO DAYS T RY I N G TO G E T A RO U N D TO E V-

E RY T H I N G . B U T, I F YO U D O N ’ T G O A N D S E E AT LE A S T O N E O F T H E B E LOW A R T Y T H I N G S , W E G UA R A N T E E YO U ’ R E G O I N G TO R EG R E T I T. T H E B R A I N S B E H I N D T H E FE S T I VA L PU LL I N S O M E O F T H E B E S T A R T I N T H E WO R LD, A N D W E ’ V E C H E R RY- PI C K E D

S O M E O F O U R FAVO U R I T E O N E S FRO M T H E B U N C H , S O D O U S A FAVO U R A N D G O S E E S O M E . W E WO N ’ T T E LL YO U AG A I N .

Hiromi Hotel – Brain Flower

electrifying monoliths in WWE and Splendour history, you’ll get up close and

Hiromi Tango is an acclaimed Japanese-Australian artist who is dedicated to personal with The Fast and the Furious star, and say hello to the charming Cool generating healing conversations through art. At a time when human relationships Shit team who are wearing an iconic Rock uniform that we’ve all come to know are being eroded by technology (except Face App, that shit’s bringing the people and love. together), Hiromi Hotel encourages festival-goers to slow down and reconnect Face Off – Laith McGregor

through art, conversation, and sensory engagement. Through colour, texture, How many selfies have been taken so far at Splendour 2019? We can’t confirm movement, sound, and even smell, Hiromi gently transforms how we relate to our exact numbers as Instagram came through with an influencer wrecking ball mere

environment and each other. Check in and shack up at the hotel – it’ll be just the hours before the festival, but we’re hoping that some of them made their way to artist Laith McGregor’s inbox. Using a crowd-sourced collection of selfies, escape you need at SITG. Mirror Palace

he’s printed, pasted and built a large, evolving sculpture of portraits that will be

Performance legend Andy Forbes is here every goddamn year, and there’s a reason updated for the duration of the festival. Go see Face off, look around, and take a for it. This year, the slippery gypsy returns with Mirror Palace, an installation all photo – it’s selfie season, bitches.

about glamour and charm and belly button fluff! He’s put together an installation Lee McConnell – Hypnagogic of seemingly random objects that convey more than one meaning. But what Did you see that mind-blowing tunnel art on your way in? You didn’t? Well, you really lies behind the appealing, reflective surface? You’ll have to go there to find better go and check it out before Chance closes this sucker come Sunday night, out, obviously. Mirror Palace will feature multiple sculptures, including a large because Splendour 2019 Artist in Residence Lee McConnell’s Hypnagogic is not grenade and a disco ball. Get ready for a real brain scratcher.

Cool Shit – The Rock Rock

to be missed. The bold character art lies awake by day, and comes alive by night.

The tunnel will challenge the Splendour audience to leave their preconceptions

What do hot dogs, smiling Kanye and turtleneck-wearing Hollywood superstars at the door to allow for a mind-altering artgasm. have in common? Cool Shit! The art collective who like to blow shit up are There’s more where this came from! Head to www.splendourinthegrass.com/ back, and this time they’re bringing The Rock Rock with them. One of the most explore/splendour-arts to see what else they’ve got in store.

WANNA CHANGE UP YOUR LOOK? S O R T E D AT T H E I C O N I C S T O R E

F I N D U S N E A R T H E M I X U P S TA G E !

Last WE DON’T HAVE TO TELL YOU THAT SPLENDOUR IS ONE BIG PART Y – YOU ALRE ADY KNOW. BUT WITHIN THE BIG PART Y ARE PARTIES THAT ARE BET TER THAN THE OTHER , LES S GOOD PARTIES. YOU STILL WITH US? GOOD, BECAUSE WE’RE GOING TO GIVE YOU A HOT TIP: ONE OF THE BEST PARTIES ON GROUND THIS WEEKEND IS THE ICONIC L AUNDROMAT, AND WE KNOW BECAUSE WE WERE THERE .

WINSTON SURFSHIRT WAS DJING , THE PART Y PORTAL WAS THROUGH A TUMBLE DRYER , AND THE CROWD WAS CR AWLING UP THE WALLS. IF ALL OF THIS LOOKS AND SOUNDS APPE ALING , YOU CAN BET YOUR SWEET PIPPI IT IS. AND, YOU CAN HE AD ALONG TO IT TOO! MAKE SURE YOU PENCIL IN SOME TIME TO GO GET L AUNDERED THIS WEEKEND… THERE’S SOME SURPRISE GUESTS AND ALL THE BEST IN FASHION, ART AND MUSIC, SO YOU’RE GUAR ANTEED A GOOD TIME .

PHOTOS BY THE JAMES ADAMS

W E DON ’T H AV E TO TE LL YOU TH AT S PLE N DOU R I S ON E B IG PA RT Y – YOU A LRE A DY K NOW. BUT W ITH I N TH E B IG PA RT Y A RE PA RTI E S TH AT A RE BE T TE R TH A N TH E OTH E R , LE S S GOOD PA RTI E S . YOU S TI LL W ITH US? GOOD, BECAUS E W E’RE GOI NG TO G I V E YOU A HOT TI P: ON E OF TH E BE S T PA RTI E S ON G ROU N D TH I S W E E K E N D I S TH E I CON I C L AU N DROM AT, A N D W E K NOW BECAUS E W E W E RE TH E RE . W I N S TON S U RFS H I RT WAS D J I NG , TH E PA RT Y PORTA L WAS TH ROUG H A TU M BLE DRY E R , A N D TH E CROW D WAS CR AW LI NG U P TH E WA LL S . I F A LL OF TH I S LOOKS A N D S OU N DS A PPE A LI NG , YOU CA N BE T YOU R SW E E T PI PPI IT I S . A N D, YOU CA N H E A D A LONG TO IT TOO! M A K E S U RE YOU PE NCI L I N S OM E TI M E TO GO G E T L AU N DE RE D TH I S W E E K E N D… TH E RE’S S OM E S U RPRI S E GU E S T S A N D A LL TH E BE S T I N FAS H I ON , A RT A N D M US I C, S O YOU ’RE GUA R A NTE E D A GOOD TI M E .

PHOTOS BY THE JAMES ADAMS PRESENTED BY:

WE’RE CONVINCED FLEX MAMI HAS MORE HOURS IN HER DAY THAN DAY WE DO. HOW DOES ONE PERSON DJ, HOST A PODCAST AND RADIO SHOW, MC AT EVENTS, WRITE, PUT TOGETHER FLAWLESS OUTFITS, HAVE NAILS THAT CARDI B WOULD KILL FOR, AND SCHMOOZE IT UP AT SPLENDOUR 2019 AS A FRIEND OF THE ICONIC? BEATS US. WE INTERRUPTED FLEX’S INSANE SCHEDULE TO ASK SOME IMPORTANT QUESTIONS, WHICH SHE HAPPILY ANSWERED WITHOUT MISSING A B-BBEAT.

WE’RE CONVINCED FLEX MAMI HAS MORE HOURS IN HER DAY THAN DAY WE DO. HOW DOES ONE PERSON DJ, HOST A PODCAST AND RADIO SHOW, MC AT EVENTS, WRITE, PUT TOGETHER FLAWLESS OUTFITS, HAVE NAILS THAT CARDI B WOULD KILL FOR, AND SCHMOOZE IT UP AT SPLENDOUR 2019 AS AN AMBASSADOR FOR THE ICONIC? BEATS US. WE INTERRUPTED FLEX’S INSANE SCHEDULE TO ASK SOME IMPORTANT QUESTIONS, WHICH SHE HAPPILY ANSWERED WITHOUT MISSING A B-B-BEAT.

You’re known for colourful, statement looks.

You’re known for colourful, statement looks.

Yes, colourful looks are a Flex statement, but over

Yes, colourful looks are a Flex statement, but over

What will you be wearing this Splendour?

the last few months, I’ve finally understood the ne-

cessity for sensible dressing. Sneakers, breathable fabrics… you get the idea. In an environment like

Splendour, wearing neutrals and darker colours hide stains, dirt and other miscellaneous festival filth–

LOL. I’ll be wearing a few of my classic blazer and bike short combos, flowy midi skirts so my thighs can breathe, and all that good stuff.

What will you be wearing this Splendour?

the last few months, I’ve finally understood the ne-

cessity for sensible dressing. Sneakers, breathable fabrics… you get the idea. In an environment like

Splendour, wearing neutrals and darker colours hide stains, dirt and other miscellaneous festival filth–

LOL. I’ll be wearing a few of my classic blazer and bike short combos, flowy midi skirts so my thighs can breathe, and all that good stuff.

Being a DJ, you must’ve played and attended lots Being a DJ, you must’ve played and attended lots of incredible festivals. What’s one of your favour- of incredible festivals. What’s one of your favourite festival moments?

ite festival moments?

always travelling. So, if we’re blessed enough to get

always travelling. So, if we’re blessed enough to get

A lot of my close friends are musicians who are

booked on the same line-up, we get a full uninterrupted day to hang, and that’s sick.

Preparation is key for marathon events like

A lot of my close friends are musicians who are

booked on the same line-up, we get a full uninterrupted day to hang, and that’s sick.

Preparation is key for marathon events like

Splendour. What are some of your festival essen- Splendour. What are some of your festival essentials?

tials?

hoodie. Those things will get you through a full day,

hoodie. Those things will get you through a full day,

Lip balm, a portable charger, an iPhone cord, and a easy.

For some people reading this, it’ll be their first time ever attending a huge music event like Splendour. Any advice?

Make some decisions that future you will benefit

from. Plan, schedule, be realistic, dress comfortably and prepare yourself for the fact that the experience

will differ heaps from the fantasy you’ve conjured up in your head, and that’s okay.

If you were putting together a set made up of

tracks from this year’s SITG line-up, what would be on it?

SZA’s whole discography on repeat.

Lip balm, a portable charger, an iPhone cord, and a easy.

For some people reading this, it’ll be their first time ever attending a huge music event like Splendour. Any advice?

Make some decisions that future you will benefit

from. Plan, schedule, be realistic, dress comfortably and prepare yourself for the fact that the experience

will differ heaps from the fantasy you’ve conjured up in your head, and that’s okay.

If you were putting together a set made up of

tracks from this year’s SITG line-up, what would be on it?

SZA’s whole discography on repeat.

Your nails are always perfect. What look have you Your nails are always perfect. What look have you gone with this weekend?

gone with this weekend?

kled pearls.

kled pearls.

Neon rainbow gradient with gold accents and sprin-

Neon rainbow gradient with gold accents and sprin-

WARDROBE MALFUNCTION? S O R T E D AT T H E I C O N I C S T O R E

F I N D U S N E A R T H E M I X U P S TA G E !

MIKE SKINNER’S IMPACT ON BRITISH HIP-HOP CANNOT BE IGNORED, AND HIS INFLUENCE ON UK POP CULTURE EXPORTS STILL REVERBERATES THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY LIKE THE SKITTISH BEATS AND MURKY BASSLINES THAT FIRST BROKE HIM OUT OF BIRMINGHAM. RELEASING FIVE ALBUMS IN JUST UNDER A DECADE AS THE STREETS, SKINNER TOOK UK HIP-HOP FROM VIRTUAL OBSCURITY, AND BROUGHT IT TO THE WORLD STAGE. AT A TIME WHEN BRITISH RAPPERS WERE USING AMERICAN ACCENTS TO BLEND IN AND AMERICAN HIP-HOP CONCENTRATED ON BREAKBEATS AND 70’S SOUL SAMPLES, THE STREETS APPROACHED THE GENRE IN A RADICALLY DIFFERENT WAY, RAPPING INSTEAD OVER UK GARAGE. A SECT OF ELECTRONIC MUSIC CHARACTERISED BY MANIPULATED VOCAL SPEEDS, THE ANXIETY-INDUCING STUTTER OF CUT-ANDPASTE BEATS AND THE MUDDY SPUTTER OF MAXED-OUT, LOW-END BASS LINES, THE GENRE WAS LOCALISED TO ENGLAND AND CONSIDERED TO BE DANCE MUSIC, NOT HIP-HOP BACKBEATS. A MULTI-INSTRUMENTALIST, VOCALIST AND PRODUCER, SKINNER RAPPED MATTER-OF-FACTLY, WITH A STAGGERED CADENCE AND A COOL, SEXY SWAGGER RHYMING ABOUT DAY-TO-DAY LIVING, AND LATER THE OCCUPATIONAL HAZARDS AND DECADENT DETOURS ALONG THE PATH TO FAME. HIS SONGS WERE AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL, OR SO THEY SEEMED. AND UNLIKE THE TOUGH GUY MENTALITY THAT DOMINATED HIP-HOP BACK IN THE USA, SKINNER INSERTED INTROSPECTIVE TALES OF INSECURITIES AND INDECISION. HE WAS REFRESHINGLY FALLIBLE AND THAT, ALONG WITH THE BEATS HE SANG OVER, MADE HIS UNIQUE BRAND OF HIP-HOP UNIVERSALLY ACCESSIBLE, WHILE REMAINING REMARKABLY EXOTIC TO THE REST OF THE WORLD. SKINNER DISCONTINUED THE STREETS BACK IN 2011 TO WORK ON A MOVIE—A MOVIE THAT WAS EVENTUALLY SCRAPPED—LATER FINDING HIS NICHE AS A TOURING DJ. FAST FORWARD EIGHT YEARS, AND THE STREETS ARE BACK FOR A HANDFUL OF FESTIVAL DATES AND AN UPCOMING ALBUM, WHICH WILL BE A COMPANION PIECE TO A DIFFERENT MOVIE SKINNER IS MAKING—A MOVIE ABOUT DJS.

INTERVIEW BY NOLAN GAWRON

Well, I guess we should start with why now? Why are you getting trouble. You’re walking into the backdoor of a nightclub in the midThe Streets back together? Well, I mean I really stopped doing dle of the night and it is what it is, you know? It’s kind of like ‘What the Streets because I wanted to do a film. But also, subconsciously,

could go wrong really?’ Do you prefer performing as a DJ to

ing back, I got out of touch really. Being in nightclubs night after

just copying all of the songs you made when you were creative.

I think. Well, not young, it just makes you passionate. But I stopped

ship with DJing. When it’s good, it is very creative, but it’s also very

I didn’t really know what music I liked. Being a DJ really forces you being on stage rapping? I’d say it’s more creative, if that doesn’t to know what you like, and to really, really like what you like. Look- sound a bit weird. When you’re singing all of your own songs, you’re night really changes all of that and makes you have younger tastes

That in itself is not creative. I have a bit of a complicated relation-

doing The Streets to do a film and I spent years putting it together

hard and it’s taught me a lot. It forces me to get into it emotionally

DJing pretty well. So, I suddenly knew what I could write about. You

they’re not. It’s hard work. I have a lot of respect. Now that you

times I’ve ever succeeded. Then it was obvious to make the movie

songs have aged well? Are you happy with how they’ve held

stuff that sounded good. It’s very easy to know that when you DJ.

mean, I definitely play the old songs. Well, they’re not old… I mean

all come about through that confidence. When you make some-

a DJ, I don’t believe in not giving people what they want. I mean,

and then not really knowing what I was going to do. Then one day I because you have to really entertain people. To put it another way, thought, ‘What do I know the best?’ And I had actually got to know they’re not really there to see you. Sometimes they are, sometimes have to know about what you’re writing about; those are the only

are revisiting your music after all these years, do you feel your

into a musical. So, at the same time, I was really just trying to make

up, or is it hard to sing these songs? Are they still relevant? I

The three or four songs that have become part of the story have

they are old… but that’s just what The Streets is. Just like being

thing that isn’t good, it is

they don’t feel old. I think

you make something that is

being young and you’re

vious. It kind of zaps your

of people who are young

but it also boosts your confi-

young. I think I’m lucky

You’ve said why your mu-

people are still drawing

instantly obvious. But when

in the end, it’s music about

good, it’s also instantly ob-

performing for a mixture

confidence in certain ways,

and

dence when you get it right.

because I think certain

sic has changed, but how

from that, and I’m trying to

people

who

were

sort of enjoy that. Tell me

different is the sound of

about the evolution of

your new material from

hip-hop in the UK. How

your early work? I think it is

all about understanding the

has it changed over the

The Streets, it wasn’t about

ed out, it seemed like it

really went to nightclubs.

was previously market-

cars. That’s the main differ-

globe, now it’s definitely

has changed that much and

I mean, it’s completely un-

nightclubs. When I started

years? When you start-

that at all because I never

wasn’t something that

I only listened to music in

ed to other parts of the

ence. I don’t think my voice

on the worldwide stage.

I don’t think it’s possible to

recognisable. It’s wild. It’s

change that much, but it’s definitely more clubby, I think. Your lyr-

amazing. When I was young, when I was really young, people used

thing we can still expect in the music you’re making now? I’m

it was like, is this really dance music? Similar to Germany where

ics always had an autobiographical feel to them. Is that someabout to finish my mixtape, which is sort of a ‘duets’ album really.

to put on American accents and then that sort of changed. Then you have guys who rap in German and guys who rap in English. It

I did it with everyone I could pull in that I think is really exciting.

forces you to say, what is this guy really about? There was always

film that we are making will be out next year. I’ve finished that and

couldn’t be. Whereas now, people are being themselves and all

collaboration album and that will come out at the end of summer.

ca. Now it’s sort of like its own self-fulfilling thing. It’s beautiful to

It’s all really new artists. Nightclubs aren’t very introspective, they that thing when I was younger, like ‘Maybe people from American tend to be more outward looking. But that said, the music from the might like this.’ No one was really being themselves because they

that is more introspective because, even though it’s about DJ’s, it’s they care about is getting big in their area, and then maybe being more in my head, you know? The mixtape is just that really. It’s a big in the country, and maybe getting big in Europe and AmeriThe mixtape is just about having fun and The Streets album is a bit watch. Do you feel partly responsible for it happening? I mean more introspective. Do you want to talk a little bit about the mov- that would be great. It wasn’t something I was thinking about at the

ie? Yeah, so it’s just me and I’m a DJ. The music is the voiceover if time. I could have just as easily chosen something other than music that makes sense. It’s not like La La Land where we start dancing and gone and done that. I was very lucky. Sometimes it works to around a lamppost, but maybe I could get to that. It’s really just

be young and stupid.

about all the different DJ’s I know. It’s a very cynical story, a caper Don’t miss The Streets tonight really, because you are very close to getting into different kinds of at 10.30pm at the Mix Up Stage.

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INTERVIEW BY BRUNO COWEN

My hand shaking, I hung up the phone. I’d just talked to Courtney Barnett!

about her favourite song to perform, Courtney is quick to confirm this. ‘Even just

Fuck. No recording.

be really special.’

she’s as grown into her neuroses as they come. Sipping a coffee in France the

political focus that saw her being declared the next Midnight Oil. But does that

I mean, I was excited to go on, but the moment I stepped onto the stage I felt

important. I think just by being on stage as a queer woman, I’m creating a presence.

retrospectively shrug off the anxiety.

climate, even if I’m spreading a positive message, it can feel like preaching to the

That’s one for the bucket list. A crazy grin on my face, I listened back to the playing “Depreston” can be really enjoyable; sometimes you get the whole crowd singing along at the end, and seeing that many people finding something in it can precious recording. It was silent.

What would Courtney do? Give up and collapse into a depressive heap? No fuck- Departing from the universality achieved by ambiguous but candid portraits of eving way. For someone who’s latest single is called ‘Everybody Here Hates You,’ eryday minutiae, her second LP, Tell Me How You Really Feel, took on an ardent morning after playing a festival, she virtually embodied the idea of ‘my guess is sit right with her? ‘Oh man, I love Midnight Oil, and I don’t think I’m articulating a as good as any.’ Asked about how she coped with said festival, she said, ‘I didn’t! political message nearly as well as they do. But I don’t think it’s the message that’s totally under the spotlight. Which I guess I was.’ Then she giggled and seemed to

Like, as much as performing can feel like a good outlet for frustration at a political

In this way, it’s as if her songs are an outlet for—rather than a reflection of—her choir sometimes. It’s making sure we’re represented that’s more important.’ emotional state. Lines like, ‘I feel stupid, I feel useless, I feel insane’ become an But by filling that gap in representation, it’s nearly overtaken her image. Based prioutpouring that allow her to laugh it off. Yet asked about the distance between marily on the song ‘Nameless, Faceless’, which borrows the Margaret Atwood line herself and her songs, she answered, ‘If you’re on stage, you’re going to feel ‘Men are afraid that women will laugh at them, women are afraid that men will kill

vulnerable. Like, if I’m singing a song that I wrote, I can’t help but connect with them,’ Barnett has been labelled Australia’s foremost feminist protest artist. Is being the emotion in which I wrote it. And that’s essential to it being meaningful to the that cemented into the zeitgeist suffocating? ‘Well, no, because it’s the audience audience.’ Anyone who’s sat through a robotic greatest hits show can attest to and critics that place your music in a broader narrative. I wouldn’t be able to write that. ‘But I think it’s possible to struggle with that too—the way you relate to your songs if I was thinking about what people were going to think of it before I wrote the

songs can change, the ambiguity in them means they can mean completely dif- things.’ When I asked what questions she was sick of being asked by uninspired ferent things at different times, and by the same token, sometimes you can’t find journalists, I could hear her smile from the other side of the world, ‘I don’t mind!’ a way in”.

There was not a hint of the cynicism or world-weariness I had anticipated in her

The conversation inevitably turned to her song ‘Depreston’, an unassuming hit that, reply. This generosity on display, I asked what her message to the average punter at on face value, is about property prices in Melbourne. ‘I’ve had critics ask me why Splendour would be. She hesitated. ‘Just be kind to each other. Music festivals have someone on the other side of the world is going to want to hear a song about Aus- a culture that can still be really sexist and violent, so for god’s sake, just be nice to tralian real estate. But I don’t think it’s about that. I think there’s something else in each other. That’s all there is to it.’

there, a sentiment they can identify with and insert themselves into, that makes I breathed a sigh of relief. Thanked her for giving such beautiful answers to my anxit meaningful.’ Indeed, the resigned chorus, ‘if you had a spare half a million, you ious questions. ‘Aw, man. You’re doing great.’ could knock it down and start rebuilding,’ hints at an over-the-horizon melancholy

[note: all quotes are from memory, not verbatim—Bruno’s tape-recorder crapped

that is made all the more potent for its banality. Like an ‘Under The Milky Way’ for itself at the start, remember?] the current day, the unattainability of the thing is what renders it meaningful. Asked See Courtney Barnett tonight at GW McLennan at 10pm.

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IF YOUR EARS ARE YET TO BE BLESSED BY KWAME, TODAY AT 2.45PM IS A GOOD TIME TO RIGHT THAT WRONG. THE YOUNG RAPPER, PRODUCER AND SONGWRITER FROM WESTERN SYDNEY CAME OUT OF THE GATES STRONG LAST YEAR WITH HARD-HITTING EP, ENDLESS CONVERSATIONS, AND HAS HAD HIS FOOT FIRMLY ON THE GAS EVER SINCE. WITH CRISP LYRICISM AND FLAWLESS PRODUCTION SKILLS, KWAME HAS ESTABLISHED HIMSELF AS ONE OF AUSTRALIA’S MOST PROMISING YOUNG TALENTS READY TO STAKE THEIR CLAIM ON THE INTERNATIONAL HIP HOP SCENE—BUT YOU’LL STILL CATCH HIM REPPING HIS LOCAL BUS ROUTE ON HIS WAY TO THE TOP. What do you think is unique about coming up in the Australian music scene? To be honest, growing up I never listened to Australian music. I grew up in a household of gospel, soul, jazz,

blues, afrobeat and hip hop. My knowledge of Australian music isn’t really the best. I’ve come across and worked with a few artists who I find are very unique. In no way do I mean disrespect, nor am I dissing the Australian scene, I just feel like I’m hearing the same sonics over and over

again. Australian hip hop seems to be in a really great place at the moment. What do you think your specific contribution to the scene has been? Hip hop in Australia really is in a good place! I’m not particularly a fan of the term ‘Australian hip hop,’ so I refrain from describing it that

way as the sonics have changed. My contribution to the scene… I feel like it would be the courage and ability to really speak how you feel, self-belief, confidence, and the freedom to create freely

without the fear of people not adjusting to your art because your sound isn’t with the current ‘trend.’ Your musical inspirations aren’t just restricted to hip-hop, you have a really broad music taste. Who is someone that people might be surprised to hear you’re inspired by, and

what do you take from their music? Francis and the Lights is one of my biggest inspirations

when it comes to creating music—I’m so mesmerised by his sonic approach, presence, and ability to create such emotion in a track. Farewell, Starlite! is one of my favourite albums, I actually had

the chance of seeing him in Austin in March at SXSW... I almost cried! Bon Iver is another amazing artist I take inspiration from. His album 22, A Million changed my whole perspective on the way that I approach music in a much more creative sense. Things seem like they’ve really been on

fast forward for you. What are some career goals you really want to tick off your bucket list in the coming years? There’s many things that I’d like to tick off but honestly, I just want to be

happy with everything that I do. I just want to live a happy life. Being able to say that making music is your job must be an incredible feeling. What’s the worst job you ever had, that you’re happy to say goodbye to forever? I wouldn’t say music is my ‘job.’ Jobs have KPIs and

targets, and I don’t view my artistry in that way at all. Music is a lifestyle, a passion which I live and breathe every single day. Without it, I literally cannot function. It’s how I heal myself; the studio and

the stage hits me in ways that I’ll never feel outside of those two worlds. From 16 through to 19, employment revolved around hospitality as well as working at Commonwealth Bank of Australia.

People might view these as the ‘worst times’ for me, but those times humbled me, built me and really helped me to appreciate everything in life. Without those jobs, I wouldn’t have the life skills I

have today. What’s been one of your favourite festivals moments you’ve experienced so far?

It would have to be Splendour in the Grass! To have my whole team with me over the weekend,

opening the whole festival, to walking back off that stage and seeing all of them so proud was a memory I could never forget. I’m so excited for this year’s performance. It will be special and I

cannot wait to step on that stage, reborn. How do you calm any pre-show nerves? Well, my pre-

show consists of a team warm up with my manager, touring manager, engineer, and guests. It’s a great way to build the chemistry we all share within our departments. After that, my heart is racing

rapidly... I should probably get it checked out? (Laughs) I’m forever nervous before a set! I care so much about the performance that I want to give my all the minute I step on stage. Your lyricism

is always on point—what are some of your favourite lyrics from an icon of yours? Thank you for noticing my lyrics! I think one of my favourite lines has to be from Kanye’s track ‘Gorgeous’

which I believe has his best verse ever: ‘‘Cause the same people that tried to blackball me, forget

about two things—my black balls.’ Do you still charge up your Opal? Of course! Now that the boy making a lil’ something something, we on that $20 auto top-up you feel me!

Catch Kwame today at 2.45 pm at the Mix Up stage.

INTERVIEW BY MONIQUE PENNING

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WHEN

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A

JOB?

THE FIRST THING I WANT TO KNOW ABOUT THE NUDE PARTY IS HOW THEY GOT THEIR NAME. IT’S A CHEEKY, HEADLINE-GRABBER OF A BAND NAME THAT SOUNDS LIKE IT COULD EITHER BE SOMETHING THAT SOMEONE MADE UP ON THE SPOT OR THE START OF A GOOD STORY. TURNS OUT THAT THE SIX-PIECE NORTH CAROLINA INDIE ROCK AND ROLLERS STARTED OUT AS A PARTY BAND, AND OFTEN PLAYED HOUSE SHOWS WHERE THEY WOULD GET DRUNK AND STRIP OFF ALL THEIR CLOTHES. The Nude Party By Nat Kassel The Nude Party was formed in a college town shows a year, but their living situation, with called

Boone,

North

Carolina,

where

they

Oakley on the homestead, has become much

became known informally around campus as more placid. This facilitates a balance of sorts.

‘the naked party band’, for their propensity to ‘Chevrolet Van’, which has just over 750,000 shed their clothes during shows. The band has

listens on Spotify, must be the band’s most

since gone on to clarify, ‘These weren’t orgies, popular tune at this point in the band’s trajectory.

they weren’t sexual even. It was just kind of a It’s a catchy, twangy, indie rock track that’s

wild exhibitionism that we felt gave us freedom.’ become a bit of tongue-in-cheek laugh at the Patton Magee, the band’s lead singer, explains

expectation that young people should get a ‘real’

a wildly open live music scene in a part of the US

Patton’s lyrics detail some free advice he got

that the nudity element was partly facilitated by job and embrace the mediocrity of 9 to 5 life.

that’s not particularly well known for its musical from a relative: ‘Getting drunk with your friends

exports. ‘There wasn’t a whole lot of pretention in a van every night / Sounds like a lotta fun, but

to it,’ says Patton. ‘You could pretty easily form a you need a plan B / ‘Cause it ain’t gonna last long band and get some people together and play at a past twenty-one.’

house party a month later. It was very conducive Coming from a party band in their mid-20s who and supportive to anybody trying out anything have actually managed to live the rock and roll lifestyle and who spend the majority of their time

they wanted to try out.’

But Patton says that the desire to get naked ‘sort touring in a van, the lyrics seem cleverly ironic. ‘I

of changed over time. It was fun for a while and think it was satirical, but also, there’s some truth

in that song,’ Shaun explains. ‘It’s like, “Oh, the

then we didn’t feel like doing it anymore.’

‘We started out playing music for parties and we band thing is cute, but when are you gonna get still like to party but we definitely gained a lot a job?”’

more interest in the actual musicality of things He continues, ‘It’s a really fun song to play. It

and not just the entertainment of drunkenness,’ is kind of funny looking back at parents and

he says, adding, ‘... although that’s still an relatives and stuff who thought that we were important element.’

In terms of transcending the party band label and

going to give it up at some point but clearly, we’re

not. We’re by no means living large or anything,

going on to record enduring music, it was helpful but we’re able to do really cool things and have a that The Nude Party guys met Oakley Munson, lot of fun doing it.’

the drummer from The Black Lips. Shaun Of course, part of that fun lifestyle is coming to

Couture, The Nude Party’s guitarist, describes Australia for the first time on tour and playing Oakley

as

the

band’s

mentor,

tastemaker, Splendour. When I ask Shaun what, if anything,

landlord, roommate and the producer on their

he knows about Australia, it turns out he’s pretty

last two releases, Hot Tub EP (2016) and their knowledgeable when it comes to contemporary

self-titled album, The Nude Party (2018). The Australian music. He rattles off a bunch of his

band now lives with Oakley on his homestead in favourites, including King Gizzard, The Murlocs, the Catskill Mountains in upstate New York.

The Babe Rainbow, A. Swayze & the Ghosts, and

‘It’s quaint, it’s quiet, it’s lovely,’ says Patton of Tame Impala.

the small town where they now live, which has a ‘We follow Australian music,’ he says, ‘and all the population of about 900. He explains that as the

Australians I’ve ever met have been super cool

success, their touring schedule has gotten

Catch The Nude Party today at 1.40 pm at GW

band has enjoyed more and more commercial and seem to have a good way of life over there.’ steadily more hectic. They now play about 150 McLennan.

WHEN

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