All About Splendour in the Grass

Citing vodka, cake and emotion as their influences, it’s apparent that New Young Pony Club distribute their unique blend of electro-pop with what’s described by guitarist Andy Spence describes as “an explosion of joy in their head.” [more]

As The Presets continue their quest for world domination, the Australian duo talks to UK dance authority Jonty Skrufff about taking over the world, using moisturizer and the apocalyptic place that Australian politics found itself in recent years. [more]

A pioneer from the legendary Bristol scene, Tricky has been keeping quiet over the past few years. But there was more stories he needed to tell... So welcome 'Knowle West Boy', the chronicles of his upbringing on a tough Bristol council estate. [more]

In 2003, Scribe was catapulted from relative obscurity to an internationally recognised name, thanks to his debut 'The Crusader'. Since then, he’s been a staple of the Australian festival circuit. That tradition is set to continue at We Love Sounds. [more]

It could be said that the 'Golden Era' of hip-hop got its name for two reasons. With his new label and album, it's not hard to work out which one Planet Asia prefers. ITM investigates... [more]

The Valentinos are back and ready to wreak havoc once more. Although forget you ever knew them as a 'the' band... they've got a brand new name, new single and launch tour. Australia, get ready for Lost Valentinos. [more]

The hype for the Midnight Juggernauts' debut LP has been steadily rising ever since they released their first EP. ITM caught up with Vincent Juggernaut recently while the band were on tour in Paris to talk about the long awaited debut; 'Dystopia'. [more]

Simon Taylor-Davis of the Klaxons is obviously sidetracked pre-interview. Just as I’m about to connect with him, I’m told ‘he’ll call back in five minutes’. “I just cut my face in half shaving!” he shrieks when he gets on the phone. [more]

Wally de Backer's got quite a lot to be chuffed about. With two albums under his belt as Gotye, he's remained staunchly independent as an artist and he's now starting to reap the rewards. [more]

It's gotten to the stage now where if you say "the Hilltop Hoods are Australia's biggest hip hop act", you just end up sounding like a broken record. They've gone much further than being the biggest fish in the Aussie hip hop pond... [more]

It's not everyday an artist has to issue a call for calm, but two months ago DJ Shadow was a man under seige. [more]

After their subliminal debut, the dark dreamy imagery of 2000's 'Felt Mountain' (which disappointingly didn't entail a tour to Australia), Goldfrapp spent a long year and a half on the road touring. [more]

Winter’s most anticipated music festival is only a few days away, and after months of meticulous planning it’s now up to Mother Nature to decide if she’ll smile upon the Splendour faithful with a weekend of sunshine. [more]

Were you one of the lucky buggers to secure yourself a ticket to this year’s Splendour in the Grass festival in Byron Bay? If so, be sure to have a look at the set times and venue map, as they’ve now been released! [more]

Gearing up for their welcome return to Australian shores, UK dance-pop impresarios the New Young Pony Club have just announced their tour supports. [more]

Bay Area good-time guy Lyrics Born is heading back to our shores with full live band in tow for Splendour In The Grass, and he’s made sure to lock in a few headline dates on the side. [more]

This fortnight we’re taking a closer look at Australia’s most revered mid winter music festival – Byron Bay’s legendary Splendour in the Grass. [more]

After leaving crowds reeling on their ‘We Are Back’ tour in April, precocious party-starters Pnau are gearing up for Splendour In The Grass this August, as well as three select sideshows. [more]

Mixmag described Hadouken! as having “the Prodigy’s energy, Dizzee’s vocal delivery and Bloc Party’s indie-dance”. Sounds like an unholy mish-mash on paper, right? [more]

Trip hop impresario Tricky – aka Adrian Thaws – makes his long-awaited come-back in 2008, with a brand new album ‘Knowle West Boy’. Visiting Australia the same month, inthemix are presenting his east coast tour. [more]

Those proud practitioners of electro-pop – and frequent visitors to Australian shores! – the New Young Pony Club will return down under in August, and their tour is proudly supported by inthemix. [more]

We ummed and arred for months in anticipation of the first line-up, but none could have guessed the rabbits that Splendour In The Grass have been keeping in their hat for the final announcement! [more]

Tricky is undoubtedly one of the trip hop scene’s enduring legends, and in 2008 he’s set to make his long awaited return with a brand new album, ‘Knowle West Boy’. See his hot new video in its Australian premier on inthemix! [more]

Following the successful launch of their ‘green ticket’ option last year, Splendour In The Grass will once again offer punters the chance to off-set their carbon footprint for the 2008 festival. [more]

Can you believe we’re a third of our way through 2008 already? As we say goodbye to April it’s time once again to look at what stories floated your boat throughout the month; inthemix’s much loved monthly top 10 most read is back! [more]

For many months the masses have been mumbling names under their breath, trawling the internet for clues, and making ever so bold presumptions– but finally the list is in! [more]

The annual frolic at Belongil Fields that is Splendour In The Grass returns in style in 2008. There has been fevered speculation on who might be taking the stage, and we'll be here to bring you the full first round announcement at 9am on Wednesday! [more]

If you’ve rolled out the sleeping mat for five or more editions of Splendour In The Grass, the festival organisers want to welcome you to its official Splendour Member Club. [more]

It’s April 1st; you know what that means... No, we’re not going to try to pull one over on you with a crafty prank, it’s time for inthemix’s regular round up of what pushed your buttons the previous month! [more]

It’s time to polish those gumboots and air out the tent, because our favourite weekend of mid-winter musical mayhem - Splendour In The Grass - is returning. [more]

Set times and the venue map for everyone's favourite mid-winter soiree have been released; so if you want to get the lowdown on who is playing where and when... click here! [more]

After singer Jamie Reynolds fractured his ankle in France over the weekend, nu-rave heroes The Klaxons have been forced to cancel their upcoming shows that would have taken them around the country and play a slot at Splendour in the Grass. [more]

If you missed out on a ticket to Hot Chip's sold out show at the Metro, you now have a chance to catch them in club mode at Sounds On Sunday! [more]

The national broadcaster received over 1,000 responses to its invitation for bedroom producers around the country to have a crack at remixing a Bloc Party track, and 24 year old Nathan Liow from Melbourne has taken home the prize. [more]

As everyone already knows, tickets for Hot Chip's Byron Bay performance at Splendour In The Grass have been sold out for months, but news has just come to hand that the entire tour is now a sell out! [more]

The organisers will be relocating to a new venue for next year’s event and to help guarantee that it goes ahead, they need your help. [more]

Looking to add a dash of electronic grooves to your festival experience? The Tipi Forest will be back in 2007 and it’ll be bringing you more quality electronic music than you could possibly handle. [more]

With the date of Oz's favourite mid-Winter music festival rapidly approaching, lucky buggers who managed to snap up one of the golden tickets for this year's Splendour In The Grass will be excited to learn of the newest additions to the line-up. [more]

Ok, ok, they're not a dance act... but we think Robert Smith's got the cross-over appeal to have touched just about every self-respecting music fan at some point. [more]

The list of producers to have remixed Bloc Party is pretty impressive, with The Streets, Ladytron, Death From Above 1979 and Four Tet all having had a go over the UK indie band's career to date. How'd you like to see your name added to the list? [more]

Much to our collective delight, exciting UK live act Hot Chip are about to make a welcome return to Australia after impressive everyone on the Big Day Out tour. They’ve invited inthemix to present the tour, and tickets are on sale now! [more]

Hot Chip are coming back in August, and ITM is proud as punch to be supporting their national tour! [more]

Splendour In The Grass has sold out yet again, and in 2007 at a record pace, with all 17,500 tickets for the 2-day Byron Bay festival snapped up in only 5 hours. [more]

We already knew she was gonna be here for Splendour in the Grass, now we’ll be seeing her play a number of sideshow dates during July and August. [more]

Tomorrow’s heroes, inventors and subsequent denouncers of nu-rave, day-glo knights of neo-awesome Klaxons return to Australia from their trip to interzone to play some interstellar live shows. [more]

One of Australia’s premiere festivals is set to be better than ever this year - peek inside for the lineup details! [more]

Following last week's announcement that an extra special final allocation of tickets for Splendour in the Grass, ITM can now reveal that those additional tickets were snapped up quick smart, so the event is entirely sold out! [more]

If you were one of the many who missed out on tickets to the ever-popular Splendour in the Grass festival in Byron Bay, all hope is not lost... [more]

Without doubt one of the more interesting musical acts to be announced for this year's Splendour in the Grass festival, US rapper Matisyahu is also set to perform satellite sideshows in Sydney and Melbourne this July. [more]

After only a little over a day onsale, it was announced that Splendour in the Grass has sold out for another consecutive year. [more]

Scissor Sisters, DJ Shadow, Sonic Youth, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, TV on The Radio, The Zutons and Paul Mac... sound like a blistering line up to an international festival you'll never get to see? Well think again, this is part of the first announced cast for this year's SiTG! [more]

Excitement just rose a little further this morning as Triple J officially announced that festival favourites, the Scissor Sisters will be returning to our shores to provide their headlining honours to this year's Splendour, which is set to take place on Saturday July 22 and Sunday July 23. [more]

After the disastrous results of a quicker than expected sell out for last year's Splendour In The Grass festival, caused by greedy scalpers, organisers of the event have decided to take a new approach to this year's ticketing system. [more]

Undoubtedly one of Australia's favourite festival experiences, having sold out the event well in advance every year since its inception, the Splendour in the Grass event has been announced to return to Byron Bay once again in 2006. [more]

Set times for Splendour in the Grass have now been revealed, so if you're heading along to the sold out event be sure to take a look at the running order so you can plan your day. [more]

The final round of acts for the highly anticipated Splendour in the Grass festival have been announced. [more]

Following the astonishingly quick sell out of all tickets for this year's Splendour in the Grass festival, event organisers have issued an official statement regarding the abundance of auctions surfacing on eBay for festival passes. [more]

Splendour in the Grass, the phenomenally popular two-day music festival held at Belongil Fields in Byron Bay each July, has once again sold out of all tickets, although in 2005 it occurred at a record pace! [more]

Tickets for this year's Splendour In The Grass festival have zoomed out the door this morning with all camping passes selling out in one hour! [more]

The second round of acts for Splendour in the Grass were made earlier this week, with the Finn Brothers, Mercury Rev, Decoder Ring and Ryan Adams all added to the bill for what is shaping up to be a predominately rock & roll affair. [more]

The first acts for this year's Splendour in the Grass festival were announced on Triple J and channelv.com.au this morning, with Moby and Queens of the Stone Age set to headline. [more]

Byron Bay's Splendour in the Grass festival is upon us again for another year, taking over the sleepy northern NSW town for the last weekend in July. [more]

inthemix has secured an exclusive giveaway for our ITM-VIP members to win a double pass to the sold out Splendour in the Grass festival at Byron Bay in late July! Having sold out over 2 months in advance, tickets to the festival are a highly sought after commodity. [more]

The final acts for Splendour in the Grass have been announced, with a host fine local talent and a few international surprises complimenting the already strong lineup. [more]

For the fourth consecutive year Splendour in the Grass has sold out completely, this time a whopping two months before the festival. Event organisers would like to advise that there will be no additional tickets made available for sale. [more]

All camping tickets have sold out for the Splendour in the Grass festival, and in record time! Tickets went on sale Friday May 7 for the two day festival, being held at the Belongil Fields in Byron Bay on Saturday July 24 and Sunday July 25. [more]

Dizzee Rascal, the Mercury Music Prize winning garage MC from the UK, will tour Australia for the very first time in July. Taking in shows in Sydney and Melbourne, Rascal has also been added to the bill for Splendour in the Grass in Byron Bay. [more]

The first round of acts have been announced for this years Splendour in the Grass festival, with PJ Harvey, MC5 with Evan Dando and Mark Arm, Jurassic 5, Franz Ferdinand, Ash, Ozomatli, Electric Six, Money Mark and many more all confirmed. [more]