#SITG Gee Up

OOoooOOOooohhhhh so soon, so soon, so soon. Hey Splendour m80's* I just got over my post-splendour-2014 -depression yesterday in time to get us all gee'd up to reclaim North Byron Parklands and do it all again.

I made a dream list of songs I want to hear the most at Splendour In The Grass this year. In a perfect world made of rainbows and smiles, i'd see full sets of everyone i've ever crushed on that made the line up but clashes and other distractions are inevitable and you will without a doubt have to make some sacrifices to the Splendour gods along the way.

In my optimism i'm going to be playing out this playlist from here on in until my arrival at the camp ground to get me fully gee'd up for all the good times that are about to be had. Splendour lead up is just the best time to be alive (if you have a ticket). If you don't, you're definitely already sick of hearing about it and I'm so sorry for your loss. I have attached you a little something to comfort you in your time of need. :'(

I hope you make the most of your weekend and remember, you have every weekend to get shit-faced and go camping with your pals so make are you actually go into the festival and see what you have spent your hard earned pennies on.

Can't wait to kick things off and cut shapes and drink red bull with you all on Thursday!! Woo partiiiiiii

*like m8 but 80, so matey (no one seems to be getting this and it's making me look like I've kooked the m8 thing so I feel I should explain it) c'mon ppl.

Love your jitterbug, Kritty. xxx

Pls enjoy.




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15 Acts You Don't Wanna Miss At Splendour

Hey buddy ol' pals, IT BEGINS! Start scheduling up your plan of action, maybe get a boyfriend so you can utilise his Ute and not cram 5 girls things, plus 2 tents into a small hatchback :) :) :).Just an idea. Most importantly though, get familiar with all the golden eggs on the bill this year.

Yes, this year the Splendour in The Grass lineup is massive in every sense of the word. With over 100 artists on the bill it means its time to practice running from stage to stage in your gumboots because i'm predicting clash galore. So obviously everyone's main priority will be seeing Blur, Florence, Mark Ronson and Tame Impala who will 100% not clash with each other, largely due to the fact 3 or those 4 are on different days, good times, can't wait!

But what about all those other acts, so many, overwhelming, how will you fit everyone in, you probably won't :(. So I have put together a list of the 15 acts you may not know just yet, but you damn well should because you're gonna love being able to say "yeah I saw them/him/her at Splendour in 2015" when they start to peak, and they WILL peak soon.


MØ - CHRIST ALMIGHTY. Finally, I have been waiting almost 2 years to look at MØ in the face while she sings Dance With Nobody and Pilgrim and every other song she has ever done live. She will also be bringing a bit of Major Lazer to Byron when she performs Lean On and I am dying to see this to happen. We can also  expect her and her m8 Elliphant to join forces in either of their sets to perform their gr8 tune One More FUN TIMES AHEAD!







George Maple - Future Classic's token female has been killing it lately, first with Talk Talk then with Where You End and I Begin and more recently with her flawless feature on What So Not's Gemini, which  came out a couple of weeks ago. She is amazing, go see her if its the last thing you do.







Elliphant - You know, YOU KNOW how much I am obsessed with Elliphant so you can imagine my reaction when I heard the boys Matt and Alex announce her name on Wednesday morning. I have been aching to see her live, I think she is one of the most baddass girls out and nothing will get in my way of cutting shapes during her set.







Meg Mac - Everyones favourite soul sister. Meg just killed it at SXSW and is now the talk of the town after blowing everyone away. Her debut album is heavily anticipated and will drop sometime soon. To see her perform it live at Splendour will be unforgettable, I've seen what she can do in a speigltent so to see her belt out all her hits to the people of Splendour will be breathtaking

Client Liasion - I have been championing these retro funk lords for some time now and after seeing their small show at The Black Bear Lodge a couple of months ago and seeing how much they got the floor to LITERALLY SHAKE, these guys are going to murder their set, I can feel it.







Eves The Behaviour- I have been following this talented young girl since Zen, when she was performing as just "Eves." Since then my biggest regret is not getting to Laneway Festival early enough to catch her set this year :'( I had it highlighted on my timetable and everything. Thankfully we get a do-over and its only at freaking Splendour In The Grass







Jarryd James - Do You Remember saw JJ sore to all kinds of success. He is Joel Little's latest hit maker since Broods and Lorde so expect huge things from this guy. I've seen him open for Broods in Brisbane and not even Matt Corby on the keys could pull my attention from his performance.







Mansionaire - These young lads came out strong this year with their bloody ballad of a song, Hold Me Down, which they followed up with Second Night. A warm afternoon setting on the amphitheatre hill would be perfect for this band, be there.







GL - Make time in your schedule to see these guys. Girl on vocals, Ella Thompson has recently become my new obsession and this one is her most recent projects out of the many many others she is involved in. 80's inspired pop at a festival setting, what's not to love?







Urban Cone - Sadness Disease got so much love from the Triple J crowd, to see this song played in front of thousands of it's admirers will be pretty amazing. I'm also hoping we see them jump up on stage during Porter Robinson's set to perform Lion Hearted. So excite.







Japanese Wallpaper - This Guy! Between Friends was an anthem last summer, his Piñata remix changed my life and his new track Forces, featuring Airling,  is another heavy feel song. Imagine all the  drunk emotional friend-on-friend embraces that will happen, I'm picturing it now, ahhh amazing.







Ecca Vandal - Last year all eyes were on Tkay Maidza as the pocket rocket to watch and this year, it's Ecca Vandals turn. White Flag and Battle Royal is all I have heard from her so far, but after hearing so much rave about her live shows, I can't wait to see her rip Splendour a new one this July.







Vallis Alps - I'm beyond excited about this Seattle/Canberra outfit. Young has been one of my favourite releases of the year so far. The singer literally purrs into the microphone her voice is so velvet. Do not miss.






Joyride - Anyone who knows me personally or has ever been in my car knows how much I flogged Tongues by these guys and it still hasn't gotten old. I will love it forever and I don't care if I'm horribly hungover or if I lose a foot this year at Splendour I can not miss this happening live in front of my face. (touch wood)






Schlomo - For those who are't familiar with this dude,  all you really need to know is that he is the producer genius behind Banks' Brain, which is arguably one her her best songs ever. I wish I could crawl inside Schlomo's brain for a day just to see what goes on and how the hell he comes up with the stuff he does. I think he will be an unexpected highlight for those who catch him.





So there you have it, personally this is probably the best lineup I have ever seen in all my life, could have even 1 up'd Glastonbury this year, with the exception of their headliners (YEEZYYYY). I'm biased though because there is so much local talent on this Splendour lineup that I have been frothing over lately so it's right up my alley. Good job Splendour you've done it again. Also big ups for not letting ovaries be lineup leprechauns.woohoo cya in July lover.


Love your pal,  Kritty xx.

Froth Over These Friday

Hey guidos and guidettes, wanna know what is gooooood this week? Let me fill you in on some things you may have missed in the past couple of weeks while we were busy 'celebrating' Valentines Day and frothing over GRRL PAL.

Big things, big things, massive things. I'm talking new Kanye West, Drake, Kendrick Lamar, Florence and the Machine, Vic Mensa, Cashmere Cat, Everything Everything (this isn't available on soundcloud so won't be in the playlist but CLICK HERE for the good stuff ), Miami Horror, Unkown Mortal Orchestra, Roland Tings and a couple other little Unearthed gems again, because Triple J Unearthed is the spice of lyf.

A couple of these songs I kind of put in the friend zone for a hot minute but then, when I revisited them later I was ready to take the relationship to the next level, and was already naming our children.

I hope you find something in here that you will like straight away, and something you will realise you love when you come to your senses.

Love your spice girl, Kritty
xx

I Left My Heart at Laneway 2015

This weekend was the first festival of my musical year, St Jerome's Laneway Festival a.k.a LANEWAY!

This is one of my favourite festivals in the country purely because they really have their finger on the pulse and without fail book acts on the bill who have only just starting to blow up; or are about to any minute.

This year was a testament to this with big names from 2014 like Flight Facilities, Banks, FKA Twigs, Caribou, Little Dragon, Vic Mensa, Tkay Maidza, Jungle, Raury, Future Islands and so so many more loveable characters making the lineup.

If you didn't make it to the festival this year, this is what you missed out on, and if you're from Perth, Adelaide or Melbourne, this is what you have to look forward to.

The ever-bouncy Tkay Maidza soaked up the crowds energy and gave it right back, Raury's outfit was 100% perfect and he is an inspiration to 18 year olds (and every human) everywhere, Vic Mensa ripped Brisbane a new one during his seriously ruckus set, Jungle revealed the disco groove within all of us,  Caribou's  'Can't Do Without You' is to die for live , FKA's stage presence was absolutely captivating (she is a goddamn work of art), Banks may have some mic volume difficulties but she is fierce as hell and sounds (and looks) flawless live, Yukimi from Little Dragon makes you feel stupidly happy and I want to wear a kimono and FLIGHT FACILITIES, so much sweat, so many hits, so much jumping, too much screaming, Owl Eyes on the mic is perfect and I want to live in a Flight Facilities crowd forever!

Can't wait until the next festival to do it all again, Groovin' in The Moo, save me a patch of grass, i'm coming for ya.

Love Kritty xx

New Year and Caribou

Hi, hows it going, was your new years a raging dance party? Did you bust out some dance moves that emerged in a drunken stupor, blair all the classic party anthems of 2014, listen to a countdown or watch music videos on MTV and drink every time you saw someone dance on top of a school bus or twerk upside down? No matter what you did I hope it was one to remember. In terms of new music I have a ridiculously long waiting list of songs I need to post about, but rather than bombard you with it all at once, I'm going to be slowly resuscitating you back to life after your extreme hangovers over the next couple of weeks. Lets start with a artist feature to get you're 2015 off to a funky start shall we.

CARIBOU 

One of the best album releases of 2014 in my opinion, I had only heard a couple of the singles and have just recently gotten a chance to hear the whole LP from start to finish. 

I first heard of Caribou ( Dan Snaith) on Triple J radio then soon after found out he would be at Laneway this year. I knew there was quite a bit of hype about him so I got to researching and there is some serious vibes with this guy and the really easy to listen to, flowy electronic music he makes. Dan Snaith is no new name, he has been around since 2001 performing under a couple different stage names, Caribou since 2005. His last album as 'Caribou' was back in 2012 but he came back strong in October 2014 with 'Our Love'. 

The first time I heard the lead single "Can't Do Without You" I liked it but I wasn't completely sold enough to need in my iTunes, however when I revisited it later I was convinced and ended up downloading the entire album. Someone to watch in 2015. 

Love Kritty xx