We can’t help but notice there is a hunk of local artists ruling the Splendour stages this year. Kilter, the Preatures, the Acid and DMA’s all smashed out excellent sets on Friday. Saturday saw Sticky Fingers pump out a sweaty psychedelic set over at the Amphitheatre, while Wave Racer had everyone tripping over his eight-bit-beats. The Rufus boys also pulled a heck of a crowd, closing out day two at the Mix Up tent.
Slashies (e.g.models-slash-actors/musicians/artists) can get a bad wrap – usually being a lot better at their original profession and floundering at their new-found venture. We assumed this would be the case for Sky Ferreira, but she proved us very, very wrong, with vocal chops to boot and an all-round ace performance.
Beard embellishments with Matt Format, piñatas with Kitaya Palaskas, God’s Eyes with Bec Orphin and Craft Singles with the Work-Shop legends; Splendour in the Craft is a magical creative melting pot where you can learn to create your own handmade token to remember Splendour by.
Splendour fell upon another Frank Ocean-style eleventh hour line up shuffle with Two Door Cinema Club pulling out on the festival late last week. Luckily Foals more than amply made up for their absence, with a killer performance in the Amphitheatre. Nailed it.
Predictably, the psychedelic Tepee Forrest is suitably kooky. There is trance music until the wee hours of the morning, the tepees are always filled with colourful characters and we may have spotted a guy with a sign that read ‘Free drugs’.
Until tomorrow listen to the Foals
