Her increasingly unusual song-structures, timbres and moods hint at future ambition while her glorious, feed-back heavy live show has eviscerated audiences on 5 continents. While her lyrics continue to encompass the poetic, political and personal, “Tell Me…” reveals a startling new lyrical economy. 2017 saw the release of “Lotta Sea Lice”, an introspective but beautiful album with Kurt Vile and a gorgeous place-holder while we awaited the release of sophomore album “Tell Me How You Really Feel”. Music fans have rarely witnessed the breathless acclaim and superlatives that comprised reviews of Barnett’s debut album “Sometimes I Sit And Think, And Sometimes I Just Think”. With countless awards in her home of Australia as well as Grammy and BRIT nominations, fawning press and an adoring audiences, Barnett’s rise to global prominence feels both unprecedented and important. The iconic group will blow your mind at Splendour 2019.Ĭourtney Barnett is one of the most distinctive and compelling voices in indie rock, a singer-songwriter who mixes deeply insightful observations with devastating self-assessment. In 2018, Skinner revived The Streets with his phenomenal touring band (which also features Rob Harvey of The Music on guitar/vox) for a rapturously received tour that continues into 2019.Ģ020 will see The Streets release a new album as well as Skinner’s debut feature film, both entitled “The Darker The Shadow The Brighter The Light”. His debut album “Original Pirate Material”, released in 2002 is widely regarded to have changed the face of British rap music, and his second album “A Grand Don’t Come For Free” was a worldwide success spawning hit singles like “Fit But You Know It” and “Dry Your Eyes”.Īfter 5 albums and over 5 million record sales, Skinner quit The Streets and worked on other musical projects as well as reinventing himself as a successful DJ playing Bass and Grime. The Streets is Mike Skinner, a native of Birmingham/Barnet in the UK – a rapper, producer, DJ, singer, writer and actor who happens to have made some of the most important British music of this millennium. They’ve also been a consistent and powerful live act throughout Australia, Canada and Europe, and even took hip hop back to its birthplace in the US. They’ve consistently racked up multi-platinum sales in an era when the industry is seeing sales dwindle across the board. They opened the door for countless acts from all over Australia through their mentoring, touring and their annual Initiative for emerging acts.Įvery studio album from 2006’s The Hard Road onwards has debuted at number one – they even picked up a number one debut for their recent Remix album (Drinking From The Sun Walking Under Stars Restrung). The smash ‘I Love It’ went five-times platinum. ‘1955’ and ‘Cosby Sweater’ reached the top five in the ARIA charts and have both reached six-times platinum status. They helped creat hip hop as a local genre in Australia. The legacy of the Hilltop Hoods is already undeniable. Songs embedded in the national consciousness. The band just performed the recently released ‘Patience’ on Saturday Night Live, as well as a new song ‘Borderline.’ The release of ‘Patience’ marked their first new music since his GRAMMY nominated ‘Currents.’ Parker will headline this year’s Coachella before heading home for Splendour! Tame Impala has now accrued over 2.5 billion streams world-wide. later and thanks to the ravenous demand of fans for a transcendent live performance, Tame Impala has gone on to headline festivals and theatres around the world and released three full length albums – ‘Innerspeaker’, ‘Lonerism’ and ‘Currents.’ As a writer and producer Parker has collaborated with the likes of Travis Scott, SZA, Lady Gaga, Mark Ronson, Kanye West and A$AP Rocky. in 2010, playing small clubs for crowds of 200. Hailing from Perth, Australia, he first toured the U.S. The album received 5 ARIA Awards including ARIA Album of The Year and world-wide critical acclaim. His last album ‘Currents’ was released in 2015, debuting #1 on the ARIA Album Chart and earning him a second GRAMMY nomination and a Brit Award for Best International Band.
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