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    SPLENDOUR IN THE GRASS

    Sep 05, 2018 4 minutes
    REVIEW BY MATT DORIA
    • PHOTOS BY
    PETER ZALUZNY

    Its 18th edition selling out in a matter of mere seconds (par for the course at this point), Splendour In The Grass continues to be Australia’s biggest and most diverse music festival, with a lineup focusing equally on the youngins desperate to prove their might (see: Stella Donnelly, West Thebarton, No Mono, Soccer Mommy...) and the legacy acts we all know and love (Albert Hammond Jnr, Franz Ferdinand, Angus & Julia Stone – even Kendrick Lamar is worth pointing out if you happen to dabble in the rap world).

    Perhaps moreso than ever, too, the festival’s 2018 incarnation was a whirlwind of six-string

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