3rd Rhythm and Vines announcement

Rhythm and Vines fans are being advised by event organisers to “grab your tickets while you can” as they steam ahead towards selling out! Figures are already up on last year with two thirds of tickets already sold for the three day New Year’s Eve music festival.

To tempt your musical taste buds even more… Now comes the third (but not quite final!) instalment of the Rhythm and Vines line-up.

The third Rhythm and Vines line up:
Santogold (USA), Late of the Pier (UK), DJ Nu Mark (JURASSIC 5 – USA), Cut Copy (AUS), The Cribs (UK), Antiform LIVE & MC Twin Cam, Ladi 6 (MC & DJ Set), DJ Switch (UK), Aquasky (UK), South Rakkas Crew (USA), An Emerald City, Batrider, DJ Audit (CAN), Soane, Olmecha Supreme, Blackbird, Module LIVE, Brazil Beat Soundsystem, 38:40 DJ Collective, Dj Lotion, plus 4th line-up announcement still to come!!!

Amongst the new highlights are Philadelphia new-wave sensation Santogold whose debut record of 2008 took the world by storm with rave reviews and hype from Rolling Stone, Spin and the BBC. Santogold (aka Santi White) plays intelligent pop combined with beautiful dance beats and an 80’s feel. Her angelic voice, sassy lyrics and quirky songs have already gained a huge following throughout the universe and has even secured her the support slot for Coldplay’s upcoming North American tour! From the infamous streets of Castle Donington, England, come four-piece electronic punks Late Of The Pier. Their debut album Fantasy Black Channel was released in August 2008 and has been heralded as one of the best British releases of the year. Another band not to be missed amongst the late hours of R & V if you are a fan of modern psychedelia and synthesizer infused rock’n’roll!

From Sao Paolo to Sydney, from Toronto to Tokyo, DJ Nu-Mark’s carefully crafted, explosively energetic DJ sets never fail to get a party rocking. The man with the plan and most famous for being the beats behind Los Angeles based hip hop superstars Jurassic 5 is one of the world’s best at his craft and knows how to make soul, funk, hip-hop, and samba effortlessly blend together and to get those people shaking asses on the floor.

With a number 1 Australian record under their belt Melbourne three-piece Cut Copy make rock music to dance to and dance music to rock to. Their most recent record In Ghost Colours is one of the finest alternative releases of 2008 and features the hit song So Haunted. With a sound similar to former R & V guests New Young Pony Club, and a live show second to none, Cut Copy will be one of the festival’s most special guests this year.

Known for their raucous and unpredictable live shows UK indie rockers The Cribs will add a slice of British attitude and snarl to R & V. Featuring twins Gary and Ryan Jarman and their younger brother Ross Jarman, The Cribs have also recently been joined by ex-The Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr who has been made a formal member of the group since 2008. Described by Q magazine as ‘the biggest cult band in the UK’ The Cribs were also recently personally invited to support the Sex Pistols at four of their five comeback concerts in Brixton in November. No wonder the hype machine has been rolling along about these guys!

Other acts announced will be local drum and bass sensations Antiform with MC, the soothing soul of Ladi 6 who is one New Zealand’s best loved voices, British turntable battle hero DJ Switch, also from Britain the three piece breaks and jungle misfits Aquasky, and Orlando based electro hip hop reggae duo South Rakkas Crew. Plus many many more!

Who’s playing when? The Rhythm and Vines line up by day:

29th December

Franz Ferdinand
The Kooks
Jamie Liddell
Santogold
Katchafire
Liam Finn
The Mystery Jets
Anna Coddington
Aquasky
Emerson Todd (House of Downtown)
Cut Off Your Hands
Collapsing Cities
House of Shem
Ajax
Tim Richards
South Rakkas Crew
The Ruby Suns
The Enright House
Lydia Cole
The Constituents
Brazil Beat Soundsystem
Daniel Farley

30th December
The Datsuns
Cut Copy
DJ Nu Mark (Jurassic 5)
Late of the Pier
Antiform LIVE (& MC Twin Cam)
Anika Moa
DJ Switch
Phoenix Foundation
Ladi 6 (MC & Dj Set)

Recloose LIVE

Busy P DJ Mehdi
Little Bushman

Fort Knox Five
Unity Pacific
Module
Die Die Die
Batrider
The Naked and Famous
Coshercot Honeys
An Emerald City
DJ Audit
The Secret Knives

31st December Shihad
Carl Cox
Digitalism
A Track
The Black Seeds
Adam Freeland
Magik Johnson
Antix LIVE
The Cribs
P Money
Vinyl slingers
Motocade
Disasteradio
Sampology feat Tom Thumb
Bang Bang Eche
So So Modern
Over the Atlantic
Honey Claws
Nervous Surgeons
Bulletproof
DJ Trei
Disco not Disco
38:40 DJ Collective