Come Together

Overview

The Come Together festival is badly named; the two-day, Luna Park event splits the lineup stylistically into two separate days, so it's actually more about pushing things apart than coming together per se. Saturday June 12 features lots of bands that I really don't like, but maybe you do: Gyroscope, The Butterfly Effect (who names themselves after an Ashton Kutcher movie?), Frenzal Rhomb (okay, I don't mind them so much), Strung Out, House Vs Hurricane, MM9, The Loved Ones and more. If you love your metal and punk, that is your prerogative, and I wish you all the best in life; Saturday is your day.

If you prefer your music on the lighter side, then you can get along to Sunday's lineup, which has bands that I do like, and you may like too: The Jezabels are a great band, Boy and Bear play really lovely melodic folk-rock, Ernest Ellis, fronted by Roland Ellis (not Ernest, though earnest), is a very good young band about to release their debut album, Horrorshow do quite good hip hop, and, although I don't really dig her music that much, Lord can Bertie Blackman sing, and she always puts on a good show. They're joined by Grinspoon, British India and Dead Letter Circus, among others.

I apologise for my blatant disregard of journalistic objectivity and preference for righteous opinions. It's been my way of saying: there's something for everyone at this firmly established festival. Lots more bands are yet to be announced, but tickets go on sale before that, from Thursday, April 8, at 9am (pre-sales from Tuesday, April 6, at noon).