The Five Best And Worst Things From Splendour Day Three

Back in the office all bleary eyed and achey, it's time to take a look at what was a rather pleasant day three of Splendour In The Grass 2013.

WHAT WAS GREAT ABOUT DAY THREE

1. Cover Frenzy!

There have been stacks of covers dropped at Splendour 2013, and day three provided a couple of pearlers early on. LA punks FIDLAR smashed out a brilliant rendition of Suburban Home by Descendents, while The Bamboos were one of a few acts to play Frank Ocean covers, their rendition of Lost was brilliant.

2. An evening in the McLennan tent

Gurrumul, The Drones and You Am I might have played to criminally tiny crowds, but everyone who witnessed three of our best on the final evening ought to feel pretty great about their decision. It was a schooling in great songwriting and great performance from go to whoa.

3. Lorde's got it

She drew one of the largest crowds of the festival and, what's more, young New Zealander Lorde proved she's ready to back up her couple of hits with a big, bad arse live show. The slick dark pop was right at home on the big Splendour stage and she simply knocked it out of the park.

4. The path to redemption:

Things were perhaps unforgivably horrid on the first day of Splendour, but since then it seems as if plenty of work has gone into ensuring a smooth running event. The flow of foot traffic on site improved a little and everyone just seemed a little bit more at ease with the general operation of the site.

5. FIDLAR:

I was concerned these LA punks would be a little too hip – all style no substance, you know? Not a chance, they are a genuinely good punk rock band who play with passion and energy and look like they're having a fucking good time doing it.

What sucked

1. The conditions in McLennan

The mud in the GW McLennan just got worse and worse and worse to the point where people would no longer go there purely because of the horrid condition of the ground. That's not even beginning to talk about the toilets; only the bravest souls would hazard a trip to that filthy quagmire.

2. War bonnets everywhere

There were thousands of Native American styled war bonnets perched atop hipsters heads throughout the weekend. This cultural appropriation just doesn't seem right and to see it so very widespread was slightly concerning.

3. Grown men unable to use a bathroom

Yeah, it really sucks having to wait to use a bathroom when you've been smashing beers (and maybe water) all day long, but that doesn't mean you are allowed to whip it out and piss wherever you like. With people falling over in the mud all day it makes it an even more disgraceful act.

4. No nostalgic closer.

The Finn Brothers, Pixies, Brian Wilson and Smashing Pumpkins are among the acts that have graced the main stage of Splendour on Sunday evenings in the past. It's not been a yearly tradition by any means, but the big-name Sunday night closer with the classic hits has been one of the festival's most endearing aspects and we hope that concept isn't gone for good.

5. We have to go back to work

Come on, don't try and tell me you're looking forward to sitting at your desk after you'd been losing your shit to The Presets just ten hours earlier…