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Converse Sneakers Clash Wall
Alex Lehours, Sheryo & The Yok combine with you for an incredible mural.. Last weekend saw the completion of a massive mural in Fremantle as part of a series of artistic installations across the globe - the Converse Sneakers Clash Wall. Using the hashtag #sneakerclashfreo hundreds of submissions were sent in acrossa Australia for ideas for street artists Sheryo, The Yok and Alex Lehours to take over 1-5 South Terrace, a large and previously very bland infrastructure. The results, as you can see below, are nothing short of spectacular. The first couple of images show some of the ideas that were submitted, and how they ended up as the final product. Sneakers Clash is inspired by the Spring 2014 Converse All Star Sneaker Collection, the hero of the collection being the Converse All Star Chuck 70 - a new take on the American icon. The six original colours and two prints of the Converse All Star Chuck '70 were the colour inspiriation for the mural, as evidenced below. Head to the Convers
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Know Your Splendour - Darlia
Meet some of the acts you'll be seeing at Splendour 2014.. UK trio Darlia will be making their Australian debut at this year's Splendour In The Grass, along with a couple of sideshows to boot. All the dates and the video clip for their single Candyman after a brief intro with Nathan from the group. Who are you? Nathan Day of Darlia, the ‘Blackpool Rock’ band. How’d you meet? We were cleaners. We used to hide our stuff in bin bags to sneak out to gigs and play music in the music block. I ‘cleaned’ the school guitars with my bare hands. Resulted in a consequential prompt firing and permanent smell of bleach. What kinda tunes we talkin’? The kinda tunes that a magpie whistles as it steals silver from a jewellery shop. Production/writing process: I write everything and take it to the band to bring it to life. It’s basically singer/songwriter on steroids.  What do you do outside of Darlia? There is no outside of Darlia. You know that really cliched line of ‘We live and breathe it’ - well I