Yet again, the Splendour line-up is a total dude-fest (but it's getting better)

Once again, Splendour in the Grass has released a line up that's male dominated, with no female headliners. But there's still a heap of badass girls in bands to see, so maybe things are getting better.

The Creator. Source: roc nation

The Strokes, The Cure, Flume, The Avalanches, James Blake, At the Drive-In, Violent Soho.

Dudes, dudes, dude, dudes, dude, dudes, dudes.

Like most music festivals around Australia, Splendour in the Grass 2016 is being headlined by a whole lot of blokes, young and old.

But if you cast your eyes down the line-up, there's some amazing women to see.

Cltr-Find-Men-Ctlr-Delete: When you only list the bands with girls in them, the Splendour in the Grass line-up gets a whole lot shorter. Source: Splendour in the Grass

From home-grown hero Courtney Barnett to international sensation Santigold, there's some world-famous female acts bound to get the punters excited.

Not to mention bands like The Kills, The Jungle Giants, and The Preatures whose female members rock side-by-side with their male bandmates.

It sucks that there's not more females in the first announcement, but triple j presenter and BIGSOUND programmer Maggie Collins says if you look back a few years, this year's line-up is a whole lot better for women.

"From a programmers' mind, there's a large conversation there because a female musician would never want to think she's there because of her gender. Instead, I think line-ups with more girls in bands show we're on the cusp of something really exciting," she said.

"If you look back 10 years ago you saw way fewer girls playing in bands, and in the industry you'd be seeing way more women like me behind the scenes.

"Now with festivals like Splendour you've got more and more women programming or planning or working behind the scenes so I think we're seeing a real change filtering through. In ten to fifteen years' time it's going to look different again."

Collins, who also manages the bands John Steel Singers and DZ Deathrays, said she is seeing more young bands with female members.

"Maybe it's because girls are seeing other girls in bands a bit older than them that they're continuing to pursue the music industry and keep playing in bands after high school, which is usually where we've seen girls stop playing music," she said.

"That being said, we see a lot more women in support roles in the industry but not necessarily as CEOs or executives, and that needs to change."

Girls, it's clear what we need to do if we want the world to change.

Pick up an instrument, form a band, and let's get ready for Splendour 2017 (that's if you survive this year's festival).

The world would be a better place if we were all a bit more like Santigold. Source: WMG

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