AUSTRALIA/NEW ZEALAND: St Jerome's Laneway Festival is probably the best sub-equatorial indie festival going. And this is probably the best Laneway line-up ever! Obviously, there's been some serious form over the last five years or so but CHECK THIS MOTHERFUCKING SHIT. Perennial "buzzband" Deerhunter! Total Laneway heroes Les Savy Fav making their triumphal return! Menomena! Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti! Here's the first announcement:
Deerhunter
Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti
Menomena
Holy Fuck
Beach House
Les Savy Fav
Yeasayer
!!!
Warpaint
Blonde Redhead
Bear In Heaven
The Antlers
PVT
Rat Vs Possum *
Jenny & Johnny
Two Door Cinema Club
Local Natives
Stornoway
Violent Soho
World's End Press
Foals
Gotye
Cut Copy
Cloud Control
The Holidays
* except in Perth.
See the bands on these dates:
Monday, January 31: Aotea Square, Auckland
Friday, February 4: Alexandria St, Fortitude Valley, Brisbane #
Saturday, February 5: Footscray Community Arts Centre, Melbourne
Sunday, February 6: Sydney College of the Arts, Sydney
Friday, February 11: Fowler's Live, Adelaide
Saturday, February 12: Perth Cultural Centre, Perth
Tickets for all the Australian shows go on sale Wednesday, October 20 at 9am. They're not cheap - $125 (+ bf) - but they are worthwhile!
1 comment:
such a good lineup and its only the first announcement, best festival to pass shithole adelaide
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