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We heart Florence!
Music lovers rejoice! The 2010 St Jerome’s Laneway Festival is back with another amazing mix of the epic, the up-and-coming and the undiscovered. Showcasing the best of Australian and international talent through January and February, the festival has packed in more musical genius than you possibly hope for, including Echo & The Bunnymen, Florence and The Machine, Black Lips, The xx, Daniel Johnston, Sarah Blasko, N.AS.A, Eddy Current Suppression Ring, Hockey, Dappled Cities, Mumford & Sons, Radio Clit, The Very Best, Wild Beasts, Whitley, The Middle East, Kid Sam and Dirty Three. And that’s just the line up so far. With new venues in Sydney and Melbourne, a brand new event in New Zealand and an assortment of Indie film screenings, food stalls and fashion markets, the 2010 festival promises to be a sensory feast.
Tickets go on sale this Friday 30 October at 9am.
You can book online at www.greentix.com.au or for phone bookings call 1300 269 882.
Head to www.lanewayfestival.com.au for more information on the line up and venues.
MySpace is giving Sydney and Melbourne music lovers three days of free gigs, live interviews, band consultations and product demonstrations at the MySpace Music Studio. As well as live performances, the studio doors will also be open to unsigned artists and bands – drop in your demo tape for a chance to be featured on the MySpace Music Homepage and to meet the MySpace Music content team. If you can’t make it to the events, or to find all details on artist appearances and RSVP to secure entry to the evening events, head to the website.
Sydney: Line-up includes Short Stack, Philadelphia Grand Jury, Lost Valentinos and The Bang Gang. 8am – 7pm, Tuesday 20 October – Thursday 22 October at the Overseas Passenger Terminal, Circular Quay.
Melbourne: Line-up includes Leader Cheetah, The Middle East, Bob Evans and Kid Sam. 8am – 7pm, Monday 26 October – Tuesday 27 October at the Australian Centre for Contemporary Art Forecourt, Southbank.
They call their sound ‘ghetto ambient’. Whatever that is, we like it. Think Mogwai punching on with Aphex Twin, all the while tapping their toes to Hot Chip. By which we mean it’s a little bit fancy, a little bit trancey and a little bit dancey. Look out for Seekae touring with Midnight Juggernauts and Cut Off Your Hands or get The Sound of Trees Falling on People with bonus remix EP from all good record stores from Saturday 17 October. Or to try before you buy – MySpace. “Wool” is a nice starting point for new listeners. Could this be your ‘happy place’ album this summer? It's certainly on the shortlist for mine.
Cannot wait till Florence And The Machine make it down under.. Can she hurry please!!
Here at Yen
we are huge fans of Kiwi sounds and would like to raise a toast to some of the talented artists crossing the Tasman this year to perform on our shores.
Here are just a few gigs we highly recommend
- enjoy.
Ladi 6
Genre: Reggae, R&B/Soul
Sunday 6 September @Beach Road Hotel, Bondi
Tickets: FREE
Katchafire
Genre: Reggae
Friday 11 September @ Selina’s, Coogee Bay Hotel
Tickets: www.moshtix.com.au
Fat Freddys Drop Aussie Tour 2009
Genre: Reggae, Dance/Electronic
Sydney, 17th and 18h October @ The Forum
Tickets: www.moshtix.com.au
Spring has sprung... Time to get the picnic rug out and relax. 'A Day At The Park' definitely has the right idea.. Plenty of space to roam free, relax and see some bands in the spring sunshine.. Hoodoo Gurus, You Am I, The Beautiful Girls, Bertie Blackman, Red Riders and more....
