St. Jerome’s Laneway Festival

Bad//Dreems join Laneway Festival line up for Adelaide while east coast after parties are announced

The 2017 St. Jerome’s Laneway Festival kicks off in Australia this week after a successful run in Singapore last weekend and still, the new announcements are rolling out. First up, for Adelaide fans: Bad//Dreems have been added to your festival down at Port Adelaide, slotting in neatly between White Lung and Luca Brasi on the Spinning Top Stage at 3:10pm….

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Set times and maps now available for the 2017 Laneway Festival

Are you excited? We’re excited. The 2017 St. Jerome’s Laneway Festival is almost here, though those lucky Singapore festival lovers will see the tour kick off in their neck of the woods this weekend. For those of us with a little while still to wait, don’t even sweat it – the official set times are here to…

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Dune Rats step in to replace Young Thug on the 2017 St. Jerome’s Laneway Festival tour

Visa complications have made it impossible for Young Thug to make it out to Australia for the Laneway Festival (due to kick off in Singapore this weekend), but the festival organisers have reined in old mates Dune Rats to take the US rappers place for the Australian festival events! Says the band of their addition to Laneway:…

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The State of Affairs (13th January 2017): FBi Radio announce new Music Director, Australian Blues Music Festival reveals ‘Chain Award’ nominees & more

Welcome to 2017! The new year is getting off to a great start in terms of the local music scene, with the 37th annual St Kilda Festival releasing its full line-up of confirmed acts, FBi Radio announcing the appointment of a new Music Director, and Melbourne’s beloved King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard being announced as the…

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The St. Jerome’s Laneway Festival adds Young Thug to 2017 tour

The St. Jerome’s Laneway Festival dropped a bomb of an announcement for hip hop fans overnight, revealing that they managed to lock down Young Thug for the 2017 festival tour. Unfortunately for Thugger fans in Australia and New Zealand, there will be no sideshows, so the only way you’re going to be able to catch the Atlanta…

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Jagwar Ma, Mick Jenkins, Glass Animals, Car Seat Headrest & more confirm Laneway Festival sideshows

With the St. Jerome’s Laneway Festival shining out there on the horizon for early 2017, a whole stack of artists have confirmed exclusive sideshows to accompany their national festival dates, this week. From Mick Jenkins to Glass Animals and Car Seat Headrest, find out who you can be catching where. CAR SEAT HEADREST January 25th | Oxford Art Factory, SYDNEY | with…

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The State of Affairs: BIGSOUND secures funding for the next four years, Melbourne Music Week announces 2016 Hub & more

This week in the music industry: Melbourne Music Week announced the main venue for 2016, BIGSOUND secured a four year funding deal with the Queensland Government, and the first round of showcasing artists were unveiled for the 2017 instalment of SXSW. BIGSOUND secures new funding After a successful run for the 15th year in a row, BIGSOUND have secured…

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The 2017 Laneway Festival line up is here, with Tame Impala, Glass Animals, The Julie Ruin & more confirmed

In its 13th year in 2017, the St. Jerome’s Laneway Festival returns with some names that have graced its stages before breaking out overseas, some names who will be making their Laneway debut and some names that come with a solid whack of international hype backing them. We already knew that A.B. Original and Nick Murphy (FKA Chet Faker) would be on…

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Live Review: Majical Cloudz + Anatole – Newtown Social Club (08.02.16)

It is one thing to sell out your first headline gig down under and it’s another to play to a room where you have the crowd’s full, phone-free attention. Canadian duo Majical Cloudz brought their Laneway 2016 set to the intimate Newtown Social Club for what proved to be a reflection on sombre emotions dispersed…

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Live Review: Shamir + Jess Kent – Oxford Art Factory, Sydney (11.02.16)

In the country as a part of the touring St. Jerome’s Laneway Festival, Las Vegan Indie Dance Popper Shamir graced the stage of the Oxford Art Factory and rightly showed his Sydney fans a real good time. Opening up the balmy Thursday night was local artist Jess Kent. Having started the year with a debut…

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Festival Review: Laneway Festival – RNA Showgrounds, Brisbane (06.02.16)

St. Jerome’s Laneway Festival, colloquially referred to as Laneway, has taken on many forms since its inception of what it’s known as now in 2005. It only came to Brisbane in 2007, and marks only one more year short of a decade of the highly anticipated Brisbane event. This year, the big honchos were Beach…

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Ian Williams on bringing Battles’ (NY) La Di Da Di to Australia for the Laneway Festival!

The 2016 St. Jerome’s Laneway Festival begins its tour of Australia with a stop in Port Adelaide this afternoon – the sun is shining, the stages are set and the drinks are on ice. The bands have arrived from a successful event in Auckland and eye up a few weeks of entertaining new fans and…

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Backstage at Laneway Festival Singapore, East India Youth looks ahead to Australian dates!

British artist East India Youth is days off his first ever Australian shows, with the St. Jerome’s Laneway Festival coming up this weekend. One of the buzz names of 2015, his music has brought him acclaim from many and his live shows have been received as popularly. Backstage at the Laneway Festival in Singapore, the…

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The 7 Best Acts on Ground at the Laneway Festival Singapore!

St. Jerome’s Laneway Festival has always been a platform for catapulting the most eclectic and diverse acts into the musical stratosphere, and this year was no different. Aside from the big names such as Hudson Mohawke, Flume and CHVRCHES, we tabulated a list that we feel could dominate the sounds of the future. Take a…

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Backstage at Laneway Festival Singapore, Battles comment on their new LP & linking up with new artists on tour!

The St. Jerome’s Laneway Festival is known for bringing together artists who’ve either laid down some hot collaborations (Chet Faker x Banks), brought the love-ins onstage (Connan Mockasin x Mac DeMarco) and have provided opportunities for international touring bands to get to know some fellow artists they’ve not yet had the chance to see. This…

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Ali Barter (Melbourne) on the upcoming Laneway Festival, overseas travel & new music in 2016

When Ali Barter packed up and headed out to LA for some writing sessions in 2015, what met the Melbourne songwriter were some experiences that she would latch on to and embrace to the fullest. As she describes her latest trip to the United States (which resulted in the recording of current single “Far Away”),…

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Backstage at Laneway Festival Singapore, CHVRCHES chat returning to this side of the globe as festival favourites!

Returning to the St. Jerome’s Laneway Festival as global touring favourites, Scottish trio CHVRCHES are in the best position to see just how much the love and support for them and their music has grown in the past year, so far away from home. Backstage at the Laneway Festival in Singapore over the weekend, the…

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Festival Review: Laneway Festival Singapore – The Meadow, Gardens By The Bay (30.01.16)

Ah, St. Jerome’s Laneway Festival, we meet again. In this year’s edition of the acclaimed indie music festival, organisers pulled out all stops when it came to righting the wrongs of yesteryear – and have duly redeemed themselves. In 2015, much was made about the mismanagement of crowds, the poor choice of the placement of…

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Kirin J Callinan takes over from Agnes DeMarco as Laneway Festival emcee!

If you were at any of the Laneway Festivals in 2015, chances are you will have seen the awesome Agnes DeMarco introducing bands throughout the day and well, you’ll have wanted to have been her best mate by the end of it. Mac DeMarco’s mum isn’t going to be making the journey back out for…

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Surfing, Laneway & Dunies: Catching up with Zack Carper of FIDLAR!

A kangaroo hops past Zack Carper as he chats with me recently, earning a slightly bewildered, Holy shit!, from the FIDLAR guitarist and vocalist. Although the band is set to travel around the country over the next few weeks, Carper’s been in Australia for a little while already; surfing, road tripping and producing some new…

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Set times and maps unveiled for the 2016 Laneway Festival!

Let the whinging and planning begin – the timetables and maps have been released for the Laneway Festival tour this year! Kicking off in Adelaide this year on February 5th before hitting sites around the country until its final stop in Freo on February 14th, you can now start working out where you’re going to…

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Royal Headache step up to replace Tobias Jesso Jr. at the Laneway Festival in 2016

Sydney garage-punk act Royal Headache have today been added to the Laneway Festival line up across the country as Tobias Jesso. Jr has had to pull out of the 2016 tour due to recording commitments. Refunds are on offer for all tickets purchased for Tobias’ Sydney and Melbourne sideshows (details below), but have no fear!…

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7 Acts who blew us away at Laneway Festival 2014

Every year, St. Jerome’s Laneway Festival serves its position as the festival with its “finger on the pulse” on what’s new, what’s cool and what’s hot. By the time the festival rolls around, many of the bands who you had never heard of 12 months before are well and truly ingrained in your consciousness. triple…

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Live Review: St. Jerome’s Laneway Festival – Perth Cultural Centre (11.02.2012)

Last weekend, the Laneway Festival tour completed its last Australian leg with a stop at Perth. With a stellar line-up and perfect weather, the festival cemented its position as one of the best festivals in the country right now. It was a laid back and chilled out affair, with top quality performances, and none of…

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