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15.02.12 LIVE REVIEW: LANEWAY FESTIVAL
A number of band competitions were held this year in conjunction with Adelaide’s fifth annual Laneway Festival, but it seems one of these contests is merely hypothetical.
10.02.12 INTERVIEW: CHAIRLIFT
Potential Laneway stage invaders, take heed: showcasing their new album Something at New York’s famed Bowery Ballroom last week, Chairlift singer Caroline Polachek took on an overzealous intruder with a move straight out of a police training video.
27.01.12 STEERING BY STARS ADDED TO LANEWAY LINE-UP
After a hotly contested evening of local musicians showing their skills, proggy foursome Steering By Stars have been selected as the winners for the Alleyway Band Competition granting them a place in this year’s Laneway Festival on Fri Feb 10.
21.12.11 WU LYF CANCEL AUSTRALIAN TOUR
How disappointing! Gritty pop act and 2011 buzz band Wu Lyf might soon earn the nickname 'Boo Lyf,' as this afternoon the British foursome announced that they would be cancelling all Australian appearances next year due to "unforeseen circumstances.
08.12.11 INTERVIEW: THE DRUMS
According to Brooklyn indie pop foursome The Drums, unless you’re Katy Perry, The Black Eyed Peas or just the kid of someone famous, there’s not much chance mainstream radio is going to give you a break in America….
10.10.11 ADELAIDE LANEWAY FESTIVAL 2012 LINE-UP
Laneway will arrive back in Adelaide with a new expanded site at UniSA and a line-up that includes Austra, M83, SBTRKT, Girls and the Neil and Sharon Finn band Pajama Club.
02.08.11 LIVE: WARPAINT
Warpaint with Jack Ladder @ Jive Bar, Sun 24 Jul CHECK OUT THE PHOTOS HERE While most of us had already caught the LA all-girl rock unit Warpaint earlier in the year at Laneway Festival, memories of that set are marred by images of sharp elbows and shoulders.
16.02.11 Cut Copy announce headline shows
Hot on the heels of their third studio LP Zonoscope and their recent Laneway appearances, Melbourne's Cut Copy have announced a run of metropolitan shows to coincide with their Groovin' The Moo Festival dates.
15.02.11 5 Minute Festival: Cloud Control
In the leafy, not-so-crowded backstage area of the Laneway Festival, Jeremy and Alistair from Cloud Control shoot the breeze with the folks from Your Take Sessions.
14.02.11 Live: St Jerome's Laneway Festival
Fowler's Live - Fri Feb 11 As Laneway reaches its carrying capacity with successive big name line-ups, it's time to think about moving this event somewhere bigger.
18.01.11 Laneway Set times
The Laneway set times have been revealed and it does not make for pretty reading if you're a fan of Yeasayer, Deerhunter and Local Natives.
19.10.10 Rip It Up's Ultimate Festival Guide: February
Who says we have too many festivals in this country? If we have to brave freezing cold temperatures and apocalyptic floods during the winter, why can't we let our hair down when the sun shines? The summer festival season is here so we’re here to tell you everything you need to know about what’s coming up.
12.10.10 Laneway Line-up
After Mumford mania and Florence fever earlier this year, the Laneway Festival organisers have opted for a decidedly more indie line-up in 2011.
22.09.10 Laneway Rumour-palooza
Almost as exciting as festival line-ups themselves are the rumours that circulate about them beforehand.
25.03.10 Mumford's The Word
It seems like only yesterday they were fiddlin' up a barnstorm at Laneway, but Mumford & Sons have confirmed they are returning to Australia this July and bringing the ho-down with them.
12.02.10 Eddy Current Suppression Ring add Adelaide date
Fresh from a truly barbaric set at the Laneway festival, ECSR have thankfully decided to include Adelaide in their Rush To Relax tour.
27.01.10 FLORENCE & THE MACHINE TALKS TO RIP IT UP
With four of her songs from debut album Lungs making the Hottest 100 this week, Florence Welch is hot property right now.
27.01.10 THE SWISS
Adelaide’s best kept secret, are now with Modular-backing, the most exciting dance band in Australia.
