We thought we'd be polite and give you a reprieve from the endless amounts of live reviews. So fear not illiterate people like myself, reading glasses not required for this post (as much)!
Festival News: The St Jeromes Laneway Festival has dropped its second announcement of acts. Since we are a Sydney blog I am really only going to be concerned about the Sydney acts however most of the dates in other cities follow the same line up also.
Sydney Sun March 4: The BellRays, Gerling, Snowman, Gersey, Bumblebeez, Holly Throsby, Dan Kelly, The Shaky Hands, The Crayon Fields, Dappled Cities Fly, Expatriate, My Disco, Uber lingua DJs.
No real surprises that the line up was laced with Australian artists but non the less there is some quality in there. A bit of a Blogger's delight with regard to almost every act on that line up, none more so than Dappled Cities Fly who are piggy backing plenty of festival dates from their impressive "Granddance" album. I wouldn't say the announcement threw me into fits of excitement, but for a festival that already boasts Love is All, Camera Obscura, The Sleepy Jackson & Midnight Juggernauts, there is enough value for 82.50 + bf.
Head to the St Jeromes Laneway Festival Website for more details.
- Also just on a side note, probably the most average festival of the season, The Big Day Out has released its festival timetable and not surprisingly all the quality acts are sprawled everywhere to try and avoid congestion at the larger stages.
My only difficult decision. Tool or Presets? What do you guys reckon?
New Music: Operator Please have been getting some very generous play on FBI radio and also grabbed a spot in Triple J's Next Crop with an infectious little ditty called "Get what you want". Other great acts who snagged a spot in the Next Crop include The Ghosts & I Heart Hiroshima, Dardenelles, & Soft Tigers. Good to see Triple J reads the sublime opinions of Aussie Bloggers.
Now anything that comes out of Brisbane has me quite reticent as they are the same state responsible for Powderfinger (the good time(s) and the bad) and The Veronicas. But Operator Please whilst sounding a little 2004, can't be denied. It's commitment free pop rock, I don't know why but this track gives me good times like B-52's give me good times. It's all in the trashy keyboard.
| Big Day Out (Gold Coast) | Southport | ||
| Good Vibrations Festival (18+) | Gold Coast | ||
| Great Escape Festival | Sydney |
(stolen from their myspace)
Mp3: Operator Please - Get What You Want
P.S If i hear one more non Japanese band that makes references to Tokyo, Hiroshima, Nagasaki or anywhere, they'd better hope they rock socks, or else!!!
7 comments:
check these guys out
myspace.com/jacksonjacksonmusic
it's Harry from the cat empire's new side project.
they play there first gig on the 20th
here's what Harry has to say about it
Jackson Jackson's first gig is on the 20th January (a Saturday) at the Evelyn hotel in Brunswick street, Fitzroy, Melbourne, Australia.
Supported by the sensual SIB
I don't want to give it all away but it will be unique.
Lots of red robes, and my first ever shot at standing up when I play guitar.
Also, here's Jan, the other half of Jackson Jackson, formally introduced:
Hey there everyone. Album sounds great, just laying down the final touches. The show we have been putting together is gonna be hotter than the Victorian fires. We will both be standing up which I think is quiet exciting.
I know I am excited
They also have a cool video on youtube for their first single
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1iNYAo-xmYA
The future is hear and it is scaring me
I'd go Tool all the way. I hear their festival sets are epic, and you stand a much better chance of seeing Presets again later on where as Tool might not be back for a while.
And if it bites the big one in the first 10 mins you can always do a mad stage-to-stage dash ;)
I don't think the angsty-teenage boy inside me would forgive myself for not seeing Tool, so I'll be there
You can see The Presets play at pretty much any other festival, so go Tool
agreed, tool.
its a no-brainer: tool for sure
I still find the whole Big Day Out lineup very ordinary, saving up for Laneway instead
i think karen wins for best utilisation of the festival time schedule. yunno i think ill hav to give tool a chance at the least.
and laneway. yes yes yes. im just praying that by the time i have money, there will still be tickets! mind u i do like that this years bigdayout has got enuf quality to fill my day without me having to make too many bad decisions.
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