| ST JEROME’S LANEWAY FESTIVAL - 2012 line-up! |
| Written by Shahlin Graves |
| Monday, 10 October 2011 10:15 |
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January is officially a dream-come-true for me... CULTS and FEIST have both been announced to be playing ST JEROME’S LANEWAY FESTIVAL 2012! Plus THE HORRORS, LAURA MARLING and THE PAINS OF BEING PURE AT HEART... 
CULTS Personnel: Brian Oblivion and Madeline Follin + [touring members] Gabriel Rodriguez, Marc Deriso & Nathan Aguilar. Origin: New York, USA. WHY WE'RE EXCITED: Do I even need to explain? Anyone that knows [anything at all about] me, knows that I love LOVE Cults! Their debut self-titled album is one of my absolute favourites of the entire year so far and I am beyond ecstatic that I actually get to see them live come January!! MUST-READ: Click HERE to read our interview with Cults' Brian Oblivion. KEY TRACKS: 'Oh My God', 'Bumper', 'You Know What I Mean', 'Never Saw The Point', 'Most Wanted', 'Go Outside'. YOU WILL LIKE, IF YOU LIKE: The Shangri-Las, Metric, Sleigh Bells, Lykke Li, The Bird And The Bee, Seapony... and dreaming about running away. MUST-WATCH: Cults performing 'Bumper' live at SPINhouse L!ve... FEIST  Personnel: Leslie Feist. Origin: Nova Scotia, Canada. WHY WE'RE EXCITED: Another dream come true! I thought I'd never live to see the day that Feist would finally visit our shoes - assuming that day would come at all - but all my fears have been quashed now. Here's hoping that Feist falls in love with New Zealand so it doesn't take her so long next time... KEY TRACKS: 'I Feel It All', '1234', 'Mushaboom', 'How Come You Never Go There', 'The Circled Married The Line', 'The Bad In Each Other'. YOU WILL LIKE, IF YOU LIKE: A Fine Frenzy, Broken Social Scene, St. Vincent, Rilo Kiley, Emily Haines, Beach House... and browsing second-hand book stores. MUST-WATCH: Feist singing '1,2,3,4' on 'Sesame Street'... THE HORRORS  Personnel: Faris Badwan, Joshua Hayward, Tom Cowan, Rhys Webb & Joe Spurgeon. Origin: Southend On Sea, England. WHY WE'RE EXCITED: We were super disappointed last year when due to a scheduled interview, we weren't able to watch The Horrors live at the 2010 Big Day Out... and even more distraught, when everyone EVERYONE wouldn't stop gushing over how brilliant they were live. This time, we are determined not to miss out! MUST-READ: Click HERE to read our 2010 interview with The Horrors. KEY TRACKS: 'Monica Gems', 'Changing The Rain', 'Endless Blue', 'I Can't Control Myself'. YOU WILL LIKE, IF YOU LIKE: Cat's Eyes, S.C.U.M, Spider & The Flies, Lumina, Foals... and sketching in the margins of notebooks. MUST-WATCH: The Horrors performing 'Changing The Rain' live at Webster Hall in New York... LAURA MARLING  Personnel: Laura Beatrice Marling. Origin: Hampshire, England. WHY WE'RE EXCITED: Twenty-one-year-old Laura Marling once chose to perform on a street after being denied entry to a club [for being underage] she had been scheduled to play at, was a member of the original line-up of Noah And The Whale, and sings on Mystery Jets' song 'Young Love'... those are just three of the reasons why our love for her is great. KEY TRACKS: 'Failure', 'Goodbye England (Covered In Snow)', 'New Romantic', 'Ghosts', 'The Muse', 'Sophia', 'I Was Just A Card'. YOU WILL LIKE, IF YOU LIKE: Emmy The Great, Noah And The Whale, Mumford & Sons, Alessi's Ark, Peggy Sue... and Earl Grey tea. MUST-WATCH: Laura Marling performing 'Failure' live... The full line-up goes like this: FEIST THE HORRORS GOTYE LAURA MARLING PAJAMA CLUB SBTRKT (Live) SHAYNE P CARTER WASHED OUT TWIN SHADOW ANNA CALVI M83 CULTS GIRLS EMA YUCK TORO Y MOI WU LYF GLASSER OPOSSOM THE PAINS OF BEING PURE AT HEART AUSTRA TRANSISTORS AUCKLAND - MONDAY 30th JANUARY 2012 Silo Park, Wynyard Quarter, Beaumont Street. Auckland. "For 2012 Laneway New Zealand takes another step towards the ultimate Auckland experience. The remodelled, revamped, refreshed waterfront site of Silo Park will play host to Laneway with 3 stages, all those showcase boutique amenities and a truly exciting landscape. Silo Park provides Laneway with its first water’s edge location, spectacular views to the Harbour Bridge and the towering restored silos to pinpoint this landmark location. Silo Park was recently completed as part of the upmarket restoration of the Wynyard Quarter. Laneway is proud to be one of the first ticketed outdoor events to grace this new cosmopolitan heart of Auckland City." TICKETS ON SALE WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 19TH. www.lanewayfestival.co.nz |
