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Laneway Festival Sydney 2012

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Laneway Festival

Sydney College of the Arts, Rozelle

Sunday, 5th February, 2012

Another year, another Laneway Festival. It’s still my favourite festival, based on the line up alone, they always seem to pick acts I truly love, or are gonna love in the year to come.

Sydney turned on a glorious sunny summer’s day yesterday, not a cloud in the sky, and after a week of rain, the sunshine was more than welcome.

My day started off with EMA, aka Erica M Anderson, who was pure raw rock n roll. Completed loved her album Past Life Martyed Saints last year, and it translated great live.

I only recently got into Canada’s Austra through their fab song Lose It. And Katie and her pals sounded amazing live, what a voice! Loved the backup singers and their dance moves!


Then managed to catch half of Laura Marling’s set from the middle of the car park stage. She’s such a talent, and still so young! Saw some of The Panics set too – they were one of the few Aussie acts on the main stage.

I was quite excited to see the next act Anna Calvi. Described as ‘PJ Harvey meets Nick Cave’ – she was right up my alley, or should that be laneway :P I caught the start of her set, which included the magnificent Blackout. Standing right behind me was EMA! And I also walked past Neil Finn in the crowd!

Next up I did a quick walk by Glasser‘s set (love her song Apply) on the way to the main stage.

Feist had already started when we got there, and the main stage was packed. So sadly watched Feist from right at the back, she still sounded great, and we got our dance on to I Feel It All, but would have been nicer if there was more space/less people.

Our next stop was Chairlift on the middle stage, and it was similarly packed from both sides. Stood near the screen, but sadly with all the punter chit-chatter it was hard to hear the music. There were big crowds for The Drums too. Damn catchy but not really my thing.

Lastly to close the night I saw most of M83. Midnight City was pretty cool, and the lights looked rad too.

Overall, some amazing quality acts this year! Maybe too many, cos there were quite a few clashes. It did seemed really packed compared to last year, so it would be interesting to find out if they increased capacity this year, as the event was sold out by the afternoon.

Toilet queues were not so bad this year, but maybe they need a “line up this way” sign or something, so people don’t line up on the hill, when they had all the space on the concrete to line up. Also food this year seemed to run out quite early, and we had a choice of pies or pies for dinner at the main food outlet.

But it’s really all about the music and if the lineup is this good next year, I’ll definitely be back for more!



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