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Laneway listening post

Sep 24, 2013 Music

The 2014 Laneway Festival lineup is out this week and it’s another corker. This waterfront festival continues to get better and better. Makes us very excited for summer. Get in the mood for January 27 at Silo Park with our selection of Laneway listening.

 

DANNY BROWN

NYC rapper – freestyle. No front teeth. ‘Grown Up’

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHfWY0is3rE

DAUGHTER

Female singer with a Tiny Ruins / Catpower vibe. ‘Still’

DOPRAH

Christchurch electro showgazers. ‘San Pedro’

EARL SWEATSHIRT

LA hip-hop via Samoa. Middle name Naruda. ‘Chum’

FRIGHTENED RABBIT

Irresistible Scottish emo rock. ‘The Woodpile’

GHOSTWAVE

Jangley NZ pop. ‘Here She Comes’

HAIM

LA girl pop with a squirt of Fleetwood Mac. ‘Falling’

JAIME XX

Producer, of The XX fame. ‘Bloom’

JAMES BLAKE

The textural, wailing, soulful English producer singer/songwriter returns. ‘Retrograde’

JAGWA MA

Sydney-based psychedelic pop outfit that’s a little Happy Mondays. ‘The Throw’

KURT VILE

Indie crooner. ‘Never Run Away’

LORDE

You know. If not, check out our new issue in shops now.

MOUNT KIMBIE

English experimental electronic outfit that like playing with field recordings and syncopated rhythms and stuff. ‘Carbonated’

PARQUET COURTS

Punk rock out of Brooklyn. ‘Stoned and Starving’

PCP EAGLES

Local punk group that sing songs about puke and getting f-ed up and stuff. ‘Puke

RACKETS

Another local noise outfit. ‘Snake in the Grass’

RUN THE JEWELS

Nu wave hard-ass rap out of the US. ‘Run the Jewels’

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Bzrj2mtAC4

SAVAGES

Awesome girrrl London post-punk. ‘Shut Up’

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FuIB8HEmnoY

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