The Pied Piper of Australian Music Festivals has travelled the many corners of the globe to entice a stupendous ensemble of musicians to The Falls Music and Arts Festival this year in Lorne and Marion Bay.
2008 features a rich and diverse line-up that is already shaping up to be one of the best in the 16 year history of this iconic festival. Showcasing four first timers to our musically in-tune shores, The Falls stages will be graced by non-other than the:
Super sharp guitar stabs & exhilarating live show from great Glaswegian’s FRANZ FERDINAND (UK); monochromatic, dapper suited gents that swept us off our feet at Falls back in 2001, the anticipated return of THE HIVES (Sweden); Shimmy-tastic, soul soup splendour of ELI ‘PAPERBOY’ REED & THE TRUE LOVES (USA); hip-shakin’, smokin’ sets of THE CAT EMPIRE; burgeoning Brighton brood, THE KOOKS (UK); dance-a-holic, shambolic interludes of THE GRATES; unchartered brilliance of GOMEZ (UK); eclectic, chaotic, reverberations of FAKER; power-pop maestro’s, TEGAN AND SARA (Canada); bewitching voice of SOKO (France); blessed-out, good vibes of DONAVON FRANKENREITER (USA); sonic scientist JAMIE LIDELL (UK); conscious and festive sonic beats of TZU; odd ball pop machine the MYSTERY JETS (UK); million flavours of fun from ARCHITECTURE IN HELSINKI; prolific beat-smiths and innovative hip hop maestros ATMOSPHERE featuring BROTHER ALI (USA); fascinating folk-pop duo, THE DODO’S (USA); turntablism prodigy A-TRAK (Canada); psychedelic meanderings of WOLF & CUB; awe inspiring, live phenomenon that is LIAM FINN (NZ) AND the blunt edged rock’n’roll of THE DRONES. Phew! Plus, LOADS MORE ACTS still to be announced along with the exciting line-up for the 29th in both states still to come! Stay tuned.
To open the festival in Lorne come spectacular performances from: Those Seattleites lauded by MOJO as ‘America’s next great band’, come the ghostly melodic interludes of Fleet Foxes (USA); darlings of the Oz music scene, the captivating Augie March; UK’s cult-indie rockers Q Magazine labelled as ‘The biggest cult band in the UK’ The Cribs (UK); Electro-synth surveyors of new age-mayhem Late Of The Pier (UK); turntablism prodigy A-Trak (Canada); the return of powerhouse rockers Rocket Science; bluesman Ash Grunwald; the wailing and energetic British India; 9-piece Latin hip-hop troupe Labjacd and the stunning vocals from TinPan Orange.
Third line-up:
Santogold, Sharon Jones and The Dap-Kings, Blue King Brown, Cut Off Your Hands, Lykke Li, CW Stoneking & the Primitive Horn Orchestra, South Rakkas Crew, Grafton Primary, MURS, Violent Soho, Laura Jean & the Eden Land Band, Mamadou Diabate, Kat Frankie, The Barons of Tang, Dash & Will, Skipping Girl Vinegar
Gameboy/Gamegirl
Art Vs Science
Katalyst Soundsystem
The Holidays
Snob Scrilla
Percussion Junction
KillaQueenz
John Course and Grant Smilie
Ilzilla
The Yacht Club DJs
The Soccer Mum DJs
Playing With Knives (DJ set)
