Laneway Festival 2017 sideshows announced
Car Seat Headrest, Jagwar Mar, Tycho & Whitney announce Laneway sideshows.
Car Seat Headrest
Will Toledo of CAR SEAT HEADREST is coming to Australia for the very first time for the Laneway tour.
Before signing to Matador Records in 2014, the 23 year old artist had already crafted an 11 album catalogue of staggering depth, all self-released on Bandcamp. His formal studio debut, 2016’s Teens of Denial, has everything you want from a rock album within one song. Check out album opener ‘Fill In the Blank’. With inspired guitar riffs, ambitious indie-rock anthems, and clever reflections of 20-something life, Teens of Denial is one of the best albums of the year. Live, Car Seat Headrest performs with a full band.
In Sydney, Car Seat Headrest will be supported by low-fi indie pop act Jarrow, who recently shared his outstanding debut LP 2003 Dream. In Melbourne support comes from Terrible Truths; a band hailing from the stifling depths of rural South Australia. They make pure and unabashed, DIY punk.
“Ahead of the pack as an imaginative singer-songwriter, capable of crafting dynamic indie rock.” - Pitchfork (Best New Music)
“A talent to be reckoned with.” - Rolling Stone (4/5 stars)
"Car Seat Headrest’s Teens of Denial is not just the rock album of the year, but may be the emergence of a new musical genius." - The Saturday Paper
CAR SEAT HEADREST
BROUGHT TO YOU BY LANEWAY PRESENTS & PENNY DROP
Presented by FBi and RRR
Tickets to the general public on sale Friday 28 October, 10am AEDT
Wednesday 25 January - Oxford Art Factory, Sydney (18+)
with special guest Jarrow
TICKETS
Friday 27 January - The Curtin, Melbourne (18+)
with special guest Terrible Truths
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JAGWAR MA
Laneway Presents is bringing you JAGWAR MA’s first Australian headline shows since making their triumphant return this month with sophomore album Every Now & Then.
Jagwar Ma’s new album reflects a period of exploration for the London-based, Australian duo. Recorded on a dilapidated sunflower farm in the French countryside, Jono Ma, Gabriel Winterfield and Jack Freeman have created a sound that is like nothing and nobody else. They will be bringing their exuberant mix of psychedelia, sunshine, soul & techno to Sydney and Melbourne, playing beloved songs, new and old. Get the party started with their epic lead single, ‘O B 1’.
“Debut Howlin’ was great; this is even better” - Rolling Stone (4/5 Stars)
“Brave and euphoric” - Sydney Morning Herald (4/5 Stars)
“It sounds simply massive.” - Herald Sun (4/5 Stars), Album of the Week
JAGWAR MA
BROUGHT TO YOU BY LANEWAY PRESENTS
Presented by FBi and RRR
Tickets to the general public on sale Friday 28 October, 10am AEDT
Thursday 19 January - Metro Theatre, Sydney (All ages)
TICKETS
Sunday 29 January - 170 Russell (18+)
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TYCHO
TYCHO’s brilliant new album Epoch dropped last month and it was the moment fans had been waiting for. Speeding to #1 of the Billboard Dance/Electronic charts, the LP is a satisfying evolution of the San Francisco based artist’s take on spacey electronica, brimming with gorgeous melodies and inventive sounds.
Laneway Presents and Penny Drop can announce that fans will be able to able to hear Tycho’s new music at headline shows in Sydney and Melbourne. Tycho’s meticulously crafted electronic music is equally suited to headphones, a blissed-out festival setting and the dancefloor.
Performed live by Scott Hansen and his three band members, this show will be an audio/visual stand out of the summer.
“The sound design is beautiful, the arrangements are subtle and nuanced, and the overall effect is triumphant, even bordering on transcendent.”
- Dancing Astronaut
“Each track feels like a personal epic, a custom-designed soundtrack scoring you and your life.” - Popmatters
“It's fair to say EPOCH is the crown jewel in Tycho's reigning ambient electronic discography” - Exclaim!
“Tycho weaves a diverse fabric of synthesized sounds — some soar like flutes, while others glow like orbs and grind like thick static.” - Consequence of Sound
TYCHO
BROUGHT TO YOU BY LANEWAY PRESENTS & PENNY DROP
Presented by FBi
Tickets to the general public on sale Friday 28 October, 10am AEDT
Wednesday 25 January - 170 Russell, Melbourne (18+)
TICKETS
Thursday 2 February - Metro Theatre, Sydney (18+)
TICKETS
WHITNEY
With the release of their incredibly assured debut Light Upon The Lake, WHITNEY established themselves as a band you shouldn’t be sleeping on. They made an indelible impression at this year’s SXSW, and have since been named Best New Music by Pitchfork. Lead single ‘No Woman’ is a beautiful folk-inspired number, where vocalist and drummer Julien Ehrlich’s candid falsetto floats over Whitney’s big band sound.
Whitney is built around the discerning songwriting talent of Julien Ehrlich and Max Kakacek, who started off as members of Unknown Mortal Orchestra and Smith Westerns, and expand to an epic 6-piece when they play live. They make Classic Americana for a modern world - twangy guitars, soothing percussion and anthemic horns, underscored by youthful and sincere lyrics.
Light Upon The Lake is one of Elton John’s favourite albums of 2016, read his interview with Whitney here.
Joining Whitney for both shows is Melbourne’s Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever, whose rich poppy guitar melodies and propulsive rhythm have already earned them praise with international scope.
“Whitney make a warm, simple and profoundly enjoyable rock'n'roll record.” - Pitchfork (Best New Music)
“A confident and effortless record that sounds as if it has always existed.” - The Guardian (4/5 stars)
“The Chicago band's gorgeous first album, captures the listless freedom of small town life.” - The Fader
WHITNEY
BROUGHT TO YOU BY LANEWAY PRESENTS & PENNY DROP
Presented by FBi and RRR
Tickets to the general public on sale Friday 28 October, 10am AEDT
Friday 27 January - Howler, Melbourne (18+)
with special guest Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever
TICKETS
Thursday 2 February - Oxford Art Factory, Sydney (18+)
with special guest Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever
TICKETS