The Great Escape Festival - held on an island in the middle of Sydney Harbour - is back. It's moved forward a couple of months to October this year, which should help the weather. And pockets. We're one festival away from fiscal meltdown at the moment. No wonder people have to download all their music (Hahahahahahaha...just "kidding".)
The first line-up is:
BLACK FRANCIS (U.S.A.)
BLUE KING BROWN
BRITISH INDIA
C.W
STONEKING
CASSETTE KIDS
CONOR OBERST AND THE MYSTIC VALLEY BAND
(U.S.A.)
FIREKITES
JACKSON JACKSON
JOAN AS POLICEWOMAN (U.S.A.)
JOHN STEEL SINGERS
LADYTRON (U.K.)
LAURA JEAN
LIOR
PIKELET
LITTLE
RED
PAUL KELLY
PLUG IN CITY
SPOD
SUPERGRASS (U.K.)
THE E.L.F.
THE GALVATRONS
THE HOLIDAYS
THE MESS HALL
THE NEW PORNOGRAPHERS
(Canada)
THE PANICS
THE SCIENTISTS OF MODERN MUSIC
THE SEABELLIES
THEREDSUNBAND
WE ARE SCIENTISTS (U.S.A.)
WHITLEY
WONS PHREELY
YEASAYER (U.S.A.)
YVES KLEIN BLUE
There's a couple of other rumours floating round the net at the moment also. Either way, it's nice to see a festival list that isn't just The Presets and Little Red top to bottom. Well...
(Pic: Daniel Boud c/a The Great Escape site)