NEWSFLASHES
NEWSFLASHES
LANEWAY FESTIVAL 2023:
Frank. The Japanese artist had audiences chanting, carrying their voices and feelings up to him with the emotional “Glimpse of Us” and melancholic “Slow Dancing In the Dark”.
A QUICK RECAP
This festival acted as a giant spotlight focusing on the power of music. Its ability to bring mass quantities of people with different values, ideas and experiences together is truly spectacular. [7] The shared experience of emotions and feelings that the artists can produce live makes this a worthwhile experience for anyone.
Love indie music or interested to know more? Dougal Tsakalos-Stewart has got you covered, recapping the latest from the Laneway indie music festival.
by Dougal Tsakalos-Stewart The highly anticipated indie music festival, Laneway, returned to Australia in 2023 for the first time since the pandemic. There were a plethora of artists at the festival both new and established to the musical scene. [1] The festival was hosted in five cities, including Melbourne, Sydney, Adelaide, Brisbane and Perth, all within a frantic eight day span. The festival was stocked with local homegrown gems whose talent had not yet been unearthed. These diamonds in the rough included Mallrat, a soft pop/indie artist from Brisbane who had been delivering heartfelt and wholesome tunes for the better part of five years. [2] Sycco and Abby Bella May were exciting newcomers onto the indie music festival scene, both making their names from winning the Triple J Unearthed artist of the year, with the latter winning this year. [3] While there were many other Australian artists, the marquee one was most certainly Jungle Giants, an indie rock band well known both domestically and globally. [4] On the international side of the artist list there was a stack of talent ranging from fairly undiscovered to well known performers. Stages were packed like sardines to have a peek at the famed Phoebe Bridgers, HAIM and Fred again. [5] Turnstile was also among the hits but had to miss the Brisbane and Sydney show due to their Grammy nominations. [6] The big performance however was Joji, otherwise known as Filthy
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Gallagher, Alex. “Laneway Festival Reveal Set Times for 2023 Edition and Line-up Changes.” NME, 17th Jan. 2023, https://www.nme.com/en_au/news/ music/laneway-festival-2023-set-times-lineup-changes-turnstile-hockey-dad-julia-jacklin-3381651. [2] Staff Writers. “Laneway Festival 2023 Line-Up.” Scenestr, 22 Jan. 2023, https://scenestr.com.au/music/laneway-festival-2023-line-up-20220921. [3] Ibid. [4] Ibid. [5] Ibid. [6] Varvaris, Mary. “Laneway Festival Reveals Set Times.” The Music, 17 Jan. 2023, https://themusic.com.au/news/laneway-festival-reveals-set-times/ bLF0fmFgY2I/17-01-23. [7] Heshmat, Sharam. “How Music Brings People Together.” Psychology Today, 30 Nov. 2021, https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/science-choice/202111/how-music-brings-people-together. [1]
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