A stack of official and non-offical Laneway Festival 2024 sideshows have just dropped with vast majority of concerts happening in Melbourne and Sydney.
AJ Tracey
AJ Tracey has plenty to boast about. In a few short years, the artist from Ladbroke Grove has solidified himself as British rap royalty, dominating the mainstream as a fully independent artist. From his early mixtape days to his sophomore album 'Flu Game', AJ Tracey has been known for his distinctive, eclectic flow and hit singles.He's the ultimate musical polymath with bars that blend seamlessly over any kind of beat: UK garage, grime and drill, trap, R&B and Caribbean soca music inspired by his Trinidadian roots.
Fri 2 Feb - Enmore Theatre (Sydney)
Thu 8 Feb - Forum Melbourne
Tickets on sale from 9 November.
Paris Texas
Paris Texas are true chaos. The wildly inventive duo from Los Angeles blend various strains of rap and rock music into a fusion of pure energy and irresistible urgency. In doing so they've exploded out of nowhere with one of the most unpredictable albums of the year.Whether filtered through songs like the serrated 'Ahead' or the pulsing playful 'Trying To Kill Me', their commitment to whatever feels nakedly true in a given instant makes members Louie Pastel and Felix unmissable voices in music today, and essential translators of the end times.
Thu 1 Feb - Oxford Art Factory (Sydney)
Thu 8 Feb - Night Cat (Melbourne)
Tickets on sale from 9 November.
DOMi & JD Beck
DOMi & JD Beck's music finds both humour and greatness in harmonic complexity, rhythmic shiftiness, and speed. DOMi favours sounds that evoke '70s jazz fusion and the colourful blips of 2000s Pokémon soundtracks, while JD tunes and plays his snare in ways that can sound electronic, channelling IDM and boom bap. Sometimes they're stuffed into a bathroom and sometimes the drums are muffled by pretzels stacked on the hi-hat, or toilet paper tossed on the snare.Their acclaimed debut album, 'Not Tight', released by Anderson .Paak's new label APESHIT in partnership with the legendary jazz label Blue Note Records, is an attempt to bottle their goofy magic.
Fri 2 Feb - Brunswick Picture House (Northern Rivers)
Fri 9 Feb - Factory Theatre (Sydney)
Sun 11 Feb - The Corner Hotel (Melbourne)
Tickets on sale from 9 November.
d4vd
d4vd, born David Burke, emerged as a visionary artist only one year after he began writing and recording heart-piercing tracks alone in his sister's closet in Houston, Texas. d4vd gained his now-eclectic taste in rap and indie music from internet wormholes and fan-made Fortnite videos on YouTube, which he began creating as a homeschooled teenager.Sick of running into copyright issues, he taught himself the basics on BandLab and started to record music to soundtrack his gaming videos. In 2022, after sharing the moody indie pop song 'Romantic Homicide' – which he recorded entirely on his iPhone – the penny dropped. The viral track landed him a deal with Darkroom Records while he was still in high school, the same label to sign Billie Eilish in her teens.
Fri 2 Feb - Liberty Hall (Sydney)
Thu 8 Feb - Croxton Bandroom (Melbourne)
Tickets on sale from 9 November.
Hemlocke Springs
A 24-year-old North Carolinian, Hemlocke Springs is one of the most talked about newcomers breaking into the alt-pop scene right now, but becoming a musician wasn't always part of her plan.In 2022, Hemlocke Springs took an unexpected detour while studying bioinformatics at Dartmouth and ended up with two back-to-back TikTok viral singles, 'Gimme All Ur Love' and 'Girlfriend'. Then she backed it up on 2023 track 'Sever The Blight', an era-eschewing pop song that shows the full extent of her experimental ambition.
Fri 2 Feb - Night Cat (Melbourne)
Wed 7 Feb - Oxford Art Factory (Sydney)
Tickets on sale from 9 November.
RAYE
A 25-year-old South Londoner, RAYE is an artist in hot demand, and the temperature dial is only going up. The release of her debut album 'My 21st Century Blues' in February, following an exit from her record label, heralded RAYE's arrival as an independent artist making music on her own terms.She refused to be pigeonholed into a single genre; and with the release of her debut album RAYE unknowingly shared the song that has become synonymous with 2023 – the viral, chart-topping smash hit 'Escapism feat. 070Shake'.
Wed 31 Jan - Enmore Theatre (Sydney)
Thu 1 Feb - Forum Melbourne
Tickets on sale from 9 November.
Blondshell
With the release of her self-titled debut album, breakthrough LA artist Blondshell has established herself as an undeniable star on the rise. She made an indelible impression at this year's SXSW, performed a stunning version of her song 'Salad' on her television debut for 'The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon', and has since played sold out shows around the world.Fri 9 Feb - The Corner Hotel (Melbourne)
Sun 11 Feb - Oxford Art Factory (Sydney)
Tickets on sale from 9 November.
Faye Webster
Faye Webster loves the feeling of a first take: writing a song, then heading to the studio with her band to track it live the very next day. When you listen to the 25-year-old Atlanta songwriter's poised and plainspoken albums, you can hear why: she channels emotions that are so aching, they seem to be coming into existence at that very moment.Faye's last album 'I Know I'm Funny haha' is her most realised manifestation of this emotional and musical alchemy. Continuing to bloom after her 2019 breakthrough 'Atlanta Millionaires Club', Webster's sound draws as much from the lap-steel singer-songwriter pop of the 1970s and teardrop country tunes as it does from the audacious personalities of her city's rap and R&B community, where she first found a home on Awful Records.
Wed 31 Jan - Croxton Bandroom (Melbourne)
Thu 1 Feb - Metro Theatre (Sydney)
Tickets on sale from 9 November.
Steve Lacy
Grammy Award-winning, Steve Lacy will return to Sydney on the final leg of his Gemini Rights album tour. Written, produced, and played almost entirely by Lacy, 'Gemini Rights' (2022) was an incredible leap forward for an artist who has already established himself as a true cultural force.The album was nominated for 4 Grammys, winning the award for Best Progressive R&B album, and reached #1 on the US Top Alternative and Top Rock albums charts. Lacy has over 27 million monthly listeners on Spotify, with the third highest audience residing in Sydney and his Billboard #1 single 'Bad Habit' is now 3x platinum in Australia.
Wed 31 Jan - Sydney Opera House Concert Hall
Thu 1 Feb - Sydney Opera House Concert Hall
Tickets on sale from 9 November.
Unknown Mortal Orchestra
'V' is the new record from Unknown Mortal Orchestra. With his sharpest-ever ear for "making it UMO", Ruban Nielson evokes blue skies, beachside cocktail bars and hotel pools without ever turning a blind eye to the darkness that lurks below perfect, pristine surfaces.The first double album in the UMO discography, 'V' makes a strong case for itself as Ruban's sunbleached masterpiece; it's a breakthrough work from a mid-career artist in full control of his creative powers. The record is an exquisite collection of songs that evokes the '70s rock and '80s pop of frontman Nielson's childhood, while exploring love, loss and his Hawaiian heritage.
Tue 30 Jan - Sydney Opera House Concert Hall
Thu 1 Feb - Odeon Theatre (Hobart)
Fri 9 Feb - Forum (Melbourne)
Tickets on sale from 9 November.
