A nice little treat arrived in the inblx this morning in the shape of the first batch of acts coming for the Laneway Festival.

The lineup is as follows:

GIRL TALK, STEREOLAB, ARCHITECTURE IN HELSINKI, THE HOLD STEADY, THE DRONES, CUT OFF YOUR HANDS, FOUR TET, TAME IMPALA, EL GUINCHO, JAY REATARD, BURAKA SOM SISTEMA DJ/MC SET, THE TEMPER TRAP, NO AGE, JOHN STEEL SINGERS, CANYONS, PIVOT, PORT O’BRIEN, HOLLY THROSBY, BORN RUFFIANS, MOUNTAINS IN THE SKY, TIM FITE, STILL FLYIN , DAEDELUS…plus more to be announced.

Saturday, 31 January 2009 BRISBANE Alexandria St off St Paul’s Terrace, Fortitude Valley

Sunday, 1 February 2009 MELBOURNE Lonsdale St, Caledonian Lane and Little Lonsdale St, Melbourne

Friday, 6 February 2009 PERTH Perth Cultural Centre, Northbridge

Saturday, 7 February 2009 ADELAIDE Fowler’s Live, Northern Terrace

Sunday, 8 February 2009 SYDNEY The Basement, Macquarie Park & Reiby Place, Circular Quay

Tickets are onsale Monday, 27 October 2008 from Moshtix.

I’ll be particularly keen to check out No Age, Four Tet and Girl Talk.  Here is a teaser of what you can expect from No Age…