Give Way to Laneway: 2012 Laneway Festival Happening Down Under

Prepare for a music movement like no other. Laneway is back in five venues.

Laneway has long been established in Australia and it returns with an exciting indie line-up for 2012. The historic sandstone buildings of Sydney's College of the Arts, the banks of Melbourne's Maribyrong River, the new expanded site at the University of South Australia, the lush grounds of the Perth Cultural Centre and the tree-lines laneways just within minutes from Brisbane CBD are the featured backdrops of next year's Laneway Festival.

The Laneway Festival began in 2004 when Danny Rogers and Jerome Borazio decided on including live music in one-of-a-kind settings to summer festivals in Melbourne. The first festival drew 1,400 attendees to St. Jerome's Bar at Melbourne's Caledonian Lane filled with awesome local music. From that blocked off laneway, the festival became a national event and a summer favorite for music-loving individuals.

So what's in store for the 2012 Laneway Festival? Music lovers and indie fans delight.

Female-fronted acts are sure to make up much of the 2012 Laneway Festival. Big names such as Laura Marling, Anna Calvi, Feist and the LA newcomer EMA will be kicking it off alongside The Horrors and Girls and M83. The festival will be starting off Jan. 28 in Brisbane and ending Feb. 11 in Perth.

Thirty-four indie bands are said to be included in the 2012 Laneway Festival. To mention a few, bands playing for the festival are Active Child, Pajama Club, The Very West and Total Control. For fans who wish to take part in the biggest musical event, tickets have been on sale since Oct. 19.

Schedule for the Laneway festival are as follows, the first which is on Jan. 28 at Alexandria Street, Fortitude Valley, Brisbane, the second held on February at Footscray Community Arts Centre, Melbourne, the third held on Feb. 5 at the Sydney College of the Arts, Balmain Road, the fourth held on Feb. 10 at Fowler's Live and UniSA West Courtyards Adelaide and lastly the fifth held on Feb. 11 at the Perth Cultural Centre, Beaufort Street.

Take part in Australia's musical event like no other country can offer. Bigger names and an even bigger setting, the 2012 Laneway Festival is something urban music and indie music lovers shouldn't miss out on.