Listen Out

Overview

Returning for a second year after a widely-publicised Parklife rebrand, national electronic dance music festival Listen Out has locked in dates for another year. Spearheaded by organisers and promoters Fuzzy (the team behind Field Day, Shore Thing and Harbourlife), Listen Out marked its debut last year to generally upward thumbs and rants about Azealia Banks' smokebomb.

Stopping by Sydney, Perth, Melbourne and Brisbane in spring, Listen Out's so-called 'boutique' set-up will "showcase the best dance music in a small but perfectly formed setting," according to Fuzzy. The nationally-touring festival will return to Sydney's Centennial Park, Perth's Ozone Reserve and Melbourne's Observatory Precinct, with a change in Brisbane venue from Southbank's Cultural Forecourt to the Brisbane Showgrounds.

Headlined by staggeringly popular UK duo Disclosure last year with highlights including Azealia Banks (very briefly), AlunaGeorge and Classixx, this year's lineup sees Flume, Chet Faker, Zhu, Schoolboy Q and more crank the beats up in the Observatory Precinct of the Royal Botanic Gardens.

LISTEN OUT 2014 LINEUP:

FLUME (only 2014 shows)
CHET FAKER
ZHU 
SCHOOLBOY Q
FOUR TET
YG
TA-KU
TOTALLY ENORMOUS EXTINCT DINOSAURS (DJ Set)
SHLOHMO
BONDAX 
YOUNG FATHERS 
YAHTZEL (DJ Set)
GOLDEN FEATURES 
TKAY MAIDZA 
TRIPLE J UNEARTHED WINNER
+ more

Image by Dominic Loneragan.