Falls Festival 2014

Overview

Air out that mouldy tent, start rounding up the GoPros, Falls Festival have quite the epic 2014 lineup on their hands. With Byron now extended to a four-day program, Falls Festival is returning to its three sites (Lorne, Marion Bay and North Byron Parklands) for its annual New Year's Eve hootenanny.

So who's on the bill? Returning with a Mercury Prize and a million debut album copies sold under their belt, Leeds foursome Alt-J are sure to be one of the packed sets this year. There'll be ass everywhere with the presence of the unmissable Big Freedia. The sublimely talented SBTRKT is set to play a huge live set (one of Laneway Festival's best sets to memory), while the formidable Jamie XX will keep the basslines well up in grill.

Fresh from Glastonbury, George Ezra is set to be one of the festival highlights, with the debut set from the legendary Todd Terje, house monarchs Tensnake, Sydney trio Movement and San Francisco's Tycho sure to send everyone on a synthy, beats-fuelled odyssey.

Altanta's favourite 'flower punk' band The Black Lips are in. Confirmed after a leak in Cleo, UK's Glass Animals are confirmed to get sultry. Festival favourites Cold War Kids return with their latest album's material (and a few oldies), while Australia's own ARIA-winners The Temper Trap return to the live circuit with material from their upcoming third record.

Rap fans have some gleeful squealing to get to, with Brooklyn's Pro Era whiz Joey Bada$$, Killer Mike and El-P's Fool's Gold super-collab Run the Jewels, Melbourne's own Remi locked in.

'Stolen Dance' fans will have plenty to jig about with the first Australian tour of Milky Chance, Sydney's Bluejuice are playing their last round, London's Wolf Alice are sure to generate some buzz, and Canberran trio SAFIA are also buzzworthy inclusions.

There's a few Splendour returns: Britpop-loving Sydney dudes DMAs, newbie hip hop firecracker Tkay Maidza, Sydney dance legends The Presets, electronic whiz kid The Kite String Tangle, returning rock heavyweights Spiderbait, singalong starters Sticky Fingers and Riptider Vance Joy.

Falls will also see a kickass 'Boogie Nights' program featuring none other than the ever-kickass hip hop legends Salt n Pepa, Melbourne's best-dressed duo Client Liaison, Sydney partystarter Alison Wonderland and Canada's Badbadnotgood.

THE FALLS MUSIC & ARTS FESTIVAL 2014 LINEUP (IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER):

ALT-J
ASGEIR
BIG FREEDIA
THE BLACK LIPS
BLUEJUICE
COLD WAR KIDS
DAN SULTAN
DMAs
EMPIRE OF THE SUN
GEORGE EZRA
GLASS ANIMALS
JAGWAR MA
JAMIE XX
JOEY BADA$$
JOHN BUTLER TRIO
JULIAN CASABLANCAS + THE VOIDZ
KIM CHURCHILL
THE KITE STRING TANGLE
LA ROUX
MILKY CHANCE
MOVEMENT
THE PRESETS
REMI
RUN THE JEWELS
SAFIA
SBTRKT
SPIDERBAIT
STICKY FINGERS
THE TEMPER TRAP
TENSNAKE
TKAY MAIDZA
TODD TERJE (live)
TYCHO
VANCE JOY
WOLF ALICE

BOOGIE NIGHTS:
ALISON WONDERLAND
BADBADNOTGOOD
CLIENT LIAISON
DJ FLETCH
DJ WOODY PRESENTS 'HIP HOP IS 40' AV SHOW
SALT N PEPA
TWERKSHOP

COMEDY:
DAMIEN POWER
DANIEL TOWNES
HARLEY BREEN
LUKE McGREGOR
TOMMY DASSALO
URZILA CARLSON
+ MORE

Image: David Burke.