Listen Out is just around the corner, and is bringing with it one of the best lineups we’ve seen in some time. Childish Gambino, Rae Sremmurd, Joey Bada$$, ODESZA, Hayden James, Client Liaison and so many more, it is enough to make your head spin when you consider how spoiled for choice we punters are.
Unfortunately, it seems the folks behind this festival like to make things a little bit harder for us. They clearly like to make us sweat, with the announcement today that the Red Bull Music Academy Crate Diggers stage is set to also make a comeback for this year’s festival.
“What is the Crate Diggers?”, I hear you ask. The festival summed it up best themselves when they explained, “We round up a bunch of dance music experts who also happen to be excellent DJs and set them loose to excavate the musical ancestors of the sounds you’ll hear on the two main stage.” If that alone doesn’t sound like a good time, I don’t know what is.
From “All Australian Dance Music” to “Italo-Disco”, this stage is going to be one hell of a party and one that could well and truly rival the main stages. Check below for more details and then join me stressing out about how the hell I’m going to work out a timetable!
MELBOURNE:
Jack Love plays Rhythm Of The Night
Ara Koufax plays All Australian Dance Music
Discovery plays Daft Punk
Mat Cant plays Grime Scene
Brooklyn Queenz plays All-Girl Rap-Fest
Dizz 1 plays 1980-2014: 1 hip-hop track per year
Jonno Haze plays Remember Mash-ups?
PERTH:
Black & Blunt play Remember Mash-ups?
Troy Division plays All Australian Dance Music
Discovery plays Daft Punk
Genga & Oh Dear! play 100% Tropical
Deadweight plays Grime Scene
Shadow Brothers play Acid House
Klean Kicks & Asian play 1980-2014: 1 hip-hop track per year
SYDNEY:
Motorik Vibe Council plays Acid House
Bad Ezzy plays Mash-ups
Discovery plays Daft Punk
Moriarty plays Grime Scene
Tom Tilley plays All Australian Dance Music
Ariane plays Rhythm Of The Night
Typhonic plays 90s Trip-Hop
BRISBANE:
Lachness & Lavitz play All Australian Dance Music
Charlie Hustle plays 90s Trip-Hop
Discovery plays Daft Punk
Jimmy D & MJ Monsta play Acid House
Percy Miracles plays Grime Scene
Jordan James & Kendall Banks play 100% Tropical
Mark Maxwell plays Italo-Disco