Take a look at the line-up for Laneway Festival in picture form here!

St. Jerome’s Laneway Festival is undoubtedly Australia’s coolest streetparty for discerning music lovers, and it is back bigger than ever with one of its finest line-ups to date in 2009. Heading up the bill is the master of blips, blops and samples, Girl Talk, who will be joined by the utterly mesmerising Stereolab on their first trip down under in six years. There’s also the king of pervasive pop-punk, cult favourite Jay Reatard, as well as Aussie inclusions Architecture in Helsinki, The Drones and back from recording their debut album, The Temper Trap.

Laneway Festival first round line-up:

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

With more announcements to come.

As previously announced, the party is stretching national this year as St. Jerome’s heads to Perth for the first time. Melbourne is also in for one helluva block party, as the festival will now take over Little Lonsdale Street and part of the QV Building.

Laneway tour dates:

Sat Jan 31 – Brisbane, Alexandria St off St Paul’s Terrace, Fortitude Valley
Sun Feb 1 – Melbourne, Lonsdale St, Caledonian Lane and Little Lonsdale St, Melbourne
Fri Feb 6 – Perth, Perth Cultural Centre, Northbridge
Sat Feb 7 – Adelaide, Fowler’s Live, Northern Terrace
Sun Feb 8 – Sydney, The Basement, Macquarie Park & Reiby Place, Circular Quay

Tickets go onsale Monday October 27th, stay tund for further updates.