It may only be August but festival season is well and truly under way, and today’s announcement of the Falls Festival and Sunset Sounds lineups is a strong indication of just how huge our summer is going to be.

As ever, the close-knit collection of festivals are packed out with big names from across the alternative and indie rock spectrum including headliners Interpol, The National and even Joan Jett And The Blackhearts, but the festivals are also boasting a surprisingly diverse cast of artists, including plenty of dance acts like The Rapture, A-Trak, Casiokids, Peaches, Ladyhawke, Justice collaborators Jamaica and Klaxons who ITMers tipped to return earlier this week.

If that isn’t enough to get you excited, hip hop legends Public Enemy are returning to Australia as promised to bring in the New Year, with Chuck D and Flavor Flav set to perform their seminal album Fear Of A Black Planet in its entirety.

The local line is also chock full of goodness, with Sampology, Angus and Julia Stone and Tame Impala all making appearances across the New Year.

Falls Music and Arts Festival and Sunset Sounds 2010 line-up:

Interpol
Joan Jett And The Blackhearts
The National
The Living End
Public Enemy – Performing In Full Their Masterpiece ‘Fear Of A Black Planet’
Klaxons
Angus And Julia Stone
Tame Impala
The Rapture^
Ladyhawke
Cold War Kids
Sleigh Bells
Peaches – DJ/Karaoke/Performance Art Set (!)
Hot Hot Heat
Paul Kelly
Ash Grunwald
Children Collide
The Beautiful Girls^
The Soft Pack
Dan Sultan^
The Morning Benders
The Cool Kids
Junip
Kitty, Daisy And Lewis
Marina And The Diamonds^
The Middle East
Cloud Control
Yacht Club DJs
Washington
Boy And Bear
Sally Seltmann^
The Bamboos
Tijuana Cartel
A-Trak^
Edan The Dee-Jay^
Vampire Weekend’s Chris Baio
Beardyman^
The Cuban Brothers^
World’s End Press
Casiokids
Dan Kelly
Daara J Family
Jamaica
Charlie Parr
Jonathan Boulet
The Jezabels
Big Scary
Last Dinosaurs
Sampology
Eagle And The Worm
Jinja Safari
Tim And Jean
The Public Opinion Afro Orchestra

^Falls Festival only

The Falls Music and Art Festival 2010
December 28th – January 1st in Lorne, Victoria
December 29th – January 1st in Marion Bay, Tasmania

Sunset Sounds 2011
Wednesday 5th and Thursday 6th January 2011
Combining the Garden Stage in the Botanic Gardens and The Riverstage in the City Gardens

Falls ticket ballot closes August 18th and general tickets on sale 9am September 9th