The Meredith Music Festival has some surprise classic artists for 2015 with Thurston Moore of Sonic Youth and 70s soul act The Fatback Band making the line-up.
The Fatback Band were one of New York’s disco acts of the 70s. Their classic is ‘(Are You Ready) Do The Bustop’, a number 26 hit in Australia in 1976 which resurged at number 38 in 1987.
Thurston Moore is a founding member of Sonic Youth (1981-2011). The band made 17 albums over that time with the Australian chart positions ‘Dirty’ (no 22, 1992), Experimental Jet Set, Trash and No Star’ (no 25, 1994(, ‘Washing Machine’ (no 34, 1995), ‘A Thousand Leaves’ (no 66, 1998), ‘Murray Street’ (no 78, 2002), ‘Sonic Nurse’ (no 54, 2004), ‘Rather Ripped’ (no 40, 2006) and the final album ‘The Eternal’ (no 52, 2009).
The Meredith Music Festival is December 11, 12 and 13, 2015 at the Meredith Amphitheatre.
Meredith line-up 2015
Big Daddy Kane
Bully
Father John Misty
Floating Points
Fatback Band
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Goat
Harvey Sutherland
Jessica Pratt
Julia Holter
Levins
Lucy Cliche
The Peep Tempel
Master Khalil Gudaz
MC Jane Clifton
Mighty Duke And The Lords
Briggs Moon Duo
Neon Indian Optimo
Pearls
Power
Ratatat
Shellac
Steve Miller Band
The Thurston Moore Band
Tkay Maidza
Totally Mild
Uncle Acid And The Deadbeats
Unknown Mortal Orchestra
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