Laneway Official Band Site

Louise has been selected to attend the Song Summit music convention for 2012. She’ll be participating in songwriting workshops, panels and industry networking experiences. This is a wonderful opportunity for Louise and Laneway and would not have been possible without the support from Australasian Performing Rights Association (APRA) and Arts Queensland.

The new premises of Matt Redlich’s studios in Brisbane will be a space so may songs will be beautifully captured and released. It was a pleasure hovering in the halls and hearing the tales of the old timber sales yard that now houses that studio. Even more enjoyable was handing the new Laneway tunes over to the 2” tape last weekend. (And that is a mahogany bodied Martin guitar in the background behind Louise. Yes, indeed, it is.)

What do you get when you put Louise and Paul in a wooden house in the woods for a week – accompanied by Steve Fraser of Little Gold Studios? The start of a new record – that’s what.

Creeping out of the cabin to play a few shows in December, Louise and Paul will be joined by Fingers Malone (who plays drum set on Laneway releases) at two beautiful support shows. Hope to see you at one of these…’tis the season.

December 11th – 6pm
The Rails, Byron Bay NSW
featuring  Fingers Malone on drumset
with The Lucky Wonders

December 16th – 8pm
The Soundlounge, Currumbin QLD
featuring Fingers Malone on drumset
with Frank Fairfield (USA)

It is a pleasure to announce that Louise & Paul were shortlisted this year for Queensland’s most prestigious songwriting award, The Grant McLennan Memorial Fellowship. The associations with such a talented composer and performer are very encouraging. And so, to the studio for that second album…

When some unseasonal weather blows in at Crawler Records HQ what better afternoon activity than making a film clip to the latest Laneway single release. There are many thanks involved here with special mention to the stunt actors, the amazing camera operator who we like to call Zippy, and of course, Mother Nature herself for providing the set and effects.  So here’s the results: The Turbine. Enjoy.

Laneway will perform a special little set at Swell Tavern that will be recorded as a part of the ALIVE LIVE TV Series. If you are on the Gold Coast get along to Burleigh on July 16th and be a part of it.

Colin O’Reilly, aka, Fingers Malone, has put out another release with his project The Fingers Malone Ensemble. This album The FME Remixes Vol 1. includes his take on Laneway’s track Letter Writing. Laneway is very happy to be featured on the collection. You can get the album for free here.

Packed and as ready as ever. Laneway starts The Far East Tour on Thursday May 12th at The Beetle Bar in Brisbane with The Yearlings and Cowper. The former ‘Biscuit’ (now hybrid) guitar is coming with us to add some new flavours to the duo shows. And there’s CD, stickers and tote bags in the merch section of the Tour Van. Everyone’s a winner! The Shows page details tour and side shows right across the south eastern region of this fine country. See you on the road, folks.

Fingers Malone, who plays drums on Laneway’s album and lastest single, has a whole bunch of excellent work worth checking out. The Fingers Malone Ensemble’s LP, Push is a wonderful collection of drum machines, synthesisers and old keyboards blended into fine hip hop stylings. This is a new clip for the song ‘Home’ that Louise sings on. The vocal was recorded in a wooden cottage by the beach one afternoon between a beer at sunset and the onset of noisy crickets whirring outside.

Fingers Malone is based in London presently and his live shows are well worth checking out.