The sounds of indie outfit Worlds End Press and lo-wave duo Buzz Kull, among many others, will be rolling down the hills at Mountain Sounds Festival in March, as announced yesterday in the second release of the line up.

The Central Coasts newest sustainable boutique festival, have added the likes of Slow Blow, SOSUEME DJ’s, Theives, Tropical Zombie, as well as coasty locals Sea Legs, Elliot the Bull and the Lazys. Check out the full line up below.

NEW ADDITIONS:
Buzz Kull
Elliot The Bull
The Lazys
Parkside
Roof
Sea Legs
Slow Blow
SOSUEME DJs
Thieves
Tropical Zombie
World’s End Press

FIRST LINE UP ANNOUNCEMENT:
Ball Park Music
Beni
Canyons (DJ Set)
Cosmo’s Midnight
Emma Louise
The Holidays
Jinja Safari
L D R U
Midnight Juggernauts (DJ Set)
Snakadaktal
Sticky Fingers
Wordlife (Live)
Yolanda Be Cool
Yacht Club DJs

Coincidentally the line up was revealed the same day as notorious musical grim reaper and “most powerful man in Australian music” AJ Maddah announced the collapse of the Perth leg of Australia’s most iconic festival Big Day Out. Put down to faltering sales and lack of support, the scrapping of Perth’s Big Day Out highlights the paradigm shift occurring in the live music culture- with people moving away from large scale mass crowd pleasers, and opting for more specifically-tailored, niche line ups and experiential based smaller scale festivals.

Are boutique festivals the wave of the future for the Australian live music industry?