Stereolab will take time out from their Laneway Festival commitments to perform a number of Australian sideshows next year.

The UK band is one of a handful of acts to announce solo side shows on the back of the Australian music festival in 2009.

Other bands to announce solo gigs include Canadian band Born Ruffians, and US outfit The Hold Steady.

All three bands will play a limited number of dates in both Sydney and Melbourne this coming February.

US electronic artist Girl Talk will headline next year’s St Jerome’s Laneway Festival.

Joining Girl Talk on the festival’s first line-up are: 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.

Other acts named for the festival are 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.

See below for the Laneway festival side shows. Tickets for sideshows on sale Friday November 28.

Stereolab
Tuesday 3 February, Billboard The Venue, Melbourne
www.billboardthevenue.com.au (03) 9639 4000
Thursday 5 February, The Metro Theatre, Sydney
www.metrotheatre.com.au (02) 9550 3666

Born Ruffians
Tuesday 3 February, East Brunswick Club, Melbourne
www.eastbrunswickclub.com (03) 9388 9794
Thursday 5 February, Oxford Art Factory, Sydney
moshtix.com.au

The Hold Steady
Monday 2 February, The Corner Hotel, Melbourne
cornerhotel.com (03) 9427 9198
Wednesday 4 February, The Metro Theatre, Sydney
www.metrotheatre.com.au (02) 9550 3666

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