Holy shit. Falls Festival have just dropped the lineup for their 2015 instalment and it’s fucking huge.

Topping the list we have a trio of UK acts: Foals, Bloc Party and Disclosure. From across the Atlantic Ocean, there’s festival favourites Kurt Vile & the Violators, Mac Demarco and Gary Clark Jr. Highlights of the local crop include Paul Kelly & Merri Soul Sessions (featuring Clairy Browne, Dan Sultan, Kira Puru, Vika & Linda Bull), Courtney Barnett and Falls veterans Hilltop Hoods.

Here’s the full first announcement, in alphabetical order:

Alpine, The Avener, Birds of Tokyo, Bloc Party, Borns, Courtney Barnett, Disclosure, Django Django, Foals, Gang of Youths, Gary Clark Jr, Halsey, Hiatus Kaiyote, Hilltop Hoods, King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard, Kurt Vile and the Violators, Little May, The Maccabess, Mac Demarco, Meg Mac, Oh Wonder, Paul Kelly & Merri Soul Sessions, Rufus, Seth Sentry, Toro Y Moi, Young Fathers + more to come.

The Falls Music and Arts Festival goes down from December 28 until January 1 in Lorne, Victoria, as well as December 29 until Jan 01 in Marion Bay, TAS and December 31 until January 3 in Byron Bay, NSW. Hit fallsfestival.com.au/ for full details.

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