But wait ... there's more

Passion Pit. Photo / Supplied

If you're keen on a hooting and hollering knees-up at the Big Day Out, then check out Passion Pit - the brainchild of 21-year-old American musical upstart Michael Angelakos.

Passion Pit's debut album, Manners, was released earlier this year and it's a kinky and fruity sounding 80s-tinged party starter with a live show to match.

On a more lo-fi and folky level, but no less eccentric, comes Texan singer/songwriter Devandra Banhart. He's sometimes described as freak folk, and having just released his seventh album, What Will We Be, he's a dead certainty for a sunny late afternoon spot on the top field.

Also joining Big Day Out headliners Muse, and other visitors like the Mars Volta, Lily Allen, Kasabian, Dizzee Rascal, Groove Armada, and metal titans Mastodon, are British producers to the stars Simian Mobile Disco, Jamaican reggae and dancehall producer Beenie Man, Aussie garage rockers Jet, and superstar Welsh DJ, Sasha, who will no doubt get the Boiler Room all hot and sweaty with his progressive brand of oonst oonst.

On the local front, rockers Midnight Youth lead the charge, along with Cairo Knife Fight, Mountaineater, the reunited Head Like A Hole, The Veils, Deja Voodoo, Kidz In Space and up-and-comers Bandicoot, who will "melt your face".