Auckland's Laneway music festival has suffered a second blow, with headliner James Blake pulling out to attend the Grammy Awards just weeks before the event.

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Here are six hot young acts we're looking forward to checking out at Laneway.

Check out the local and international acts performing at the 2014 Laneway Festival, taking place at Auckland's Silo Park.

Laneway Festival's new line-up has been revealed.

Take a look at some of the artists that will be playing at the 2014 Laneway Festival on January 27.

Mark Kneebone. Cool by name, and cooler by nature, Kneebone is Co- Promoter of the St Jerome's Laneway Festival. Now in its fourth year, Laneway has grown to become the largest Auckland-based music festival and the leading alternative music festival in New Zealand. The backstage story follows Mark as he got ready for the 2013 Auckland Laneway Festival.

Watch a replay of Street Chant speaking to Hugh Sundae in NZ Herald Online's live-stream studio at St Jerome's Laneway Festival, 2013.

Watch a replay of Real Estate speaking to Hugh Sundae in NZ Herald Online's live-stream studio at St Jerome's Laneway Festival, 2013.

Watch a replay of Lawrence Arabia speaking to Hugh Sundae in NZ Herald Online's live-stream studio at St Jerome's Laneway Festival, 2013.

Join the NZ Herald team and a host of thousands from Auckland's Silo Park for today's Laneway 2013 live blog.

Photos from St Jerome's Laneway Festival at Auckland's Silo Park.

Jessie Ware was studying journalism and doing dissertations on Kafka when a lucky break changed her life.

For Talking Heads, academic and author Andrew Dubber and director of the New Zealand chapter of St Jerome's Laneway Festival, Mark Kneebone, talked about new music strategies in the digital age.

Eclectic English singer-songwriter Natasha Khan, better known as Bat for Lashes, will headline January's Laneway festival in the wake of her new third album.

The line-up has been announced for the St Jerome's Laneway Festival, which will be held at Silo Park in Auckland's Wynyard Quarter in January 2013.

Join nzherald.co.nz on Monday January 30 for full coverage of St Jerome's Laneway Festival at Auckland's Silo Park