ATP Round Up
posted Nov 18, 04:55 PM by Rick WebbFile under: Festivals , Overseas
Okay: First off we have the upcoming Nightmare Before Christmas curated by Portishead, and featuring Sparklehorse, The Aphex Twin, Julian Cope, Glenn Branca, the Silver Apples, Thurston More, Boris, Om and a million more. I’ve been on the fence about this – though I bought tickets when they went on sale – but now I’m thinking I may go. Anyone interested?
Next are the two springtime ATPs:
First, we have the Explosions in the Sky ATP, featuring Broken Social Scene, Dinosaur Jr, Trail of Dead, Iron and Wine, POLVO (!!!), Ghostface, Animal Collective and Four Tet. This is definitely looking like the better of the two for me.
Next is the ATP Vs Pitchfork, which is simultaneously kind of cool and kind of painful, especially after Iceland Airwaves, where the pitchfork reporters and photographers were about the most painfully embarrassing people at the whole event. The lineup isn’t terrible, but it’s definitely a little weaker. It does feature Sebadoh, though, which is pretty awesome, though this whole thing of trekking to the wilds of Somerset to see bands that are from Massachusetts is kind of silly. Other decent bands at this event feature Ween (I know, I know, subject to debate), the MEAT PUPPETS (I LOVE ATP’s undying love of grunge), Caribou, Les Savy Fav and Hot Chip.
Also, neither one seems to be during Coachella this year, which is nice. So hopefully I can make a spring ATP this year? Anyone interested?
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