the summer ATP arent even over yet and they have already announced the Christmas one and wow

"After the enormous success of last year’s sold out and mind-blowing UK tour and a brilliant turn as the inaugural curators for ATP New York, we are very pleased to announce that the curators for ATP: Nightmare Before Christmas, 2009 will be:

MY BLOODY VALENTINE!

The event will take place at Butlins Holiday Resort in Minehead, England from December 4th - 6th, 2009.

So far confirmed to join the legendary sonic sculptors are:

Sonic Youth
De La Soul
EPMD
Sun Ra Arkestra
The Horrors

And of course, My Bloody Valentine themselves."

Tickets go on sale Firday

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If your in England or have the spare cash to head over this is value for money just look at the line up.
SHELLAC
OM
LES SAVY FAV
WOODEN SHJIPS
PISSED JEANS
LIGHTNING BOLT
+ DJ ANDY WEATHERAL

The event will take place at London's Kentish Town Forum, on All Hallows Eve itself, October 31st.
Doors on the night will open at 6.30pm, tickets are priced at £22.50 in advance.
(videos for all the bands in the read more)


Shellac - Steady As She Goes


OM - Flight Of The Eagle 1


Les Savy Fav - "The Sweat Descends"


Wooden Shjips live


Pissed Jeans - I've Still Got You Ice Cream


Lightning Bolt - Two Towers

(last time i saw Lightning Bolt i had ringing in my ears for two days)

Andrew Weatherall - Live



If all this has you bummed out cuz you cant make it over take Solis in the fact that Shellac are playing Tuesday Oct 28 in The Button Factory Doors 8pm
Tickets €20 from Road Records, City Discs, Spindizzy

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Melvins and Mike Patton have been announced as joint curators of All Tomorrow's Parties Nightmare Before Christmas festival in December.

The line-up so far:

Curated by Melvins,
Melvins
Isis
Neil Hamburger
Dalek
Big Business

Curated by Mike Patton
Fantômas perform The Director's Cut
The Locust
Zu

will post more of the line up as its announced
The event takes place December 5-7 at Butlins Holiday Camp, Minehead
(this has made me so happy ive been getting sick all day with a stomach bug but this news has made my day)
so i guess the MP3 for today has to be Fantômas Melvins Big Band and im so happy its gonna be two Mp3s

MP3>Fantômas Melvins Big Band - The Bit


MP3>Fantômas Melvins Big Band - cape fear

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stage times for Explosions in the Sky-curated ATP festival at Butlins in Minehead. in the read more

Friday the 16th of May

Pavilion Stage
EXPLOSIONS IN THE SKY - 8.45PM - 10PM
SUNSET RUBDOWN - 7.00PM - 8.15PM
PAPIER TIGRE - 5.45PM - 6.45PM

Centre Stage
FOUR TET - 1.30AM - 2.30AM
THE PAPER CHASE - 12AM - 1AM
OLA PODRIDA - 10.30PM - 11.30PM
DINOSAUR JR - 7.15PM - 8.30PM
MONO - 6.00PM - 6.45PM
CONSTANTINES - 4.45PM - 5.30PM

Reds
PALE GALLERY - 12.30AM - 1.15AM
PHOSPHOROSCENT - 11.15PM - 12PM
THE OCTOPUS PROJECT - 10PM - 10.45PM

Saturday the 17th of May

Pavilion Stage
THE NATIONAL - 8.30PM - 10PM
IRON AND WINE - 6.45PM - 8.00PM
OKKERVIL RIVER - 5.15PM - 6.15PM
A HAWK AND A HACKSAW - 3.45PM - 4.45PM
JENS LEKMAN - 2.30PM - 3.15PM

Centre Stage
BATTLES - 1.45AM - 3AM
STARS OF THE LID - 12.00AM - 1AM
ADEM - 10.30PM - 11.30PM
DINOSAUR JR - 8.30PM - 10.00PM
TRAIL OF THE DEAD - 6.45PM - 8.00PM
GHOSTFACE KILLAH - 5.15PM - 6.15PM
SAUL WILLIAMS - 4.00PM - 4.45PM
WORLDS END GIRLFRIEND - 2.45PM - 3.30PM

Reds
LAZARUS - 12.30AM - 1.30AM
WESTERN KEYS - 11.15PM - 12.00AM
ELUVIUM - 10.00PM - 10.45PM

Sunday the 18th of May

Pavilion Stage
BROKEN SOCIAL SCENE - 8.30PM - 10PM
DE LA SOUL - 7.00PM - 8.00PM
SILVER JEWS - 5.30PM - 6.30PM
BEACH HOUSE - 4.00PM - 5.00PM
BAND TBA - 2.30PM - 3.30PM

Centre Stage
THE FIELD - 1.30AM - 2.30AM
BATTLES – 11.45PM – 1AM
LICHENS - 10.30PM - 11.15PM
RAEKWON featuring GHOSTFACE KILLAH - 8.30PM - 10.00PM
ANIMAL COLLECTIVE - 7.00PM - 8.00PM
ATLAS SOUND - 5.30PM - 6.30PM
POLVO - 4.00PM - 5.00PM

Reds
BAND TBA - 12.30AM - 1.30AM
TONY TEARDROP - 11.15PM - 12.00AM
THE DRIFT - 10.00PM - 10.45PM

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Even if your not going to either of the ATP this year (dont know what im talking about check the both line up here and here) you will still be reaping the benefits , two more acts from ATP are going to be stopping off on our shores on there way to ATP. The bands Battles and Liars. yup both of them are playing vicar street on Thursday May 15. Both bands are great and a must see live band.

LIARS - Let's Not Wrestle Mt. Heart Attack



Battles - Atlas


People won't be people when they hear this sound
That's been glowing in the dark at the edge of town
People won't be people, no
The people won't be people when they hear this sound
Won't you show me what begins at the edge of town

The singer is a crook
The singer is a crook
The singer is a crook
The singer is a crook
The kitchen is the cook
The scissors are the barbers
The singer is a crook
The chorus, full of actors

check out this old article from the onion , and have a look at who is the temp
click here

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Trip-hop legends Portishead are getting back in gigging form with a Bristol show on December 15th. A long awaited new album is due to finally arrive soon, and the band's profile is being firmly re-raised with their curating the All Tomorrows Parties 'Nightmare Before Christmas' event next weekend in Butlins, Minehead (in Wales, as googlemaps helpfully informed me).

The band have handpicked the lineup & will perform live themselves in what's just another example of why the ATP crew are probably the best promoters in the world. Here's a sample of the lineup: Portishead, Aphex Twin, Sparklehorse, Malcolm Middleton, Black Mountain, Thurston Moore. This list goes on. And on. Check it out here.

Other ATP gigs lined up are pant-crappingly exciting. Here's their 'ATP vs Pitchfork' lineup, featuring Sebadoh!! Click.

Here's the Explosions In The Sky curated event. Click.

And here's one of their 'Don't Look Back' shows, where artists play classic albums in their entirety. The first one for 08 is a band I not three sentences ago awarded a double exclamation mark. Yes, Sebadoh performing 1993's 'Bubble & Scrape'. Here's hoping Lou Barlow & Co will grant us an audience over on this side of the Irish sea before long.

Here's Portishead performing 'Roads' amazingly, from their live in New York DVD:

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