It was a Nightmare Before Christmas ATP for us this year. Curators were Les Savy Fav, Battles and Caribou and the venue was Butlins Minehead. The winter ATPs inevitably involve some unpleasant dashes through the cold/rain/snow, but the chalets are warm enough once you take the chill off them. The main building of the camp is a big pavilion ( Read more... )

Over the weekend Amy and I went over to London. On Saturday we went to the Portishead-curated I'll Be Your Mirror event, a sort of mini-All Tomorrows Parties. Sunday we just spent some time in London ( Read more... )

Lee said that he'd only go to All Tomorrow's Parties again if Godspeed reformed, and that wasn't going to happen. Well they did and they have and he has eaten his words like a bitter post rock pill.

Most hyperactive band of the weekendHoly crap The Ex. The Ex are a dutch anarchist post-punk band formed in 1979. Their line-up may have changed ( Read more... )

This was not mastered directly to metal or pressed into 165 grams of virgin dye blackened vinyl. There is, in fact, nothing at all special about the manufacturing of this compact disc.
Maybe hate is the wrong term, but the annoyance of CDs is steadily outweighing their utility. It seems whenever I want to play a CD these days: I spent ten minutes ( Read more... )

Since I was about 12 or so, music has been a key part of my life.
I've always had a bit of a musical ear, though not any talent for making music. Around the age of 12 I started getting into pop music. As with anyone, the stuff I liked when I was younger is a mixed bag. The first album I ever bought - Pulp's Different Class - is a record I'd ( Read more... )

(save the rare ones) and start again.

But I'm not really sure why.

Or whether it's a good idea.

I think I'd need a collecting and listening strategy to rebuild, and that's what I'm lacking. I should do a week on early post-punk, a week on krautrock, a week on bleeding edge electronic music, and so-on. Or something.

I was going to try and write a long post about my relationship with music, which would probably end up boring and fruitless. Instead I'm going with this, which hopefully will be more fun for everyone ( Read more... )

via youtube clips.

http://inbflat.net/

Although my firefox tends to jitter when there are more than three clips playing, which spoils it a bit.

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All Tomorrow's Parties 2009, curated by the Breeders, summary: generally good, but not great.

( SNARE DRUM! SNARE DRUM! )