Originally written by Luke Slater · 4 March 2010
And so it came to be...the final wave of bands were announced for the Pavement-curated All Tomorrow's Parties Festival. It was met not with a fanfare, but with a polite smattering of applause, mostly from those who had seen it mature to something of relative beauty, but pale in comparison to its younger, prettier sibling.
ONE MORE TIME! This round we have:
Terry Reid featuring Matt Sweeney Times New Viking Surfer Blood Avi Buffalo
Who join this rabble of people who call themselves 'artists':
Pavement The Fall Faust Quasi Endless Boogie Enablers Broken Social Scene Mission of Burma Calexico The Raincoats Fiery Furnaces The Walkmen Omar Souleyman Atlas Sound Grail The Drones Saccharine Trust The Clean Wooden Shjips Sic Alps Pierced Arrows Spiral Stairs Blitzen Trapper The 3Ds Marble Valley The Authorities Wildbirds & Peacedrums Boris Boris performing Feedbacker Camera Obscura Mark Eitzel Monotonix The Dodos Venom P. Stinger Wax Fang Tim Chad & Sherry Horse Guards Parade Still Flyin'
Interested?!
The festival takes place at Butlins, Minehead from May 10 to May 13. Tickets are PRETTY MUCH already sold out so, unless you want to engage in some kind of unofficial ticket buying, you might find it difficult to gain entrance lawfully. More information can be found here. Remember there's still plenty of tickets left for the spectacular Matt Groening-curated ATP. Well worth a look.
Main photo by Simon Fernandez