All Tomorrow's Parties is an institution.
For more than a decade now the team have been lining up exceptional events, inviting some truly legendary artists to curate stellar bills.
Fresh from another Icelandic instalment, ATP are now focussed on ATP 2.0 Nightmare Before Christmas. Running between November 27th – 29th, legendary artistic siblings The Chapman Brothers will oversee the line up.
Expect sets from Courtney Barnett, Jessica Pratt, The Notwist and a band named Thee Oh Sees – and it seems ATP founder Barry Hogan is a big fan of the latter…
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Lana Del Rey – 'High By The Beach'
So I have been tasked with reviewing all the latest hot jams for the lovely folk at Clash. The first alleged hot jam is from Lana Del Rey who has a very distinct but seductive voice singing about getting cunted on the beach with her new boyfriend. This one has no video, just some weird picture of her where the sea moves and her hair blows with a static face but when the YouTube comments are more interesting than the song you know you are in trouble.
My favourite was this one: “mohallam17 1 day ago Excuse me, I am not talented in writing comments, but this is an extraordinary music.”
This song would be better if she just stopped all this bullshit and decided to sound like Thee Oh Sees. That would fuck people up so much.
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Abandcalledboy – 'LA Dick'
This is a band that is from Northern Ireland who describe themselves as like Boyzone but much noisier. Apparently they are nice chaps and they like Health and Fugazi. Not their own health. Health the band. that every cunt is wetting themselves over, sound no longer like a caffeine free diet Battles but now a Coke Zero version of Depeche Mode. Don't hold that against abandcalledboy. The track is decent and best of the bunch.
Also, Fugazi rule. Everyone should be taught Fugazi, Black Sabbath and Thee Oh Sees at school. If that happened the world would be a better place.
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Tinashe ft. Iggy Azalea – 'All Hands On Deck'
When you were at school – were you forced to learn how to play the recorder? Like, it's the most useless fucking instrument on earth, that no one ever fucking plays. But somehow some huge anus behind this abortion of a track thought it would be a good idea to add a recorder towards the end. If it's not a recorder and is a fucking pan pipe… fuck you, it sounds like a recorder. I think if they covered Thee Oh Sees I would like this.
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Tough Love ft. Ginuwine – 'Pony (Jump On It)'
I'd rather slice my scrotum, grab my balls and throw them at the wall like marbles than listen to this fucking utter dogshit. Definitely needs more Oh Sees.
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Caspian – 'Darkfield'
This band sound like Mogwai, meets Explosions In The Sky, second most interesting thing so far. I bet they like Thee Oh Sees. Who doesn't? I fucking love that band. Best band in the world
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Blonde – 'Feel Good'
The last track comes from Bristol production duo that are called Blonde. A dance track with a house beat and a cheesy piano. It's called 'Feel Good (It's Alright)'. But that's very deceiving as it's not made me feel good and it's far from alright. I have just put on 'The Dream' by Thee Oh Sees. Now I feel good.
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ATP 2.0 Nightmare Before Christmas runs between November 27th – 29th – tickets.
