With legendary sonic architects My Bloody Valentine set to curate December’s All Tomorrows Parties’, this winter’s Nightmare Before Christmas looks set to be the highlight of the festive season, with Toronto punk dons Fucked Up, The Buzzcocks and Wounded Knee now also set to play.
With a bill already boasting De La Soul, Sonic Youth, The Horrors (new album reviewed HERE) and My Bloody Valentine, the December event’s ever-expanding line-up looks set to follow this year’s summer line-up as one of the best on offer.
With post-grunge icons Sonic Youth’s new album ‘The Eternal’ set to be released this week, the legendary slacker faves have been playing some of their most incendary live shows in memory – you can also read a full feature on the band in this month’s isue of Clash Magazine.
Hip Hop legends De La Soul, meanwhile have been celebrating 20 years since the release of their classic ‘3 Feet High And Rising’ album. The New York trio are currently following in LCD Soundsystem’s footsteps by releasing a one-track, 44 minute composition for the Nike + Sport Music series, before returning to air their classic hip hop back catalogue in December. The full line up so far runs as follows…
My Bloody Valentine / Sonic Youth / De La Soul / EPMD / Sun Ra Arkestra / The Horrors / Buzzcocks / Spectrum / Fucked Up/ Le Volume Courbe / Wounded Knee
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