A photo from Alexandra Palace

I took this pic last night at ATP's I'll Be Your Mirror event at Alexandra Palace. I've already posted it on my own Facebook and instagram, where it's getting lots of 'likes' so I thought I'd make it more public. It was taken in the Great Hall about 20 minutes before Melvins kicked off proceedings in there.

My full review of the event will be up on the 405 next week. Yesterday's highlights for me were Melvins and Wolves in the Throne Room, although Sleep and Slayer were both on amazing form. A straw poll of others suggests Sleep won the day.

ATP I'll Be Your Mirror clashfinder

Well, usually I wait until someone else does a clashfinder for a festival and then share it, but this time around no-one has bothered so I've actually done my own. Happily there aren't very many clashes to get distressed about. If you are going to the festival feel free to share the clashfinder spreadsheet below, and don't be afraid to correct me if you spot an error.

I'll Be Your Mirror clashfinder

festival preview: I'll Be Your Mirror, curated by Mogwai and ATP

With less than two weeks to go to ATP's I'll Be Your Mirror at Alexandra Palace in London I thought I would do a bit of homework on the line-up. The organisers have had a bit of a nightmare with this one, as the original Sunday headliners Guided By Voices pulled out shortly after the festival was announced, and band-of-the-moment Death Grips have recently cancelled all of the upcoming dates due to recording commitments. Those disappointments aside, the festival still has a tremendous amount to offer. It's a novelty for me to have an ATP that I don't have to stay at, so I'm not sure how that will change things, but I know there is still plenty to see here.
For this round-up, I plundered our archives for some old interviews with some of the bands, all from our fanzine days, mostly dating between from 1996-1998.

Chavez
Mogwai
Archers of Loaf
The Make-Up

As well as the return of those older bands, there is plenty of new music on the bill. I've made my own Spotify playlist, which is pretty heavy for the first section, but once you get past Harvey Milk you can start to relax. I suspect the same might be true of the weekend itself....



I'll Be Your Mirror, London runs from May 25th-27th at Alexandra Palace in north London. All other info can be found on their official site