This past weekend, the National curated and headlined their own ATP Festival in England, and during their set, they played four new songs. One of those was the set's opener, "Lola," a somber and…   Read Story »

This year's American version of the ATP Festival isn't canceled or anything, but from the looks of things, the festival won't be quite as much fun as it once promised to be. This year's Afghan…   Read Story »

Over the weekend, the Jeff Mangum-curated ATP festival went down in Butlins, Minehead, UK, and as a result there's some footage out there from the likes of Joanna Newsom, Low, and the Fall. Check…   Read Story »

You know who doesn't play a whole lot of rock festivals? Louis C.K., that's fucking who. In fact, the general-consensus greatest comedian in the world today never plays music festivals, presumably…   Read Story »

Back in the day, Greg Dulli's wailing soul-rock band the Afghan Whigs lent a much-needed air of sex and danger to an alt-rock era dominated by Seattle-style self-flagellating. The band broke up in…   Read Story »

Last month, we reported that the version of the All Tomorrow's Parties festival that the formerly reclusive Neutral Milk Hotel frontman Jeff Mangum was curating had been postponed from a planned…   Read Story »

The original idea behind Public Enemy's set in the Asbury Park convention hall was that they'd play their landmark 1990 album Fear Of A Black Planet in full, for the first time ever. Well, they did…   Read Story »

Jeff Mangum has justifiably been getting the lion's share of the attention surrounding the I'll Be Your Mirror festival; when a reclusive indie god comes out of hiding, it's a big deal. But the…   Read Story »

Though the location has changed, the community feel of the All Tomorrow's Parties festival experience is still intact on New Jersey's Asbury Park boardwalk. Though nothing can match the vibe and…   Read Story »

The people at All Tomorrow's Parties have announced the schedule for their Portishead-curated I'll Be Your Mirror festival, which takes over Asbury Park, New Jersey the weekend after next. Perusing…   Read Story »