Le Slackre du Printemps (Indie Central XVI)

Dit klinkt ook wel als een interessant festival, zo'n 60 km van London vandaan.
http://www.atpfestival.com/

Devendra Banhart, Sleater-Kinney Curate ATP Fest, Start Planning Next Year's NADPH Fest

I think it's really amazing that someone is finally giving the process of cellular respiration the respect it deserves. I mean, without cellular respiration, plants couldn't photosynthesize, and people wouldn't be able to process glucose into energy. Everything would die! But cellular respiration never gets any love. When's the last time you saw an "I LOVE Glycolysis" one-inch pin, or a girl with a Krebs Cycle diagram tattooed on her lower back? Well, Devendra Banhart, Sleater-Kinney and other musicians are on a mission to change all that. They're curating this May's ATP fest, two weekends of music celebrating the important contributions that ATP (adenosine triphosphate) makes to the cellular respiration process! Confused? Take a look at this diagram. You wouldn't want to be the only person at ATP fest who doesn't get how the phosphorus cycle works, would you?

Mudhoney, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, and Devendra Banhart will each curate a day of music on the first weekend (May 12th – May 14th ), and Dinosaur Jr., Sleater-Kinney, and the Shins will each curate a day on the second weekend (May 19th – May 21st). Some of the picks are pretty predictable (Devendra Banhart booked Vetiver and Vashti Bunyan?! Holy shit!), while some are more puzzling (I never knew Sleater-Kinney liked Lightning Bolt, but that's cool), and the result is a generally strong and eclectic indie rock roster. The shows will be held at Camber Sands Holiday Centre in East Sussex, UK, which is about 60 miles away from London. Here's who's playing so far:

Mudhoney Day
Mudhoney
Comets On Fire
Black Mountain
The Drones
The Scientists
Country Teasers
David Dondero
Jon Wahl & The Amadans
Total Sound Group Direct Action Committee
The Flesh Eaters

Yeah Yeah Yeahs Day
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Liars
TV On The Radio
Oneida
The Blood Brothers
Ex Models
Celebration
Imaginary Folk
Tall Boys
Services

Devendra Banhart Day
Devendra Banhart
Vashti Bunyan
Vetiver
Espers
Bat For Lashes
Jana Hunter
The Metallic Falcons
Danielle Stech-Homsy
Bert Jansch
The Watts Prophets

Dinosaur Jr. Day
Dinosaur Jr.
Dead Meadow
Bevis Frond
Broken Social Scene
The Brian Jonestown Massacre
The Lilys
Eater
Magik Markers

Sleater-Kinney Day
Sleater-Kinney
MC David Cross
The Gossip
Spoon
Lightning Bolt
Joanna Newsom
Boredoms (pictured)

The Shins Day
The Shins
The New Pornographers
The Decemberists
Clinic
Big Business
Triangle
Destroyer
The Black Keys

Rumor has it that the Scientists (one of Mudhoney's picks, see above) are especially excited to fête their favorite nucleotide. If you want to join in the celebration, tickets are available at www.atpfestival.com or www.wegottickets.com. ?125 will get you admission to all of one weekend's shows, plus three nights' accommodation in a "chalet," and access to onsite mini-golfing and go-karts (amazing). Of course, you also have to pay to get to England (unless you're already there, you lucky son of a gun).

My friend Geoff thought the first weekend was in New York and the second weekend was in Boston, due to the huge map of the United States with little flags sticking up out of New York and Boston that graces the main page of the ATP fest site. Granted, Geoff was probably really high when he was deceived by this image, but I must admit, it is sort of confusing. In Geoff's words, "why the fuck would they have a huge fucking map of the US if the concert's in the fucking UK?" So, to make things completely clear: ATP fest is definitely in ENGLAND . And you can get tickets from the two sites I mentioned, or I guess you could buy a pair off my friend Geoff, who's pretty pissed off that he can't afford the airfare.

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Op vrijdag 27 januari 2006 11:59 schreef spacemangraig het volgende:

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Best gaaf, tot dat je de prijzen ziet

125 pond? Au. En met een chalet erbij komt het al gauw op 500-900 pond. Beetje jammer.

Als ik het goed begrijp gaat het om 125 pond per weekend...

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Op zaterdag 28 januari 2006 17:31 schreef Z het volgende:
De 3voor12 luisterpaal heeft nu ook The Wrens - The Meadowlands. Dat is een plaat uit 2003, maar dat doet er niet toe, het is echt een enorm goede plaat, ken je 'm nog niet, gaat dat beluisteren!
PF recensie

Nu pas? Geweldig!
Hopelijk is dat tevens een goed teken over een eventuele Europese tour van The Wrens, wil ze toch wel eens een keer live zien.

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Op zaterdag 28 januari 2006 18:07 schreef JelleS het volgende:

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Krijg meteen zin om Sebadoh te gaan luisteren. Licence of confuse heeft toch wel 1 van de hipste openingen ooit.

http://www.last.fm/user/JelleSchot/

Even geheel off-topic, maar coole avatar, Jelle! Ook door het Arrested Development-virus getroffen? En David Cross is een geweldig acteur, ben al een groot liefhebber van zijn werk sinds zijn Mr. Show tijd.

_{Jammer dat Fox de show heeft gecancelled, maar goede kans dat ie door Showtime wordt opgepikt.}