
My Bloody Valentine end sixteen years of American live performance silence via a deafening roar to close out the massively successful All Tomorrow’s Parties/New York festival.

Shellac put in the best gig of the day, on day 2 of ATP which was filled with great shows.

All Tomorrow’s Parties, the stamp of excellence. Day 1 looks at the “Don’t Look Back” section, with bands like Thurston Moore and Tortoise playing entire records from their discography.

KING KHAN AND THE SHRINES were just pure, animalistic, rocking garage punk fun!

It started raining during JAY REATARD’s set, but it didn’t matter. In fact, it might have even made it that much more intense.

Despite being absent for “Bring the Noise”, FLAVOR FLAV emerged right before they were set to perform “Don’t Believe the Hype”.
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It was a fitting end to a great festival that I look forward to attending in the future.

THURSTON MOORE played guitar with YOKO ONO for a few songs, thus paying tribute to an underrated and massively influential artist.

The first night was booked in conjunction with All Tomorrow Parties. Thus, the three acts performing played classic albums in order from start to finish.