Yes, on 11th-13th December we were in Minehead for Ten Years of ATP – a festival celebrating the last ten years of of the festival!
Well the lineup was pretty damn fine and we saw some brilliant sets including:
- Deerhoof, who played an excellent and fun set. Great technical skill, too.
- J Mascis and the Fog were very enjoyable, much more so than Dinosaur Jr.
- Shellac who we saw twice, played some blinding numbers, especially on day two. Also I got some great photos of them – thanks guys!
- Afrirampo, who we knew nothing about, were very entertaining with their crazy performance and some very enjoyable thrashing of metal.
- Papa M played some very relaxing soundscapes. Tortoise were actually very good. Mudhoney were disappointing, as were Mars Volta.
- Sunn O))) were hilarious, actually not at all bad until the “singing” started.
- Discovered an amazing band in The Drones, who were excellent on stage and also sound excellent on vinyl.
- Also the Apse set was brilliant and think it must be one of the best albums of the year.
- Battles, who I was very excited about seeing again were very good but I think they were a bit lost in the pavillion – would like to have seen them upstairs.
- The highlight of the weekend was Modest Mouse – brilliant to see them again and they played a brilliant set with older numbers. We wondered if we’ll ever see Modest Mouse in such an intimate setting again.
So, roll on 2010 and everything ATP has to throw at us! I’m even going to try and get a photographer’s pass so I can improve my photography further. You can see my best photos of Ten Years of ATP here.