Friday, May 23, 2008

Bands We'd Get To Reform If We Curated ATP

One of the traditions at ATP over recent years is that the curators ask a band of legend to reform to play the festival. We've had a bit of a think about who we'd love to bring back together if we were in that position:

Dan's choice:
  1. God Machine
  2. Pavement
  3. Jane's Addiction
  4. Jesus & Mary Chain
  5. Daisy Chainsaw
Geoff's Choice:
  1. HP Zinker
  2. John Spencer Blues Explosion
  3. Pavement
  4. Fugazi
  5. Godspeed! You Black Emporer
Mark's Choice:
  1. Pavement
  2. Arab Strap
  3. Codeine
  4. Spaceman 3
  5. Slowdive
Matt's Choice:
  1. Codeine
  2. Pavement
  3. Helmet
  4. Dismemberment Plan
  5. The Jesus Lizard

Thursday, May 15, 2008

Bands Who Sold More T-Shirts Than Albums

1. The Ramones

2. Inspiral Carpets

3. Slipknot

4. Nirvana (this may be controversial!)

5. Joy Division.

6. MC5

7. Neds Atomic Dustbin

Saturday, May 03, 2008

Best Songs By Bands Who Have A Number In Their Name

  1. Spaceman 3 - 'Revolution'
  2. 65DaysOfStatic - 'This Cat Is A Landmine'
  3. Death From Above 1979 - 'Black History Month'
  4. Galaxie 500 - 'Don't Let Our Youth Go To Waste'
  5. Four Day Hombre - 'Don't Go Gently'

Thursday, April 17, 2008

Songs which compel you to listen to them a second time straight after it’s finished

Matt:
  1. The National - 'Mistaken For Strangers'
  2. Pelican - 'Sirius'
  3. Motorpsycho - 'In The Family'
  4. Primus - 'Nature Boy'
  5. Mogwai - 'Helicon 1'
Mark:
  1. Sun Kil Moon - 'Moorestown'
  2. Fuck Buttons - 'Bright Tomorrow'
  3. Explosions In The Sky - 'Catastrophe And The Cure'
  4. Mogwai - 'Friend Of The Night'
  5. Radiohead - 'Arepeggi'
Geoff:
  1. Shellac - 'Squirrel Song'
  2. Pete Molinari - 'I Don't Like The Man I Am'
  3. Band Of Horses - 'Great Salt Lake'
  4. Pavement - 'Major Leagues'
  5. Okkervil River - 'Girl In Port'
Dan:
  1. Elbow - 'Station Approach'
  2. The Decemberists - 'Crane Wife Parts 1 & 2'
  3. The Besnard Lakes - 'Devastation'
  4. Mono - 'Karelia (Opus 2)'
  5. Low - 'Silver Rider'
Neil:
  1. British Sea Power - 'Favours In The Beetroot Fields'
  2. The National - 'Mistaken For Strangers'
  3. Grinderman - 'Honey Bee'
  4. Klaxons - 'Golden Skans'
  5. Arab Strap - 'New Birds (Live)'
Those our our suggestions, what are yours?