Damn near the last minute I was given a chance to attend this year's ATP NY (I'll be covering it for Gothamist all weekend) and I have to say I don't think I've been this excited about...

Australia was well represented at this year's ATP NY, with three bands and countless fans that swarmed the resort for the weekend. While the first two Australian bands, The Drones and Dirty Three,...

One of the downfalls of any festival is the fact that you generally don't watch full sets from any of the bands. Maybe if you really love them you choose to miss another band in favor of that set ...

Before we get into this let me tell you that I adore Atlas Sound, Logos will likely end up on my Best Of 2009 list, and Bradford Cox is one of my favorite musicians going right now. With Wayne Coyne w...

A good portion of my weekend was spent with the members of Shellac. On Saturday night I played a good four hours of poker with Steve Albini, who does live up to his reputation as a card shark. On Sund...

After having so much trouble with his Atlas Sound set I was a bit worried that Bradford would have one of his trademark breakdowns during his Deerhunter set if anything went wrong, instead the band pl...

Having run down to the Melvins set late I got stuck in the back, well out of camera range but had a devilish time going nuts for their energetic set. It also made me late for Animal Collective so I o...

One of the biggest surprises of the weekend had to be Caribou's much expanded Vibration Ensemble. For years Caribou has pushed the envelope on recorded music but has more or less done so on his ow...

I have heard the legends of the Super Furry Animals extraordinary live show, but I have never once witnessed the spectacle myself. In fact I've never been a big fan of the band. I've listened ...

Boris apparently did not get the message that the "Don't Look Back" part of the festival took place on Friday night. Instead of playing a regular set the Japanese drone metal band opted ...