The US wing of All Tomorrows Parties may not have definitively outdone their British counterparts, but with yesterday's announcement of a My Bloody Valentine-curated festival they've certainly come close. At the very least they've presented a compelling reason to be in New York this September.
From September 19 to 21, Monticello, New York will play host to 30-plus bands and a few thousand fans who want to have their heads done in. Though Monticello lacks a sea-side resort like the ones at Camber Sands or Minehead, they do have a lake and something called the Kutshers country club, replete with tennis and basketball courts, ping pong tables, golf course and masseuses. (There is an extra charge for the masseuses, natch.)
My Bloody Valentine - fresh from reunion gigs in London, Manchester and Glasgow - will be selecting all of the festival's performers and DJs (they themselves are headlining). MBV haven't played in the US since July 1992. Mogwai, Low, Fuck Buttons, Shellac and Thee Silver Mount Zion are among the acts already announced, and there will also be performances by Built To Spill, Tortoise, Thurston Moore and the Meat Puppets, each performing one of their classic albums in full.
While tickets to the English ATPs include accommodation, New Yorkers will have the choice to book or forego hotel rooms. As many punters will be rendered bonkers by My Bloody Valentine's sonic jubilee, we suspect they will spend their nights staggering through the fields of upstate New York.
Tickets go on sale Friday, at $225 plus accommodation. Flights to the USA - and extra-strength earplugs - are extra.
