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"Sometimes promoters have good ideas. And those guys pretty much always do, and I have to say as festivals go, that's the best one out there." - Mike Patton (interview on The Quietus)
Selected Review Quotes... 2010 "The Perfect Rock Festival." - Rolling Stone (ATP NY Curated by Jim Jarmusch & ATP) "Flouting the Mainstream. Forgoing a Corporate Stamp." - New York Times (ATP NY Curated by Jim Jarmusch & ATP) "It's a community of like-minded and friendly people that I have not experienced anywhere else...I spent a good portion of Sunday lamenting that my experience was almost over and I'd have to wait another year. But i'll definitely be there." - Brooklyn Vegan (ATP NY Curated by Jim Jarmusch & ATP) "An experience unable to be reproduced anywhere else...Like-minded music fans mingled with celebrities for a one of a kind event...As someone whose attitude is on the fence about festivals, I was not ready for the level of enjoyment I ended up experiencing." - New York Examiner (ATP NY Curated by Jim Jarmusch & ATP) "The antidote to the standard music festival." - Artvoice (ATP NY Curated by Jim Jarmusch & ATP) "Passion shining through at all moments, and that's why the event is considered to be so special...an incredible weekend." - Time Out New York (ATP NY Curated by Jim Jarmusch & ATP) "Believe every good thing you've heard about ATP." - Tiny Mix Tapes (ATP NY Curated by Jim Jarmusch & ATP) "The country's best music festival? Quite possibly..." - Encore (ATP NY Curated by Jim Jarmusch & ATP) "Incredible." - Village Voice (ATP NY Curated by Jim Jarmusch & ATP) "ATP NY 2010 was a blast." - Stereogum (ATP NY Curated by Jim Jarmusch & ATP) "It's easy to see why ATP, with it's laissez-faire, let-the-kids-have-fun attitude, on-site lodging, lack of corporate sponsorship and love for all things loud and instrumental has attracted so many hardcore fans." Flavorwire (ATP NY Curated by Jim Jarmusch & ATP) "ATP NY 2010: 10 Reasons It Rocked...we sincerely hope there's 10 more years to come." - Billboard (ATP NY Curated by Jim Jarmusch & ATP) "A completely unique concert going experience." - NPR (ATP NY Curated by Jim Jarmusch & ATP) "12 Best Moments of All Tomorrow's Parties" - Spin 1 / 2 (ATP NY Curated by Jim Jarmusch & ATP) "For the music geek ATP is a pilgrimage that must be made at least once before you die...It was one of the most pleasant and enjoyable weekends of live music I've ever had...A highlight of my whole life." - We Love DC (ATP NY Curated by Jim Jarmusch & ATP) "Probably the most comfortable time you can have at something that considers itself a rock festival." - Blurt (ATP NY Curated by Jim Jarmusch & ATP) "Fosters a climate of equality between concert goers, press, musicians and staff unique to any festival I've ever been to." - Papermag (ATP NY Curated by Jim Jarmusch & ATP) "There are few things that surpass your expecations in life. But ATP is one of these things...the best party of your life...We had made a pilgrimage to see musical wonders that inspired and extended us beyond the border of our expectations." - Tone Deaf (ATP NY Curated by Jim Jarmusch & ATP) "It's all very friendly and free...In a crowded field of annual claustrophobic music festivals ATP deserves a Mazel Tov!" - ABC (ATP NY Curated by Jim Jarmusch & ATP) "One of the most enjoyably eclectic festival line-ups we've ever witnessed...here's to another decade of fearlessly connecting with brilliant music of all stripes." - The Quietus (ATP UK Curated by Matt Groening) "An antidote to mud and tents..." - The Guardian (ATP UK Curated by Matt Groening) 2009 "Making fans of uncompromising music realise that they're not so weird after all...." - Mojo 1 / 2 / 3 (ATP UK Ten Years Of ATP) "Here's to ten years of ATP. The little festival that could." - Word 1 / 2 (ATP UK Ten Years Of ATP) "Happy birthday ATP. Here's to many equally glorious returns." - NME 1 / 2 (ATP UK Ten Years Of ATP) "ATP is truly unrivalled by any other festival." - Clash (ATP UK Ten Years Of ATP) "Perfect 10...indisputably the defining symbol of alternative sonic culture in the UK." - The Independent (ATP UK Ten Years Of ATP) "ATP is the single most immersive, unique and satisfying party corporate-sponsor-free money can buy." - Stereogum (ATP UK Ten Years Of ATP) "The ever brilliant festival outdoes itself for its 10th birthday...it's good to be alive. Which is actually how being at ATP makes you feel, infinitely alive." - Dummy (ATP UK Ten Years Of ATP) "It's safe to say that with more weekends of a similar calibre, ATP will continue for another decade." - Efestivals (ATP UK Ten Years Of ATP) "Everyone involved should be thoroughly proud." - Drowned In Sound (ATP UK Ten Years Of ATP) "There isn't, nor will there ever be, the slightest hint of competition. Happy birthday ATP." - The Line Of Best Fit (ATP UK Curated by My Bloody Valentine) "A feast of cultish underground sounds...eclectic, egalitarian, emphatically anti-corporate gatherings...heroically weird and adventurous." - The Times (ATP UK Curated by My Bloody Valentine) "ATP's next decade feels assured." - The Guardian (ATP UK Curated by My Bloody Valentine) "ATP is an animal all of its own. There is an energy that is positive, creative and palpable. Musicians wander about the grounds, checking out the bands. The sound system is killer. " - Brooklyn Vegan 1 / 2 (ATP New York curated by ATP and The Flaming Lips) "ATP is, in short, what indie rock was always supposed to be...ATP is indie rock at it's best. ATP isn't just a model for music festivals- it's a business model for everybody in the arts...In this environment, remarkable things happen." - The New Yorker (ATP New York curated by ATP and The Flaming Lips) "All Tomorrow's Parties is built on passion... This event takes sound seriously. Somebody in the organisation is aware that the small, judicious audience for something like this...wants to feel music physically. All weekend, the sound was loud and broad and clear." - The New York Times (ATP New York curated by ATP and The Flaming Lips) "An explosion of euphoria in a creaky old Catskills resort...a weekend of musical delights. ATP remains by far the best organised, friendliest festival around." - Rolling Stone (ATP New York curated by ATP and The Flaming Lips) "Essentially a perfect weekend...Well done, ATP." - Entertainment Weekly (ATP New York curated by ATP and The Flaming Lips) "A festival experience like no other...Lines are non-existent; it's easy to find a spot up-close to the stage to watch your favourite band; beer is plentiful; there's seating outside by the lake; and artists wander about with the normal folk." - Spin (ATP New York curated by ATP and The Flaming Lips) "The year's finest festival. If anything, this year felt more celebratory than 2008." - Stereogum (ATP New York curated by ATP and The Flaming Lips) "The most focused music festival on the planet. The lineup is unique, the atmosphere is crazily mellow...Not many festivals are interested in making diehard music fans feel appreciated, or even necessary, and ATP makes that its whole point." - Fader (ATP New York curated by ATP and The Flaming Lips) "I may never attend a different festival again." - Pop Tarts Suck Toasted (ATP New York curated by ATP and The Flaming Lips) "Nothing like your normal three day music fest. Artistic integrity is the word of the day." - ABC News (ATP New York curated by ATP and The Flaming Lips) "Felt a little like the coolest prom ever...an all-out sensory overload...we'll be down for it again this time next year." - GQ (ATP New York curated by ATP and The Flaming Lips) "A kind of utopia was successfully brought off last weekend at ATP...an incredible adventure in cultural escapism." - New York magazine (ATP New York curated by ATP and The Flaming Lips) "One of the most exciting and varied line-ups you'll encounter all summer." - The Observer (UK ATP Curated by The Breeders) "The ultimate muso's festival goes from strength to strength." - Virtual Festivals (UK ATP Curated by The Breeders) "A very special festival...So many great bands, and so little time." - BBC (UK ATP Curated by The Breeders) "Ten years on, thankfully, All Tomorrow's Parties still blows my mind." - Rock Feedback (UK ATP Vs The Fans 2) "ATP is my Isle Of White, my Woodstock, my Lollapallooza...Three cheers for ATP." - The Quietus (UK ATP Vs The Fans 2) "After the revolution, if you rearranged things so that meritocracy and democracy and stuff all worked properly, and things didn't just repeat themselves in an endless cycle of arse, it might look a lot like ATP...indie utopia...these weekends hold a treasured place in the musical calender...seriously, it's like heaven." - NME 1 / 2 (UK ATP Vs The Fans 2) "As much fun as [is] humanly possible...Our favourite time of year has loomed yet again. All Tomorrow's Parties. There really is no other festival like it." - The Line Of Best Fit (UK ATP Vs The Fans 2) "The music, the vistas, the people, the atmosphere: for all those lucky enough to attend the inaugural Australian ATP, this was an event to cherish forever." - The Australian (ATP Australia curated by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Mt Buller) "It is rare to encounter a festival run so well...wonderful and amazing...[we'll] be praying that it returns." - FasterLouder.com.au (ATP Australia curated by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Mt Buller) "With the Mount Buller event the ATP team is moving ever closer to achieving their perfect festival." - Clash (ATP Australia curated by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Mt Buller) "To file under: let's do this again" - Sydney Morning Herald (ATP Australia curated by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Sydney) "A laidback, devilishly cool, trippy day out in an almost perfect venue with extraordinarily good sound on all four stages and an exquisite lineup...Can't wait for next year." - Brag Magazine (ATP Australia curated by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Sydney) 2008 "After nine years of championing the wild, the weird and the plain unlistenable, All Tomorrow's Parties has evolved into one of the left-field successes of the overcrowded rock festival scene...[this event] still felt as refreshingly chaotic as ever." - The Guardian (UK ATP curated by Mike Patton & The Melvins, 2008) "The weekend was this festival at peak eccentricity and form." - Drowned In Sound (UK ATP curated by Mike Patton & The Melvins, 2008, Butlins Holiday Centre) "Possibly the most exciting and eclectic yet. Amazing. Wish you were here!" - Rock Sound 1 / 2 (UK ATP curated by Mike Patton & The Melvins, 2008) "Challenging and unforgettable." - The Fly (UK ATP curated by Mike Patton & The Melvins, 2008) "What a dream of a festival." - Classic Rock (UK ATP curated by Mike Patton & The Melvins, 2008) "The most enjoyable festival experience of our reporter's life... It didn't really feel like a festival, either. It felt like summer camp, or a conference or convention. A gathering of like-minded people with similar tastes hanging out and watching bands, but also swimming and boating and playing tennis together, and then staggering off to their hotel rooms just a few feet away." - Pitchfork (ATP New York curated by ATP and My Bloody Valentine, 2008) "The number of seminal moments and performances mounted - this was surely one of ATP's finest ever events... From the solo guitar atmospherics of ex-Cocteau Twin Robin Guthrie and Yo La Tengo's sometimes frightening orchestral pop, to the elegiac volume of Catskill locals Mercury Rev, it was a perfect advert for the niche that ATP has carved for itself." - The Independent (ATP New York curated by ATP and My Bloody Valentine, 2008) "This is a blast and not an experience I would trade for the world... I'm all for diversity in most areas of my life, but there's something extraordinarily powerful about finding yourself in a community uniformly focused on a common passion. The 3,000 people I'm spending the weekend with share my longstanding love for guitar-oriented artists who take the feedback and squall from their instruments and shape it into something majestic, ornate, and hypnotic. Whether one calls it post-punk or art-rock, it's got a certain brand of fan, and at the All Tomorrow's Parties festival in the Catskills in upstate New York, 3,000 of us are enjoying what is easily one of the most meticulously curated lineups in that genre." - Seattle Weekly (ATP New York curated by ATP and My Bloody Valentine, 2008) "An unforgettable end to the summer festival season." - Spin (ATP New York curated by ATP and My Bloody Valentine, 2008) "While the music is ATP's obvious draw, its quaint, unique location has provided the event an easy-going summer camp vibe. When not checking out the bands, festival-goers could be found across Kutsher's expansive grounds enjoying rowboat rides on the lake, playing rounds of golf, challenging strangers to games of table tennis, floating in the indoor pool, competing in indie-rock trivia or hitting the dancefloor at one of Kutsher's on-site bars, which features DJs all day long." - Billboard (ATP New York curated by ATP and My Bloody Valentine, 2008) "ATP always felt relaxed and comfortable: The grounds were never terribly crowded, getting around was easy and there were no sponsors or VIP areas." - Rolling Stone (ATP New York curated by ATP and My Bloody Valentine, 2008) "Now I see how lucky the Brits are, with ATP-run festivals sprouting up like mushrooms after a wet summer. The three day weekend I (and 3000 of my soon-to-be-close friends) spent in a not-so gracefully decaying resort listening to almost thirty bands certainly ranks among the highlights of my time spent on this whirling orb. The camaraderie, sense of purpose, abandon, dizzying array of things to do, see, and hear...it soon won't be topped." - Gigwise (ATP New York curated by ATP and My Bloody Valentine, 2008) "I will say this: ATP was hands-down one of the best, most fun festivals of any kind that I have ever attended. Yes." - The Poverty JetSet (ATP New York curated by ATP and My Bloody Valentine, 2008) "Another year, another great weekend of ATP action. Honestly, I don't think I can go to another festival ever again." - The Line Of Best Fit (ATP UK curated by Explosions In The Sky, 2008) "It really was the most perfect weekend and left me contemplating whether any other festival could beat ATP. Conclusion: probably not." - Drowned In Sound (ATP UK curated by ATP & Pitchfork, 2008) "Same time, same place next year ATP? The queue starts here." - Twisted Ear (ATP UK curated by ATP & Pitchfork, 2008) 2007 "An enormous amount of entertainment." - The Guardian (ATP UK curated by Portishead, 2007) "After this, Christmas just seemed shit." - NME (ATP UK curated by Portishead, 2007) "No wonder ATP is a favourite with the hip art set." - Sunday Times (ATP UK curated by The Fans, 2007) "The lineup, combined with the attention to patron's well-being, set it apart from most, if not all, of the large gatherings over the summer." "They (the bands) seem to regard it as a privilege to play here, a result of their common belief in the ATP ethos perhaps, rather than a provincial day trip to boost the beer fund." "The key element that made the weekend so special was the way the bands wandered through the crowds, happy to chat- and to watch others perform." "To refer to an event attended by more than 6000 fans as intimate may sound bizarre, but compared with the chaotic anonymity of Glastonbury, everyone here was made to feel like a member of some loud, exclusive rock club." - DAILY TELEGRAPH (ATP UK curated by The Fans, 2007) "Perenially interesting and ambitious All Tomorrow's Parties." "ATP, which is still a favourite of discerning indie fans, has a 6000 capacity limit and there is more than a good chance of bumping into your favourite acts on the beach. This year's mouthwatering line-up includes, again, Explosions In The Sky, the angular and experimental band Battles and the deliriously energetic New York based art-rock trio Yo La Tengo." - THE INDEPENDENT (ATP UK curated by The Fans, 2007) "A quaint unreconstructed holiday camp on the Cornish peninsular, where some of the best kept secrets in alternative rock convened this weekend for All Tomorrow's Parties." - The Guardian (ATP UK curated by Dirty Three, 2007) "Why can't every weekend be like this?" - RECORD COLLECTOR (ATP UK curated by Dirty Three, 2007) "The idea behind All Tomorrow's Parties is beautiful in its simplicity. A cult act is invited to curate a weekend festival. But to add a surreal anti-glamour, the three-day event takes place in a garish Butlins." "Here the acts are fans too." - SUNDAY TIMES (ATP UK curated by Dirty Three, 2007) "Serious musos' favourite outing." - The Observer (ATP UK curated by Dirty Three, 2007) "As an audience member you feel priviledged to be present." - THE INDEPENDENT (ATP UK curated by Dirty Three, 2007) 2006 "As ever, expect the coolest leftfield indie talent and a dilapidated seaside vibe. Iggy at Butlins: who'd have thunk it?" - TIME OUT (ATP UK curated by Thurston Moore 2006) "Legendary art-noise-rock festival." - KERRANG! (ATP UK curated by Thurston Moore 2006) "The All Tomorrow's Parties promise of leftfeld music has become a pretty dependable, fun brand." - GUARDIAN GUIDE (ATP UK curated by Thurston Moore 2006) "One of the most elite festivals on the music calender." - DAILY TELEGRAPH (ATP UK curated by Thurston Moore 2006) "All Tomorrow's Parties is the hip alternative." - Vogue ('United States of ATP' festival 2006) "Ice-cool alternative music festival...emphasising future sounds and the connections between rock and art." - Daily Telegraph ('United States of ATP' festival 2006) "All Tomorrow's Parties is certainly one of the best festivals in the UK if your taste in music is not blinkered." - Rock Sound ('United States of ATP' festival 2006) "All Tomorrow's Parties is less a festival than a way of life." - NME ('United States of ATP' festival 2006) "Over the past seven years, All Tomorrow's Parties has become a byword for surreal good times." - Mojo ('United States of ATP' festival 2006) 2005 "In a world of increasingly corporate festivals, the leftfield, holiday camp-based All Tomorrow's Parties feels like a thoroughly refreshing alternative." - The Guardian (UK ATP curated by Vincent Gallo 2005) "Britain's best alternative festival." - The Guardian (UK ATP curated by Vincent Gallo 2005,) "Infamously eclectic", 5 Stars. - The Independent (UK ATP curated by Slint 2005) "All Tomorrow's Parties is a festival with a capacity for magic." - The Wire, (UK ATP curated by Slint 2005) 2004 "An ideal present for those with more adventurous, leftfield tastes." - Observer (UK ATP curated by Jake & Dinos Chapman 2004) |
