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ATP Festival's Anika Tours The States, Has Scary Asbury Park Flashbacks

Posted 10-11-11 by
Tags: Anika, Portishead

Anika, who played the Portishead-curated ATP "I'll Be Your Mirror" festival in Asbury Park, New Jersey on October 2 and also had a show at Brooklyn's Glasslands on October 6, is in the midst of her first North American tour supporting her 2010 debut album, produced by Portishead's Geoff Barrow and members of Beak>.The one-time political journalist told The Alternate Side about her Asbury Park adventures, which seemed eerily akin to a Stanley Kubrick movie.

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Listen: ATP Festival "I'll Be Your Mirror" Mix From WFUV/The Alternate Side And NPR Music

Posted 9-29-11 by
Tags: Battles, Neutral Milk Hotel, Portishead, Public Enemy, The Horrors

In honor of this weekend's ATP Festival, the Portishead-curated "I'll Be Your Mirror" event kicking off tomorrow, September 30, in Asbury Park, New Jersey, The Alternate Side's Russ Borris and Alisa Ali worked with NPR Music on creating a special ATP mix. The artists and bands include Portishead (naturally), Neutral Milk Hotel, Public Enemy, The Horrors, Swans, Battles and many more. Get in the mood for the big three-day extravanza and stream the mix via NPR's site through Saturday, October 1.

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Portishead And ATP Offer Free Mixtape To Mark Asbury Park Shows

Posted 9-14-11 by
Tags: A Hawk And A Hacksaw, Battles, Mogwai, Neutral Milk Hotel, Portishead, Swans

The Portishead-curated All Tomorrow's Parties' sister festival, I'll Be Your Mirror, takes place September 30-October 2 in Asbury Park, New Jersey. To mark that auspicious occasion, the band and ATP are offering up a free mixtape download of some of the bands and musicians appearing, like Neutral Milk Hotel, A Hawk And A Hacksaw, Mogwai, Swans, Battles, The Album Leaf, Anika and - of course - Portishead. More details on how to download the two-and-a-half hour mixtape after the jump.

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Portishead Plan North American Tour This October

Posted 7-11-11 by
Tags: Portishead

Portishead fans, who thought that their only chance to see the elusive band on this side of the Atlantic was at the ATP Festival in early October, now have good reason to rejoice; the group has announced a full North American tour this October, their first since 1998. The trio will play New York's Hammerstein Ballroom on October 4 and 5 and tickets are on sale now.

 

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Mogwai, Ultramagnetic MC's, More Added to Portishead-Curated ATP

Posted 2-17-11 by
Tags: Jeff Mangum, Mogwai, Neutral Milk Hotel, Portishead, Ultramagnetic MC's

Mogwai, the classic lineup of Ultramagnetic MC's, The Pop Group, The Horrors, Silver Mt. Zion and others have been added to the inaugural ATP I'll Be Your Mirror US event in Asbury Park this fall. The event, curated by Portishead, is sold out of three day passes, but single day passes are now available. But you're out of luck if you were hoping to catch Neutral Milk Hotel's Jeff Mangum at the Paramount Theater.

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TAS Staff Picks: Best of 2008

Posted 12-26-08 by
Tags: Alejandro Escovedo, Amos Lee, Ani DiFranco, Atmosphere, Beck, Bell X1, Bon Iver, Calexico, Coldplay, Conor Oberst, Cory Chisel and The Wandering Sons, David Byrne and Brian Eno, Death Cab for Cutie, DeVotchKa, Drive-By Truckers, Duffy, Elbow, Emiliana Torrini, Fleet Foxes, Frightened Rabbit, Gnarls Barkley, Jaymay, Jenny Lewis, John Mayer, Kanye West, Kathleen Edwards, Little Jackie, Lykki Li, MGMT, My Morning Jacket, Nada Surf, Portishead, Ra Ra Riot, Santogold, She & Him, The Black Keys, The Hold Steady, The Walkmen, Thievery Corporation, TV on the Radio, Vampire Weekend

The Alternate Side staff picks their favorite albums of 2008

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