The Locust News

ATP's Nightmare grows: new additions to December festival

With some commentators already calling it the best ATP of the past couple of years, this December's Nightmare Before Christmas has gone from great to greater with the addition of new acts»

Melvins and Mike Patton to curate Xmas ATP

News by Alex Denney

Melvins and former Faith No More frontman Mike Patton have been announced as joint curators of ATP’s Nightmare Before Christmas Event in December.»

Sting Kids: Locust get robbed, ask for charity

News by Kev Kharas

Help the Locust! A fund’s been set up to help the band after thieves broke into their van and stole a Christmas list’s worth of stuff»

DiS in digest: our pick of the week's news stories...

News by Mike Diver

Welcome, weekend readers! (unless you’re reading this on a Monday. Or a Tuesday. Or… yeah, hi.) Here, DiS is pleased to present a digest, if you will, of the week’s most interesting (?) news stories. Hopefully, assuming we remember to do it, this will be a weekly thing – every Friday evening, a neat little summary of the week’s comings and goings in the world of music...»

The Locust unveil their New Erections

News by Mike Diver

San Diego grind-core-punk-rockers - oh whatever, mould your own pigeonhole - The Locust have announced details of their new album...»

The Nightmare starts here: ATP running order and times in full

News by Mike Diver

DiS isn't usually one to get in a frothy-mouthed frenzy a good fortnight before an event, but ATP's The Nightmare Before Christmas has got us all doo-lally and desperate to spread JOY and SUNSHINE and, um, sweets. D'ya like Skittles? Tough, cos we don't have any...»