The Weekly DiScussion: the greatest bands to have never played at ATP

EES should play everwhere!

they were fucking brutal, really good.

silver jews are playing the EITS one, so not long to wait really...

and yes, Wire

http://www.atpfestival.com/archive/line_up.php?archive=8

http://www.atpfestival.com/archive/line_up.php?archive=7

Sigur Ros played Mogwai's year, I'm sure. They announced at Director's Cut they'd brought Turbonegro to make up for it.

Mclusky played the Shellac day at Director's Cut.

in 2000, I remember because my friend drunkenly went up to the singer and sang "its youuuuuuu-eeee-ooooooo" to the tune of Svefn G Englar, oh how I lol'ed, had to be there I guess. Anyway terrible band.

...I can OK some of the other spots here (although do please DiScuss who you'd like to see play in the future, rather than highlight the odd slip from our experts), but no Sigur Ros comes to light...

but I reckon John Frusciante would pick some interesting stuff.

have played before for definate, and im pretty sure square pusher has. id like to see a mike patton curated atp, hed choose some mental bands!

ARCHERS OF LOAF

THE AFGHAN WHIGS*

I'd possibly settle for The Twilight Singers though...actually, scratch that, I DEMAND The Afghan Whigs!

Beck
The Presidents of the USA

But they are not really big enough yet.

...would be amazing. Good call.

The Wrens
Orbital
Underworld
Guided By Voices
Galaxie 500
Clipse

I don't think either of these bands have played.

comprised entirely of Britpop bands. It was absolutely incredible. I think there is definitely a market for it!

ATP seems made for them really, besides Tim Gane would make a fantastic curator.

Yes they have - first Mogwai weekend.
Also Oxbow played at Tortoise ATP the following year.
God, ATP felt like a total revelation back then...

your list in 'headliners' and 'non-headliners' you seem to be missing the point of the ATP festivals which is based around a curator inviting their favourite artists to play, regardless of status or 'crowd-pull'. ATP is completely the opposite of a traditional festival bill that has a big name at the top and increasingly unpopular bands towards the bottom.

Anyway, 10 bands/artists I would like to see as curator*:

Galaxie 500 (assuming they reform)
Jim O'Rourke
Pere Ubu
Tim Kinsella
Uncle Tupelo (please reform for this)
Gruff Rhys
Final Fantasy
Aidan Moffat
Julie Doiron
Howe Gelb/Giant Sand (remember when he did Beyond Nashville)

And 10 bands/artists I would like to appear on any ATP bill:

Windsor For The Derby
Desormais
Kepler
Songs Of Green Pheasant
Ellis Island Sound
Patrick Phelan
Amandine
Seventeen Evergreen
Souvaris
D_Rradio

*) and I'm equally happy if it's a non-musician as curator. Michel Gondry anyone?

that ATP put an archive up of every ATP event on their website. I know it's almost on us and everyone's really excited but it's amazing how crappily researched this article has been!

DiSgraceful behaviour guys!

would be an excellent curator, would also love to see windsor for the derby, maybe jesus and mary chain and my bloody valentine now they have both reformed

Calvin Johnson. He could easily curate.
Why oh why has he never been involved? probably due to the fact that he could and probably does this type of thing in Olympia).

Converge
Cursive

These two would be cool.

he pulled out on the day

the kooks.

flaming lips have played both bowlie and atp in america.

devo and cohen and neil young = too much money / playing the O2

to do The Soft Bulletin as a Don't Look Back please! And Mercury Rev to do Yerself Is Steam. Actually lets have it on the same night. In the Royal Albert Hall.

^flaming lips

A.C. Acoustics
Amphetameanies
Belle & Sebastian
Broadcast
Camera Obscura
Cinema
Cornelius
Dean and Sean (Dean Wareham and Sean Eden of Luna)
The Delgados
The Divine Comedy
The Flaming Lips
Vic Godard
Godspeed You! Black Emperor
The Ladybug Transistor
Looper
Mercury Rev
Mogwai
The Pastels
Salako
Sleater-Kinney
Sodastream
Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
Teenage Fanclub
V-Twin
Bill Wells Octet

[edit] DJs
Jarvis Cocker
Tim Gane
Steve Lamacq
Steve Mackey
Justin Spear
copy and paste^

i went...was rubbish

Were invited to play by Albini in 2002 and declined.

As a few of us have been saying for a few years.

Like the festival thing they're having in Seattle this year. Only with Sunny Day Real Estate as well. And Urge Overkill. And The Fastbacks.

the curator and let THEM pick the bands as per the original idea of ATP. That way the chances are we all get to see unknown talent that will (hopefully) blow us away. 'Services' on the YYY day a few years ago spring to mind for example. Turning up at a stage waiting for a band to start and not knowing what the hell to expect was the beauty of ATP in the past, for me and my crew anyway. Having said all that CARDIACS PLEASE!

and replaced by Sons and Daugheters. Talk about an anti climax.

Would LOVE to see him do a NON electronic set.
I know he played already but that was bleepy

Stnnng
Beck (if he would play early stuff)
Oxes
Make Believe (or any other Tim Kinsella band)
Gay Against You
Bear Claw
Converge
Kong
Dianogah
Part Chimp
Souvaris
Wiley

is a different band to Ultravox.

I was asking for the one with the exclamation mark. (Even though John Foxx has done an ATP solo set.)

Sons and Daughters and Mum who were drafted in to replace misery guts were among the best bands to play on Slint's weekend.

As you were.

yup.

What?
Avoid fun discussion about good bands?
Cos that's all this is: discussion.
It's up there in the title.

indeed they did

Did play. Under their Gescom name but, y'know, same band innit?

really. Giving that Rob Hall says he only chips in now and then. But i get ya point. BUT it was Gescom DJS!! So not exactly Autehre blasting out Cornfield is it. But hey hum.....xx

the only festivals they've ever done have been benefits

Its pretentious and expensive unless you go with 5 others- for one person on their own or with a single m8 its not cheap !!

i also expect youd get very little sleepp !!I much prefer day festivals where i can get home to the comfort of my own bed and so do most of my friends !!

I remember thinking I'd found my new favourite band and then being bitterly disappointed when I got the album's home.

Autechre played live at the 2001 fest.

man what a heap of bollocks article.

are brand new so that's a pretty stupid suggestion. give them some time!