Blog: Beats Per Minute

Photo by Christopher Alvarez As an aging, seasoned festival veteran that has become increasingly alienated from and disillusioned with current trends among festivals and popular music in general, the first American installment of I’ll Be Your Mirror from All Tomorrow’s Parties came as a refreshing change of pace. Corporate sponsorship was nonexistent, and a chiefly older crowd made for a mature, respectfully enthusiastic vibe. I’ll Be Your Mirror’s lineup focused less on ubiquitous buzz bands and fashionable DJs and more on the esoteric. Performers were generally cult acts or total obscurities that forged their own left-of-center [...]