We've spent this week doing more figurative wrapping up of the year than we have literally wrapping golds, frankincenses and myrrhs, with both our Shows of 2012 and Records of 2012 features now alive and kicking, even if this year itself only has less than a couple weeks left in its legs. Here's hoping you've been able to vicariously experience evenings from the former category through us if you couldn't make them for whatever reason, though it's the latter that we're here centralising our attentions upon. As documentations of a determined time, records are the one [...]

You've doubtless already made up your mind on what were, subjectively (though this may perhaps be mistaken for a narcissistic objectively as is below), the records to have ultimately defined the year that was 2012. Personally, I wouldn't deem it to have been the best of years and though not the worst of years either, the dispersion of opinion on the top ones, twos, and various other fews across the board appears to reflect this. My maths is a little haphazard at the best of times – read on and you'll discover more on that – but the [...]

Shot for Time Out New York . [...]
Filed under: Concerts and Tours , News , Exclusive Devon Maloney Almost everyone who has ever attended All Tomorrow's Parties will describe it to you with one particular word: "special." Birthed in 1999 in the UK by Barry Hogan and partner/wife Deborah Kee Higgins as an artist-curated "excellent mixtape" of a festival, ATP has seen myriad iterations, from its roots in Camber Sands, Sussex with Belle and Sebastian as curators to its expansion worldwide [...]

photos by David Andrako , words by Andrew Frisicano Phillip Glass & Frank Ocean The first ATP NY festival within New York City limits, also known as " I'll Be Your Mirror USA ", kicked off Friday night (9/21) at Pier 36 in Manhattan. The opening night featured a typically eclectic mix of acts: comedians Kurt Braunholer , Hannibal Buress and Janeane [...]
The All Tomorrow's Parties I'll Be Your Mirror Festival returns this weekend, with a new location (New York City's Pier 36) and killer lineup curated by Afghan Whigs frontman Greg Dulli. Along with the reunited ... read more