ATP Nightmare Before Christmas curated by Caribou, Les Savy Fav & Battles

Are you excited? Are you scared? Are you feeling festive?

ATP have announced the curators of their creepy Christmas fest that is Nightmare Before Christmas, held over the weekend of December 9th-11th at Butlins Holiday Centre, in Minehead. The three acts headlining and picking the bands for the event are Battles, Caribou and Les Savy Fav.

Each band will take a day and select 14 acts to storm the stage. Les Savy Fav start on the 9th, Battles take the 10th and Caribou round out this motley trio on the 11th.

Tickets will be on sale from Thursday 3rd March for £170 room only and £180 for self catering.

Middle Boop Top 25 Albums of 2010

It's been a pretty fantastic year for music and a very good year for the ever growing Middle Boop team, even if I do say so myself... Underneath is a showcase of just why this year has been so great musically.

A few weeks ago I asked each of the 20 or so wonderful and talented writers we have to send us over a small list of their favourite albums and from that I tallied up the results and came up with the list you will read below. Most of the results were very close calls with the winner literally getting to the top spot by one vote and there are so many I would have loved to include but hey, it's a democracy of some sorts.

Enjoy the list, have a great Christmas and we'll catch up with all of you in the new year.

GR.

25. Twin Shadow – Forget (4AD)


24. Sleepy Sun – Fever (ATP)


23. Liars Sisterworld (Mute)


22. Timber Timbre- Timber Timbre (Arts & Crafts)


21. Broken Records - Let Me Come Home (4AD)


20. Warpaint The Fool (Rough Trade)


19. Four Tet - There is Love In You (Domino)


18. Avi Buffalo – Avi Buffalo (Sub Pop)


17. Errors – Come Down With Me (Rock Action)


16. Caribou - Swim (City Slang)

Four Tet announces Live At The Coronet

After a string of sellout UK dates and a summer of international festivals, Four Tet has announced a very special show at The Coronet Theatre on Friday 19th November, in collaboration with Eat Your Own Ears. The all-nighter will feature a specifically chosen line-up including performances from Caribou, James Holden, Nathan Fake, Rocketnumbernine with more acts to be announced, alongside a live set from Four Tet.

Full details are as follows:

Eat Your Own Ears and Four Tet presents
CARIBOU
FOUR TET
JAMES HOLDEN
NATHAN FAKE
ROCKETNUMBERNINE
Plus more to be announced

Friday 19th November, 2010

Doors 21.00

The Coronet, 28 New Kent Road, London, SE1 6TJ. 020 7701 1500

Tickets £15 from:
www.ticketweb.co.uk - 08444 771000
www.seetickets.com - 0870 264 3333