Magic Mirror

Well done ATP for pulling another cracker out of the bag with the 2012 instalment of I'll Be Your Mirror. The follow-up to this year's inaugural Portishead-curated event has expanded to a three-day festival. Slayer will headline the first night, performing Reign In Blood in its entirety, with Sleep and Melvins in support. Mogwai curate the Saturday, with Mudhoney and strong personal favourites of mine Codeine (reformed for the occasion) already on the bill, while Sunday's bill currently consists of headliners Guided By Voices and Yuck. I need to check my diary but am hopeful of going to at least the Saturday...

Also on the subject of ATP news, it's been announced that Sleepy Sun are working towards a third album. I'm not sure what to expect of the successor to Fever, but must admit I'm prepared for it to be a disappointment given that key asset Rachel Fannan has since left the band. However the record turns out, though, I'd expect it to be better than the collaboration between Lou Reed and Metallica, Lulu, which has been most entertainingly panned by Pitchfork scribe Stuart Berman.