For over a decade now, All Tomorrow’s Parties have been responsible for some of the best line-ups you’ll see at any rock festival. Their events in the UK, Europe, Australia and the US have featured artists like Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Mike Patton, My Bloody Valentine, Portishead, Sonic Youth, Slint, and Tortoise (Simpsons creator Matt Groening even curated one of their festivals). Now ATP is doing a new series of artist-curated music festivals called “I’ll Be Your Mirror” (the flipside to “All Tomorrow’s Parties,” geddit?) in various cities around the world. (ATP is famous for staging festivals at holiday camps, the “I’ll Be Your Mirror” shows are sans accommodation.)

The third week of September, in New York City, Greg Dulli, of the newly reformed Afghan Whigs (said to be absolutely ferocious in their recent shows) will be doing the selection with ATP. The three nights of the Dulli/ATP co-curated “I’ll Be Your Mirror” shows will take place at Pier 36, a newly renovated $13 million dollar indoor concert venue near the East River in Lower Manhattan. I haven’t been there yet, but frankly, the notion of an indoor music festival seems way more attractive than an outdoor one, I gotta say (Give me air-conditioning or give me death).

And speaking of heat, last week, ATP announced that hot as a pistol R&B performer/songwriter Frank Ocean was joining the line-up as the headliner of the opening Friday night show, via Dulli’s invitation.

It’s a hell of a line-up, I think you’ll agree…

Friday 21st:
FRANK OCEAN
PHILIP GLASS & TYONDAI BRAXTON
JANEANE GAROFALO
LIGHTNING BOLT
LEE RANALDO’S ‘HANGING GUITAR’
HANNIBAL BURESS
EDAN THE DEEJAY
KURT BRAUNOHLER

Saturday 22nd:
THE AFGHAN WHIGS
THE ROOTS
JOSÉ GONZÁLEZ
MARK LANEGAN BAND
DIRTY THREE
THE ANTLERS
CHAVEZ
THE DIRTBOMBS
SCRAWL
EMERALDS
JOSEPH ARTHUR
VETIVER
CHARLES BRADLEY AND THE EXTRAORDINAIRES
AFTERHOURS
DJ QUESTLOVE

Sunday 23rd:
GODSPEED YOU! BLACK EMPEROR
THE MAKE-UP
HOT SNAKES
THE MAGIC BAND
AUTOLUX
THEE OH SEES
THE ALBUM LEAF
LEE RANALDO (Full Band Show)
BRAIDS
THE PSYCHIC PARAMOUNT
QUINTRON AND MISS PUSSYCAT
TALL FIRS
BLANCK MASS
ENDLESS BOOGIE
DEMDIKE STARE
DJ JONATHAN TOUBIN

Tickets on sale now, priced at $199 for the entire weekend. A limited amount of day passes are also available priced at $60 for Friday & $75 for Saturday/Sunday. (Friday runs from 5pm-midnight; Saturday and Sunday run from noon-midnight)

The Afghan Whigs have released a powerful new cover version of Frank Ocean’s “Lovecrimes” which can be downloaded at the ATP website.
 

 
A feature length documentary about the festivals, All Tomorrow’s Parties, is out now on DVD from Warp Films: