My Bloody Valentine To Headline The Drones' ATP Event

My Bloody Valentine are set to play their first Australian show in over 20 years as part of the I'll Be Your Mirror festival, which is being curated by The Drones and All Tomorrow's Parties.

Taking place Saturday 16 and Sunday 17 February 2013 at the Westgate Entertainment Centre and Grand Star Reception in the Melbourne suburb of Altona, the first line-up announcement is as follows:

Saturday
My Bloody Valentine
Godspeed You! Black Emperor
Swans
The Dead C
HTRK
Thee Oh Sees
Sleepy Sun
Standish/Carlyon

Sunday
The Drones
Beasts Of Bourbon
Einstürzende Neubauten
Lost Animal
Harmony
Cam Butler & The Shadows of Love

Beasts Of Bourbon will be reforming the original line-up of Tex Perkins, Kim Salmon, Boris Sudjovic, Spencer P Jones and James Baker, as was rumoured.

Two-day tickets will be $250 plus booking fee while single-day passes will be $135 plus booking fee. They'll go on sale Monday 13 August from 9am here.

Pre-sale tickets are on sale now from here.

Scroll down for more information on the acts!

The psych-up sessions start now:

My Bloody Valentine
Playing their first Australian show since 1992, the Irish-formed band are credited with pioneering a lot of the distortion and reverb-drenched shoegaze thatw as to follow. Reformed in recent years, an Australian tour has been long wished-for by Australian fans. Expect a face full of noise.

Godspeed You! Black Emperor
Post-rock pioneers, they also fall into the MBV category of being a pipe dream for Australian fans. The legendary (but often overlooked) Canadian outfit will make their first ever Australian appearences as part of the festival. They reformed in 2010 for an ATP festival after what had been seven years of silence.

The Drones
Over the past decade, The Drones have proven themselves to be one of the truly great Australian bands of our time. Whether it be through their slew of incredible records, their flying the flag for Australian music with a rigourous world touring schedule, or the fact they do it while keeping their feet planted on the ground; there's plenty of reasons to love them. They're the perfect Australian band to curate a festival like ATP and give it won't be long before we hear a new record from them, their own set will be one of the weekend's most anticipated.

Beasts Of Bourbon
The rumours are true; the original line up of one of our country's most exciting rock bands, Beasts Of Bourbon, are reforming for this very special event. Tex Perkins, Kim Salmon, Boris Sudjovic, Spencer P Jones and James Baker were the band who famously made 1984's The Axeman's Jazz in an afternoon for $100 – a record which went on to be widely considered as one of the quintessential Australian garage rock records and one that remains heavily influential. After a couple of line up shuffles, this incarnation came back together a few years later to make 1988's Sour Mash and 1990's Black Milk – another two classic records. Considering all members are still quite active performers, we reckon Beasts Of Bourbon are gonna hit the ground running when they front up at the second day of All Tomorrow's Parties.

Einstürzende Neubauten
A tour from these German industrial legends have been at the top of many an Aussie music fan's wish list for many years and The Drones and ATP were able to make a rare Australian performance from this incredible group a reality for 2013. This quintet are regarded by many as one of the world's greatest live acts, their complex waves of noise completely engrossing in the live arena.

Swans
New York post-punk band Swans are yet another reformed act, having been prolific during the '80s and '90s. They were championed for being abstract and bleak, miles away from the over-produced dribble that dominated the decade.

Lost Animal
With his Ex Tropical record of last year, Jarrod Quarrell managed to ensure his Lost Animal project was on the lips of many Australian music fans. A record full of heart, but unafraid of being a little musically risky, it's a great showcase of Quarrell's songwriting prowess and he'll be bringing that – and possibly some new material – to the ATP stage early next year.

The Dead C
New Zealand'sThe Dead C won't have to travel as far as some of the other international acts, but there'll be a strong contingent of fans on ground for I'll Be Your Mirror. Forever adored by other musicians, the noisy rock trio have been banging around since the mid 80s.

HTRK
Originally from Melbourne, but now based in London, they went from one of Melbourne's best kept secrets to become one of the London experimental indie scene's most respected acts. In 2010 the death of founding member Sean Stewart almost saw the band end, but Jonnine Standish and Nigel Yang opted to continue on.

Thee Oh Sees
Garage punks from San Francisco are honourary Australians these a handful of brilliant visits. The best thing about John Dwyer's outfit is that they can't stand still - they're a forever envolving blender of garage, psychedelic, avant-garde and indie influences.

Harmony
With elements of punk rock, gospel, blues and generally ripping balladry, Harmony burst into the national conscience with their self-titled record and a veritable shitload of shows in support of it last year. Things have been a little quieter of late, but the band – led by The Nation Blue's Tom Lyngcoln – will be delivering their haunting, gutsy and thrilling brand of music to ATP crowds next year. Another worthy local addition.

Cam Butler & The Shadows Of Love
Cam Butler uses a guitar like no one else on the planet; playing the instrument with brushes and found object, using some wildly inventive tunings and using capos in all sorts of places means that Butler doesn't have to rely on a massive board of effects pedals to make the guitar sound interesting and a little bizarre and his use of it makes for a very engaging performance.