Indie Influencers Pere Ubu Join Melbourne’s ATP Event

The All Tomorrow's Parties and The Drones curated I'll Be Your Mirror Melbourne event has made its second line-up announcement this morning, with '70s cult favourites Pere Ubu set to play their record The Modern Dance in full.

The hugely influential band were formed in Ohio in 1975 and their debut – The Modern Dance – was released three years later in 1978. A record that the industry didn't really see coming, the mixture of art, punk and garage rock would become a cornerstone for bands like Joy Division, REM, Pixies and too many others.

With ATP curating one day and The Drones the other, the full list of today's additions feature:

Pere Ubu (playing The Modern Dance)
Crime And The City Solution (returning to Australia after 20 years)
Kev Carmody (legendary indigenous singer/songwriter)
Oren Ambarchi (local multi-instrumentalist and Sunn O))) collaborator)
Ben Frost (local sound manipulator)
Dan Kelly Dream Band (Featuring members of Augie March and Ground Components)
The Stickmen (Hobart-based '90s surf act)
My Disco (Australia's favourite experimental rock act)
Civil Civic (two part human, one part machine)
New War (Melbourne underground act)
Don Walker (stalwart of the Aus-rock scene)
Strangers From Now On (Gabriel Santos and Aiden Kelly project)

These new acts will join the already announced two-day line-up as such:

Saturday 16 February curated by ATP: my bloody valentine, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Swans, The Dead C, Oren Ambarchi, Ben Frost, HTRK, Thee Oh Sees, Sleepy Sun, Civil Civic, New War, Standish/Carlyon, Strangers From Now On


Sunday 17 February curated by The Drones:The Drones, Beasts Of Bourbon (original line-up), Einstürzende Neubauten, Pere Ubu performing The Modern Dance, Crime And The City Solution, Kev Carmody, Dan Kelly's Dream Band, The Stickmen, Don Walker, My Disco, Lost Animal, Harmony, Cam Butler & The Shadows Of Love


Tickets to the Saturday only have sold out, while there are apparently less than 100 weekend passes available. Tickets are still available to the Sunday.