Photos: Explosions in the Sky ATP [Friday]

Photos: Explosions in the Sky ATP [Friday] Photos by Shannon McClean; Above: Explosions in the Sky

What with all the tomorrows that just keep popping up one after another, the celebrations seemingly never stop for All Tomorrow's Parties. The UK-based fest specialists spent less than a week recovering from their epic three-day showdown with yours truly before launching headlong into this past weekend's Explosions in the Sky-curated spectacle at Butlins Holiday Centre in England.

The bill for Friday, May 16 featured performances from Dinosaur Jr., Four Tet, Sunset Rubdown, Phosphorescent, the Paper Chase, Ola Podrida, the Octopus Project, the Pale Gallery, and Explosions themselves. Stay tuned for more photo blasts from Saturday's and Sunday's festivities, and marvel as ATP returns to the States to co-present the Don't Look Back portion of this summer's Pitchfork Music Festival and puts on some little thing with My Bloody Valentine in September.

Explosions in the Sky










Dinosaur Jr.






Four Tet




Sunset Rubdown






Phosphorescent





Ola Podrida




The Octopus Project








The Paper Chase






The Pale Gallery

Posted by Pitchfork Staff on Mon, May 19, 2008 at 2:30pm