ArcTanGent Launch Free Online Festival, ATG TV

In the unfortunate absence of an actual festival next weekend, ArcTanGent have announced details of a three-day virtual event: ATG TV.

Organisers have lined up "exclusive content, live music and interviews" for ATG TV, which takes place from Thursday, August 20 to Saturday, August 22.

"You’ll be able to catch performances from a wide range of artists that were due to perform at ATG 2020, along with some of our past ATG favourites, all on the ArcTanGent Festival Facebook and Instagram pages," they explain.

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"On the Thursday afternoon/evening (3:45pm – 9pm) we’ll have exclusive live performances from Phoxjaw, Sugar Horse, Pijn and more streaming on the ArcTanGent Facebook page. These performances will be genuinely live streamed shows, performed on the day and at the time of viewing!

"The Friday of ATG TV will see a huge exclusive takeover from Pelagic Records, our favourite label discovery of the last year who release music by some brilliant artists (including The Ocean).

"On the Saturday we’ll be bringing you a takeover from the legendary Holy Roar Records with artists such as Car Bomb, SLOW CRUSH and MØL amongst others, with performances, brand new song premieres and shedloads of other exciting ATG favourites all weekend long."

Check out the full list of bands involved (in alphabetical order): A.A. Williams, AK/DK, Antethic, Årabrot, Arms and Sleepers, Astrosaur, Axiom, B R I Q U E V I L L E, BARRENS, BEAR, BINGE, Black Futures, Body Hound, Car Bomb, Coldbones, Elephant Tree, FES, Future of the Left, Future Usses, God Alone, Haast, Harrowed, HEISA, Herod, Hypno5e, Jean Jean, JeGong, Jo Quail, Labirinto, Lack The Low, Lesser Glow, Lightning Sharks, Luo, MASS OF THE FERMENTING DREGS, Mclusky, Memory of Elephants, MIËT, Modern Rituals, MØL, Mutant-Thoughts, Natalie Evans, Odradek, Ogives Big Band, OHHMS, Parachute For Gordo, Phoxjaw, Pijn, Psychonaut, qariaq, Rainbow, Slicer, Rolo Tomassi, SÂVER, SEIMS, sleepmakeswaves, SLOW CRUSH, Spook the Horses, Sugar Horse, Svalbard, The Guru Guru, The Mantis Opera, The Ocean, Tides From Nebula, tortuganónima, TOTS, TRAPS, Wang Wen, Wess Meets West and worriedaboutsatan.

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