ArcTanGent has really pulled out all the stops for its 10th edition. Started back in 2013 when the brilliant but relatively underground 65daysofstatic and Fuck Buttons topped the bill, it’s always had the aim of drawing the biggest and best acts in post-rock and experimental music, while evolving to encompass a hefty chunk of metal and other esoterica over the intervening decade. But the fact that it’s become an indisputable destination for true alt. outsiders is a point to loudly applaud. Organiser James Scarlett has spoken about breaking the bank to finally book Glaswegian kingpins Mogwai to headline ATG10, while the returning Meshuggah and Explosions In The Sky can both claim to be the biggest bands in their respective niches. Yet it’s the sheer depth of the bill that’s t...
