For fans of the near-mathematical, quiet-loud-quiet-louder subgenre of post-rock – plus other forms of intense hoods-up, heads-down riffage – ArcTanGent is a dreamland come true. Celebrating ten years of intricate heaviness, this year’s lineup is a blockbuster. Mogwai, Explosions in the Sky, And So I Watch You from Afar and Electric Wizard, plus loads of weird, noisy boundary pushers like local lads Scaler, Teeth of the Sea and, erm, Squid Pisser.
RIYL: Black hoodies and Spiderland by Slint.
