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Mazzy Star's Hope Sandoval Releasing Album with My Bloody Valentine Co-Founder
Early '90s alt-rockers Mazzy Star had one mainstream radio hit, three albums and one very dynamic frontwoman. Hope Sandoval's dreamy vocals graced the songs of Mazzy Star since 1990, and she's worked with everyone from the Jesus and Mary Chain to Air. Now, Sandoval has announced that she and her band, the Warm Inventions, will release their second album this September.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsTales of the Coffin Nail: 27 Smoking Songs That'll leave you Breathless
Aside from that one weekend on the eve of 7th grade, when my parents left me with my older sister, I’ve never been a smoker. When I actually inhaled, it always tore my throat up so bad I couldn’t even finish a whole cigarette. Still, that weekend, a random, inconsequential moment occurred that I still—for some strange reason—remember in astonishing detail. It was the night before the first day of school—late August 1991 in the Atlanta suburbs—and an intense thunderstorm had just rolled through. My sister was already asleep in her basement apartment, so I took my boombox down to... read more
Found in: Blogs, List of the DayCoachella 2009, Sunday: My Bloody Valentine, The Cure, Vivian Girls, Yeah Yeah Yeahs and more
Come along with Paste as we look back on some of the more notable sets from Day Three of Coachella 2009...... read more
Found in: Blogs, FestivusMy Bloody Valentine returns to U.S. in late April
My Bloody Valentine will return to the U.S. this Spring, ready to do some festival hopping. The quartet is planning to hit Coachella and a smattering of cities skipped last fall. The band played several dates and European festivals last fall following its 2007 reunion. MBV will end the tour in Barcelona and play the Primavera Sound Festival along with Yo La Tengo, Bloc Party and many more.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsCoachella Digital online magazine goes live
Worried about getting prepared for Coachella? Perhaps Coachella's worried about you, too. The folks behind the festival debuted their inaugural online magazine, Coachella Digital, this month.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsThe Smiths deny Coachella 2009 reunion rumors
The tradition of the Coachella Festival in Indio, Calif. reuniting bands is now legendary. As the story goes, the festival organizers were having a hard time getting a headlining band in 2001, so they found a friend to convince Jane's Addiction to get back together and play. Since then, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Iggy Pop and the Stooges, Pixies, Bauhaus, Gang of Four, Rage Against the Machine, The Jesus and Mary Chain and My Bloody Valentine have all rejoined for the festival.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsLive Review: My Bloody Valentine @ The Roseland Ballroom, 9/22
There's no more enjoyable way to make your ears bleed than to attend a My Bloody Valentine concert. The attendants at Midtown's Roseland Ballroom even gave nonverbal warnings as they passed out free ear plugs to the crowd that flooded the sold-out show. At 10 p.m., the Irish quartet nonchalantly walked onstage and delicately holstered their shiny, pastel Jazzmasters in front of a wall of Marshall and Vox cabinets. And then, without warning, an entire spectrum of distorted guitar and synth assaulted the venue as many learned why a group that has been absent since 1993 would be greeted back to... read more
Found in: Local:NYCLive Review: My Bloody Valentine @ Aragon 9/27
The warnings began months ago, with breathless hyperbole: Bring a pair of earplugs. It'll be the loudest thing you’ve ever heard. It’ll be unlike anything you’ve ever heard before. They’re like a rocket taking off. It’s like a deep tissue massage, with no touching.... read more
Found in: Local:ChicagoAll Tomorrow's Parties 2008: Day 3
[Above: His Holiness Kevin Shields of My Bloody Valentine]A new flyer went up around Kutsher's late on the second day of All Tomorrow's Parties' New York debut. Earplugs would be available, for free and in large quantities, for everyone. Smart people (like me) had already brought their own: the unofficial reports from My Bloody Valentine's London shows was that they were reaching 132 decibels during their set, which is just slightly softer than a jet taking off.... read more
Found in: Blogs, FestivusAll Tomorrow's Parties 2008: Day 1
[Above: The Meat Puppets]Two firsts are happening simultaneously at the All Tomorrow's Parties festival this year: it not only marks the return of My Bloody Valentine to the United States, but it also mark's the first East coast festival for the UK based ATP, who has previously staged festivals in both London and Los Angeles. MBV is headlining the final night of the three-day, all-indoor festival, which kicked off with ATP's "Don't Look Back."... read more
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