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ATP schedule announced; My Bloody Valentine taps Trail Of Dead, Yo La Tengo, more
It's been a long, long 16 years since Kevin Shields and My Bloody Valentine bandmates last washed us with their waves of heavenly distortion. But at long last, the All Tomorrow's Parties festival is providing the seminal group a magical weekend to host a blowout of early-90s noise jams, September 19-21 in upstate New York.... read more
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Found in: Music, ReviewsMy Bloody Valentine announces handful of U.S. tour dates
We've got an odd question for you, dear reader, but don't worry: it’s a simple yes/no. Ready? Okay, here we go. Do you think you've been gazing at your shoes enough lately? Regardless of your answer, get hyped: the legendary shoegaze rockers of My Bloody Valentine will tour the U.S. this fall. Sure enough, after playing in Europe this summer and headlining ATP New York in September, the Irish-Brit group will hit some of this country’s biggest cities through October, with a jaunt up to Canada to stop in Toronto. This will be your first chance to see the kinda-sorta-newly... read more
Found in: Music, NewsThe Untold Story of My Bloody Valentine
When My Bloody Valentine takes the stage at the Roundhouse in London this June 20, the show will conclude a 16-year cycle for one of rock’s most fascinating bands. After the end of 1992’s Loveless tour, the last shows... read more
Found in: Music, FeaturesLive dates piling up for My Bloody Valentine
Something’s shoegazing in the state of Denmark. The reunited My Bloody Valentine is slated to perform at the Scandinavian country’s Roskilde festival, which lasts July 3-6 and features other mentionables such as Radiohead and the Chemical Brothers. Thousands of miles away from most of us, no more within reach than dreams about flying or getting to play onstage with the band (“I’m sorry, ladies and gentlemen, My Bloody Valentine won’t be performing tonight because Kevin Shields broke both his ankles and can’t hit the effects pedals properly. If only there were someone in the crowd who could do it for... read more
Found in: Music, NewsMy Bloody Valentine announces U.K. dates
Just reflect on that image for a moment. "My Bloody Valentine, Live in 2008." Wow. Band mastermind Kevin Shields hinted at this happening in an interview that broke last week, and well before that, too, but it's still something special to see it in official poster form. So here you go, seven dates. Tickets go on sale tomorrow (Nov. 16) at the venue box offices and at SeeTickets.com. Please, feel free to go out into the street and set off some fireworks. No word yet on whether the group will rock Coachella or any other U.S. venues, but expect some... read more
Found in: Music, NewsMy Bloody Valentine reunion inches closer to reality
Without a doubt, My Bloody Valentine's short discography is one of the most fetishized in the history of indie rock. For well over a decade, music geeks have been having Loveless-soundtracked wet dreams about the fantasy of new material from Kevin Shields and his shoegazing cohorts. But like the lyrics to one of the band's songs, a new MBV album has remained elusive. Shields' eccentric sense of perfectionism has taken most of the blame; surely Loveless was too great of an albatross for him to overcome. But according to the editors at The Daily Swarm, a new My Bloody Valentine... read more
Found in: Music, NewsMy Bloody Valentine reuniting soon?
Perhaps Creation Records founder Alan McGee wouldn't give two and a half craps about a My Bloody Valentine reunion, calling the group "a joke, my way of seeing how far I could push hype," but we've had our fingers crossed since January, when Magnet quoted MBV's Kevin Shields as saying, "We are 100 percent going to make another My Bloody Valentine record unless we die or something." Yesterday, the Daily Swarm put forth a solid, comprehensive argument that Coachella 2008 would be the most sensible fountainhead for the band's 21st century incarnation-to-hopefully-be, noting that the Pixies, Gang of Four, Bauhaus... read more
Found in: Music, NewsFirst-time director finalizing shoegaze documentary
Sometimes, they had a lot of energy is the only positive thing to say about a concert, as if moxie were commendable in itself. As if passion were measured in stage dives, amp stands and guitar windmills. As if a band is only worth the combined dollar amount of its Party City props. But some artists shun such tumultuous nonsense, in favor of stolid motionlessness, eyes on the effects pedals, generating the droning waves of dreamy distortion known as shoegaze. And yet the musics intensity matches any scum-punk slobberknockers. Pioneered by acts like My Bloody Valentine, the Jesus & Mary... read more
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