Mazzy Star are still together and close to finishing their fourth record, but since 1996's Among My Swan vocalist Hope Sandoval has been productive on her own, releasing an album with the Warm Inventions in 2001, and another now in... CONTINUE READING NEW HOPE SANDOVAL & THE WARM INVENTIONS - "BLANCHARD"»
Posted on July 8, 2009 in (10 comments)
Tags: Colm Ó Cíosóig | Hope Sandoval | Mazzy Star | My Bloody Valentine
Last year Goldenvoice brought the last thing this country needed more of (music festivals) to the last part of the country that needed it. Most local live music lovers don't travel across country to, say, Coachella, because they know the... CONTINUE READING ALL POINTS WEST 2009 LINEUP BRINGS MY BLOODY VALENTINE, YEAH YEAH YEAHS, TIM & ERIC»
Posted on March 30, 2009 (57 comments)
Tags: All Points West | Beastie Boys | My Bloody Valentine
This big announce was supposed to come days ago, and of course people (us) freaked that it didn't. But as Goldenvoice President Paul Tollett put it, "We're not stalling, we're still working on the show. Everything we do is in... CONTINUE READING COACHELLA 2009 LINE-UP»
Posted on January 30, 2009 (70 comments)
Tags: Coachella | Fleet Foxes | Lightning Bolt | My Bloody Valentine | Paul McCartney | Robin Pecknold | The Cure | The Killers
I'm not the only one at Stereogum who goes out to see live music, but I'm the one who goes out to see the most live music. And then I'm the one who sits around anally cataloging and indexing it... CONTINUE READING 20 GREAT CONCERTS FROM 2008»
Posted on December 29, 2008 in , (83 comments)
Tags: Animal Collective | Apes And Androids | Dirty Projectors | Fleet Foxes | Franz Ferdinand | Gang Gang Dance | Joanna Newsom | King Khan | Krallice | Lightning Bolt | Marnie Stern | My Bloody Valentine | My Morning Jacket | of Montreal | Portishead | Radiohead | Robyn | Saul Williams | Sigur Rós
When not talking to fans or blowing-out eardrums at ATP, MBV mastermind Kevin Shields sat down and gave a rare interview to the Times. His details about the early days are fascinating, but more exciting? "I realized that all that... CONTINUE READING KEVIN SHIELDS SPEAKS TO THE NY TIMES, HAS PLANS FOR NEW MBV ALBUMS»
Posted on September 23, 2008 (3 comments)
Tags: Arj Barker | My Bloody Valentine
Kevin Shields was to ATP what King Khan was to Pitchfork Festival, minus the costume changes: In all seriousness, though, we spotted the My Bloody Valentine front man everywhere during our weekend at Kutsher's, whether posing for photos with adoring... CONTINUE READING ALL TOMORROW'S PARTIES NY: MY BLOODY VALENTINE REUNION - PHOTOS, VIDEO»
Posted on September 22, 2008 in , (23 comments)
Tags: All Tomorrow's Parties | My Bloody Valentine | The Kills
Sorry to have to do this, and also very psyched to have to do this: Scott, Brandon, and I are piling into a rental car in a few minutes, making the trek from Brooklyn to Monticello to join the welcome... CONTINUE READING GONE ALL TOMORROW'S PARTYIN' »
Posted on September 19, 2008 in (17 comments)
Tags: All Tomorrow's Parties | Grizzly Bear | My Bloody Valentine
It's difficult not to get cynical about the influx of nostalgia/money-driven reunion tours and reunion records, but if anyone's doing it gracefully and still feels vital and relevant in the process, it's My Bloody Valentine. When I was knee-high to... CONTINUE READING MBV PLAY "TO HERE KNOWS WHEN" LIVE, GO DIGITAL»
Posted on August 27, 2008 in (8 comments)
Tags: My Bloody Valentine | Peter Bjorn And John
"Welcome to our rehearsal. The real gigs start next week," Kevin Shields told a 350-strong sold-out crowd at London's ICA tonight. Little consolation to folks who bought tickets to next Friday's Roundhouse show thinking it would be the shoegaze heroes'... CONTINUE READING MY BLOODY VALENTINE'S FIRST SHOW IN 16 YEARS»
Posted on June 13, 2008 (13 comments)
Tags: My Bloody Valentine
Get psyched. Just over 40 years ago it was the summer of love. This weekend we "warm up" for the summer of Loveless. OK well "we" here in NYC are already 90º-in-the-shade warm, but My Bloody Valentine are taking two... CONTINUE READING GOOD LUCK GETTING TICKETS TO MY BLOODY VALENTINE'S TWO REHEARSAL SHOWS THIS WEEKEND»
Posted on June 10, 2008 (3 comments)
Tags: My Bloody Valentine
As mentioned previously, My Bloody Valentine are returning to the US of A for their first show in 16 years when they touch down in Monticello, New York to curate a jam-packed edition of All Tomorrow's Parties with Polvo, Built... CONTINUE READING MY BLOODY VALENTINE ANNOUNCES FULL(ER) TOUR»
Posted on May 6, 2008 in (27 comments)
Tags: Daniel Johnston | My Bloody Valentine | SXSW
16 years! It's been a long time to wait. For some of you it's probably been a lifetime. All that ends this fall, though, confirmed via tonight's news that's caused music bloggers countrywide to faint face first into their keyboards:... CONTINUE READING MY BLOODY VALENTINE FINALLY COMING BACK TO THE STATES, CURATING QUITE A PARTY»
Posted on April 22, 2008 (20 comments)
Tags: All Tomorrow's Parties | Autolux | Built To Spill | Edan | Fuck Buttons | Low | Mogwai | My Bloody Valentine | Polvo | Shellac | The Drones | Thee Silver Mount Zion Orchestra | Thurston Moore | Tortoise | Wooden Shjips
Brandon can attest, last year's Roskilde was a glorious mud bath. We're guessing it can't rain as much this time around, but even if it does, the lineup's intriguing enough that if you can find a way to get to... CONTINUE READING JUDAS PRIEST AND SLAYER JOIN MBV, RADIOHEAD, JAY-Z, AND NEIL YOUNG AT ROSKILDE '08»
Posted on April 17, 2008 (7 comments)
Tags: Jay-Z | Judas Priest | My Bloody Valentine | Neil Young | Radiohead | Roskilde | Slayer
So many festivals, but only one can be Bestival. The UK event was curated by BBC Radio 1's Rob da Bank and takes place on the Isle of Wight from September 5-7. So far the lineup includes the above-mentioned MBV and Aphex Twin, along with the Breeders, George Clinton, Gary Numan, the Human League, Lee Scratch Perry, the Wedding Present, 808 State ... wow, this is getting very nostalgic, Rob da Bank. As far as the youngsters, BTW Fuck Buttons, Foals, the Count & Sinden, These New Purtians, and St. Vincent, among others, will be there. May not be the best lineup across the board, but it's a good one, and they definitely have the trippiest website.
Posted on February 22, 2008 in (1 comments)
According to a brief discussion with Coachella co-founder Paul Tollett posted over at NME, My Bloody Valentine are coming to America. Coachella's April date was too soon, which is why they're debuting with summer festival shows at Roskilde, Øya, in Paris, and at a spattering of ATP-sponsored gigs. And the US of A? To quote Tollett: "Don't worry--they'll come to America." Vague, but forceful. As far as the rumors that original drummer Colm O'Ciosoig wasn't going to take part in the reunion? The folks who started the rumor have taken it back.
Posted on February 15, 2008 (11 comments)
Lace up your gazing shoes: Last week we got excited about the possibility of a My Bloody Valentine reunion, but only had an Ian Svenonious interview with Kevin Shields backing us up. Well, now we have some actual tour dates.ATP... CONTINUE READING MY BLOODY VALENTINE PLAYING SHOWS IN '08»
Posted on November 15, 2007 (3 comments)
Tags: Kevin Shields | My Bloody Valentine
Never can tell when these sorts of things will actually materialize, but Kevin Shields told ex-Sassy kingpin and NOU dude Ian Svenonious that My Bloody Valentine's getting back together, has already been shoe-gazing in the studio for the first time... CONTINUE READING OMG NEW MBV»
Posted on November 7, 2007 in (9 comments)
Tags: My Bloody Valentine
The experimental, instrumental Athens, GA outfit Japancakes are putting out two albums this year, one of which tickles us as lovers of covers: Loveless, the band's tribute to the seminal MBV LP everyone loves to namecheck on their all-time top... CONTINUE READING JAPANCAKES COVER MY BLOODY VALENTINE»
Posted on September 20, 2007 in (14 comments)
Tags: Japancakes | My Bloody Valentine
Hey have you heard? Shoegaze has "become hip again"! And Guardian's got a big ol' feature on it, identifying Deerhunter and Asobi Seksu among others as the "nu-gazers" responsible for the resurgence -- and asking "why now?" Worthy topic, sure,... CONTINUE READING "MY BLOODY VALENTINE WERE A JOKE"»
Posted on July 27, 2007 in (95 comments)
Tags: My Bloody Valentine
We left a bunch (more like a ton) of important names off our list of re-formed bands we think should record new material. Sebadoh, The Smashing Pumpkins, J&M Chain, Crowded House -- yes, yes, yes, yes. And the list goes... CONTINUE READING MORE REUNION TALK»
Posted on March 16, 2007 (45 comments)
Tags: Faith No More | Kevin Shields | Mike Patton | My Bloody Valentine | Pavement | Unrest
Fifteen years on from the release of the seminal record Loveless, remixer-for-hire Kevin Shields spoke with Magnet about making another My Bloody Valentine record, saying, "We are 100 percent going to make another My Bloody Valentine record unless we die... CONTINUE READING KEVIN SHIELDS PROMISES ONE MORE GREAT MBV RECORD»
Posted on January 15, 2007 (3 comments)
Tags: Kevin Shields | My Bloody Valentine
