When I posted that MBV live clip earlier today, I closed by mentioning the upcoming ATP NY weekend . We knew mostly who to expect at the Kutshers Country Club in Monticello, NY, but now we've got a look at the full schedule and complete timetable. Yes, now you know exactly when you'll see Om transition into Low, Tortoise abuts Thurston Moore abuts Built To Spill, and My Bloody Valentine blow mi...
It's pretty difficult not to get cynical about the number of reunion tours and records over the past couple of years, but if anyone's doing it gracefully, and still feels vital and relevant while doing it, it's My Bloody Valentine. I was lucky enough to catch them on their Loveless tour with the equally successfully reunited Dinosaur Jr. when I was knee-high to a grasshopper -- judging from thi...
UK based organization All Tomorrow's Parties (ATP) announced today ATP New York, its first east coast festival set for September 19-21 at Kutshers Country Club in Monticello, NY. ??My Bloody Valentine?? The three day Festival curated by both My Bloody Valentine and ATP, will be headlined by My Bloody Valentine in their first US appearance in 16-years and include performances by:MY BLOODY VALENT...
A Loveless so clear and pristine you can smell the reverb? Well, not quite, but My Bloody Valentine will be re-mastering their two most epic albums just in time for "their summer European tour and fall US jaunt,":http://www.myspace.com/mybloodyvalentine kicking off on June 20th with a 5 night stint at London's Roundhouse. Frontman Kevin Shields remastered 1991's Loveless as well as 1988's Isn'...
According to ATP, tickets are for the upcoming My Bloody Valentine-curated Nightmare Before Christmas Festival are very nearly sold out. Tickets are now only available via Gigantic (HERE) in 4-Berth form and they're priced at £600 per room (£150 per person).
I'd been bumming lately after a routine visit to the dermatologist turned into a scalpel sawing off the top layer of a new white mole located on the tip of my nose for a biopsy, cause it could be a local cancer. So the next day when my buddy Dan emailed and asked if I wanted his extra pass to the second night of the sold out My Bloody Valentine run at the Roseland Ballroom I said "F%@k it. I'l...
My Bloody Valentine will be making their from more than a decade of hiatus this summer. The showgazers will headline Bestival at the Isle of Wright on September 5th. The three day festival will also include Aphex Twin and CSS. My Bloody Valentine will also headline Denmark's Roskilde (July 5th), France's Zenith De Paris (July 9th), Spain's Benicassem Festival (July 18th, 19th), and Norway's Oya...
As Sturgell mentioned a week ago, My Bloody Valentine will curate and headline the 1st ATP New York festival September 19-21. As you may have already guessed, the band will play additional concerts in the US, after the ATP event:09.22 New York, NY: Roseland09.23 New York, NY: Roseland09.25 Toronto, Ontario: Ricoh09.27 Chicago, IL: Aragon Ballroom09.30 San Francisco, CA: The Concourse10.01 Los ...
I know this is going to stir some shit up but oh well, as the MBV song says "Nothing Much To Lose" here. I've been noticing that the same "moggers" keep reappearing on the "Our Daily Picks" feature on the bottom right hand corner of every page of Mog.There are around six "moggers" that regularly get their posts featured:WalterWeissMollifireDJ IviAfficianadoMr. FrostMichael GoldbergI may be miss...
So much has already been written about the after-16-year reunion of this, the greatest shoegazer band of all time. What is then that I could possibly add?Well, one thing (and its really the only thing in my book) - I can add are my own unique impressions and experience on it all.Anyone familiar with this current tour knows the deal by now. Band makes never-matched, unparalleled album "Loveless"...
News travels fast these days. Vice Magazine's online television station - VBS.tv - has a show called Soft Focus, a series of interviews with different musicians by Ian Svenonius. Ian recently conducted an exclusive interview with My Bloody Valentine's Kevin Shields which won't air until Monday. Nonetheless, the web is already abuzz with what Kevin told Ian in this new interview. To sum it ...
The Daily Swarm reports/speculates/guesses:"According to sources in the United States and the United Kingdom who are familiar with the negotiations, the band is close to signing a deal that will see a reunited My Bloody Valentine headline Coachella, scheduled for April 25–27, before embarking on a world tour sometime later in 2008."Dale, I hope you didn't get a heart attack! I won't cut-and-pas.
Founding guitarist/singer Kevin Shields has confirmed that My Bloody Valentine are indeed getting back together. In an interview with VBS.tv, Shields explained that the band is picking up right where they left off after breaking up in the mid-90s."We were making a record in the '90s around when the band broke up in 1995...and I continued with Belinda [Butcher- guitarist/vocalist]. We kinda made...
Shoegazers My Bloody Valentine have announced their first shows in fifteen years. Five summer shows have been announced for the UK. We hope that there are more US shows announced before then. Just last week the band officially announced their reunion. Tickets go on sale this Friday, November 16th.My Bloody Valentine are also working on a follow-up to 1991's Loveless.My Bloody Valentine reunion ...
My Bloody Valentine have added some US dates surrounding their already announced performance at Coachella. Tickets for the April 22 show in Dallas are already on sale, and the rest go on sale soon. (Note: Austin tickets being sold by GetTix and Denver tickets being handled by LiveNation.)My Bloody Valentine 2009 US Tour DatesApr 19 [...]