The Return Of My Bloody Valentine

the free-form exploration (which is in many cases on the album is just a reshuffling of the pattern that constitutes a "song") is what I enjoy the most about this album, I think

Another good interview:
http://blogs.westword.com/backbeat/2013/08/interview_kevin_shields_my-bloody-valentine.php

The final album includes recordings from the 90s sessions as well as vocals, bass, drums, and other overdubs that were laid down in 2011 and 2012.

Immediately it made sense why that one song sounds like Dots and Loops-era Stereolab. Ah, because it was actually recorded in an era when Stereolab were a cool and popular band that were widely admired.

What, and they are not now?

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3774/9609984849_286b38907d_z.jpg

The PA power blew out three times and gave up completely by the end but honestly it didn't matter too much. Love the new songs live.

Big crowd for them too - people singing along to "You Made Me Realize," crowd surfing during "When You Sleep," loud "MBV! MBV! MBV!" from the audience afterward.

Love it when Deb & Colm get as many crowd shout outs as Blinda & Kevin.

wtf at the ticket prices for their shows at Hammerstein in New York. $70 for floor and $120 for balcony. eat a dick MBV.

Yeah, I was into going until the prices came up. Oh well.

a friend went in SF and it was $50, and I heard in Chicago it was $30.

also the SF show didn't sell out

they didn't play chicago on this tour

Philly they're only $37! Guys I am going to get to the box office 90 minutes before it opens but like is this a thang that is going to sell out *instantly*? Do you think? For a 2500-person venue?

Like if I wait in line for an hour and a half and they're sold out by the time I get to the window I am gonna be PIIISSSSED. Someone yday seemed to imply that physical box offices aren't part of the same pool as phone/internet sales so even when it's sold out online/via phone there are sometimes still tix left IRL at the box office. Y or N?

Seattle moved to a smaller venue & didn't sell out

Okay this gives me hope. Maybe I will get there way too early but at the very worst I get to chill outside for a while reading a book or talking to my mom on the phone or some shit that I'd be doing anyway somewhere else.

oh my bad, it looks like a november show in chicago has been announced!!!!!

My Bloody Valentine
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http://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/sep/13/my-bloody-valentine-slams-mercury-prize

...seems like kevin really wanted the nomination

although maybe he said these things in an offhanded way and didn't realize it would become the headline. but it ends up making him look like they actually care about the mercury prize, which is a joke

I wonder if they'll be refunded the application fee

it actually sounds like old man rant/sour grapes.

"Isn't Mercury a phone company or something, anyway? What's that got to do with music?" Shields said in an exclusive interview.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercury_Communications

In 1997, Mercury ceased to exist as a brand with its amalgamation into the operations of Cable & Wireless Communications,[2] and totally exited from the telecommunications business by 1999.

taking this devastating techyes smackdown straight to the zing thread

Philly date announced 11/9. Tix on sale tomorrow.
Shittiest venue in the area but I have to go.

I am in line at the Electric Factory box office as we speak. 8 ppl ahead of me. Shitty venue indeed but like CAN'T WAIT TO PLAY $33 LESS THAN NY AND ALSO NOT HAVE TO DEAL W GOING TO NY

Do Hammerstein's acoustics suck too?

I'm out and about but was able to buy 2 tickets using the Ticketmaster app on my phone. Cost a shade more than a hundred bucks after being raped by the usual fees.

Yeah it's $11 on each $37 ticket and fuck that noise

Also "rape" is probably not the best word to use for having to pay an extra $11 for a concert ticket

I paid $185.00 for 5

they are playing the worst venue in the Twin Cities, Roy Wilkins. It's like going to a concert in a basketball court. Oh well, I'm going... Ogden show was so goddamn stellar

About the Mercury prize thing, wasn't In Rainbows nominated? That didn't have a proper deal and distribution or whatever.

still their best album

in rainbows?

xp yeah it did

no, m b v

in rainbows was released by regular record companies within three months of the digital release.

Life has kept me away. I was sick and when I recovered and returned home, RipVanWinkle-like, I discovered there was a new album. Like finding a puppy under your Christmas tree. Also I was sure it would BLOW like "Loveless" did. For me anyway. Please, Isn't Anything made me want to throw all other music I owned in the trash. It was MY WORLD for about a year. m b v has a similar idiosyncrasy for me. Didn't think they could pull it off!

You did not like Loveless?

he could not have loved it less

i made an ilm male poster assumption

still can't understand people who prefer Isn't Anything... maybe since I came to both albums after the fact, given that I was only partially conscious and perhaps not even self-aware when either came out

I do prefer Isn't Anything. It is hotter and steamier. As well as the eps of the same era it stinks of sweat and sex. Obv. Loveless is great too but IA was the first one I fell for.

ew, what second hand shops are you buying these albums from, dude
*sniff* someone's been fuckin on this here CD. shopkeep, where can i find more like this?

> Also "rape" is probably not the best word to use for having to pay an extra $11 for a concert ticket

I just noticed this. I was using the voice-to-text on my cell. It should have been raked. With a k.

http://www.theguardian.com/football/2009/mar/16/alan-pardew-rape-comment-apology-motd

http://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/oct/03/kevin-shields-britpop-pushed-by-government?CMP=twt_gu

"Britpop was massively pushed by the government," he said. "Someday it would be interesting to read all the MI5 files on Britpop. The wool was pulled right over everyone's eyes there."

lol whaaaat

love this ol' kook

insightful guy. after all, he pretty much predicted the inception-like world of the future with 'when you wake (you're still in a dream)'

So when is this thing coming to iTunes?