The Return Of My Bloody Valentine

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

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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?

about to buy the digital album for my ipod. can the "16bit 44.1 K WAV" format be played on an ipod, without having to do a special conversion process?

Yes, but it won't have any tags.

thx

also use really good headphones not shitty earbuds #protip

yeah. i got "skullcandy" noise-cancellation headphones at a local shop. they're okay. really want this brand.

shields not being as loony as he sounds. art/pop culture have historically been used as ideological weapons.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/modern-art-was-cia-weapon-1578808.html

but go ahead and live in your happy world, sheeple

i can't stop listening to "in another way"

I finally just bought this through their site. Can't tell if the sound is terrible, or if its just my laptop speakers.

xp "In Another Way" is definitely my favorite track. It feels like the one that most embodies the unique strengths of this album: hypnotic repetition, off-kilter melody, a more optimistic (maybe?) vibe than any of their previous work.

Listening to it now; it's like perpetually cresting a hill without getting over it, especially the refrain with the (awesome sounding) hard-panned guitar drones & synth.

"nothing is" rules, too.

Why would anyone listen to anything, let alone this, through laptop speakers?

Laptop speakers are better than they used to be. Respectable option for broke ppl