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Featured Artist: My Bloody Valentine
Like the Velvet Underground, Sonic Youth, and the Jesus & Mary Chain before them, My Bloody Valentine redefined what noise meant within the context of pop songwriting. Led by guitarist Kevin Shields, the group released several EPs in the mid-'80s before recording the era-defining Isn't Anything in 1988, a record that merged lilting, ethereal melodies of the Cocteau Twins with crushingly loud, shimmering distortion. Though My Bloody Valentine rejected rock & roll conventions,...
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All Tomorrow's Parties Overtakes Upstate New York
A quaint, kosher vacation spot in Monticello, N.Y., is the center of the indie rock universe this weekend, as the All Tomorrow's Parties festival touches down at Kutsher's Country Club. The event was...
September 20, 2008
My Bloody Valentine Albums Go Digital
My Bloody Valentine's two full-length albums, "Isn't Anything" and "Loveless," will be re-released digitally today (Aug. 26). The releases had previously only been partially available online.
August 26, 2008
My Bloody Valentine Wraps Triumphant Reunion Tour
My Bloody Valentine wrapped its triumphant reunion tour last night (Oct. 2) in Santa Monica, Calif., its seven North American shows (all sell-outs) drawing nearly 26,000 people, generating well more...
October 03, 2008
My Bloody Valentine / Sept. 22, 2008 / New York (Roseland Ballroom)
They came, they played, they conquered. Actually, they destroyed. Or maybe they did something to us that we can't really even describe. Whatever happened, My Bloody Valentine's performance last night...
September 23, 2008
Rock, Relaxation Reign At All Tomorrow's Parties
Extreme sounds echoed through the halls of Kutsher's Country Resort during the second day of New York's premiere All Tomorrow's Parties festival.
September 21, 2008
My Bloody Valentine Brings The Noise At ATP
Decibel levels ran into the red last night (Sept. 21) as My Bloody Valentine played its first U.S. concert in 16 years to bring the All Tomorrow's Parties festival to an ear-splitting close in...
September 22, 2008
All Tomorrow's Parties Heads To Australia
All Tomorrow's Parties will launch its first Australian events in January. Native sons Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds will curate and perform at the shows, which run from Jan. 8-19 at a variety of...
October 01, 2008
Bob Mould Pens Autobiography, Wraps New CD
Alt-rock figurehead Bob Mould has signed a deal with Little, Brown and Company to write his autobiography, which will be released in the fall of 2010. Mould will collaborate with rock journalist...
September 12, 2008
Gemma Hayes
"This is a song that I co-wrote with Gemma Hayes, who is shamefully unsigned," Counting Crows frontman Adam Duritz said before launching into the band's new track "Washington Square Park" in front of...
July 15, 2008
Sonic Youth and Feelies / July 4, 2008 / New York (Battery Park)
Sonic Youth may have been the headliner, but it was the newly reformed Feelies that brought the days biggest fireworks. And Sonic Youth's groups distinctive, distortion-heavy sound proved to be the...
July 07, 2008
Lou Reed / Oct. 3, 2008 / Los Angeles (REDCAT/CalArts Theater)
The performers shared minimal interaction on stage, but when their eyes locked, it provided the performance with welcome jolts of humanity.
October 08, 2008
Mogwai's 'Hawk' Takes Flight This Fall
It's shaping up to be a busy year for seminal Scottish rock act Mogwai. After reissuing its first album, "Young Team," last month, the group's latest effort, "The Hawk Is Howling," arrives Sept. 23...
July 29, 2008
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Dream Theater Debuts Atop Euro Chart
Europe welcomes a new bestseller on the composite European Top 100 Albums chart, as New York rock outfit Dream Theater's "Black Clouds and Silver Linings" (Roadrunner) opens its account at No. 1.
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