It’s a good time to be a Sofia Coppola fan. Alongside last fall’s release of one of her finest films, Priscilla, we got an expansive book detailing her career. Now we have two new updates related to other peaks of the director’s career.
First up, a New Yorker profile has revealed that a documentary on the making of her 2006 feature Marie Antoinette is in the works. Sofia Coppola’s mother Eleanor Coppola shot behind-the-scenes footage from the production, as she did for her husband Francis Ford Coppola’s films, most notably resulting in the documentary feature Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker’s Apocalypse. For Marie Antoinette, she captured around 80 hours, and both mother and daughter are now in the editing process. Here’s hoping it arrives by the film’s 20th anniversary.
For something that will arrive a bit sooner, a deluxe double vinyl LP of the Lost in Translation...
First up, a New Yorker profile has revealed that a documentary on the making of her 2006 feature Marie Antoinette is in the works. Sofia Coppola’s mother Eleanor Coppola shot behind-the-scenes footage from the production, as she did for her husband Francis Ford Coppola’s films, most notably resulting in the documentary feature Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker’s Apocalypse. For Marie Antoinette, she captured around 80 hours, and both mother and daughter are now in the editing process. Here’s hoping it arrives by the film’s 20th anniversary.
For something that will arrive a bit sooner, a deluxe double vinyl LP of the Lost in Translation...
- 2/19/2024
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
Dave Matthews — yes, the one with the band — joined Dinosaur Jr. onstage during their show in Seattle Wednesday night (January 12th), where they all did a cover of Neil Young’s “Cortez the Killer” together.
Dino Jr. like to bring their friends onstage. While they were in London last November, they brought out My Bloody Valentine’s Kevin Shields to shred on a cover The Cure’s “Just Like Heaven.” In just the past week alone, they’ve recruited Pavement’s Stephen Malkmus, Modest Mouse’s Isaac Brock, Red Fang’s Bryan Giles, and The Dandy Warhols’ Peter Holmström at various shows.
And Matthews wasn’t the only guest Wednesday, either: Mudhoney’s Mark Arm also assisted J Mascis and company for covers of The Stooges’ “T.V. Eye” and “Real Cool Time,” while Pearl Jam/Soundgarden drummer Matt Cameron sat in during “Yeah We Know.” See some fan-captured clips...
Dino Jr. like to bring their friends onstage. While they were in London last November, they brought out My Bloody Valentine’s Kevin Shields to shred on a cover The Cure’s “Just Like Heaven.” In just the past week alone, they’ve recruited Pavement’s Stephen Malkmus, Modest Mouse’s Isaac Brock, Red Fang’s Bryan Giles, and The Dandy Warhols’ Peter Holmström at various shows.
And Matthews wasn’t the only guest Wednesday, either: Mudhoney’s Mark Arm also assisted J Mascis and company for covers of The Stooges’ “T.V. Eye” and “Real Cool Time,” while Pearl Jam/Soundgarden drummer Matt Cameron sat in during “Yeah We Know.” See some fan-captured clips...
- 1/18/2024
- by Abby Jones
- Consequence - Music
Killing Joke guitarist Kevin “Geordie” Walker’s influence is vast: Metallica attempted to emulate his guitar snarl on their cover of “The Wait”; Kurt Cobain admittedly ripped off his riff to “Eighties” for “Come As You Are”; LCD Soundsystem synthesized his riff on “Change” and turned it into “Losing My Edge.” Other artists who praised Walker’s playing and Killing Joke include Jimmy Page, Trent Reznor, My Bloody Valentine’s Kevin Shields, and all of Faith No More. Yet Walker himself never became a household name before his death on...
- 11/27/2023
- by Kory Grow
- Rollingstone.com
Killing Joke guitarist Kevin “Geordie” Walker has died at the age of 64.
Martin Adkins, Walker’s former Killing Joke bandmate, announced his passing on social media. He died after suffering a stroke.
Killing Joke later confirmed Walker’s death on Facebook, stating, “It is with extreme sadness we confirm that at 6:30am on 26th November 2023 in Prague, Killing Joke’s legendary guitarist Kevin “Geordie” Walker passed away after suffering a stroke, he was surrounded by family. We are devastated. Rest In Peace brother.”
Walker was a founding member of the UK post-punk band Killing Joke, alongside frontman Jaz Coleman, bassist/keyboardist Martin “Youth” Glover, and drummer Paul Ferguson. He remained a member of the band until his passing.
With his guitar playing, Walker emphasized rhythm with a focus on the instrument’s lower notes. His playing was lauded by other legendary guitarists including Led Zeppelin’s Jimmy Page and...
Martin Adkins, Walker’s former Killing Joke bandmate, announced his passing on social media. He died after suffering a stroke.
Killing Joke later confirmed Walker’s death on Facebook, stating, “It is with extreme sadness we confirm that at 6:30am on 26th November 2023 in Prague, Killing Joke’s legendary guitarist Kevin “Geordie” Walker passed away after suffering a stroke, he was surrounded by family. We are devastated. Rest In Peace brother.”
Walker was a founding member of the UK post-punk band Killing Joke, alongside frontman Jaz Coleman, bassist/keyboardist Martin “Youth” Glover, and drummer Paul Ferguson. He remained a member of the band until his passing.
With his guitar playing, Walker emphasized rhythm with a focus on the instrument’s lower notes. His playing was lauded by other legendary guitarists including Led Zeppelin’s Jimmy Page and...
- 11/26/2023
- by Scoop Harrison
- Consequence - Music
In a perfect coalescence of late-’80s indie rock delight, Kevin Shields of My Bloody Valentine joined Dinosaur Jr. onstage in London Tuesday night (November 14th) to perform a rendition of The Cure‘s “Just Like Heaven.”
Mbv and Dino Jr. toured together back in the day, and it looks like they still regularly keep in touch. The latter band brought Shields onstage at a Dinosaur 30th anniversary show in New York in 2015; Shields stopped by Dinosaur Jr.’s Camp Fuzz rock camp in 2019; and J Mascis appeared in a promo clip for Shields’ new Fender pedal last September. And although Dinosaur Jr. have a studio version of their “Just Like Heaven” cover, our records indicate this is the first time Shields has performed it with them live. As you might expect, it was very loud and kicked ass.
Shields also assisted Dinosaur Jr. with “Tarpit” from their 1987 album You’re Living All Over Me,...
Mbv and Dino Jr. toured together back in the day, and it looks like they still regularly keep in touch. The latter band brought Shields onstage at a Dinosaur 30th anniversary show in New York in 2015; Shields stopped by Dinosaur Jr.’s Camp Fuzz rock camp in 2019; and J Mascis appeared in a promo clip for Shields’ new Fender pedal last September. And although Dinosaur Jr. have a studio version of their “Just Like Heaven” cover, our records indicate this is the first time Shields has performed it with them live. As you might expect, it was very loud and kicked ass.
Shields also assisted Dinosaur Jr. with “Tarpit” from their 1987 album You’re Living All Over Me,...
- 11/15/2023
- by Abby Jones
- Consequence - Music
My Bloody Valentine’s Kevin Shields has released brand new music in a wonderfully fun format: by hiding a flash drive with a new song on it inside his recently announced Shields Blender fuzz pedal.
The new limited-edition pedal was made in collaboration with Fender, and 100 lucky folks who purchased it through Reverb rare receiving a hidden flash drive featuring new music from Shields. No official announcement was made, but devoted gearheads looking to inspect the pedal’s circuitry made the initial discovery, and began posting about it on gear blogs Friday morning (June 16th).
The track, which has yet to be shared in any way beyond the flash drive, appears to be a new instrumental song. It was included with instructions from Shields himself: “For intended effect, please play at 80 dB and above on speakers.”
Shields has never quite played by the rules so far as releasing new music goes.
The new limited-edition pedal was made in collaboration with Fender, and 100 lucky folks who purchased it through Reverb rare receiving a hidden flash drive featuring new music from Shields. No official announcement was made, but devoted gearheads looking to inspect the pedal’s circuitry made the initial discovery, and began posting about it on gear blogs Friday morning (June 16th).
The track, which has yet to be shared in any way beyond the flash drive, appears to be a new instrumental song. It was included with instructions from Shields himself: “For intended effect, please play at 80 dB and above on speakers.”
Shields has never quite played by the rules so far as releasing new music goes.
- 6/16/2023
- by Jo Vito
- Consequence - Music
My Bloody Valentine mastermind Kevin Shields is responsible for creating some of the most distinct and beautiful guitar tones in alt-rock history. Now, he’s teamed up with Fender to harness that sound within the new Shields Blender fuzz pedal.
As heard on the band’s legendary 1991 album, Loveless, Shields utilized layers of textural distortion to create a massive wall of impressionistic volume, helping to defining the shoegaze genre in the process.
For any guitarist looking to replicate the Mbv sound, look no further. Fender’s first-ever signature fuzz pedal is based on Shields’ trusty Fender Blender pedal, the mythical 1970s circuit that has been a key ingredient for his tone. The new signature model was co-developed over a four-year span by Shields and Fender.
“I really enjoyed the experience,” said Kevin Shields. “I’ve been using it a lot recently in the studio, it’s been great, I’m...
As heard on the band’s legendary 1991 album, Loveless, Shields utilized layers of textural distortion to create a massive wall of impressionistic volume, helping to defining the shoegaze genre in the process.
For any guitarist looking to replicate the Mbv sound, look no further. Fender’s first-ever signature fuzz pedal is based on Shields’ trusty Fender Blender pedal, the mythical 1970s circuit that has been a key ingredient for his tone. The new signature model was co-developed over a four-year span by Shields and Fender.
“I really enjoyed the experience,” said Kevin Shields. “I’ve been using it a lot recently in the studio, it’s been great, I’m...
- 6/13/2023
- by Jon Hadusek
- Consequence - Music
Yo La Tengo marked the 25th anniversary of their album I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One Friday by unearthing the director’s cut for their video “Sugarcube,” co-starring Mr. Show’s Bob Odenkirk and David Cross.
In the original video, Yo La Tengo’s record boss (played by Mr. Show‘s John Ennis) sends the beloved indie band to the Academy of Rock, where Odenkirk and Cross served as teachers, doling out knowledge about what it takes to be a rock band, including lessons on how to trash...
In the original video, Yo La Tengo’s record boss (played by Mr. Show‘s John Ennis) sends the beloved indie band to the Academy of Rock, where Odenkirk and Cross served as teachers, doling out knowledge about what it takes to be a rock band, including lessons on how to trash...
- 4/22/2022
- by Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
Summer 2021 is the 25th anniversary of one of the biggest concerts in British music history: Oasis at Knebworth. The two-day event saw 250,000 mad-for-it fans of Liam and Noel Gallagher swarm the grounds of a country house in southern England for a murderer’s row of Britpop heavyweights. No performers stood taller that day than the headliners, the brash, Beatles-meets-Sex-Pistols from Manchester. For a brief period of time, Oasis was the biggest rock band in the world. None of this––literally none––would have happened had it not been for a sarcastic, caustic, hedonistic and drug-fueled Scotsman named Alan McGee. As his biopic Creation Stories opens he is introduced as a “music industry kingpin, guru, and former head of Creation Records.”
That is all true, though as a title card reads, “Most of this happened. Some of the names have been changed… to protect the guilty.” One’s interest in the...
That is all true, though as a title card reads, “Most of this happened. Some of the names have been changed… to protect the guilty.” One’s interest in the...
- 6/17/2021
- by Christopher Schobert
- The Film Stage
My Bloody Valentine have made more of their floor-shaking catalog available to stream via a new deal with Domino. Now in addition to Isn’t Anything? and the storied Loveless, listeners will be able to stream the compilation EPs 1988 – 1991 and Rare Tracks — which includes the previously unavailable-to-stream fan-favorite You Made Me Realise EP — and the group’s 2013 reunion album Mbv. They’re also prepping two new albums.
New physical editions of these four releases will come out on May 21st. The deluxe vinyl editions of Isn’t Anything? and Loveless...
New physical editions of these four releases will come out on May 21st. The deluxe vinyl editions of Isn’t Anything? and Loveless...
- 3/31/2021
- by Kory Grow
- Rollingstone.com
Read: 500 Greatest Albums of All Time List
Voters were asked to submit ranked ballots listing their 50 favorite albums of all time. Votes were tabulated, with the highest-ranked album on each list receiving 300 points, the second highest 290 points, and so on down to 44 points for number 50. More than 3,000 albums received at least one vote.
Artists, Songwriters, and Producers 9th Wonder Johntá Austin A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie Mick Avory
The Kinks Glen Ballard Alice Bag Bas Jon Batiste Big Boi Beyoncé Branko Michael Brun Eric Burdon
The Animals John Cale
The...
Voters were asked to submit ranked ballots listing their 50 favorite albums of all time. Votes were tabulated, with the highest-ranked album on each list receiving 300 points, the second highest 290 points, and so on down to 44 points for number 50. More than 3,000 albums received at least one vote.
Artists, Songwriters, and Producers 9th Wonder Johntá Austin A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie Mick Avory
The Kinks Glen Ballard Alice Bag Bas Jon Batiste Big Boi Beyoncé Branko Michael Brun Eric Burdon
The Animals John Cale
The...
- 9/22/2020
- by RS Editors
- Rollingstone.com
The return of Vivian Girls is a triumph of determination, musical spirit and the will to keep your voice alive in a soul-crushing world. The Brooklyn (now L.A.-based) punk trio’s self-titled debut was a breath of fresh blurt when it came out in 2008 — bright, slashing lofi rock and roll that served as a welcome corrective to indie-ish music’s late-2000s turn towards atmospheric slickness, typified by then-trendy chillwave. Yet, even as they were winning praise among peers and critics, opening for the likes of Yo La...
- 9/20/2019
- by Jon Dolan
- Rollingstone.com
Every April, vinyl geeks from around the world congregate at local music shops to celebrate Record Store Day. It’s a chance for them to get their hands on limited-edition LPs they can’t buy online or at chain stores and catch intimate in-store performances. The tradition began in 2008 and it’s grown bigger and better every year, playing a key role in keeping record stores alive. Ahead of Saturday’s big event, we’ve combed through the exhaustive 2019 release list and pulled out our 10 favorite exclusives. (Regrettably, Cheech & Chong have been left out.
- 4/12/2019
- by Angie Martoccio, Simon Vozick-Levinson and Andy Greene
- Rollingstone.com
My Bloody Valentine had already been a band for five years by the time guitarist Kevin Shields found his secret weapon. After years of hopping between knockoffs of popular Fenders and Gibsons, a friend loaned him a 1964 Fender Jazzmaster – a melty, hotrod-shaped instrument with a bevy of switches and knobs and a long whammy bar mounted at its base. At the time, they’d been playing Cramps- and Pussy Galore–style heavy rock & roll, but they’d already begun transitioning into more experimental territory, which they intended to try out...
- 7/16/2018
- by Kory Grow
- Rollingstone.com
Longtime My Bloody Valentine fans know better than to get too excited at the prospect of new music from Kevin Shields and company. Sometimes, work comes out after a significant delay—as with the long-promised remasters of Mbv’s ‘90s output, or the group’s newest album, Mbv—or not at all. So it’s with a pinch of salt…
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- 9/19/2017
- by Katie Rife
- avclub.com
Looks like Sofia Coppola’s latest film will have an unexpected contemporary flair (paging “Marie Antoinette”), as The Playlist reports that French rockers Phoenix are scoring the Civil War-era drama, debuting at Cannes later this month. The outlet reports that the official Cannes Film Festival page lists the group as scoring the steamy feature, which should add an entirely new dimension to what already looks like a real banger from Coppola.
It’s hardly the first time Coppola has worked with the group (on the personal side of things, she’s married to frontman Thomas Mars), and the rockers previously provided songs for her films “The Bling Ring” and “Somewhere.” They even popped up in person in Coppola’s most recent outing, the music-infused Netflix special “A Very Murray Christmas.”
Read More: How Sofia Coppola Helped Kirsten Dunst Film an Intense Sex Scene in ‘The Beguiled’
Coppola is no stranger...
It’s hardly the first time Coppola has worked with the group (on the personal side of things, she’s married to frontman Thomas Mars), and the rockers previously provided songs for her films “The Bling Ring” and “Somewhere.” They even popped up in person in Coppola’s most recent outing, the music-infused Netflix special “A Very Murray Christmas.”
Read More: How Sofia Coppola Helped Kirsten Dunst Film an Intense Sex Scene in ‘The Beguiled’
Coppola is no stranger...
- 5/10/2017
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
Siouxsie Sioux ended an eight-year songwriting hiatus Saturday night when she contributed a new track titled "Love Crime" to the series finale of Hannibal. The Siouxsie and the Banshees singer's haunting, strings-laden track was spearheaded by the serial killer show's music supervisor Brian Reitzell, who spoke to Entertainment Weekly (via Pitchfork) about how he coaxed Sioux to record the track despite the singer stating she hadn't written a song or entered the studio in nearly a decade.
Reitzell, who previously worked with Sioux on the 2006 film Marie Antoinette, discovered that...
Reitzell, who previously worked with Sioux on the 2006 film Marie Antoinette, discovered that...
- 8/31/2015
- Rollingstone.com
Few current TV shows are as cinematic as NBC's "Hannibal," and that includes the stellar music that accompanies each episode. If you're a fan of the series who's looking to add to your CD collection, then read on for some very cool news!
From the Press Release:
Lakeshore Records will release four volumes of music from the hit NBC television series Hannibal, composed by Brian Reitzell (Lost in Translation, "Boss").
The Hannibal Season One Volumes 1 & 2 soundtrack will be available digitally on August 5th and on CD September 2nd. The Hannibal Season Two Volumes 1 & 2 Original TV Soundtracks will be available digitally on September 2nd and on CD September 23rd.
“Visually it’s so artfully done and quite fantastical so I see it like an opera staging; otherwise, I might be more disturbed,” said Reitzell of Hannibal. “Listening to the music alone is scarier than in the context of the show.”
One...
From the Press Release:
Lakeshore Records will release four volumes of music from the hit NBC television series Hannibal, composed by Brian Reitzell (Lost in Translation, "Boss").
The Hannibal Season One Volumes 1 & 2 soundtrack will be available digitally on August 5th and on CD September 2nd. The Hannibal Season Two Volumes 1 & 2 Original TV Soundtracks will be available digitally on September 2nd and on CD September 23rd.
“Visually it’s so artfully done and quite fantastical so I see it like an opera staging; otherwise, I might be more disturbed,” said Reitzell of Hannibal. “Listening to the music alone is scarier than in the context of the show.”
One...
- 8/1/2014
- by Debi Moore
- DreadCentral.com
My alienation from current pop is almost complete; the only 2013 Top 40 material I enjoyed enough to play repeatedly was Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, from an album released in 2012. So I am officially a cranky old fart. But there are more and more of us, and maybe fellow COFs will find this list useful. By the way, crossing that border of alienation made me think more than ever that saying my lists are of the "best" albums is nearly absurd, hence the new headline.
1. Wire: Change Becomes Us (Pink Flag)
This is my favorite Wire of this century thanks to more emphasis on Colin Newman's brooding. When allied to their chugging motorik beats, it's irresistible to me. There are still some uptempo burners that recall their beginnings in punk, and some more whimsical though still musically solid songs, but it's Newman's dark musings that made me play this repeatedly.
2. Kitchens of...
1. Wire: Change Becomes Us (Pink Flag)
This is my favorite Wire of this century thanks to more emphasis on Colin Newman's brooding. When allied to their chugging motorik beats, it's irresistible to me. There are still some uptempo burners that recall their beginnings in punk, and some more whimsical though still musically solid songs, but it's Newman's dark musings that made me play this repeatedly.
2. Kitchens of...
- 1/1/2014
- by SteveHoltje
- www.culturecatch.com
On the heels of releasing the critically-acclaimed "More Light," their first studio album in five years, Primal Scream is poised to take over the west coast with a string of U.S. tour dates.
But first, the band's frontman, Bobby Gillespie, took some time out from eating a delicious curry to chat with Zap2it from his home base in London.
Zap2it: How do you think this new album separates itself from others that you've released in the past?
Bobby Gillespie: I think it separates itself from the last two records because I think it's a very varied album. It's a double album, it's like 69 minutes long, it's got a lot of different styles of music on there. And it's pop, and it's rock and roll, and psychedelic, but it's also kind of experimental too. We stretched the song structures, but still it's a rock record, you know?...
But first, the band's frontman, Bobby Gillespie, took some time out from eating a delicious curry to chat with Zap2it from his home base in London.
Zap2it: How do you think this new album separates itself from others that you've released in the past?
Bobby Gillespie: I think it separates itself from the last two records because I think it's a very varied album. It's a double album, it's like 69 minutes long, it's got a lot of different styles of music on there. And it's pop, and it's rock and roll, and psychedelic, but it's also kind of experimental too. We stretched the song structures, but still it's a rock record, you know?...
- 10/11/2013
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Pop2it
My Bloody Valentine fans have long known that frontman Kevin Shields is a bit of an odd bird, but no one thought he might be actually crazy until now. In a new interview with The Guardian, Shields says he thinks the mid-‘90s Britpop explosion was all a cultural espionage plan orchestrated by MI5, the U.K.’s version of the C.I.A. Shields tells The Guardian that, because “Britpop was massively pushed by the government... the wool was pulled right over everyone’s eyes.” It’s unclear what wool he really means, unless he’s referring to the ...
- 10/3/2013
- avclub.com
Here are some links to take your through the rest of the weekend. Kevin Shields of My Bloody Valentine gives his first interview since the release of mbv. The encrypted email service Lavabit has shut down rather than, it is surmised, comply with U.S. government demands regarding its data. “If you knew what I know about email, you might not use it,” says its founder. At the New Yorker, Richard Brody responds to discussion of “vulgar auteurism”: There has been lots of talk online in recent weeks about a critical phenomenon called “vulgar auteurism” (V.A.), a term coined—as I just […]...
- 8/11/2013
- by Scott Macaulay
- Filmmaker Magazine-Director Interviews
A wild display of Patti Smith's multi-media art endeavors is heading to Cincinnati's Contemporary Art Space next month. Among the works on display are silver print photographs, metal hospital bed installations, and works on paper in an exhibit, titled "Patti Smith: The Coral Sea." The show is an homage to the artist's former partner and acclaimed photographer, Robert Mapplethorpe, as well as a dark survey of her personal ruminations on death and rebirth.
Ryūnosuke Akutagawa’s Burial Site 1, Zōshigaya Cemetery, Tokyo, 2013. Gelatin silver print, edition 1/10 10 x 8 inches, 25.4 x 20.33 cm. © Patti Smith. Courtesy the artist and Robert Miller Gallery.
The exhibit explores the complex subject matter in two display rooms -- the white "Infirmary" and the black "Coral Sea." "Infirmary" hosts a collection of objects reminiscent of a hospital ward, showcasing two Wwi-era beds and a series of paper works. "Coral Sea," on the other hand, is flanked with full-length...
Ryūnosuke Akutagawa’s Burial Site 1, Zōshigaya Cemetery, Tokyo, 2013. Gelatin silver print, edition 1/10 10 x 8 inches, 25.4 x 20.33 cm. © Patti Smith. Courtesy the artist and Robert Miller Gallery.
The exhibit explores the complex subject matter in two display rooms -- the white "Infirmary" and the black "Coral Sea." "Infirmary" hosts a collection of objects reminiscent of a hospital ward, showcasing two Wwi-era beds and a series of paper works. "Coral Sea," on the other hand, is flanked with full-length...
- 4/18/2013
- by Katherine Brooks
- Huffington Post
Primal Scream has announced a new record, More Light. Out May 6 in the UK, More Light is the band’s first since 2008’s Beautiful Future and the first on the band’s new label, First International. It also may or may not feature contributions from Robert Plant, depending on what tracks made the final cut. The first single, “2013,” features My Bloody Valentine’s Kevin Shields on guitar and clocks in at over nine minutes long. The video runs a little shorter, but it still crams in plenty of freakiness. Tie on a bejeweled face mask, sew some ...
- 2/18/2013
- avclub.com
My Bloody Valentine have a new album out. It’s called m b v and words fail me. I don’t know whether this album’s been meticulously honed over the past 21 years or whether Kevin Shields has simply relented on his crazy perfectionism and whacked it out in a matter of months, but who cares? This time last week only two albums were listed on My Bloody Valentine’s Wikipedia Discography. Now, there’s three. All feels right in the world.
With a beatific grin on my face and a wonderful ringing in my ears, I would like to take this opportunity to celebrate the scene that celebrates itself. My Bloody Valentine are the godhead of the holy trinity of shoegaze. They, along with Ride and Slowdive, will always be the first names plucked from the ether when talking about the sort of bands that defined and popularised the...
With a beatific grin on my face and a wonderful ringing in my ears, I would like to take this opportunity to celebrate the scene that celebrates itself. My Bloody Valentine are the godhead of the holy trinity of shoegaze. They, along with Ride and Slowdive, will always be the first names plucked from the ether when talking about the sort of bands that defined and popularised the...
- 2/7/2013
- by Elliot Davies
- Obsessed with Film
On Saturday night, after two long decades and a couple recent hints, beloved British shoegazers My Bloody Valentine announced the surprise release of a followup to their last album, 1991's Loveless. A few hours later, mbv appeared on their new website as a digital download available for $16. Purist fans — and there are a lot of them — may also purchase it on CD and 180-gram vinyl, obviously. The band was also kind enough to set up a YouTube page, for the kids (and people needing to listen to the music immediately who ran into trouble when the site got overloaded.)In an interview with NME last November, frontman Kevin Shields made some predictions about the big reveal: "I think [with mbv], people who like us will immediately connect with something. Based on the very, very few people who've heard stuff – some engineers, the band, and that's about it...
- 2/3/2013
- by Caroline Bankoff
- Vulture
Two decades after releasing the widely beloved, almost universally praised classic of beautifully nauseating psychedelic loudness Loveless, My Bloody Valentine just, y'know, casually released a follow-up via its website. When Mbv mastermind Kevin Shields starting dropping hints last week about the album's imminent release, there was plenty of reason to doubt him: Rumors of a follow-up have popped up infrequently over the years before Camp Shields always went quiet again. And though we haven't downloaded it yet, a new album—titled simply mbv—is for sale over at the band's website. Apparently a crush of fans ...
- 2/3/2013
- avclub.com
Keeping true to founder Kevin Shields’ word a couple of days ago, the new, 22-years-in-the-making My Bloody Valentine album has dropped. Well, at least I think it has. After posting word on their Facebook page, the band’s website has gone dark, delivering a “403 — Forbidden: Access Denied” warning. We know the name of the album (Mbv), the tracklist (below), and the price ($16 in multiple digital formats, including MP3 and .Wav.) Vinyl and CD versions will soon be available. Spoof reviews are already up on the Facebook page, with some posters claiming to be bewildered by the Christian rock, …...
- 2/3/2013
- by Scott Macaulay
- Filmmaker Magazine-Director Interviews
No, you're not dreaming, and it's not 1991. But the rumors are true: My Bloody Valentine has released their first album since "Loveless," which came out 22 years ago.
The band released the album on their website on Saturday night, and the site promptly crashed under the burden of what must be an impressive amount of traffic.
Bandleader Kevin Shields first announced the new album in a November 2012 interview with NME. The new disc was supposed to be out by the end of the year, but was since delayed until Feb. 2. Employing a bit of guerilla marketing, the band made a simple announcement on their Facebook page in advance of the album's release: "We are preparing to go live with the new album/website this evening. We will make an announcement as soon as its up."
My Bloody Valentine's music defined the shoegazing genre and set the tone for indie music in the '90s.
The band released the album on their website on Saturday night, and the site promptly crashed under the burden of what must be an impressive amount of traffic.
Bandleader Kevin Shields first announced the new album in a November 2012 interview with NME. The new disc was supposed to be out by the end of the year, but was since delayed until Feb. 2. Employing a bit of guerilla marketing, the band made a simple announcement on their Facebook page in advance of the album's release: "We are preparing to go live with the new album/website this evening. We will make an announcement as soon as its up."
My Bloody Valentine's music defined the shoegazing genre and set the tone for indie music in the '90s.
- 2/3/2013
- by Kia Makarechi
- Huffington Post
My Bloody Valentine frontman Kevin Shields says the band’s long-struggling Loveless follow-up could—for real this time—be out in “two or three days.” The singer made the prediction at a show in London over the weekend, where Mbv also performed a new, rough song titled on the set list as “Rough Song.” (Naturally, YouTube footage was quickly removed, but Dots & Dashes has an equally rough live recording here.) In November of last year, Shields said the record would be out by the end of 2012. While that obviously didn’t happen, there are some good signs that he ...
- 1/28/2013
- avclub.com
After video footage was released of a new My Bloody Valentine song, YouTube swiftly removed the clip, leaving only a few brief descriptions on the net for those who didn’t catch it the first time. The new tune came from the band’s warmup show at the Electric Brixton, where frontman Kevin Shields announced the band’s forthcoming album would be out in “two or three days.” According to a setlist, this is called “Rough Song,” so it’s not clear whether this will appear on the upcoming album or is just a work in progress for Shields and co. The recording, which...
- 1/28/2013
- Pastemagazine.com
Forget the 22-year wait for a new album (more on that later), it's been half a decade since Kevin Shields, Bilinda Butcher, Debbie Googe and Colm Ó CÃosóig played the UK. That's the time between Please Please Me and The Beatles. Half a Bowiegap! So, with our ears just about recovered after that date at the Roundhouse last century, we step back into the ring with My Bloody Valentine. > My Bloody Valentine: 'Isn't Anything', 'Loveless' & 'EPs 1988-1991' When the group trundle on stage and slam into the first track, we don't know what's more surprising: Hearing a Brand New My Bloody Valentine Song (called 'Rough Song' on the setlist), or the fact that it has, ugh, keyboards on it. It sounds, well, like Mbv at their poppiest. Pretty, ethereal, (more)...
- 1/28/2013
- by By Mayer Nissim
- Digital Spy
My Bloody Valentine have announced a London warm-up show prior to their Asian tour. The band will play dates in Japan and Australia in February, before returning in March for a UK tour. > My Bloody Valentine: 'Isn't Anything', 'Loveless' & 'EPs 1988-1991' However, Kevin Shields's shoegaze pioneers have now announced that they will play a warm-up gig at Electric Brixton on January 27. Tickets for the warm-up date are on sale now at We Got Tickets and See Tickets. The band have also added an extra show at the Birmingham O2 Academy on March 8. Tickets (more)...
- 1/15/2013
- by By Paul Martinovic
- Digital Spy
My Bloody Valentine have added an extra London show to next year's UK tour. After playing Hammersmith Apollo on Tuesday, March 12, the band return the following night for a second date in the capital. Tickets are on sale now and are priced at £25.
> My Bloody Valentine: 'Isn't Anything', 'Loveless' & 'EPs 1988-1991' The updated dates are as follows:
March 9 - Glasgow, BarrowlandsMarch 10 - Manchester, ApolloMarch 12 - London, Hammersmith ApolloMarch 13 - London, Hammersmith Apollo - New DATEShields last month confirmed plans to release an Ep of brand new material in 2013 and that the long-awaited follow-up to 1991's Loveless was "halfway through mixing". Of whether the 22-year gap would affect the reaction to the new album, frontman Kevin Shields told NME: "I'm expecting (more)...
> My Bloody Valentine: 'Isn't Anything', 'Loveless' & 'EPs 1988-1991' The updated dates are as follows:
March 9 - Glasgow, BarrowlandsMarch 10 - Manchester, ApolloMarch 12 - London, Hammersmith ApolloMarch 13 - London, Hammersmith Apollo - New DATEShields last month confirmed plans to release an Ep of brand new material in 2013 and that the long-awaited follow-up to 1991's Loveless was "halfway through mixing". Of whether the 22-year gap would affect the reaction to the new album, frontman Kevin Shields told NME: "I'm expecting (more)...
- 12/7/2012
- by By Mayer Nissim
- Digital Spy
My Bloody Valentine have announced a UK tour. Following the group's planned dates in Japan and Australia in February, they travel back to the UK for a trio of shows in March 2013.
> My Bloody Valentine: 'Isn't Anything', 'Loveless' & 'EPs 1988-1991' Tickets go on sale this Friday, December 7. The full tour dates are as follows:
March 9 - Glasgow, BarrowlandsMarch 10 - Manchester, ApolloMarch 12 - London, Hammersmith ApolloShields last month confirmed plans to release an Ep of brand new material in 2013 and that the long-awaited follow-up to 1991's Loveless was "halfway through mixing". Of whether the 22-year gap would affect the reaction to the new album, frontman Kevin Shields told NME: "I'm expecting some trouble but, you know what? I don't care about all of that. (more)...
> My Bloody Valentine: 'Isn't Anything', 'Loveless' & 'EPs 1988-1991' Tickets go on sale this Friday, December 7. The full tour dates are as follows:
March 9 - Glasgow, BarrowlandsMarch 10 - Manchester, ApolloMarch 12 - London, Hammersmith ApolloShields last month confirmed plans to release an Ep of brand new material in 2013 and that the long-awaited follow-up to 1991's Loveless was "halfway through mixing". Of whether the 22-year gap would affect the reaction to the new album, frontman Kevin Shields told NME: "I'm expecting some trouble but, you know what? I don't care about all of that. (more)...
- 12/6/2012
- by By Mayer Nissim
- Digital Spy
A mere five months after Kevin Shields promised he was finishing a record he started in 1996, the My Bloody Valentine frontman has told NME (again!) that the thing will be out before the end of the year, giving him only a little over a month to make good on that promise. The long-awaited follow-up to the band’s 1991 classic Loveless won't be in stores, but rather only available via Shields’ website. Shields also it will precede another Ep of more totally new recordings due sometime in 2013. Shields also says that, “based on the very, very few ...
- 11/7/2012
- avclub.com
My Bloody Valentine have said that their long-awaited follow-up to Loveless is "halfway through mixing". Guitarist and singer Kevin Shields told NME that the record will be based around songs the group started working on in 1996. > My Bloody Valentine: 'Isn't Anything', 'Loveless' & 'EPs 1988-1991' Asked how the album was sounding, Shields said: "Pretty good, it's kind of different-ish and the same-ish. "It's warmer, and it's a more emotionally connecting record than anything we've done before." He added: "I think with this record, people who like us will immediately connect with something. "Based on the very, very few people who have heard it... some people think it's stranger than Loveless. I don't." Shields also said that the band would (more)...
- 11/7/2012
- by By Mayer Nissim
- Digital Spy
Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
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There are two types of great records – those that change the world, and those that are just plain perfect in every way. My Bloody Valentine’s Loveless is the latter. After allegedly bankrupting Creation, the bands label, and taking three years to make, Loveless was finally released in 1991. Conceived on a strict diet of sex and sleep deprivation and sounding like nothing anyone had ever heard before, it took the Spectoresque noisepop of the Jesus and Mary Chain and refined it into a new sound – one that would come to be known as shoegaze.
After twenty-one years with no new record, but one reunion tour just a few years ago under their belts, My Bloody Valentine are back with the long awaited versions of their albums Isn’t Anything, Loveless, and a compilation of their many EPs all remastered by the band’s frontman,...
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Released: May 7th
There are two types of great records – those that change the world, and those that are just plain perfect in every way. My Bloody Valentine’s Loveless is the latter. After allegedly bankrupting Creation, the bands label, and taking three years to make, Loveless was finally released in 1991. Conceived on a strict diet of sex and sleep deprivation and sounding like nothing anyone had ever heard before, it took the Spectoresque noisepop of the Jesus and Mary Chain and refined it into a new sound – one that would come to be known as shoegaze.
After twenty-one years with no new record, but one reunion tour just a few years ago under their belts, My Bloody Valentine are back with the long awaited versions of their albums Isn’t Anything, Loveless, and a compilation of their many EPs all remastered by the band’s frontman,...
- 5/9/2012
- by Tom Daly
- Obsessed with Film
British band My Bloody Valentine, who built up a cult following in the U.S. before largely disappearing, will release a new album and Ep, the group’s Kevin Shields told Mojo (via NME). It would make the group’s first new material since 1991’s “Loveless.” The new album entails finishing a third album that the group never released after the set got caught in a web of both band and label politics. Shields told Mojo that as he listened to the tracks, “I decided it would be insane not to finish it.” The new/old album will be followed by an Ep of new...
- 4/30/2012
- Hitfix
Patti Smith has announced a full UK tour this autumn. Following her previously-announced shows in June, the singer-songwriter takes new album Banga on the road this September. The shows mark Smith's first full UK tour in over five years. In recent years, her band has occasionally included the likes of Kevin Shields and Patrick Wolf alongside long-time collaborators Lenny Kaye and Tony Shanahan. Tickets go on general sale this Friday, April 20 and are priced at £25 for all shows except London, which is £27.50. A pre-sale is available on Smith's official website from tomorrow (Wednesday). The full Banga UK tour (more)...
- 4/17/2012
- by By Mayer Nissim
- Digital Spy
You'd think, at this point, that people might stop getting excited about things like this. Then again, Loveless is just that great, we suppose. So, once more with feeling: In an interview with Pitchfork, Kevin Shields says that My Bloody Valentine is "finishing a record that I had started in the '90s." What exactly "finishing" means in this context is anybody's guess; it probably doesn't mean "finished and ready to be released," but Shields doesn't exactly rule that out. "You never know, we might finish it really quickly, and it might be up in a few ...
- 4/9/2012
- avclub.com
My Bloody Valentine are working on their first brand new album in 21 years. The band's frontman Kevin Shields explained that they have got together to complete an album they first started in the 1990s. "I'm just finishing a record that I had started in the '90s," he told Pitchfork. If released, the album would be the first by the group since 1991's Loveless. He added: "I've always said that we were going to make a record again. You never know, we might finish it really (more)...
- 4/8/2012
- by By Tom Eames
- Digital Spy
Twenty-one years after their shoe-gaze masterpiece, Loveless, it sounds like My Bloody Valentine might be close to completing a new album. "I'm just finishing a record that I had started in the 90s. It was going to be, like, the next record," Mbv leader Kevin Shields told Pitchfork. As exciting as the news may be, we wouldn't hold our breath just yet: This is a band whose reissues turn into long-delayed projects after all.
- 4/8/2012
- by Bryan Hood
- Vulture
My Bloody Valentine will include three previously-unreleased tracks among their long-awaited upcoming CD remasters. On May 7, the band release the studio albums Isn't Anything and Loveless via Sony Cmg, the latter featuring a bonus disc of the album mastered from its original half-inch analogue tapes. They also release a two-disc compilation of the You Made Me Realise, Feed Me With Your Kiss, Tremolo and Glider EPs, rarities and previously-unreleased songs 'Angel', 'Good For You' and 'How Do You Do It'. My Bloody Valentine's studio albums have been remastered by the band's Kevin Shields at London's Metropolis Studios. The EPs and rarities discs do not include the band's Wire's 'Map Ref. 41 °N 93° W' and Louis Armstrong's 'We Have (more)...
- 3/27/2012
- by By Mayer Nissim
- Digital Spy
With Nevermind anniversary weeks away, music's biggest bands reflect on the other indispensible albums from a great year for rock.
By James Montgomery
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On September 24, Nirvana's epochal Nevermind album turns 20, a milestone that will be marked with much coverage, celebration and consternation in the media ... not to mention a sundry of other events, including a high-profile benefit concert at Seattle's Experience Music Project and a Jon Stewart-hosted Q&A with Nirvana's surviving members.
And understandably so. After all, Nevermind was a game-changer in every sense of the term — the kind of album that brought about seismic shifts in music, fashion and culture in general, one that defined a generation and, as such, deserves to be mythologized. And, in the coming weeks, we suspect you'll see no shortage of stories that do just that.
And while Nevermind casts an indelibly lengthy shadow,...
By James Montgomery
My Bloody Valentine's <i>Loveless</i>
Photo: Sire
On September 24, Nirvana's epochal Nevermind album turns 20, a milestone that will be marked with much coverage, celebration and consternation in the media ... not to mention a sundry of other events, including a high-profile benefit concert at Seattle's Experience Music Project and a Jon Stewart-hosted Q&A with Nirvana's surviving members.
And understandably so. After all, Nevermind was a game-changer in every sense of the term — the kind of album that brought about seismic shifts in music, fashion and culture in general, one that defined a generation and, as such, deserves to be mythologized. And, in the coming weeks, we suspect you'll see no shortage of stories that do just that.
And while Nevermind casts an indelibly lengthy shadow,...
- 8/31/2011
- MTV Music News
The Red Riding Hood soundtrack. Well well well. I think we were all fairly comfortable in the shared assumption that the massive success of the Twilight films (I refuse to use the word ‘franchise’ since I am still of the perhaps misguided belief that films are more important than fast food outlets) would lead to a whole bunch of derivative undead monster movies aimed at undemanding teenage audiences, but the director of Twilight? Making a werewolf film? With a beautiful teenage girl protagonist? With a narrative in which her fascination with undead beasts represents some facet of her sexual awakening? Well I never. That is just bare-faced cheek. That’s not cricket. That’s so outrageously cynical that it’s almost impressive. Turns out Thirteen and Lords of Dogtown were misleading – Catherine Hardwicke doesn’t care about truthfully representing youth so much as she cares about churning out formulaic fairy-tales...
- 3/13/2011
- by Chris Neilan
- Movie-moron.com
Patrick Wolf has once again joined Patti Smith's live band. The singer-songwriter played violin with proto-punk legend Smith during a 90-minute set at London's Union Chapel last March. Her backing band also featured guitarist Tony Shanahan and My Bloody Valentine's Kevin Shields. In a post on Twitter, Wolf confirmed: "Just tuning up my harp and viola, been asked by Patti Smith to join her again as part of her backing band for the next few u.k dates! X p w (sic)" Smith (more)...
- 1/26/2011
- by By Mayer Nissim
- Digital Spy
Chicago – As Sofia Coppola’s excellent “Somewhere” with Stephen Dorff and Elle Fanning begins to roll out across the country (read our review), catch up with Coppola’s best film, one of the best of the ’00s, the great “Lost in Translation,” now available on Blu-ray for the first time. The release is mostly just a tie-in with a filmmaker’s current release but there is a new special feature — basically a commercial for “Somewhere.” It’s not a fantastic “special edition” but it’s still a fantastic movie.
Blu-Ray Rating: 4.5/5.0
Bill Murray does the best work of his career (and should have won an Oscar) as Bob Harris, an actor alone in a city full of people, Tokyo, Japan. Bob meets the lovely Charlotte (Scarlett Johansson, delivering the best work of her career as well), a woman who knows a thing or two about loneliness as well. The two...
Blu-Ray Rating: 4.5/5.0
Bill Murray does the best work of his career (and should have won an Oscar) as Bob Harris, an actor alone in a city full of people, Tokyo, Japan. Bob meets the lovely Charlotte (Scarlett Johansson, delivering the best work of her career as well), a woman who knows a thing or two about loneliness as well. The two...
- 1/5/2011
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Primal Scream frontman Bobby Gillespie has confirmed that his band's 1991 album Screamadelica will be reissued in time for its 20th anniversary. The album has been remastered by the group together with original producer Andrew Weatherall and My Bloody Valentine's Kevin Shields. It will go on sale on March 27, 2011. A 4Cd + vinyl collector's edition boxset features remixes, a Live In La, 1991 disc and the remastered Dixie-Narco Ep. It will also include a 50-page book, a half-hour "making of" documentary DVD, a T-shirt, 5 x 7" art cards and a 12" slipmat. (more)...
- 11/23/2010
- by By Mayer Nissim
- Digital Spy
Alan McGee has said that Charlotte Church is the new Kevin Shields. The former Creation Records boss, who worked with My Bloody Valentine guitarist Shields in the late 1980s, told The Guardian that playing Church's Tissues and Issues LP made him understand Shields's Picasso-like genius. McGee said: "I now rate Church's talent on the same level as Shields's. Both are prodigious, Church with her voice and Shields with his guitar. "It was Charlotte Church's video for 'Crazy Chick' that made me really get Kevin's reluctance to record his follow-up. While the lyrics speak of 'broken relationships', the video provides a deeper meaning as Church tries to handle the dichotomy of normalcy and fame. "Fame is an abomination to Shields. His reclusive nature (more)...
- 4/22/2010
- by By Mayer Nissim
- Digital Spy
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