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Great, weren't they? How cool is it that they've reformed and are playing a few London gigs? Even better that I got tickets. And how much does it suck when you totally run out of money? Anyone want two tickets for the Roundhouse gig on the 22nd? Face value - £25ea. Don't really want to sell, but this month, £50 is much more useful than me to a MBV gig, good though it will be... |
My Bloody Valentine
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CasperCCC 1,087 posts
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elredeyegrande 2,382 posts
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Registered 15 years agoHmph. They've always been one of those bands that are supposed to be great but I just never understood the appeal. Much better shoegaze-type bands out there IMO.
I've only heard Loveless though, so maybe that's where I'm going wrong. -
daithi90 3,275 posts
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Registered 14 years agoKevin Shields is from Cavan where I'm from, but I've never got around to listening to them. -
DocX 1,963 posts
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Registered 20 years agoI saw them on the Loveless tour & they were bloody awesome. Can't help you out though Casper, I've already got tickets for the Manchester gig. -
Ginger 7,256 posts
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Registered 19 years agoah, yeah - these guys are at bestival - worth catching then? -
elredeyegrande 2,382 posts
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Registered 15 years agoI'll add that their music would be great live. So yeah, check 'em out. -
CasperCCC 1,087 posts
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Registered 15 years agoGinger wrote:
ah, yeah - these guys are at bestival - worth catching then?
Definitely. Saw them a couple of times the first time around (Loveless and the Rollercoaster tour) and they were absolutely superb.
If you're into the shoegazing, elredeyegrande, then Isn't Anything might be worth a punt. Brilliant album. Slightly less abstract than Loveless. You couldn't ever describe it as 'poppy', but compared to Loveless it's getting there. Basically, it's the album that invented shoegazing - created the whole template.
(Whereas Loveless was the album that took shoegazing to its logical extreme, making everything that came after it pretty much redundant.) -
I feel so lame for having no idea what you mean by 'shoegazing' -
M83J01P97 7,607 posts
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Registered 14 years agoWithout a doubt one of the greatest bands ever and totally underrated, but that's probably a good thing.
Shoegaze is a genre of music that started in the 80's with bands like The Cocteau Twins, Siouxsie and The Banshees etc... and it was later a big influence on The Stone Roses, Ride, Sonic Youth and more recently Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Sigur Ros etc.
Basically lots of guitar effects and drones looped over each other into rhythms and with lots of distortion and noise thrown in for good measure. Vocals and beats often get pushed right down in the mix as well so the end result is a very woozy effect.
Definitely not to everyone's taste, but some of the best bands ever have dabbled in shoegaze at some point in time.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shoegaze
Oh and I'll be seeing MBV later this month as well, can't wait. Loveless is in my opinion one of the most stunning albums ever recorded. -
deem 31,667 posts
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Registered 18 years agorodpad wrote:
Metal for emos.
No. -
M83J01P97 7,607 posts
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Registered 14 years agorodpad wrote:
Metal for emos.
Bullet For My Valentine and My Bloody Valentine are not the same band you know. -
Lateralaus 1,092 posts
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Registered 15 years agoLoved their first song but after the one about the tears i couldnt hack them anymore. loada balls imo now -
M83J01P97 7,607 posts
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Registered 14 years agoLateralaus wrote:
Loved their first song but after the one about the tears i couldnt hack them anymore. loada balls imo now
Again... think your thinking of the wrong band...
MBV haven't done anything for 17 years. -
estoo 2,879 posts
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Registered 15 years agoLoveless is a fantastic album, wonder what the record company thought when they first heard the 'unigue' production style...
Haven't heard any of their other stuff. -
Pre-ordered the remastered albums earlier. .gif)
Shame they're not out for a month. -
M83J01P97 7,607 posts
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Registered 14 years agoShame the infamous unreleased EP they did after Loveless didn't see the light of day either.
Unless of course they are saving the material for a new album... -
M83J01P97 wrote:
Unless of course they are saving the material for a new album...
They said last year they're doing another album. -
M83J01P97 7,607 posts
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Registered 14 years agodeathgibbon wrote:
M83J01P97 wrote:
Unless of course they are saving the material for a new album...
They said last year they're doing another album.
They have said every 5 years or so they are doing another album.
But seeing as they are touring again, it's a lot more likely this time around.
I just hope they pull a Portishead on us and return with a blinding album. -
DocX 1,963 posts
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Registered 20 years agoThe new album is supposed to be the one they started recording in 1996. The setlist from the warm up gig says no new material though. -
M83J01P97 7,607 posts
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Registered 14 years agoDocX wrote:
The new album is supposed to be the one they started recording in 1996. The setlist from the warm up gig says no new material though.
To be honest, I'm kind of glad they are not trying out new material live. -
Boot of the ICA show.
I'm d/l'ing now, so I don't know what the quality's like yet.
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CasperCCC 1,087 posts
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Registered 15 years agoLooks like I've sold the tickets now.
/slight regret having seen the setlist.
You Made Me Realise live = fucking awesome.
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Kostabi 5,926 posts
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Registered 16 years agoBah!
I miss this gig through not knowing about it and then discover I can't get to the Monster Magnet gig on the 24th due to work.
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Just got back from this - Roundhouse 22/06. Amazing. Free earplugs all round. Didn't use them, until 20 minute white noise outro. Went and stood in the outside bar
- fucking ridiculous. Funny though - especially for the utterly reverent look on the face of the bloke in the green stripy who came up to us beforehand and asked if we were fans of the band (er, no, mate, think they're shite), before lecturing us on how they're the most important musical act blah blah. Hope your ears bled, you twat. -
Fuck sake Shields! WRITE THE LINER NOTES! The reissues were supposed to be out last week! Now Amazon are saying September. -
elredeyegrande 2,382 posts
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Registered 15 years agoHe's probably whining about his neighbour's music level again. 
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Or taking a year to mix a Go Team remix. -
elredeyegrande wrote:
He's probably whining about his neighbour's music level again.
Heh, made me chuckle when I saw that, article.
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