My Bloody Valentine
What is most striking about My Bloody Valentine’s return to the stage this June – after 16 years of silence – is that they can only be compared to, well, My Bloody Valentine. Those heavy, woozy, chocolate-thick guitars; voices that drift in and out of an overdriven, distorted sound haze like distant figures emerging through shimmering heat; the throbbing, heavy-duty bass and jackhammer percussion – it still sounds as singular as ever, which in an era of guitar music that can feel like the result of an archeological trawl through rock’s back pages, is really saying something. The band’s studio…
by Dan Fox on 26/06/08 | No responses | Read More
Metadub
Kode9 and Spaceape, ‘9 Samurai’ (2006)
Part of the celebrations for the 25th anniversary of The Wire magazine, this event was given the name ‘Metadub’. Aptly, since all of the acts here organize their sound around dub’s bass-heavy derangement of time.
The evening began with the two main artists from the Skull Disco label, Appleblim and Shackleton. Skull Disco’s releases – best sampled on the brilliant compilation LP Skull Disco Soundboy Punishments – are at the most atmospheric end…
by Mark Fisher on 09/12/07 | No responses | Read More
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