My Bloody Valentine recently completed a staggering series of concerts at London's legendary Roundhouse venue in Camden.

June 26, 2008 2:53 PM

My Bloody Valentine recently completed a staggering series of concerts at London's legendary Roundhouse venue in Camden.

The band are an influential UK band that operated in the late 80's and early 90's as trailblazers of the Indie Shoegazing scene. Only releasing two well acclaimed albums, they were allegedly responsible for the bankruptcy of Creation Records although that is now under dispute.

The gigs were well received, and yours truly was fortunate enough to catch them on the last date. The final track was outstanding. And painful. For me, here is their best (and yes most famous but still....) track.

posted by Mintyblonde (27 comments total)

As much as I like MBV, I was expecting more from this post; the one live YT track ("gigs") was too noisy to even discern, and the "outstanding" link was borked. Please try again!
posted by not_on_display at 3:01 PM on June 26, 2008

Pitchfork linked to an mp3 boot of an entire show last week. Sounded pretty goddamn nice.
posted by porn in the woods at 3:02 PM on June 26, 2008

You made me realize... that this post is kinda borked
posted by porn in the woods at 3:03 PM on June 26, 2008

Agreed on all counts. Loveless is definitely in my top 20 favorite albums, but there's not much substance here. Now, a catalog of the best MBV tracks on youtube (scroll down), that would be awesome.
posted by dersins at 3:05 PM on June 26, 2008

flagged as 'cigarette in your bed'
posted by porn in the woods at 3:06 PM on June 26, 2008

Apologies, especially the bork - I'm still recovering. I've seen some loud gigs in my time, but this was just....something else. Obviously, a YT won't do it justice, but the ground was shaking, and people were stumbling out of the venue.....
posted by Mintyblonde at 3:12 PM on June 26, 2008

Give it another whirl - I for one welcome more MBV on the blue
posted by porn in the woods at 3:14 PM on June 26, 2008

A mate went to it and said that for that last (25 minute?) noise encore people were stumbling about, hands clamped to their ears. A bit much?
posted by patricio at 3:22 PM on June 26, 2008

I have tickets for the Santa Monica show in October, and I am already reminding myself that I need to bring earplugs.

Still terribly excited about it though!
posted by flaterik at 3:31 PM on June 26, 2008

I just bought tickets to ATP New York so I could see them live. Can't wait.
posted by kuujjuarapik at 3:36 PM on June 26, 2008

This thread is useless without linx to bootlegs.
posted by Jimbob at 3:47 PM on June 26, 2008

*gazes at shoes*
posted by ZenMasterThis at 3:48 PM on June 26, 2008

This thread is useless without linx to bootlegs.

via Pitchfork : MegaUpload link to MBV Live ICA, London, 2008-06-13.zip
posted by porn in the woods at 3:54 PM on June 26, 2008 [2 favorites]

I'm seeing them in 2 days in Manchester, and i can't tell you how excited I am after checking out these links.

flaterik: I hear that earplugs are available free at the shows.
posted by palimpsest at 4:01 PM on June 26, 2008

Damn, download limit exceeded. I will continue to hunt...
posted by Jimbob at 4:07 PM on June 26, 2008

Let me try to help save this thread...

A list of great modern shoegaze bands

A Shoreline Dream
Afraid of Stairs
Moscow Olympics
Vidulgi OoyoO
Pacific UV
Bitcrush
Cryv
The Morning Paper
Miimi
Hartfield
Have a Nice Life
Apollo Heights
Mixtapes & Cellmates
Thrushes
Highspire
Sway
Coaltar of the Deepers
Ceremony
destroyalldreamers
The Bridal Shop
Sleepy Eyes of Death
Fjord Rowboat
The Radio Dept.
Foxtail Somersault
Tears Run Rings
posted by Christ, what an asshole at 4:14 PM on June 26, 2008 [8 favorites]

Aren't they swinging 'round these parts soon? As in, the US?
posted by spiderskull at 6:24 PM on June 26, 2008

Aren't they swinging 'round these parts soon? As in, the US?

Last I checked, Santa Monica was in the US...

Though it is occasionally called the Republik of Santa Monika, so I can see how you'd get confused ;)
posted by flaterik at 7:04 PM on June 26, 2008

Christ, what an asshole, you forgot The Green Pajamas.

I usually throw in the Swirlies for purely aesthetic reasons, but feel free to disagree.

[...ah, cherished shreducators of my wasted youth...]
posted by Minus215Cee at 8:13 PM on June 26, 2008

Going to see them in Toronto when they come 'round. Can't wait. Happy to hear about the earplugs. That's just good common sense.
posted by purephase at 9:03 PM on June 26, 2008

[flagged as noise]
posted by Civil_Disobedient at 9:06 PM on June 26, 2008 [1 favorite]

When I think of MBV, my next-door-neuron is the Swirlies. And then Medicine.
posted by not_on_display at 9:11 PM on June 26, 2008

Christ, what an asshole, you forgot The Green Pajamas.

I usually throw in the Swirlies for purely aesthetic reasons, but feel free to disagree.

I don't believe "shoegaze" applies to the former or "modern" to the latter.

The one band I did neglect to mention is Asobi Seksu. Their album, Citrus, is one of the first records I'd point to in addressing everything that's right with music today. Hopefully my band can pull off a tour with them soon...
posted by Christ, what an asshole at 9:19 PM on June 26, 2008

Saw the Monday gig, absolutely amazing, one of the gigs of the year so far. The noise during that last 20 minutes was pretty intense; you know it's loud when your jeans are flapping about independantly of your legs due to the volume.
posted by fatfrank at 5:03 AM on June 27, 2008

I was there on Monday night too. The last bit was amaaaazing. I leaned over and shouted in my friend's ear "he's entertaining us with the sounds of war!". Not that he could hear me or anything.

Anyone who's seeing them - do not, repeat, do not refuse the earplugs. You won't really need them till the end, but then, you will.
posted by tiny crocodile at 7:03 AM on June 27, 2008

This review is pretty accurate. But it was overwhelming and wonderful.
posted by tiny crocodile at 7:06 AM on June 27, 2008

Damn, I'd love to see them. I doubt they'll venture near my neck of the woods though. Hopefully the new album materializes at some point in the not-too-distant future.

Thanks to everyone for the links to boots/vids/rarities.
posted by kryptondog at 8:46 AM on June 27, 2008