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Hear FF’s Incredible Shoegaze Single “Past Year”

If every shoegaze band could do shoegaze right, we would live in a great world. Having a limited number of bands who can nail that sound, though, really makes it all the more special. Thankfully, we don’t have to kick our shoes in the dirt waiting for a new Sonic Youth sound anymore. Turn your […]

REVIEW: Nothing – ‘Guilty of Everything’

Artist: Nothing Album: Guilty of Everything Genre: Shoegaze, Punk Rock Label: Relapse Records As some mornings I fight against existential crises, I can somehow calm myself down knowing that the enclosed thoughts within my head, held in by my bone and the muck of my nervous system are experienced by the neighbor I talk to […]

Check Out “Endlessly” From Nothing

A few weeks ago I had the pleasure of writing about a band that had just made their way to my iPod, and it has been love ever since. The Philadelphia rock outfit Nothing are a group of musicians that know how to push the limits of sonic parameters. Cranking their knobs up to eleven, […]

ALBUM STREAM: Mazzy Star – ‘Seasons Of Your Day’

Mazzy Star are one of those bands that you either know about and love, or don’t know about and eventually have some older friend question your taste in music until you check them out. For me, I never got into Mazzy Star until David Bazan covered “Fade Into You” (because apparently, David Bazan is my […]

My Bloody Valentine Reveal November Tour

My Bloody Valentine, the shoegaze band that returned to the world earlier this year, have announced a short tour this November that covers a bit of the midwest and a bit of the northeast. The tour will be in support of their most recent album, mbv. Kevin Shields is long known as a perfectionist, so […]

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REVIEW: My Bloody Valentine – ‘m b v’

Band: My Bloody Valentine Album: m b v Label: N/A Genre: Shoegaze, Dream Pop, Alternative Rock I’m a sucker for albums whose cover art encapsulates the music contained. It’s one of the many charms of Loveless, My Bloody Valentine’s second album and their only album that anybody gave two hoots about before February 2. The […]

My Bloody Valentine Announce World Tour

Yesterday, Under The Gun Review was surprised to find out that My Bloody Valentine had released a special stream of their entire new album m b v. Their album is the first material released since 1991’s Loveless. We are greeted this Monday morning with a world tour announcement from the group, that finds My Bloody […]

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ALBUM STREAM: My Bloody Valentine – ‘m b v’

Yeah, in case you hadn’t heard, seminal shoegaze act My Bloody Valentine returned with their first album since 1991’s Loveless last night. There was little warning or fanfare. A couple Facebook posts outlining the release, an updated website, and that was about it. But My Bloody Valentine took an usually forward thinking step for an […]

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My Bloody Valentine’s New Album Is “Going Live” Tonight [UPDATE]

UPDATE: My Bloody Valentine launched their new website. Due to overwhelming traffic, it doesn’t work. Surprise surprise. Don’t worry, somebody launched a White House petition to get the band’s website working again. Get on that, Obama! Über-influential shoegaze act My Bloody Valentine has been teasing their full length followup to Loveless pretty heavily over the past […]

New My Bloody Valentine Record Finished

My Bloody Valentine have finished mastering their new record. They posted a Facebook status earlier saying they had completed mastering, which is the final process other than promotion and physical release to having a new album. No word yet on when the album comes out; the band originally wanted it released before the end of […]

My Bloody Valentine Promise New Album By End Of 2012

Earlier this year, My Bloody Valentine said they’d have a new album and a new EP before the end of the year. Time’s running out for them to fulfill that promise, but in a recent interview with NME, the band reiterated that they would have the new studio material before year’s end. It will come […]

My Bloody Valentine to Release First Material in Over 20 Years

According to vocalist Kevin Shields, My Bloody Valentine are set to release a new album and a new EP this year which will be the first material from the band since 1991’s Loveless! The band originally began working on their third album in the mid-1990s but it was shelved due to politics within the band […]