MY BLOODY VALENTINE’s Noizz Orchestrator KEVIN SHIELDS About The Band’s Early Mission
25 April 2025
Sorry, I can’t hear you, Kevin.
MBV play their first shows in 7 years.
All dates here.
Kevin Shields
MY BLOODY VALENTINE – Groundbreaking Debut LP ‘ISN’T ANYTHING’ Released 35 Years Ago Today
Back in time
21 November 2023
British groundbreaking guitar noise legends MY BLOODY VALENTINE, fronted
by feedback sound wizard Kevin Shields, who turned 60 last May released their flabbergasting debut LP ISN’T ANYTHING 35 years ago today, on 21 November 1988.
Pitchfork says: “At the heart of My Bloody Valentine was the mixture of the crushing power of Dinosaur Jr. and Hüsker Dü and the delicate vulnerability of indie pop; the masculine/feminine dynamic was accomplished not through the brilliant interplay between Kevin Shields and singer/guitarist Bilinda Butcher (whose voices complement each other but often sound quite alike) but by the effect of their voices against the guitar noise. My Bloody Valentine offered a new expression of androgynous sensuality in pop, crafting deeply sexual but also abstracted music, short on specifics but heavy with feeling.”
Score: 10/10.
TUTV: One kind of band, one kind of noise, one kind of album.
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DINOSAUR JR. And MY BLOODY VALENTINE Legend KEVIN SHIELDS Played 3 Songs Together In London Including THE CURE Cover
Two legends, Dinosaur Jr.‘s J Mascis (who dropped a new solo single last
week, listen below) and My Bloody Valentine‘s Kevin Shields became pals
back in 1962 when their bands toured the US together.
They met several times afterward.
And yesterday J Mascis invited Shields to the Dinosaur Jr. gig in the Garage in London.
They played 3 songs. Tarpit from DJ’s 1987 album You’re Living All Over Me, Thorn from MBV’s 2012 EP and The Cure‘s classic Just Like Heaven (more than 400 million streams on Spotify).
Lots of noiiiizzzzz.
New J Mascis single Can’t Believe Where Here.