My Bloody Valentine

The Sickness of the Audiophile: Behind the Obsession with Fancy Gear

My Bloody Valentine's mbv: A First Listen

This'll be a bit perverse, but so will every review. I'm not My Bloody Valentine's No. 1 fan but I do love them, and not just the timeless pyramid Loveless. More so than any other critics' band, I've never thought their legend annoying enough to feel the temptation to backlash. Their singles and EP ... More >>

Beer of the Week: Alesmith My Bloody Valentine

Listen, we like high-concept beer as much as anybody. If a brewer makes a beer that resurrects an ancient Mesopotamian yeast, then ages it at the bottom of the Caspian Sea for three years in a barrel with curry spices and snozzberries ... well, our ears would perk up. But sometimes it's nice to ackn ... More >>

The Top 50 Songs To Get High To

As you might imagine, combing back numbers of my Listen to This While High column and my own vast library for a reasonable stab at the Fifty Stoniest Songs Ever is a labor and hashish intensive experience. Preliminary fossickings unearthed these half-hundred favorites, many of which may seem unfamil ... More >>

The Bilinda Butchers: Hazy, Seductive New Bedroom Pop From S.F.

​ Alright, so they're called the Bilinda Butchers, which will either infuriate or delight you My Bloody Valentine fans out there. (Non-nerds: Bilinda Butcher was the seminal shoegaze band's second vocalist, the one who sang that song you love on the Lost in Translation soundrack and most of th ... More >>

A Father's Day Wishlist: Kiss Hilarity, Glen Hansard Busking, My Bloody Valentine Humming, and More

Cake Picture Gallery​ Lou Reed set the bar rather low with his idea of the perfect day: sips of sangria in the park, a trip to the zoo, a movie. "It Was a Good Day" also kept it simple, with Ice Cube's ideal 24 hours consisting of mom's home cooking, playing craps, and a Lakers victory. Nigeri ... More >>

Hear This While High: 'I Came I Sat I Departed' By aTelecine

​Listen to this while high: "I Came I Sat I Departed" by aTelecine (free download).Behind the buzz: The musical appendage of model/porn-star/hype monster Sasha Grey's bid for media domination, this joint is off the band's LP debut, A Cassette Tape Culture, just out on arty NYC label Perdu. An ind ... More >>

Win Tickets to See Chapterhouse at Mezzanine on Saturday

Chapterhouse looking very '90s​Who knows why, but this has been the year for reunions. Throughout 2010, we've seen some of early emo's finest, the forefathers of stoner metal, alt-rock radio favorites, a handful of obscure bands, and even a few truly old-school names reconvene for 'just ... More >>

Show Preview: Christian Fennesz

Wild Nothing: Show Preview

Watch Tamaryn's Trippy Video for "Love Fade"

Many on the Internet -- including us -- have been making positive noises about San Francisco-via-Brooklyn band Tamaryn for a while now (at least, a while in web time). Today, the duo releases its debut album, The Waves, on the Mexican Summer label. The album is loaded with enough ethereal syn ... More >>

Grab the First Single From Weekend's Debut Album, 'Coma Summer'

Brian Vu​When will shoegaze go out of fashion? If bands like San Francisco's Weekend keep making songs like "Coma Summer," not for a while. Like the pioneers of the genre, My Bloody Valentine and the Jesus and Mary Chain, Weekend bury its vulnerability and its hooks in barbed-wire blankets of feed ... More >>

You've Gotta Give 'Em Hope

Lux-urious Noise

Five Opening Bands To Show Up Early For This Week

Fang Island​Five nights of solid shows and at least one good band to kick off each one. So head out and get your grub 'n' sauce on if you gotta -- but don't dawdle past the start times of these excellent openers: Tuesday: Weekend with The Mantles and Dimmer at Rickshaw Stop. S.F. trio Weeke ... More >>

Slumberland Records Anniversary

King Cannibal's bloody Valentine mixtape

King Cannibal's Fuck Valentine's Day Mix: Snuggle This!

Nathan Seabrook​Valentine's Day is the soppiest date of the year. Dewy-eyed lovebugs would have you believe it's exemplified by bunches of red roses and teddy bears and boxes of candy and cards with pink hearts on the front and cloying sentiments scrawled inside. The charmingly named King Canniba ... More >>

Last Night: The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, Girls at the Rickshaw Stop

Sandy KimGirls: None of those females are actually in the bandThe Pains of Being Pure at Heart, GirlsTuesday, July 21, 2009Rickshaw StopBetter than: Being at Popscene in the late '90s.There's a point in every great band's career when its hometown crowds realize something has changed, and definitely ... More >>

Outside Lands Asks Public for Headliner Suggestions

Now that the Beastie Boys have pulled out of Outside Lands, announcing the bad news that MCA has to undergo treatment for cancer of the parotid (salivary) gland, the festival has turned to the public to ask what artists should be considered as replacements for Sunday night's big finale. Outside Land ... More >>

The Horrors

Primary Colours (XL)

Get it? Glasgow + Las Vegas

Getting 'Touchy' in 2008

Last Night: Deerhunter at the Great American Music Hall

DeerhunterMonday, Nov. 22, 2008Great American Music HallWords by Jennifer Maerz, Photo by Chrissy LoaderBetter than: Getting yet another eyefull from Pitchfork about how great Deerhunter is.On record, Deerhunter is a band that can easily sound like precious ambiance. I mean that in a complimentary w ... More >>

Last Night: Gang Gang Dance at Bimbo's

Gang Gang Dance Friday, Nov. 14, 2008 Bimbo's Words and photos by Jennifer Maerz Better than: Watching DJs push buttons on laptops. Where to stand during a Gang Gang Dance show? Last night at Bimbo's, the crowd was small -- cozy enough to fit into the hardwood area in front of the tables -- s ... More >>

Shoegaze dimmed My Bloody Valentine's brilliance

No Age

Nouns (Sub Pop)

Almost Gold

The Jesus and Mary Chain: From required records to artificial rip-offs

Plugged in -- ASD's music picks for Monday, June 4

The Twilight Sad

s/t EP (Fat Cat)

Psychic Ills

Dins

Nu Shooz

Film School grows better as it grows older -- shoegazer comparisons be damned

Daring duos! Ladytronners Mira Aroyo and Reuben Wu! DJ AM and Travis Barker! GZA and DJ Muggs!

Various Artists

Just Say Sire: The Sire Records Story

A Fanclub's Notes

Once hyped as a supergroup, Teenage Fanclub may have to settle for midlevel stardom, and that may be just fine

The Boo Radleys

Find the Way Out

Yo La Tengo

Prisoners of Love: A Smattering of Scintillating Senescent Songs 1984-2003

Stars

Set Yourself on Fire

Various Artists

Rough Trade Shops: Indiepop 1

BeatBox

Greg Davis and Signer bring tweaked beats to the Hemlock; All-star DJs show up for "Get Selected!," an SF DJ competition

Various Artists

Shanti Project Collection 3

Ms. Sterious

Hear This

Calling all submissives: Jucifer's Amber Valentine has some boots that need shining

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

The Notwist

Neon Golden

Hood

Cold House (Aesthetics)

Pop Philosophy

A flock of nostalgia; an early -- and bloody -- valentine.

Electro Group

A New Pacifica (Omnibus)

Hear This

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