Video: My Bloody Valentine London June 13, 2008 Live

Take this video for what it's worth: a visual representation of one of the most profoundly influential groups of the latter half of the last century, together on stage for the first time in almost two decades. On Friday night at the Institute for Contemporary Arts in London, My Bloody Valentine played what they called a "warm-up gig". This video documents the first song they played, Loveless 's "Only Shallow". The sound is crap, but at least you get to see them play, right? That's about as close as we're going [...]

Take this video for what it's worth: a visual representation of one of the most profoundly influential groups of the latter half of the last century, together on stage for the first time in almost two decades. On Friday night at the Institute for Contemporary Arts in London, My Bloody Valentine played what they called a "warm-up gig". This video documents the first song they played, Loveless 's "Only Shallow". The sound is crap, but at least you get to see them play, right? That's about as close as we're going [...]

• My Bloody Valentine - Only Shallow

My Bloody Valentine héldu fyrstu "comeback" tónleikana sína í Institute for Contemporary Arts í London á föstudaginn. Tónleikarnir voru einskonar upphitun en eiginleg endurkoma sveitarinnar hefst svo í The Roundhouse í London þann tuttugasta þessa mánaðar. Hér gefur á að líta myndband sem tekið var á föstudaginn, en hljóðið er arfaslæmt, enda hávaðinn slíkur að venjulegar vídeókamerur grillast bara við álagið: Hér má svo sjá stutt og skondið myndbrot sem aftur gefur manni smá hugmynd [...]

• My Bloody Valentine - Loomer
• My Bloody Valentine - Only Shallow

Sadly I was not at the ICA this past weekend which saw the start of My Bloody Valentine's comeback tour and have to wait until this weekends gigs at The Roundhouse. The set list was: Only Shallow You Never Should Honeypower I Only Said Cigarette In My Bed Thorn Nothing Much To Lose To Here Knows When When You Sleep Slow Blown A Wish Soon Feed Me With Your Kiss Sueisfine You Made Me Realise As usual these days someone filmed part of the show. Here is opener "Only Shallow". [...]

Last Friday, of all dates - the 13th, My Bloody Valentine finally came to the stage, their first time in over a decade. Filled with old tunes ( see the set list ), Kevin Shields brought his shoegazing platform to true form for the warm up gig, blistering the stage with the Loveless opener, "Only Shallow." Fortunately for those that didn't throw down $3,000 on tickets, some YouTube'er posted a series of live clips. Here's the opening... [...]