Shoegaze is dead? Not if the latest EP from Danish teenagers Dorias Baracca is anything to go by…

ATP curated by My Bloody Valentine – Butlins, Minehead 4-6 December ’09
A general consensus that this wasn’t a vintage ATP, but still, compared to camping thigh-deep in mud surrounded by twat hat-sporting wacky idiots who “like a bit of everything”? There isn’t, and nor will there ever be, the slightest hint of competition.

La Route Du Rock Festival 2009 – My Bloody Valentine, Horrors, Kills, Grizzly Bear
France’s premier summer music festival La Route Du Rock will take place this coming August 14-16th, featuring some great acts this year!

Art Of Noise // Sonic Cathedral Recordings
Nat Cramp of Sonic Cathedral records creates a staggering 80 minute mix celebrating the “influences and inspirations” of the Shoegaze scene. This is essential stuff.

My Bloody Valentine curate Nightmare Before Xmas
Announced literally minutes ago to TLOBF plus a handful of choice online publications, ATP have revealed that My Bloody Valentine will be curating this years Nightmare Before Christmas Festival. Start getting excited…………………………..NOW!

Sonic Cathedral – Cathedral Classics Vol. 1
London’s Sonic Cathedral has been quietly perpetuating a psychedelic shoegaze renaissance for almost five years. Cathedral Classics Volume 1, collects the highlights from the label’s first 11 singles.

Sonic Youth, MBV, Aphex Twin and Bloc Party annouced as headliners of Primavera
Check out the lineup for this years Primavera Festival. Full details in the official press blurb inside.
TLOBF 2008 :: Gigs of the Year
Eight of TLOBF’s most obsessive gig-goers list their picks of the year’s live music. Bon Iver, Tom Waits and Neil Young all feature…
ATP Update: Breeders weekend & Fans weekend have new bands
ATP Update-tastic: more bands added to the Breeders weekend plus the first top 20 for the Fans weekend have been announced.
My Bloody Valentine – Camden Roundhouse 20/06/08
Whilst most bands reunite for money, an ego-boost, or an ill-fated attempt to reclaim past glories, one gets the impression that when the prickly and perfectionist Kevin Shields decides to make a comeback, he’s got a damn good reason to.
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