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  My Bloody Valentine - Reviews
Loveless is overwhelming, with Shields and Bilinda Butcher's guitars and voices blending into each other until they become a distant orchestra, the rhythm section striding in majestic lockstep, and occasional bursts of dance rhythms (as on the single "Soon") buoying the live instruments' warp and drift.
The departure of Conway and the arrival of vocalist Bilinda Butcher signalled a change in musical direction.
By 1988, Kevin Shield's guitar work had taken on the fuzzed and treated shape that was to appear in full force on the Isn't Anything album, which demonstrated the musical growth of the band and the benefit of the transfer of vocal duties to Bilinda Butcher.
www.irishmusiccentral.com /mbv/reviews.html   (668 words)

  
  Compare Prices and Read Reviews on You Made Me Realise - My Bloody Valentine at Epinions.com
The news got even bigger when it was announced that Shields, MBV guitarist/vocalist Bilinda Butcher and drummer Colm O’Ciosoig decided to reunite to re-record and release older and unreleased material that was made between the period of “Loveless” and the band’s 1988 debut “Isn’t Anything”.
Butcher accompanies Shields on guitars and her nocturnal vocals as Shields belts out a squealing, sliding guitar solo that is followed by a crash from O’Ciosoig’s drums that leads to Shields playing a menacing, feedback-driven guitar track.
Butcher sings the song with her soothing, nocturnal vocals as she plays a soft, washy guitar track that is rooted in dream-pop.
www.epinions.com /content_108679433860   (1458 words)

  
 Loveless - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The vocals, which are kept relatively low in the mix as well, are consistently highly layered, breathy, and for the most part high-pitched, serving a mainly melodic function, with somewhat free-form lyrics which are often hard to make out.
Samples, often of Belinda Butcher's own voice, are used to establish hooks and, occasionally, melody-lines.
Melody and structure-wise, it is for the most part a pop record of sorts, filtered through almost avant-garde levels and types of distortion.
www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Loveless   (419 words)

  
 My Bloody Valentine - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Though they released a handful of EPs during the mid-1980s, only their two official albums Isn't Anything (1988) and Loveless (1991), are considered representative of their sound: a distinct blend of noise rock, ambience, and off-kilter pop.
The thick, swirling, multi-layered guitar sound pioneered by My Bloody Valentine would later be termed shoegazer by the British press, a tag that would be applied to a number of new-coming alternative pop-rock or rock outfits of similarly heavily layered and distorted guitars and soft, hushed vocals generally sung by Bilinda Butcher.
The songs were written by Shields, except for 'Touched,' a short instrumental by Colm O'Ciosoig.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/My_Bloody_Valentine   (511 words)

  
 My Bloody Valentine - Music Downloads - Online
Conway left the band by the end of the year and was replaced by vocalist/guitarist Bilinda Butcher, whose breathy vocals fit the group's evolving sound more appropriately.
Between 1993 and 1997, both Googe and O'Ciosoig left the band, leaving only Shields and Butcher; after driving a cab for about a year, Googe formed Snowpony in 1996.
There were signs that My Bloody Valentine were emerging from hiding in 1996, when the group contributed to the Wire tribute album Whore and Shields played on Experimental Audio Research's Beyond the Pale.
musicstore.connect.com /artist/661/My-Bloody-Valentine/1027753.html   (941 words)

  
 Reviews of Loveless by My Bloody Valentine   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Buried low in the mix are the vocals, recorded by Shields and his partner, Bilinda Butcher, with words that seldom make it clear of the noise.
Since their inception, they've spawned a myriad of languid imitators, none of whom have ever achieved such a lulling din.This album is the result of nearly three years of meticulous toil, thanks to Kevin Shields' notorious perfectionism,and remains one of the decade's most influential albums.
Stereolab has surely benefitted from Butcher's ghostly vocal stylings and "Loomers'" vast swath of tape loops.The wavy "To Here Knows When" rivals any of Dinosaur Jr.'s hazier concoctions, and though O'Ciosoig's drumming is often relegated to the gullies ofLoveless, he emerges adamantly on this track, refusing to be enveloped by the overpowering hum.
www.albumvote.co.uk /reviews.php/1415   (2069 words)

  
 my bloody valentine: to here knows web
The band line-up is Kevin Shields on guitar and vocals, Colm O'Ciosoig on drums, Bilinda Butcher on guitar and vocals, Debbie Googe on bass, and has recently added Alex Buess for programming.
Also, rumours surfaced in the summer of 2003 that Kevin Shields, Colm O'Ciosiog and Bilinda Butcher (bassist Debbie Googe is not present at the sessions) are reportedly re-recording five songs that the band abandoned for their 1989 EP Glider.
The EP, released in between 1988's Isn't Anything and the group's undisputed masterpiece, the dream-pop landmark Loveless, was originally meant to be a nine-song full-length album, but the band, as usual, was took too long to record it and eventually caved to pressure from the industry and released the four finished songs as an EP.
www.mybloodyvalentine.net /faq   (2042 words)

  
 The Oberlin Review Online
Though Butcher’s and Shields’ words often get lost in the mix and their music may seem repetitive and lacking in focus, repeated listens will reveal whole coral reefs full of color and sound.
Though one can just barely catch Butcher’s lines about the “pretty boys with the sunshine faces” on “loomer,” the guitars swaying from dissonance to consonance imply everything from a sunset to a hangover, but without ever losing that sense of soft, sultry desire.
On everything from the acoustic dirge of “sometimes” to the discotheque freakout of “soon,” Butcher lets loose a powerful aphrodisiac with her angel purr voice.
www.oberlin.edu /stupub/ocreview/archives/2002.02.22/arts/heardHere.htm   (654 words)

  
 my bloody valentine: to here knows web
Together since 1984, this Irish-British quartet has been steadily reshaping the contours of contemporary music in the U.K. Now, American audiences have an opportunity to share in the disquiet, as My Bloody Valentine releases its first full-length Sire/Warner Bros. album in the States, Loveless.
But like all good bands, the total is greater than the sum of its parts.
At that time, Bilinda joined the band and the line-up was complete.
www.mybloodyvalentine.net   (646 words)

  
 CONK! Encyclopedia: My_Bloody_Valentine   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Clockwise from bottom left: Colm O'Ciosoig, Bilinda Butcher, Kevin Shields, Debbie Googe
My Bloody Valentine were an Irish-British shoegazing rock band.
Lineup during heyday also included singer-guitarist Bilinda Butcher and bassist Debbie Googe.
www.conk.com /search/encyclopedia.cgi?q=My_Bloody_Valentine   (477 words)

  
 Bilinda Butcher on Jelly Teddies and Pure
Re: Bilinda Butcher on Jelly Teddies and Pure
I dunno, I reckon Kevin probably has a way of being quietly pissed off at people that's as effective as throwing a temper tantrum might be for others.
It was actually Colm she was looking at and his look was of agony as his silver pants cut off the blood circulation to his penis.
www.mybloodyvalentine.net /smf/index.php?topic=262.0   (654 words)

  
 DOOM PATROLS, Chapter 3, Bilinda Butcher
You pick up on subtleties you didn't notice before: wavering rhythms, minor chords, muddily shifting tonalities, synthesized special effects, Bilinda Butcher's floating vocal lines buried deep within the mix.
Bilinda and Kevin eschew the cliched roles of virtuoso guitarist and lead singer; they trade instrumental and vocal lines unostentatiously and continually.
Kevin and Bilinda revel in the sheer density and variety of sounds that their instruments are able to produce.
www.dhalgren.com /Doom/ch03.html   (3783 words)

  
 My Bloody Valentine: lyrics, mp3, discography, pictures, biography - Onda Rock   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Il primo, il 12 pollici The New Record By My Bloody Valentine, comincia a mettere a fuoco il progetto musicale di Shields e soci: un incrocio di umori psichedelici e chitarre "fuzz" che appare tuttavia ancora acerbo e approssimativo (la delicata e naif "Lovelee Sweet Darlene").
Un travolgimento emotivo segnato dal contrasto fra l'impalpabile e sofferta voce di Bilinda e il muro di chitarre impastate di suono di Shields.
Con Bilinda Butcher, finita chissà dove, manterra' una fragile amicizia, dopo una tormentata relazione sentimentale conclusa nel 1994.
www.ondarock.it /Mybloody.html   (1025 words)

  
 BIG 100.3 FM - PLAYING THE BIGGEST HITS! - Orlando, FL   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Before Kevin Shields was a guitar god, before Isn't Anything and Loveless became seminal classics, My Bloody Valentine were a struggling goth band trying to find their place in the music scene.
When they disposed of their original singer, they started moving toward Cocteau Twins territory, using guitarist Bilinda Butcher's airy voice to redefine their image.
"Strawberry Wine" is a gorgeous pop gem, with Shields and Butcher exploring the guitar landscapes that would later become their trademark.
www.cool100fm.com /iplaylist/album/45284   (222 words)

  
 My Bloody Valentine to reform? - NME.COM   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Three members of MY BLOODY VALENTINE are rumoured to be back in the studio after years of silence and are said to be recording material which may be included on a forthcoming box set.
Guitarist Kevin Shields, drummer Colm O'Ciosiog and singer/guitarist Bilinda Butcher are said to be revisiting music originally intended for inclusion on the 1990 'Glider' EP.
It is unclear on which label the box set would be released, as Creation Records - who issued the band's two albums, 1988's 'Isn't Anything' and 1991's 'Loveless' - have been defunct for three years.
www.nme.com /news/105623.htm   (342 words)

  
 [dying days]
Ele foi substituido por Bilinda Butcher, que também é guitarrista, mas cujo vocal etéreo se mostraram perfeitos para os rumos que a banda estava seguindo.
Nessa época o My Bloody Valentine consistia em Kevin Shields e Bilinda Butcher (que viveram juntos por muitos anos), e se dizia que o novo disco "seria lançado antes do novo milênio (...) provavelmente por volta de 1999".
Mais recentemente foi divulgado que Bilinda Butcher já não estaria mais envolvida com a banda (e nem com Kevin Shields), hoje estaria se dedicando a dança flamenca.
www.dyingdays.net /My_Bloody_Valentine/index.html   (1422 words)

  
 Las Vegas Mercury: Aural Intercourse: See ya in court, kids
In other reunion news, media outlets are teasing us with reports that members of pioneering Irish guitar act My Bloody Valentine have regrouped in a studio, possibly to record material for a future boxed set.
Iconic guitarist Kevin Shields, along with singer Bilinda Butcher and drummer Colm O'Ciosiog, last saw the spotlight 12 years ago with the release of the band's most acclaimed album, Loveless.
Shields recently finished work on four tracks for the upcoming movie Lost in Translation, and worked with various artists, such as Primal Scream and guitarist J. Mascis (Dinosaur Jr.), during MBV's hibernation.
www.lasvegasmercury.com /2003/MERC-Jul-24-Thu-2003/21774939.html   (812 words)

  
 Compare Prices and Read Reviews on Loveless - My Bloody Valentine at Epinions.com
Following the release of “Isn’t Anything”, Shields and his band that consisted of singer/guitarist Bilinda Butcher, bassist Debbie Googe, and drummer/mix sampler Colm O’Ciosoig released EPs that drew rave reviews as fans waited for the band’s follow-up to “Isn’t Anything”.
As it was finished, “Loveless” was described by some critics as Sonic Youth’s “Daydream Nation” produced by ambient music pioneer Brian Eno in comparison’s to Sonic Youth’s abrasive noise-rock sound as if it was mixed with the ambient textures of Brian Eno.
With guitar tracks sounding like chainsaws and elephant wails as well as soothing ambient textures and the monotone vocals of Bilinda Butcher, “Loveless” is by no means an easy album to listen to despite carrying simple melodies and hooks.
www.epinions.com /content_69497753220   (918 words)

  
 Recensione: My Bloody Valentine - Loveless (Creation, 1991)
Per un Conway che se ne va entrano in pianta stabile la bassista Deborah Googe e la chitarrista-cantante Bilinda Butcher.
A dimostrarlo basterebbero i primi trenta secondi di Only Shallow, quell’aereo e svisante impianto chitarre-tastiere, il palpitare asciutto del drumming, il basso a spalmarsi nella calca e la voce di Bilinda garza dolciastra su corpo rock devastato.
Poco o nulla a che vedere con onanismi di feedback né con le emulsioni posticce targate Jesus and Mary Chain: qui si tratta di seppellire la melodia, affossarla sotto magmatiche accumulazioni, fiaccarne l’aspetto sperimentandone così la persistenza, l’oscuro potere incantatorio.
www.sentireascoltare.com /CriticaMusicale/ClassicAlbums/mybloody-loveless.htm   (419 words)

  
 Bilinda Butcher   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
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 .. stereolab: forum: message ..   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Yes, you heard right - speculative word has it that former MBV shoegazer and cooing sensual FX-pedal-fretboard-stroker Bilinda Butcher has now been taking up acting classes at RADA in London (Royal Academy for Dramatic Arts) and has been put on the tentative shortlist for the cast of a remake of the seminal 80's film "Fame".
Bilinda was said to be "very thrilled and flattered to be offered the contract and was excited at the prospect of launching her new acting career in the US after so many years in creative limbo, not knowing which direction to take..."
More news soon as and when we get it.
www.stereolab.co.uk /forum/show.php?show=message&id=56041&3   (106 words)

  
 My Bloody Valentine
The next two EPs would further stretch out MBV's musical plans, especially in seeing that Dave left after this release and Bilinda was given the task of being one of the two lead vocalists.
From now on, I will refer to her as "Bilinda Butcher" for reasons of my own).
Some of the songs have a hint of that mesmerizingly loud romanticism that would mark the band's most well-known work ("Strawberry Wine" and "Lose Yourself In Me" are already there), but most of the songs seem kind of derivative and too wussily poppy to have much of an effect on me personally.
www.markprindle.com /mybloody.htm   (3659 words)

  
 digital stater
It's a risk that indie rockers have to take in order to make an album as influential as this one.
Heavy guitars and synthesizers blend seamlessly with the light voices of singer Bilinda Butcher and singer/guitarist/producer Kevin Shields on My Bloody Valentine's critically acclaimed final album Loveless.
It's an album you can sit back and relax to, despite its loud and wandering instrumentation.
www.stater.kent.edu /stories_old/01spring/040601/f405TOPTENindiesLC.html   (994 words)

  
 Listen Up! :: Renewed MBV obsession   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Recently, I threw it in the CD player and it refuses to come out.
Starting with the sonic wall-o-guitars that is "Only Shallow," a song so perfect in its execution you just don't care if Bilinda Butcher's vocals are intelligible.
The soaring guitars and throbbing pedals make every song on this album a dissonant lullaby.
listenup.sooz.com /archives/000222.html   (408 words)

  
 Sodapop - Monografie: My Bloody Valentine
I Valentines decidono di continuare, e alle audizioni prevale una ragazza che si presenta cantando Bargain Store di Dolly Parton: Bilinda Butcher.
Anticipato dal singolo Feed Me With Your Kiss, sul finire del 1988 esce Isn't Anything, che diviene immediatamente uno dei bestsellers dell'etichetta e che impone definitivamente il gruppo come una delle più interessanti realtà della scena rock mondiale.
Frugando in lungo e in largo su internet non ho mai trovato notizie su Bilinda e quindi non so se faccia ancora parte del gruppo.
www.sodapop.it /mbv.htm   (2415 words)

  
 MUSICMATCH Guide: My Bloody Valentine
Led by guitarist Kevin Shields, the group released several EPs in the mid-'80s before recording the era-defining Isn't Anything in 1988, a record that merged lilting, ethereal melodies of the Cocteau Twins with crushingly loud, shimmering distortion...
Bilinda Butcher, Dave Conway, Deb Googe, Colm O'Ciosoig, Kevin Shields, Tina
The Beach Boys, The Birthday Party, Cocteau Twins, The Cramps, The Durutti Column, Sonic Youth, The Velvet Underground
www.mmguide.musicmatch.com /artist/artist.cgi?ARTISTID=355781   (200 words)

  
 eye - Heathen chemistry - 06.13.02
It's all about putting some humanity into the hum, as tear-saturated strings, melancholic clarinets and foreboding percussive builds transform the bleepy 'n' bloopy bed-tracks into expressive, pulsating life-forms.
These song-suites are delightfully disorienting enough as instrumentals, but when twin-sister vocalists Kristín and Gyda make their intermittent appearances -- coming on like a hallucinatory tag-team between My Bloody Valentine's Bilinda Butcher and Swedish siren Stina Nordenstam -- you'll be unsure if you're dreaming or being welcomed into the afterlife.
Finally we are no one, ironically, should turn Múm into some very big someones.
www.eye.net /eye/issue/issue_06.13.02/music/ondisc.html   (1485 words)

  
 My Bloody Valentine
The British press has taken to calling their trance-pop style "oceanic rock"; the bands themselves are labeled shoegazers due to their perceived tendency to stand stock-still and look downward while performing.
"Well, we have to be lumped in with someone," allows bassist Debbie Googe, who completes the band's lineup with guitarist/vocalist Bilinda Butcher and drummer Colm O'Ciosoig.
It's not like I hear Lush and get confused, thinking, 'Is that My Bloody Valentine?'"
www.spiraling.com /words/mbv.html   (708 words)

  
 The Austin Chronicle Music: Record Reviews
The thumping rhythm section gives the band ammunition to rock hard when moments of floaty rapture give way to a colorful sonic barrage.
At times, it adds up to an earthier version of My Bloody Valentine's wombadelic bliss, most apparent on the standout "Electric Surgery." Rachel Staggs' ethereal honey-soaked vocals, eerily in line with MBV's Bilinda Butcher's, carries the track through a slow-strumming, echo-drenched buildup, and a sudden pause.
Then waves of sound come crashing down as if somebody cranked up the long-lost hidden track from Loveless.
www.auschron.com /issues/dispatch/2000-11-24/music_recviews17.html   (445 words)

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