CONCERTS

If you haven’t heard, My Bloody Valentine are touring again—for the first time in 16 years. It’s nearly impossible to over-state the influence of this London-by-way-of-Ireland quartet on the entirety of independent music. Kevin Shields’ woozy guitar sound on the band’s 1991 album Loveless hangs over every skinny-jean twenty-something with a six-string from Williamsburg (A Place to Bury Strangers) to Echo Park (Silversun Pickups). And it’s that guitar—paired with Bilinda Butcher’s cooing soprano—that will buckle the foundations of the Roseland Ballroom next Monday and Tuesday. Though if you don’t already have tickets, you’ll have to head to Craigslist to grab them. Tickets to both shows—there are only eight scheduled in the nation—are sold out.  read more »