Haters

The Case Against My Bloody Valentine's mbv

By David Thorpe Fri., Feb. 8 2013 at 3:00 AM
Categories: Comebacks, Happy Endings, Haters, My Bloody Valentine

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Gotcha with the headline, but I'm not here to hate on mbv. I'm a fan. I've daydreamed a dozen Loveless follow-ups, but I wasn't satisfied with the ones in my head-- I needed to hear what Kevin Shields had crashing around in his. mbv is not quite what I hoped for and not quite what I expected, which is why it's such an exciting record: all my educated guesses based on the Lost in Translation soundtrack and the "Map Ref" cover and the jungle-obsessed interviews were slightly off the mark. mbv still surprised me constantly. I love it, and I'm glad many other fans are enjoying it as much.

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Happy Endings

Jonathan Toubin Returns! The Return Of New York Night Train Is Imminent

By Maura Johnston Fri., Apr. 20 2012 at 2:00 PM
Categories: Happy Endings, Jonathan Toubin

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Eleanor Logan
After a lengthy recovery from a freak accident where a car crashed through a hotel room and landed on him while he was asleep, Jonathan Toubin is ready to thrill crowds with his deeply dug musical selections again. His New York Night Train party will make its triumphant return to Brooklyn Bowl on May 6; that night's lineup will include a set by him as well as appearances by Ian Svenonius and K-Holes, and there'll be no cover. And in even better news, while Toubin will, according to his website, be "taking it much slower than previously," he'll be back in action around New York on a regular basis: He'll return to spinning every Friday at Home Sweet Home, his monthly party at Glasslands returns May 12, and he'll be spinning at Lincoln Center in July, and at the Afghan Whigs All Tomorrow's Parties festival in Asbury Park come fall. Lineup and all his local dates below.

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Upcoming Shows

Rock Beach Is Dead; Please Welcome Rock Yard, Featuring YIMBY Favorites Cerebral Ballzy And CSC Funk Band

By Maura Johnston Wed., Aug. 3 2011 at 3:30 PM
Categories: CSC Funk Band, Cerebral Ballzy, Happy Endings, Rock Beach, Upcoming Shows

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These guys will be at Rock Yard this Sunday.
After chaos and snippines and a downed website and lots of Brooklyn Vegan comment-section speculation and what their official newsletter is calling "a few casual decisions" (hmm), JellyNYC has abandoned the deep-Brooklyn concert series Rock Beach for—wait for it—Rock Yard, which will hold its first installment at The Morgan. Which just happens to be located in closer-to-home-for-the-demographic Bushwick. As of now, the inaugural show is set for Sunday at 2 p.m., and its lineup is pretty solid; among the bands on the bill are Cerebral Ballzy and CSC Funk Band. Flyer below.

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