My Bloody Valentine: The Opposite of Rock'N'Roll
In 1991, My Bloody Valentine released one of modern rock's most influential albums, then mysteriously imploded trying to surpass it. On the eve of their unlikely resurrection, Simon Reynolds examines the original shoegazers' noisy genius.
By Simon Reynolds 08.05.08 5:47 PM
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Animal Collective, 'Feels' (Fat Cat)
Acoustic yawps for your inner enfant terrible.
By Simon Reynolds 10.27.05 3:00 AM
Using song titles like "Daffy Duck" and cover art that features kids in a farmyard, Animal Collective are still working with children and animals. But the New York group's vision isn't a rose-tinted regression to a lost idyll. It's more like their music is a child -- angelic one moment, monstrous the next. Dulcet passages give way to tantrums of flailing drums and shrieks.
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