The Vault

My Bloody Valentine

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First appeared: Jan 2003

Recent word that My Bloody Valentine are back together in the studio, albeit minus exasperated bassist Debbie Googe,  re-recording tracks abandoned during sessions for the Glider EP

Conny Plank: The Soundtrack Of Our Youth

The Quietus

First appeared: Sep 2006

As Gronland release a four-disc box set of the music of Conny Plank, David Stubbs remembers the “midwife of Krautrock”…

Coldplay: Parachutes by Mr Agreeable

The Quietus

First appeared: Jun 1993

Mr Agreeable reviews the Coldplay album Parachutes and finds it not entirely to his liking.

Humour and Music

The Wire

First appeared: Nov 1995

Last year, at the Adventures In Modern Music festival at the Empty Bottle in Chicago, I saw Keith Rowe and trumpeter Axel Dörner performing as a duo.

Suicide: the synth-terrorists whose noise still provokes extreme reactions.

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First appeared: Jun 2009

Before the Chemical Brothers, before Ministry, before even Soft Cell, there was Suicide, the original electro-duo. David Stubbs meets the synth-terrorists whose noise still provokes extreme reactions.