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With the news last week that My Bloody Valentine are set to play some absolutely huge arena shows this summer, we’ve dug into the archive to bring out some of our favourite writing on the group. There’s an epic Kevin Shields long read interview from 2012, John Calvert’s spectacular live review from the following year to get you in the mood for these live dates: “MBV are able to recreate the echo of their teen selves, and it was beautiful. But there were supposed to be marching bands.” We’ve also dug up Brian Eno’s Baker’s Dozen, featuring as it does MBV’s Glider EP. Our second Baker’s Dozen this week is Kristen Hersh on her favourite tracks, while the Strange World Of… is Ben Cardew on The KLF. We’ve got Eugene from Oxbow on fight scenes in films, Amon Tobin and the artist Tessa Farmer on making work inspired by the complexity of the natural world, Tricky on Englishness and, from the Subscriber vault, Joe Muggs on Wonky Techno.
Following a wave of fevered speculation about the possible return of The KLF, AKA The JAMs, The K Foundation, K2 Plant Hire, the Justified Ancients Of Mu Mu etc., Ben Graham explores the mythology of Bill Drummond and Jimmy Cauty, in order to explain why any "reunion" is likely to be far more interesting than just another musical comeback
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