The Latest Breaking News from Kevin Shields

The revered shredder may be celebrating four decades in the business, but with a new album out and everyone from Fred Armisen to Kevin Shields singing his praises, he’s not ready for the potting shed just yet

The boundary-breaking guitarist – aka Blake Stranathan – had an unlikely route to session guitar success. He reveals how gear shaped his collaborations with one of the biggest singer-songwriters of our age, his theory on how “the less paint or lacquer on the guitar, the better it will sound” and…

How Alan McGee's indie label changed music, via five essential Creation albums

With the flash drive comes instructions for listeners to “please play at 80db and above on speakers“

The Kevin Shields Blender has two channels, an octave-up fuzz and sag controls, is limited to 700 units worldwide, and available exclusively through Fender, Reverb and Andertons

It might cost $499, but the limited-edition Shields Blender – designed with the My Bloody Valentine tonal pioneer – is a two-channel vintage-style monster in every sense of the word

Ten years since the release of their last album, mbv, we celebrate the greatest tracks by a band best known for its sonically extreme offerings

Those onboard were told to disable the alarms on their cars

The band, who are famously cryptic about their songs, called the inaccurate lyrics ‘completely incorrect and insulting’