MV & EE also known as Matt Valentine and Erica Elder fans are in for a real treat with the arrival of a gargantuan 12 x cassette box set. 'Road Trips, Live Road 2002-2009' is an intimate and compelling document of the couples live shows during that period. The recordings sound really fantastic and have a wonderful lo-fi quality that really makes you feel like you could have been present at the recordings. They're joined on various performances by Jeremy Earl, The Golden Road, The Wolfpack, The Bummer Road and Chris Corsano. The majority of the shows are from the US although there are also recordings from Paris, Toronto and various UK venues. This really is a joy to behold and I know that a lot of hard work has gone into its creation. For a fan of any artist something like this is a real gem and so for MV & EE fans I'd say this was totally essential. This is a collaborative release from Blackest Rainbow with top geordie lads Alt Vinyl. 250 copies for the world.
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The music is sounding sweet, and its pretty epic to say the least. The
box set documents the MV & EE live experience in various
incarnations between 2002 and 2009. The music is entirely unreleased
material (with the exception of Barn Joint featuring J Mascis and Tom
Carter, which was issued as a bootleg CDR in the Heroine style, but was
actually unofficial, MV just received a stack in the mail with no
return address). Highlights include a 2002 MV & EE Medicine Show
performance, the Barn Joint jam with J Mascis and Tom Carter, a new
band, MV & EE with the Wolfpack, a recent set with Jeremy Earl of
Woods, as well as classic Bummer Road and Golden Road jams. The box set
will be presented chronologically and culminates in a Pete's Pix Vol. 2
featuring 8 tracks from various dates mainly in the UK (including
tracks from the Thurston Moore curated ATP in 2006, and Dylan Nyoukis'
2006 Colour Out Of Space fest - both of which feature Chris Corsano)
THE MV & EE MEDICINE SHOW
citybillies
my love for you has turned to life york street blues meditations on frankie rank stranger buck creek girls ganga gurls
TRT: 25:41
MV/EE/TIM BARNES
FREE88point7 LOFT brooklyn, NY 5/23/02
tapers pit: tom roe
some
distortion was present on the only surviving source tape, the best
efforts have made to remove all imperfections, we hope that what can be
heard does not distract from the listening pleasure of this historical
document
MV & EE with THE BUMMER ROAD tonic nyc 7/18/2005
the suncatcher blossoms a novatone
recorded by jim hildreth
1. suncatcher > other kinds rama > mountains of yaffa > death don't have no mercy
2. meditations on payday
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3. tea devil
4. environments > solestrial
5. cold rain
MV/EE/SAMARA/JIGGS
*VOLUME PEAK AT 10 MINUTE MARK TRACK ONE
MV & EE with THE BUMMER ROAD
abstract blues & egyptian mud
1. parchman farm > 2. suspended in the sky 3. poor boy variations 4. death is my friend > 5. who do you abort?
tapers pit: ayal "glass tomb" senior 1234 bloor street toronto, ON canada venue: vintage by the pound 2/7/09
be sure to visit live footage from this on youtube captured in the pit by dreamweapon films
PETE'S PIX VOLUME TWO compiled by pete coward 2/21/07
01. cocola moves thru the bizarre CB2 basement, cambridge UK 5/31/2005
02. really poor boy shaw library, london school of economics london, UK 11/14/06
03. codeine the port mahon, oxford, UK 12/6/04
04. solestrial (w/samara & nemo) albany bar, london, UK 12/20/04
05. special rider blues maximum arousal farm, guilford, VT 4/01/05 (erika (space echo/live dub), mo' jiggs (harp))
06. color out of the canned (w/samara & chris corsano) colour out of space festival the ocean rooms, brighton, UK 11/12/06
07. canned approximations ATP, minehead, somerset, UK 12/09/06 (w/the bummer road - willie, samara, nemo, sparrow, jiggs, simoes, corsano) thx to j mascis and david keenan for loaning me their guitars
08. death don't have no mercy the red rose, london, UK 11/13/06
Other items by MV & EE (Matt Valentine & Erica Elder)
Barn Nova MV & EE (Matt Valentine & Erica Elder) LP (vinyl), £13.19 Sorry - sold out.
Barn Nova MV & EE (Matt Valentine & Erica Elder) CD, £11.09