{"id":8172,"date":"2014-05-07T22:46:50","date_gmt":"2014-05-08T02:46:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=8172"},"modified":"2015-10-16T14:32:26","modified_gmt":"2015-10-16T18:32:26","slug":"mp-g-pet-genius-bovine-may-6-12-cmw-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=8172","title":{"rendered":"MP.G (My Pet Genius) @ The Bovine May 6, 12 am &#8211; CMW 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m not going to lie to you&#8230;I was really looking forward to checking out MP.G aka My Pet Genius at The Bovine during day 1\u00a0of CMW 2014. Their 1996 EP &#8216;Might Strike Satellite&#8217; is a favourite record in my collection, and they just released a new EP, &#8216;EMP01&#8217; after going My Bloody Valentine-style MIA for almost 20 years.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/artworks-000077368928-i1eawx-crop.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-8176\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/artworks-000077368928-i1eawx-crop.jpg?resize=300%2C300\" alt=\"artworks-000077368928-i1eawx-crop\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/artworks-000077368928-i1eawx-crop.jpg?resize=300%2C300 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/artworks-000077368928-i1eawx-crop.jpg?resize=150%2C150 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/artworks-000077368928-i1eawx-crop.jpg?w=400 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nThey didn&#8217;t disappoint during their CMW showcase (plus they are really nice guys). They played a solid 8-song set consisting of\u00a0tracks that will appear on their upcoming two disc &#8216;Empire of Light&#8217; LP\u00a0(due in the near future), and some appear on &#8216;EMP01&#8217;. Stand out tracks were the ultra-catchy stomp of\u00a0<em>Pricked<\/em>, the infectious &amp; droning\u00a0<em>Black Mesa Rally Cry<\/em>, and riff-filled\u00a0<em>Let The Experiments Begin<\/em>. Sadly, they didn&#8217;t play anything from &#8220;Might Strike Satellite,&#8221; but understandably, they want to showcase\u00a0the new songs off the LP. Take a listen to <em>Pricked<\/em> and <em>Black Mesa Rally Cry<\/em> via Soundcloud below.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"81\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F32109550&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&visual=false&show_comments=false&show_user=false&show_reposts=false&color=828682\"><\/iframe>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"81\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F41768788&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&visual=false&show_comments=false&show_user=false&show_reposts=false&color=828682\"><\/iframe>\n<p><code><!--more--><\/code><\/p>\n<p>If you missed them at CMW, don&#8217;t worry\u2026they will be playing on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.blogto.com\/events\/sensei-w-my-pet-genius-1-tba-may-15-smiling-buddha\/\" target=\"_blank\">May 15 at Smiling Buddha<\/a>\u00a0opening for\u00a0Sensei (members of SIANspheric &amp; Kestrels).<\/p>\n<p>For more information on MP.G or to buy their music, visit\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/mypetgenius.bandcamp.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">mypetgenius.bandcamp.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>More pics of the their CMW set? See below\u2026.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/photo-2-7.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-8174\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/photo-2-7.jpg?resize=584%2C438\" alt=\"photo 2-7\" width=\"584\" height=\"438\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/photo-2-7.jpg?resize=1024%2C768 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/photo-2-7.jpg?resize=300%2C225 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/photo-2-7.jpg?resize=400%2C300 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/photo-2-7.jpg?w=2048 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/photo-1-6.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-8175\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/photo-1-6.jpg?resize=584%2C438\" alt=\"photo 1-6\" width=\"584\" height=\"438\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/photo-1-6.jpg?resize=1024%2C768 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/photo-1-6.jpg?resize=300%2C225 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/photo-1-6.jpg?resize=400%2C300 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/photo-1-6.jpg?w=2048 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the video for<i> <\/i><em>Anjelika in Jhericurl<\/em> lifted from &#8216;Might Strike Satellite&#8217;. It is directed by Christopher Mills (you may have heard of him &#8211; wink).<\/p>\n<p>[youtube_sc url=&#8221;https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=QkSkFECIcmI&#8221; theme=&#8221;light&#8221;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>I&#8217;m not going to lie to you&#8230;I was really looking forward to checking out MP.G aka My Pet Genius at The Bovine during day 1\u00a0of <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=8172\" title=\"MP.G (My Pet Genius) @ The Bovine May 6, 12 am &#8211; CMW 2014\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8173,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[23,25,28,36],"tags":[2309,2291,2308,817,1046],"class_list":["post-8172","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-indie","category-live","category-music","category-toronto","tag-bovine","tag-cmw-2014","tag-mp-g","tag-my-pet-genius","tag-shoegaze"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/photo-4-4-e1399515011796.jpg?fit=2037%2C998","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2B2TV-27O","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1635,"url":"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=1635","url_meta":{"origin":8172,"position":0},"title":"New music: My Pet Genius get &#8216;Pricked&#8217;","author":"cultureaddicts","date":"January 6, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Culture Addicts fave shoegazers, my pet genius, make a much overdue return to the music scene with a raw demo of a track that will eventually appear on their upcoming 'Empire of Light' double LP in its final form. 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