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My Bloody Valentine playing in Brazil. Photo courtesy Baptiste Pons via Flickr.

The signs posted around the outside of the WaMu theater said it best: “Tonight’s show will be extremely LOUD”.

My Bloody Valentine, the Irish alt-rock “shoegaze” band who hasn’t released an album since 1991′s smash “Loveless” destroyed the earbuds of thousands of fans Monday at WaMu Theater. Earplugs were given out at the door, and MBV–known for their use of distortion, pitch bending and noise–put them to good use and pushed the limits of how loud a concert can get.

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