When Jesus & Mary Chain toured last summer, I thought they were just riding the reunion train that suddenly seemed so popular. I only discovered today that they have been working on new material and will be releasing a new album of original hits later this year! Three new songs premiered on their myspace page this week, their first new material in a decade. The new songs are called "War On P...
More >
THANKSGIVING is a happy day for most Americans, but a gloomier one for turkeys. Around 46m birds will be served up at the dinner table says the National Turkey Federation, a trade body. Turkey farmers also have reason for cheer. Americans each scoff 16.9lb (7.7kg) of turkey meat annually, up from 8.3lb in 1975. Production reflects this growing appetite: some 272m turkeys will be raised this yea...
More >
You can read my Jesus & Mary Chain review here:http://treblezine.com/The Jesus & Mary ChainThe Power of Negative ThinkingBlanco y Negro / Rhino2008"Do you remember the JAMC?" Who could forget those immortal lyrics sung so eloquently by Death Cab's Ben Gibbard on their song "We Looked like Giants?" Ben, like many of us who grew up JAMC fans, knew the importance of this band born from Glasgow, S...
More >
On Sunday night, I finally got to see a band that I never - at least after their break up in 1999 - thought I would get the chance to see live. In truth it's not that I didn't have the chance, before ... it's more that I didn't seize the opportunity the first time around. So when I learned last month that the Jesus and Mary chain were playing in Denver the weekend before Halloween, it took no ...
More >
Summercase 2007Boadilla del Monte, Madrid, 07/13/2007Air travel within Europe is sometimes very handy. Last Wednesday I finished up a conference in Bristol, UK, and caught a $70 EasyJet flight directly from Bristol to Madrid to attend the Summercase festival. Summercase focuses mostly on indie and electro and happens concurrently in Madrid and Barcelona, featuring the same roster of artists on ...
More >
Since not even a reunion show by the Jesus & Mary Chain could persuade me to go to CoacHELLa (and so I needn't try to think up the least compromising possible way to compromise my integrity on Craigslist for a ticket), I had pretty much buried my hopes of seeing JAMC this time around. But then I read, just today, that they will play the two Summercase festivals in Spain: Madrid on July 13, Barc...
More >
I'm still trying to get over the concept: The Jesus and Mary Chain, back on stage at Coachella! I'm completely floored; if they actually make it, this will be the highlight of my concert-going experience.But "Why?", you ask. Why such ardor for a band that hasn't been a going concern for almost 10 years? Well, sit yourselves down, and let me tell you a tale.Consider, if you will, the music scene...
More >
I was working with our local Boy Scout troop last night, and was trying to keep them from tearing up my friend's house by wrestling in it. One of them stopped and said, "You know, the house isn't really his; ultimately, it's the Lord's." Smart kid, and absolutely correct. However, he had forgotten an important principle: stewardship.See, what's ours is ours, but not to use and abuse as we see f...
More >
It's been an odd and eye-opening last 24 hours, one of those days that makes you take stock and decide on what's really worthwhile.Sunday night after dinner, I finally ask Morgan, our oldest son, why he's in such a funk. He had spent the entire day slamming doors and generally acting surlier than normal. He then proceeds to tell us how "lame" and "stupid" we are for not letting him get the skat...
More >
Take a second and go ahead and click on the red button above. Since this is my first post on the new system, I hope it shows up.Hear that hiss at the beginning? Hear how flat it sounds? Yes, I think I just heard a few audiophiles cower in terror. That, friends, is the sound of a cassette recording of the Jesus and Mary Chain's most joyous moment, "Happy When It Rains."But "why?," you ask. Why k...
More >
On Sunday night, I finally got to see a band that I never - at least after their break up in 1999 - thought I would get the chance to see live. In truth it's not that I didn't have the chance, before ... it's more that I didn't seize the opportunity the first time around. So when I learned last month that the Jesus and Mary chain were playing in Denver the weekend before Halloween, it took no ...
More >
You can read my Jesus & Mary Chain review here:http://treblezine.com/The Jesus & Mary ChainThe Power of Negative ThinkingBlanco y Negro / Rhino2008"Do you remember the JAMC?" Who could forget those immortal lyrics sung so eloquently by Death Cab's Ben Gibbard on their song "We Looked like Giants?" Ben, like many of us who grew up JAMC fans, knew the importance of this band born from Glasgow, S...
More >
Enter your email address to get email notifications any time someone posts about The Jesus & Mary Chain.
Subscribe to all posts about The Jesus & Mary Chain.
| Title | Lyrics | Buy |
|---|---|---|
| 1 Drop-Re-Recorded |
|
|
| 2 Snakedriver |
|
|
| 3 Sometimes |
|
|
| 4 My Girl |
|
|
| 5 Penetration |
|
|
© 2006-2009 Mog Inc. All Rights Reserved
