Jesus and Mary Chain Mania!

I don't think it's terrible, but it is pretty mediocre and definitely inessential. I was tempted to see them live the other week but I'd've had to rearrange work to do it and after listening to the new album decided not to bother.

I saw them a few times in their psychocandy days, I'm not going now, no need.

The Wiltern, Hollywood, CA 5/19/2017:

Amputation
April Skies
Head On
Far Gone and Out
Between Planets
Blues From a Gun
Always Sad
Mood Rider
Teenage Lust
Cherry Came Too
The Hardest Walk
All Things Pass
Some Candy Talking
Halfway to Crazy
Nine Million Rainy Days
Reverence

Encore:
Black and Blues
The Two of Us
Just Like Honey
You Trip Me Up
The Living End
War on Peace

Encore 2:
Taste of Cindy
I Hate Rock 'n' Roll

"Reverence" was probably the best:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Klcl25voBwc

I was also at this show and they fucking ruled, just look at that playlist. The opening band, Warlocks, were also a pleasant surprise.

pleasantly surprised at the new lp (whereas the slowdive one bought at the same time hasn't grabbed me yet). lots of dumb lyrics in the later songs, but hey...

they are playing the forum (town and country / o2) kentish town on sept 20th, 27 years to the month since i saw them there with the telescopes and the fury things. (31 + 4.5 + 2.5 quid though)

i know this should go into the Nine Inch Nails thread:
http://cdn.nin.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/NIN-Facebook-DATES-1200x628_BoxOffice.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/qsRateq.jpg

all four Los Angeles dates already sold out, F***

they sold most tickets in person last weekend and only released what was left over online today. I'm sure shit is sold out everywhere. really looking forward to the SF show. I haven't seen NIN since the Bowie/outside tour, and haven't seen JAMC since the Rollercoaster tour with Spiritualized!

heh, I saw NIN open for the Jesus and Mary Chain in 1990!

Xpost makes it sound like Jim and William were manning the tills there..

two more shows added tickets on sale in the AM. i just bought Spiritualized today but i think i need to make this show.

Hi, genuinely shocked here..

Was just looking at the discogs entry for "21 singles", seems its coming out on double-lp for the first time.

The writing credits has Jim writing only four. 'Upside Down', 'Never Understand', 'Come On' and "I love rock and roll'

So, the first two that put the J&MC on the map, and not much after? Amazed...

are those credits correct? on most of their records the songs are credited to both brothers.

I know, that's what threw me.

I feel like if I wrote "Never Understand" I could just kind of kick back and be like "I've done what I came here to do, you guys write the rest of them"

it's a confusing mess - if you look up all of those tracks on other releases they're all "Written By: Reid/Reid"

(so, what visiting said then)

« Lyrics: Reid / Music: Reid »

Well, that explains everything...

Are going to record the next album after this NIN tour that runs until September:

https://consequenceofsound.net/2018/08/new-album-jesus-mary-chain/

... maybe after this thing I guess https://www.abconcerts.be/en/agenda/events/the-jesus-and-mary-chain/21503/

Just get on FB friend rec for Jim Reid.

got

You're psychic: I ordered a Psychocandy T-shirt about 12 hours ago.

Ha! A friend messaged me last week to say "I've had a Facebook friend recommendation for Jim Reid!"

I had the same recommendation two days later.

Has William been recommended to anyone, though??

ILX fave Annie covers "Just Like Honey"

https://www.stereogum.com/2153678/annie-just-like-honey-the-jesus-and-mary-chain-cover/music/

they announced a warm up gig in Brighton because they're playing a festival in Spain next month. I got tickets, first time I've seen them since 2009.

That week is going to be a bit crazy, it's all 90s indie rock all the time, I'm seeing Sultans of Ping on Saturday, Superchunk on Monday, JAMC on Thursday and Stereolab on Friday

https://www.brooklynvegan.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/28/jesus-and-mary-chain-glasgow-eyes-album-art.jpeg

Glasgow Eyes

1. Venal Joy
2. American Born
3. Mediterranean X Film
4. jamcod
5. Discotheque
6. Pure Poor
7. The Eagles and The Beatles
8. Silver Strings
9. Chemical Animal
10. Second of June
11. Girl 71
12. Hey Lou Reid

Out on March 8, 2024 via Fuzz Club

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x3_NOCiRbII

lol "hey lou reid"

Genuinely surprised they hadn’t made that pun before

Fingers crossed it's a Liz Phair cover

https://www.stereogum.com/2243247/the-alternative-number-ones-the-jesus-and-mary-chains-blues-from-a-gun/columns/the-alternative-number-ones/?1701268180

recently discovered their version of Alphabet Street. my gosh.

Ha yeah.

This is not them....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mRWEpHonhVQ

that album track sounds good (although the video looks like 5 minutes of jim sat on a chair was all they had to work with). it also clears up that it's jamc-od and not, as i thought, jam-cod.

Song is way better than it has any right of being. Sounds like The Jesus and Mary Chain.

album is out on March 8 everywhere, except on Bandcamp, that's February 8? or did someone mess up?

Is it another case of digital release being ahead of physical release?

Think I like the second teaser even better. Exciting

xpost: the 24bit/high res digital version on qobuz is March 8 as well

All this JAMC talk made me dust off "Honey's Dead," and man, that album is so loud!

this is unexpectedly blowing me way rn

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PqdtTjEXqFw

Away even

Never Understand: starts at the 10 minute mark and is the best thing since the last best thing

Incredible, but docked a point for failing to showcase that gong left hanging on the wall.

haha, yes!

Even do a note perfect "Jesus Suck"