Tag: The Jesus and Mary Chain

Stream: Jesus and Mary Chain’s ‘Way We Were: 1980-85’ mix by Bobby Gillespie & Douglas Hart

Stream: Jesus and Mary Chain’s ‘Way We Were: 1980-85’ mix by Bobby Gillespie & Douglas Hart

Following up on last fall’s vintage Jim Reid mix, Demon Music Group — the label behind the new Jesus and Mary Chain reissues — posted a new mix by ex-JAMC rhythm section Bobby Gillespie and Douglas Hart representing what was on their tour-bus mixtapes during the band’s early days.

The Week(s) in Rock: Dec. 18-31, 2011

The Week(s) in Rock: Dec. 18-31, 2011

Today we round up the last two weeks of Slicing Up Eyeballs headlines, including stories on Morrissey, New Order, Ministry, They Might Be Giants and more, plus the results of our readers poll, of which Duran Duran was the big winner.

Vintage Video: Watch The Jesus and Mary Chain’s infamous 1985 Camden gig and riot

Vintage Video: Watch The Jesus and Mary Chain’s infamous 1985 Camden gig and riot

Given that it’s Jim Reid’s birthday today — he’s 50 — we turn this installment of Vintage Video over to The Jesus and Mary Chain, featuring full video of the band’s infamous Sept. 9, 1985, performance at Camden’s Electric Ballroom. The Mary Chain played a 6-song, 20-minute, feedback-drenched set, then left the stage.

Readers Poll 2011: Best reissues of the year

Readers Poll 2011: Best reissues of the year

Today we roll out the second of four days’ worth of results from our second-annual Slicing Up Eyeballs Readers Poll, in which nearly 500 of you cast ballots for your favorite new, reissued and freshly compiled music of the year. This time, it’s your Top 10 reissues of the year.

Stream: The Submarines cover New Order’s ‘Your Silent Face’ on new ‘Shoelaces’ EP

Stream: The Submarines cover New Order’s ‘Your Silent Face’ on new ‘Shoelaces’ EP

The Submarines next week will release ‘The Shoelaces EP,’ a six-track collection featuring covers of songs by a pair of the band’s influences: The Jesus and Mary Chain’s ‘Just Like Honey,’ already released as a bonus track on 2011’s ‘Love Notes/Letter Bombs,’ and New Order’s ‘Your Silent Face.’

Linkage: Mick Jones plays The Clash, plus Simple Minds, The Sisters of Mercy, JAMC, The Specials

Linkage: Mick Jones plays The Clash, plus Simple Minds, The Sisters of Mercy, JAMC, The Specials

This week’s round-up of click-worthy links includes news about Mick Jones playing Clash songs on a U.K. benefit tour, an interview with Simple Minds’ Jim Kerr via the Stuck in the ’80s podcast, interviews with The Sisters of Mercy and The Jesus and Mary Chain, and news that The Specials’ reunion will continue.

The Week in Rock: Oct. 2-8, 2011

The Week in Rock: Oct. 2-8, 2011

Our round-up of last week’s Slicing Up Eyeballs headlines includes news about New Order, R.E.M., Wall of Voodoo, Pet Shop Boys, Peter Murphy, INXS, Kate Bush and more, plus a new Slicing Up Eyeballs mixtape and a contest to win the new B-52s live album.

Label to replace Jesus and Mary Chain’s new ‘Darklands’ reissues with tracking error

Label to replace Jesus and Mary Chain’s new ‘Darklands’ reissues with tracking error

ans of The Jesus and Mary Chain who already have purchased or are awaiting shipment of the new 2CD/1DVD reissue of ‘Darklands’ take note: Demon Music Group has acknowledged that there is a ‘mastering glitch’ on Disc 1 of the set that has resulted in tracks 8 through 16 beginning slightly ahead of their respective track markers.

New releases: Erasure, PWEI, Dinosaur Jr, The Smiths, The Jesus and Mary Chain

New releases: Erasure, PWEI, Dinosaur Jr, The Smiths, The Jesus and Mary Chain

This week’s new releases include brand-new albums from Erasure (‘Tomorrow’s World’) and Pop Will Eat Itself (‘New Noise Designed by a Sadist’), plus vinyl reissues of Dinosaur Jr’s first three albums, the U.K. vinyl-only and CD-and-vinyl editions of The Smiths’ ‘Complete’ box set and the final two Jesus and Mary Chain reissues.

The Week in Rock: Sept. 25-Oct. 1, 2011

The Week in Rock: Sept. 25-Oct. 1, 2011

This week’s headlines on Slicing Up Eyeballs included a lot of big news about The Cure, plus items on The Mission, Erasure, Gary Numan, The Sisters of Mercy, R.E.M., Lou Reed (and Metallica) and The Jesus and Mary Chain, plus a new Bangles contest.

Stream: Jim Reid’s Jesus and Mary Chain 1985 ‘Inspirations & Influences’ mix

Stream: Jim Reid’s Jesus and Mary Chain 1985 ‘Inspirations & Influences’ mix

Demon Music Group , the label behind the new Jesus and Mary Chain reissues, asked Jim Reid to put together a circa-1985 mixtape, and the result — 20 tracks featuring the likes of Orange Juice, New Order, Swell Maps and The Fall — can be streamed in this player.

Jim Reid on a new Jesus and Mary Chain album: ‘It might happen, it might not’

Jim Reid on a new Jesus and Mary Chain album: ‘It might happen, it might not’

The long-discussed new album from The Jesus and Mary Chain has ‘never really come together’ Jim Reid says in a new interview, in which he attributes the lack of progress to the fact that he and his brother William simply have ‘different ideas of how to record this album.’

New releases: The Smiths, The Jesus and Mary Chain, Nirvana, Erasure, The Bangles

New releases: The Smiths, The Jesus and Mary Chain, Nirvana, Erasure, The Bangles

This week’s new releases include the U.K. CD-only version of The Smiths ‘Complete’ box set, reissues of The Jesus and Mary Chain’s ‘Automatic’ and ‘Honey’s Dead,’ the 20th anniversary reissue of Nirvana’s ‘Nevermind,’ the new single from Erasure and a new album from The Bangles (‘Sweetheart of the Sun’).