Tag: The Jesus and Mary Chain

This week's new releases: Morrissey, Erasure, The Jesus and Mary Chain

This week’s new releases: Morrissey, Erasure, The Jesus and Mary Chain

Record Rack: A round-up of the week’s new albums, expanded reissues and/or box sets, appearing each Monday on Slicing Up Eyeballs. All releases due out this Friday unless noted. This week’s releases include titles new, reissued and compiled from Morrissey, Erasure and The Jesus and Mary Chain.

Stream this goldmine of '80s/'90s live tapes from Sonic Youth, The Fall, Hüsker Dü, Pixies and more

Stream this goldmine of ’80s/’90s live tapes from Sonic Youth, The Fall, Hüsker Dü, Pixies and more

If you, like us, are a sucker for those hissy, you-are-there live tapes recorded from the back of dingy rock clubs, drop everything you’re doing and behold The McKenzie Tapes, a site that’s been sharing live recordings made in the ’80s and ’90s of bands that performed at the famed Maxwell’s club in Hoboken, N.J,

Nine Inch Nails announces new EP, 26-date U.S. tour with The Jesus and Mary Chain

Nine Inch Nails announces new EP, 26-date U.S. tour with The Jesus and Mary Chain

Nine Inch Nails today announced the release of the third in a trilogy of new EPs — the six-song Bad Witch — as well as plans for a fall U.S. tour dubbed Cold and Black and Infinite that will see Trent Reznor and Co. playing multiple two-night stands with opener The Jesus and Mary Chain. See full dates here.

Echo & The Bunnymen, The Jesus and Mary Chain team up for UK gig with Peter Hook

Echo & The Bunnymen, The Jesus and Mary Chain team up for UK gig with Peter Hook

Echo & The Bunnymen and The Jesus and Mary Chain are teaming up for a post-punk dream bill for what appears to be a one-off outdoor concert in the U.K. this summer — with Peter Hook, bassist for Joy Division and New Order, handling opening duties with his band The Light.

The Jesus and Mary Chain add 10 dates to fall North American tour for 'Damage and Joy'

The Jesus and Mary Chain add 10 dates to fall North American tour for ‘Damage and Joy’

The Jesus and Mary Chain, who last month announced a dozen U.S. concerts this October and November in support their first new album in 18 years, Damage and Joy, today expanded that trek by adding on another 10 concerts, including two in Canada.  See full dates here.

Watch: The Jesus and Mary Chain reunites with Bobby Gillespie on 'Psychocandy' songs

Watch: The Jesus and Mary Chain reunites with Bobby Gillespie on ‘Psychocandy’ songs

Last night, The Jesus and Mary Chain played the EDP Vilar de Mouros festival in Portugal, a bill that included The Mission and Primal Scream — presenting an ideal opportunity for the Reid brothers to reunite with their original drummer, Primals frontman Bobby Gillepsie. Watch that onstage reunion here.