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The Jesus and Mary Chain Share New Song “Girl 71”

Glasgow Eyes Due Out March 22 via Fuzz Club

Feb 22, 2024

The Jesus and Mary Chain are releasing a new album, Glasgow Eyes, on March 22 via Fuzz Club. Now they have shared its third single, “Girl 71.” More

The Jesus and Mary Chain Share New Song “Chemical Animal”

Glasgow Eyes Due Out March 8 via Fuzz Club

Jan 18, 2024

The Jesus and Mary Chain are releasing a new album, Glasgow Eyes, on March 8 via Fuzz Club. Now they have shared its second single, “Chemical Animal.” More

10 Best Songs of the Week: MGMT, Björk and Rosalía, Ducks Ltd., The Jesus and Mary Chain, and More

Plus Katy Kirby, Grandaddy, Future Islands, and a Wrap-up of the Week’s Other Notable New Tracks

Dec 01, 2023

Welcome to the 39th Songs of the Week of 2023. This week’s list includes songs from the last two weeks, as we didn’t do a Songs of the Week last week due to the Thanksgiving holiday. Although the majority of the songs were culled from this week’s releases. More

The Jesus and Mary Chain Announce New Album, Share New Song “jamcod”

Glasgow Eyes Due Out March 8, 2024 via Fuzz Club

Nov 29, 2023

Forty years since The Jesus and Mary Chain released their debut single, Scottish brothers William and Jim Reid are back with their first new material since 2017’s Damage and Joy. The band have announced a new album, Glasgow Eyes, and shared its lead single, “jamcod.” More

Glastonbury 2022: Watch Phoebe Bridgers Perform “Just Like Honey” with The Jesus and Mary Chain

Also Watch Bridgers Perform "I Know the End" with Guest Vocalist Arlo Parks

Jun 27, 2022

At the Glastonbury Festival this past weekend, Phoebe Bridgers made an appearance alongside The Jesus and Mary Chain to perform their 1985 song “Just Like Honey.” Bridgers later performed her song “I Know the End” with guest vocals from Arlo Parks. During her set, Bridgers spoke up about the reversal of Roe v. Wade, which occurred right before she was to perform. More

Mar 17, 2022

Toronto-based duo Ducks Ltd. have shared a cover of The Jesus and Mary Chain’s 1989 song “Head On.” The cover features vocals from Sarah Tudzin of illuminati hotties, and it is the duo’s first release from their newly announced cover series titled The Sincerest Form of Flattery. More

10 of the Best Songs from The Jesus and Mary Chain

Some of Our Favorites by the Legendary Scottish Band

Apr 08, 2021

Asking a Jesus and Mary Chain fan to pick their favourite 10 songs is akin to asking Imelda Marcos to select her favourite pair of shoes, however here are 10 reasons (in no particular order) why the JAMC remain one of the most influential bands to emerge from the UK in living memory. More

Hatchie and The Pains of Being Pure at Heart Cover The Jesus and Mary Chain’s “Sometimes Always”

All Proceeds This Friday Will Go to The Movement for Black Lives and The Loveland Foundation.

Jun 04, 2020

Although The Pains of Being Pure at Heart have recently broken up, they have teamed up with Hatchie to cover “Sometime Always,” The Jesus and Mary Chain’s collaboration with Mazzy Star’s Hope Sandoval from 1994. More

Festival Preview: Rockaway Beach 2020

John Cale, The Jesus and Mary Chain, Self Esteem, and More

Dec 11, 2019

With Rockaway Beach fast approaching, Under the Radar takes a closer look at some of the awesome acts playing from Friday 10th till Sunday 12th of January. More

Under the Radar Announces My Favorite Album Issue with Angel Olsen and Sleater-Kinney Covers

Issue 66 Features Musicians and Actors on Their All-Time Favorite Albums, including Tegan and Sara, Wilco, Weyes Blood, Sigur Rós, Fred Armisen, Topher Grace, Jay Baruchel, Low, and more

Sep 27, 2019

Under the Radar is excited to announce the My Favorite Album Issue, our new print issue in which we speak to musicians and actors about their all-time favorite album. The issue features Angel Olsen and Sleater-Kinney on the two covers and is available to buy directly from us here, as well as being distributed in stores nationwide (on newsstands, in such stores as Barnes & Noble and Books-A-Million, and elsewhere). More

David Hasselhoff Shares New Cover of The Jesus and Mary Chain’s “Head On”

Open Your Eyes Due Out September 27; Song Features Elliot Easton of The Cars

Sep 23, 2019

Actor/musician David Hasselhoff, he of Knight Rider and Baywatch fame, is releasing a new album, Open Your Eyes, on September 27. Now he has shared another song from it, a cover of The Jesus and Mary Chain’s “Head On” that features Elliot Easton, the guitarist for The Cars. More

Aug 25, 2017

Scottish icons The Jesus and Mary Chain released a new album, Damage and Joy, back in March via ADA/Warner Music. It includes “The Two of Us,” a song that features the vocals of former Belle and Sebastian member Isobel Campbell. More

May 17, 2017

Scottish icons The Jesus and Mary Chain released a new album, Damage and Joy, back in March via ADA/Warner Music. Last night the band stopped by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert to perform “The Two of Us.” More

Under the Radar Announces Spring 2017 Issue with Father John Misty on the Cover

Issue 60 Also Includes Interviews with alt-J, Grandaddy, Jarvis Cocker, Mount Eerie, The Jesus and Mary Chain, Perfume Genius, Slowdive, Little Dragon, London Grammar, Mew, Real Estate, Goldfrapp, The New Pornographers and Much More

Apr 07, 2017

Under the Radar is excited to announce the full details of our Spring 2017 Issue, which is out now digitally via Under the Radar’s app and the magazine app Readly. The print version is about to ship out to subscribers and stores and will be on all newsstands soon (as well as available soon digitally via the magazine apps Zinio and Readly). More

The Jesus and Mary Chain Announce North American Tour Dates for May

Damage and Joy Due Out March 24 via ADA/Warner Music

Feb 28, 2017

Scottish icons The Jesus and Mary Chain are releasing a new album, Damage and Joy, on March 24 via ADA/Warner Music. Previously they shared the album’s first single and opening track, “Amputation,” which was followed by “Always Sad.” Now the band have announced some new North American tour dates for this May. More

Listen: The Jesus and Mary Chain - “Always Sad”

Damage and Joy Due Out March 24, 2017 via ADA/Warner Music

Feb 10, 2017

Scottish icons The Jesus and Mary Chain are releasing a new album, Damage and Joy, on March 24, 2017 via ADA/Warner Music. Previously they shared the album’s first single and opening track, “Amputation.” More

The Jesus and Mary Chain Announce Tour Dates

Damage and Joy Due Out March 24, 2017 via ADA/Warner Music

Dec 09, 2016

Yesterday Scottish icons The Jesus and Mary Chain officially announced a new album, which, when released, will be their first album in 19 years. It’s entitled Damage and Joy and is due out March 24, 2017 via ADA/Warner Music. More

Listen: The Jesus and Mary Chain - “Amputation”

Damage and Joy Due Out March 24, 2017 via ADA/Warner Music

Dec 08, 2016

Earlier today Scottish icons The Jesus and Mary Chain officially announced a new album, which, when released, will be their first album in 19 years. It’s entitled Damage and Joy and is due out March 24, 2017 via ADA/Warner Music. As promised, the album’s first single and opening track, “Amputation,” premiered this evening U.K. time on Steve Lamacq’s BBC 6 Music radio show and now you can stream it here. More

The Jesus and Mary Chain Announce New Album for March Release

Damage and Joy Due Out March 24, 2017 via ADA/Warner Music

Dec 08, 2016

Scottish icons The Jesus and Mary Chain have officially announced a new album, which, when released, will be their first album in 19 years. As Pitchfork reports, it’s entitled Damage and Joy and is due out March 24, 2017 via ADA/Warner Music. More

The Jesus and Mary Chain Set to Release First Album in 19 Years Next Year

Alan McGee Says the Band's First Since 1998's Munki is Due Out Next March

Nov 16, 2016

Scottish icons The Jesus and Mary Chain haven’t released a studio album since 1998’s Munki, but last year they were found touring their classic 1985-released debut album Psychocandy, performing it in full in honor of its 30th anniversary. More

Oct 01, 2015

Scottish icons The Jesus and Mary Chain have been touring their classic 1985-released debut album Psychocandy, performing it in full in honor of its 30th anniversary. They haven’t released a studio album since 1998’s Munki, but in a new interview with Time Out New Yorkfrontman Jim Reid has revealed that they’ve finally started work on a new album. More

Jun 24, 2015

From June 19-21, Hilvarenbeek, Netherlands hosted the third edition of Best Kept Secret. More

The Jesus and Mary Chain Announce More “Psychocandy” U.S. Shows

Washington DC, Boston, Las Vegas, and Tempe Dates Announced

Jun 16, 2015

Scottish icons The Jesus and Mary Chain have been touring their classic 1985-released debut album Psychocandy, performing it in full in honor of its 30th anniversary. More

Jun 08, 2015

Scottish icons The Jesus and Mary Chain have been touring their classic 1985-released debut album Psychocandy, performing it in full in honor of its 30th anniversary. Now they’ve announced two new U.S. Psychocandy shows, September 22 at Union Transfer in Philadelphia and September 24 at Terminal 5 in New York City. More

The Jesus and Mary Chain Announce “Live at Barrowlands” Deluxe Edition Set

Deluxe Edition Out July 31 Includes 10-inch + LP + CD + Book

Jun 03, 2015

Scottish icons The Jesus and Mary Chain have been touring their classic 1985-released debut album Psychocandy, performing it in full in honor of its 30th anniversary. Now on July 31 they will be releasing Live at Barrowlands via Demon Records. More

May 14, 2014

A Jesus and Mary Chain update directed at our European readers. More

Ranked: The Jesus and Mary Chain

The Jesus and Mary Chain's Albums from Most to Least Essential

Sep 06, 2012

Ranked is our regular series in which one of our writers takes an artist’s catalogue and ranks all of their official studio albums from best to worst. The order is decided by the individual writer, rather than our editors. This time Austin Trunick ranks The Jesus and Mary Chain. More

Watch: The Jesus and Mary Chain perform with Mad Men’s Jessica Paré

Perform “Just Like Honey” and “Sometimes Always"

Aug 06, 2012

The Jesus and Mary Chain have had an extra bandmate at two recent shows. On Thursday night in Buffalo NY and Friday night in Toronto, Mad Men actress Jessica Paré joined the gang. More

Mar 28, 2012

Feist and M. Ward are clearly becoming road buddies—as evidenced by this video where the winsome paring covers The Jesus and Mary Chain tune “Sometimes Always.” More



Interviews

The Jesus and Mary Chain – Jim Reid on the 25th Anniversary of “Munki”

“Our relationship suffered but I honestly didn’t think the music suffered.”

Oct 30, 2023

Jim Reid sounds laidback and relaxed when discussing the re-release of The Jesus and Mary Chain’s sixth studio album, Munki. It’s a far cry from the slightly tense interviews of their youth, in which brothers William and Jim Reid often looked like they’d rather be anywhere else on earth than being questioned by the media. You could hardly blame them given some of the generic and uninformed questions they were asked by perma-tanned MTV hosts such as, “So tell me…how did you guys meet?” More

My Favorite Album: Jim Reid of The Jesus and Mary Chain on Iggy Pop’s “Lust for Life”

“There’s only a few albums that stick with you for several decades, and Iggy has made a few of them.”

Mar 17, 2020

“Oh god, it was about a million years ago,” Jim Reid, lead singer of The Jesus and Mary Chain, says of the first time he heard Iggy Pop’s Lust for Life. More

The Jesus and Mary Chain

Older, But No Wiser

Jul 10, 2017

“We just liked those words, ‘damage’ and ‘joy,’” Jim Reid dryly explains in regards to the name of their new record, before pausing to contemplate them. “I think it does describe something: not the album, but the people who made the album.” More

Sep 11, 2015

The Jesus and Mary Chain‘s frontman, Jim Reid, learned early on that pop music can be destroyed by an overly fussy approach to writing and recording. For the sake of his songs (and sanity), he has tended to avoid retooling and revisiting his own music much over the years. However, the 30th anniversary of Psychocandy, his band’s iconic 1985 debut, has given Reid an occasion to look backward. More

Sep 10, 2015

“Music, at that time, if it could be condensed into one image, would be a smiley face. And that appalled us. We wanted to shake things up. We wanted to do something different, bring a bit of edge or danger back to rock and roll,” says Jim Reid, lead vocalist of The Jesus and Mary Chain. More


Reviews

Jun 17, 2022

Under the Radar’s Jimi Arundell heads to Glastonbury next week for its 50th edition. Here are his thoughts about the greatest music festival on earth. More

Mar 23, 2017

When The Jesus and Mary Chain reunited in 2007, it was unexpected given the acrimonious breakup that brothers Jim Reid and William Reid experienced while touring for their 1998 album Munki. More

Jul 30, 2015

As a band that made their name at the cutting edge of the post-punk movement, a band revered for sounding genuinely new and original, The Jesus and Mary Chain seem unlikely candidates for nostalgia. More

May 08, 2015

For at least a decade, I’ve utilized overcast days as an excuse to indulge myself with the strain of fashionably alienated guitar pop that germinated in the U.K. during the mid-‘80s. More