JAMC at Webster Hall (more here)

Its been five years since the brothers Reid have made their way around the US as The Jesus & Mary Chain. Now it looks like the band will be back on our shores to play a select set of dates in and around SXSW including the 35 Denton Festival. "Underpinning the Reid brothers' three-chord assault on these 2012 dates will be (sometimes drummer and guitarist from Pyschocandy line up) John Moore on guitar, Phil King on bass and a drummer to be announced." Full tour dates, which do not currently include NYC, are listed below. It's unclear if any more will be added.

The J&MC shows are in celebration of the band's upcoming slate of reissues which include additional bonus tracks and bonus DVD content. Head to the band's site for more info.

35 Denton also recently announced Atlas Sound and many more bands on its lineup.

All J&MC dates and some video below.

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Mickey Factz playing w/ the Cool Kids during CMJ (more by Leia Jospe)

today in NYC
* Army Navy @ Union Hall
* Trap Them @ Union Pool
* Jay-Z & Lil Wayne @ Izod center
* The Roots @ Roseland Ballroom
* Born Ruffians @ Sound Fix Records
* The Legendary Pink Dots @ Knitting Factory
* Donny Goines & Mickey Factz @ Knitting Factory
* Chief, Samuel, The Postelles & FrankPollis @ Santos House Party
* Born Ruffians & Plants and Animals @ The Bell House

William Reid of The Jesus and Mary Chain was born today in 1958.

Halloween is soon.

Joe from Breakfast at Sulimay's interviewed Mogwai guitarist Stuart Braithwaite. Video below...

What else?

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oops, I forgot to post this monday!...

The Jesus and Mary Chain 4-CD box set of b-sides and rarities, The Power of Negative Thinking, is my favorite new release this week.

From the releases I have already heard, I can also recommend Ani DiFranco's Red Letter Year, Dungen's 4, Gemma Hayes' Hollow of Morning, Madlib's WLIB AM: King of the Wigflip, and the Vivan Girls' self-titled album

Aside from the Jesus and Mary Chain release, box sets are plentiful this week, including Nina Simone's To Be Free, Philip Glass's Glass Box: A Nonesuch Retrospective, and the Miles Davis 50th Anniversary Kind of Blue (2-CDS&DVD&LP) (reissue with bonus tracks).

Holiday albums are becoming more plentiful every week, this week's assortment includes Christmas releases by the Archies, Faith Hill, Melissa Etheridge, and the Flecktones' Jingle All the Way.

The most interesting reissue this week is the remastered U2 live album, Under a Blood Red Sky.

What new music releases can you recommend this week? Have I left anything worthwhile off the list?

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DOWNLOAD: The Comas - You Got The Bumblebee, I Got The Stinger (MP3)

The Jesus & Mary Chain played their new song "All Things Must Pass" on Letterman. It was their second appearance on the show. Last time they they played "far gone and out", and Letterman introduced them as an English band. This time William wore a shirt that said "Scotland" to make sure the same mistake didn't happen twice. Nice touch, but kind of a boring performance. The old one was much better. How was Webster Hall? Letterman video below....

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The Jesus & Mary Chain's NYC reunion shows are tonight and tomorrow, and tickets seem to be back on sale. I wonder who will sing backup on 'Just Like Honey' - I doubt it will be Scarlett Johansson.

As rumored, Scarlett Johansson sang backup during "Just Like Honey" for Jesus & Mary Chain at Coachella....

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Etch a Sketch (CRED)

"Singer Jim Reid seemed pissed off. Maybe he's always like that. Who knows? But after they had played a few songs he asked the crowd, 'Happy we're back?' Which of course got a huge cheer. He replied, 'fuck off' and looked at the drummer......Annie from Giant Drag appeared to sing background on 'Just Like Candy' and not the rumored Scarlett Johansson...." [LAIST]

Tickets are on sale for the NYC shows. They play Coachella tonight.

Tickets go on sale today for the two NYC Jesus and Mary Chain shows.

It was also just announced that the reunited band will be taping an episode of David Letterman on May 21st.

They play Coachella this Friday April 27th - at 7:40 pm to be exact.

New Jesus & Mary Chain tracks, sort of....

Download: Sister Vanilla — amcolas (MP3)
Download: Sister Vanilla — Can’t Stop the Rock (MP3)

This was the JAMC's final show at the House Of Blues. They broke up AT this show. It fell apart in front of our eyes! No flash was allowed so many of these are dark (except the ones I snuck a flash when I saw it was coming to an end) [Todd Nakamine]

Jesus & Mary Chain - 2007 Tour Dates
04-26 Pomona, CA - The Glass House (sold out) *
04-27 Indio, CA - Empire Polo Field (Coachella) (sold out) *
05-21 New York, NY - Webster Hall
05-22 New York, NY - Webster Hall

* w/ Scarlett Johansson???

These shows are the real Jesus & Mary Chain.

Sister Vanilla (MP3s above) is their new family project ("Featuring ex-Jesus And Mary Chain luminaries Jim Reid, William Reid, and Ben Lurie with Jim and William’s sister Linda on vocals") that is J&MC-like, and currently has no tour dates. All J&MC dates below....

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