The Jesus & Mary Chain on tour -- win tix to Friday's NYC show
The Jesus & Mary Chain released their first album in 19 years, Damage and Joy, back in March, and they’ve been busy even since, touring during the spring and fall. The band’s fall tour wraps up on Friday, November 17 at Playstation Theater in NYC. Tickets are on sale, and you can enter to win a pair via the BrooklynVegan Facebook.
The Houston Press caught Jesus & Mary Chain’s recent show at White Oak Music Hall on 11/8, and they said:
The band kept the crowd happy by performing fan favorite “Head On,” which ironically sounded about as close to it would have sounded live back when the song was released in 1989. It sounds silly, but Reid’s vocals sounded amazing, almost as if he’d placed them into a time machine, and then retrieved them before the band took the stage each night…
Launching into newer track “All Things Pass,” the joy that seemed to overcome the band in performing newer songs was definitely felt by those in attendance who’ve followed the band for the decades they’ve been around. Intensely clutching the microphone stand as if it were a life force, the singer led the band through the group’s catalog with ease while sounding fresher than you might expect. This joyous nature continued on “Some Candy Talking,” and into “Half Way To Crazy.” Fan favorite “Darklands,” and set closer “Reverence” sounded better than they ever had in the multiple times I had seen the band perform.
