The Jesus and Mary Chain @ The Palace, Melbourne (03/04/08)
The Jesus and Mary Chain play an effortlessly cool and iconic show at The Palace ahead of their V Festival appearance.
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Event Reviews
Jesus and Mary Chain @ The Enmore Theatre, Sydney (02/04/08)
I can still remember the night I first heard the Jesus and Mary Chain - in the dank recesses of a Melbourne bar, kissing a boy that I thought to be the coolest thing since the revival of the horizontal stripe.
The Jesus And Mary Chain, The Rakes, Ghostwood @ The Arena, Brisbane, (01/04/2008)
We always knew an evening with The Jesus And Mary Chain would be an exercise on the eardrums.
Event Galleries
V Festival
V Festival wraps up in Perth, with lots of mud and a big send-off from all the headliners.
The Jesus and Mary Chain
The Jesus and Mary Chain play the Palace in Melbourne.
The Jesus and Mary Chain
The Jesus and Mary Chain played one of the V Festival Side Shows at The Arena in Brisbane supported by The Rakes.
V Festival
The V Festival returns in 2008 with a world-class line-up that included Smashing Pumpkins, Air, Queens of the Stone Age and The Jesus and Mary Chain.
Features
The Rakes: leave your message at the tone
Having made a name for themselves with their debut album Capture / Release and their particular dapper clothing, English quartet The Rakes announce their sophomore set Ten New Messages with "The World Was a Mess, But His Hair Was Perfect".
News
Jesus & Mary Chain supports announced
As if the abundant awesomeness of a Jesus & Mary Chain tour wasn’t enough to make your credit card sing, the band’s V Festival sideshows now come with added attractions: Londoners The Rakes and Modular signing Ghostwood.
V Festival - second round announced - Modest Mouse and Hot Hot Heat join the mayhem
With Smashing Pumpkins and QOTSA headlining, V Festival was already shaping up to be one of the must see events on the musical calendar - the second round artist announcement which includes indie faves Modest Mouse makes buying a ticket imperative.
Rumours Abound On This Year's Splendour In The Grass Line-Up
Latest rumours have it that part of Sonic Youth's plan for world re-domination include some upcoming Australian dates, which are to include Byron Bay's Splendour In The Grass festival. Also doing the rounds are The Rakes, Ladytron, the Yeah, Yeah, Yeahs, The Presets and Wolfmother. Phew!
International News
2007 Wireless Festival lineup released
The White Stripes, Daft Punk and Faithless are on the lineup for this year's Wireless Festival in London and Leeds.
Carling's Reading And Leeds Weekender Festival Ticket Frenzy Moves For Increased Capacity
Following the recent line up announcement for one of Britain's most famous events, the Carling Weekender - which sees both the Reading and Leeds Festivals taking place at two different sites - tickets flew out of the door in record time for the three-day camping festival.
Releases
The Rakes - Capture/Release
Sadly, maybe this album works so well because I find so much of myself in its rants and frustration.
