You can listen to "UTI" below. For more on Twat Union, check out the band's website. Next year marks their fortieth anniversary of their debut single, so they've announced a new album, an autobiography, and a UK and European tour.
The first single off the album, "ramcod," is out now, and despite being around for forty years, we're happy to report that The Jesus and Mary Chain haven't slowed down at all. The song mixes the classic shoegaze sound of the band with the 90's electronic music they dabble in, and it sounds like vintage Jesus and Mary Chain, just a classic song that sounds modern at the same time.
It's rare to get excited about a band's upcoming album four decades into a career, but most bands aren't The Jesus and Mary Chain. You can watch the video for "ramcod" below. Glasgow Eyes is due out March 8 on Fuzz Club and can be pre-ordered here. For more on The Jesus and Mary Chain, check out the band's website. Upcoming tour dates are below the video. I was lucky enough to see her two nights in a row way back in , but then her dates just didn't work for me, and Seeing that Reese McHenry was opening, who we haven't heard from since and I've never seen live just sweetened the deal.
Lydia Loveless has been avoiding the "alt-country" label for almost ten years. The last time she could have been considered alt-country was 's Somewhere Else. Since then she's been dabbling more in the worlds of pop and indie rock, and if anyone was looking forward to an evening of alt-country songs, Loveless and her band dispelled that with the opening song.
And I don't mean a standard Sonic Youth show, I mean those weird one off ones in Northampton back when Kim and Thurston lived there that were more jam session than concert performance. At one point guitarist Todd May was grinding the head of his guitar into the wall of the stage. This just helped set the tone of the show. The mixture of indie rock and pop dominated the set, with Loveless playing a majority of her excellent new album, Nothing's Gonna Stand in My Way Again.
