Guardian Music — Menace and mystery surround this female Jesus and Mary Chain, whose vocals cut like honey-coated razor bladesHometown: Los Angeles.The lineup: Tashaki (vocals) and Miyaki (guitars).The background: Today's column is brought to you from a poolside in T... more info

NME — Songwriter reveals the previously unreleased 'Black And Blues' more info

Scotsman.com — Nobody recognises Jim Reid in the Devon seaside town he now calls home. Once he was infamous as the singer in the most controversial British rock group since the Sex Pistols. more info

Guardian Music — (Acephale)The three young Texans of Pure X (shortened from Pure Ecstasy) have spent a lot of time wishing it were still the early 1990s. Their debut album drips with a hazy nostalgia for the days when fringes drooped over eyes, which were in turn cas... more info

Guardian Music — Victor Ferreira's pitch-shifted vocals and chopped-up melodies create a compellingly itchy, glitchy R&BHometown: Luxembourg.The lineup: Victor Ferreira (vocals, music).The background: We were wondering yesterday who first came up with the paradigm of... more info

Guardian Music — Louis Oliver Jones might be a 21-year-old lad from Leeds, but his music is totally in hock to American garage rockHometown: Heckmondwick.The lineup: Louis Oliver Jones (vocals, instruments), Will Jones (drums).The background: We realise that rock'n'r... more info

Guardian Music — (AC30)Anyone growing old waiting for My Bloody Valentine's Loveless remasters to come out will find this compilation a diverting stopgap. Texans Ringo Deathstarr (ouch) released their debut album of homages to the Valentines and the Jesus and Mary Ch... more info

Stereogum — Les Demoniaques is the project of Dum Dum Girls leader Dee Dee and Tamaryn. Take a listen to their cover of Jesus & Mary Chain’s “Teenage Lust.” They remove the fuzzy, sweaty crunch of the Honey’s Dead original, transforming it into something... more info

Impose Magazine — Psychic Dancehall are a duo from San Diego comprised of Chuck Rowell of Crocodiles and Hollie Cook from The Slits. On "A Love That Kills", the duo syphon a smooth and unadulterated stream of Jesus and Mary Chain'ed bummer-dome, quite strongly sc... more info

Guardian Music — 15 March 1985: Number 29 in our series of the 50 key events in the history of indie musicOpinions vary as to whether you could call the Jesus and Mary Chain's show at the North London Poly a riot. For some, the sight of an audience storming the stage... more info