Stereogum — Surf City is a young quartet from New Zealand. They used to be called "Kill Surf City," but there's an unfortunate band in England with the tag, so now the Jesus & Mary Chain reference isn't as obvious at first sight, though sonically, it remains. Mo... more info

Wired - Listening Post — Feeding blues, garage, drone and avant-garde rock through fuzzed, wailing amps and guitars, Loop redefined spatial noise along with bands like Spacemen 3, The Jesus and Mary Chain and My Bloody Valentine. But it still unfairly remains the unheard sta... more info

Pitchfork — Just as the wintertime blues prepare to descend, here come the Postmarks to put some dimples back on our faces. The twee-leaning Miami outfit had been quietly issuing MP3 covers of numerically-inclined famous tunes via eMusic since January, and now t... more info

Stopcryingyourheartout.com — Alan McGee, who signed Oasis, Primal Scream and The Jesus and Mary Chain, has said he is turning his back on the music industry after 25 years.McGee, who ran Creation Records, quit his last record company two years ago and has said labels have become... more info

Guardian Music — It's no longer just Alan McGee's Facebook friends who have heard the news - the legendary music mogul has announced a retirement from managing bands."It was on my Facebook," McGee confessed this week to BBC 6 Music. "My status said: 'Glad I'm not a m... more info

Paste Magazine — The tradition of the Coachella Festival in Indio, Calif. reuniting bands is now legendary. As the story goes , the festival organizers were having a hard time getting a headlining band in 2001, so they found a friend to convince Jane's Addiction to ... more info

Time Out, London — Tribute for the late Nick Sanderson, frontman of Earl Brutus from Jesus & Mary Chain, Black Box Recorder and British Sea Power at the Forum more info

Rock Sellout — Bert Audubert (Bass, Guitars), Loz Colbert (Drums), Mark Crozer (Vocals, Guitars), Paul Crozer (Guitar), Steve Coe (Piano), and Fi McFall (Vocals) The debut release from International Jetsetters will be released via Planting Seeds tomorrow. The Oxf... more info

Paste Magazine — Exhaustive collection a must for any JAMC fanatic Across these 81 tracks, you get B-side demo versions of well-known Jesus and Mary Chain songs (“Just Like Honey”), excellent covers (Syd Barrett’s “Vegetable Man,” Leonard Cohen’s “Tow... more info

The Quietus — Bands including Mary Chain, British Sea Power and Black Box Recorder announce benefit for family of Earl Brutus man. more info