The Jesus & Mary Chain
The Jesus & Mary Chain, King Gizzard Lead Levitation Festival Lineup
The Jesus & Mary Chain, King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard, Godspeed You! Black Emperor and event founders The Black Angels lead the lineup for the Levitation Festival, which will return to Austin Oct. 27-30 at a variety of venues across the city. Four-day passes as well as tickets for individual shows are on sale now. Psych-rock veterans Osees will play all four nights at Levitation, which will also feature legendary Brazilian rock act Os Mutantes, L7, Viagra Boys, Shame, Frankie and the Witch Fingers, Protomartyr, Cold Cave, OFF!, King Gizzard side project The Murlocs, Psychedelic Porn Crumpets, Sunflower Bean, Moon Duo and W.I.T.C.H. Among the venues participating in Levitation are Stubb’s BBQ, Antone’s, Scoot Inn, The Mohawk, The Parish and Hotel Vegas. Additional performances will...
Phoebe Bridgers Joins The Jesus & Mary Chain at Glastonbury Fest
Phoebe Bridgers joined The Jesus & Mary Chain Friday (June 24) at the U.K.’s Glastonbury Festival to provide the female vocal part on their 1985 hit “Just Like Honey.” The group is no stranger to inviting guests on stage when they perform the classic track, having collaborated with Scarlett Johansson on it at the 2007 Coachella festival. [embedded content][embedded content] Bridgers made headlines during her own set earlier in the day at Glastonbury, when she led the audience in “fuck the Supreme Court” chant following the overturning of the landmark Roe v. Wade case that legalized abortion in the United States. “Fuck that shit. Fuck America. Like, fuck you. All these irrelevant old motherfuckers trying to tell us what to do with our fucking bodies,” she said. Bridgers is on tour ...
