The Jesus and Mary Chain with Mogwai’s Stuart Braithwaite

2025-06-05

This week, Yasi is joined by Scottish musician and Mogwai frontman Stuart Braithwaite to talk about one of the coolest and most influential bands of all time - The Jesus and Mary Chain. From the chaotic genius of Psychocandy to the velvet-gloved menace of Darklands and through their break up, and make up, JAMC never made a bad album and we posit that most of your favorite bands would never have existed without them. SKIP AHEAD: 47:58 – First live gig 01:35:13 – Psychocandy (1985) 02:18:52 – Darklands (1987) 03:20:58 – Stoned and Dethrone...

This week, Yasi is joined by Scottish musician and Mogwai frontman Stuart Braithwaite to talk about one of the coolest and most influential bands of all time - The Jesus and Mary Chain. From the chaotic genius of Psychocandy to the velvet-gloved menace of Darklands and through their break up, and make up, JAMC never made a bad album and we posit that most of your favorite bands would never have existed without them.

SKIP AHEAD:

47:58 – First live gig 01:35:13 – Psychocandy (1985) 02:18:52 – Darklands (1987) 03:20:58 – Stoned and Dethroned (1994)

EPISODE PLAYLIST:

Listen to the songs we talk about HERE.

CREDITS:

Host: Yasi Salek @yasisalek

Guest: Stuart Braithwaite IG: @plasmatron and Mogwai Official Site

Producer: Liz Sánchez

Audio Editor: Adrian Bridges

Additional Production Supervision: Justin Sayles

Theme Song: Bethany Cosentino

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