William Reid - Lazycame
news/rumours
05.05.2007: new jesus and mary chain album?
The Jesus and Mary Chain plan to hit the studio later this year to begin recording a new album for release in spring 2008, rumours to which first leaked backstage at Coachella recently. A new song 'all things must pass' has already been played on the current tour, further dates to which now include two in NYC on May 21st-22nd at Webster Hall and an appearence at Meltdown in London on Fri June 22nd.
05.04.2007: more jamc dates, little pop rock released
Further JAMC festival appearances have been announced recently for Portugal, Germany, Scotland and Ireland. A pre-Coachella gig at The Glass House in CA has also been confirmed for April 26th. Dates are now all listed on the offical JAMC myspace.
This week also sees Chemikal Underground release Sister Vanilla's Little Pop Rock to a worldwide audience, who have now alsos set up a small Little Pop Rock site with streaming audio and video, images, lyrics and all the latest news.
22.02.2007: more jamc dates
The JAMC will appear at this years summercase festival, playing Madrid on jul 13 and Barcelona on jul 14. Further dates expected to be announced, with more news coming soon on the new official JAMC website and JAMC myspace page.
29.01.2007: official william reid myspace
An official William Reid myspace has been setup: http://www.myspace.com/williamadamreid
where a new track titled 'Ono Yoko' is currently streaming, taken from the upcoming solo album.
23.01.2007: the jesus and mary chain reforming to play coachella festival this year
It has been confirmed that The Jesus and Mary Chain are playing the Coachella Festival in the US on April 27, 2007. This year's poster lists The Jesus and Mary Chain sharing stage with Bjork, Sonic Youth, Interpol and Artic Monkeys amongst others on the opening day of the festival. Refer to the Coachella site for the full festival line-up.
21.12.2006: chemikal underground to make worldwide release of sister vanilla album little pop rock
Chemikal Underground announced they will be releasing the recently remastered Little Pop Rock by Sister Vanilla on March 19th 2007 to a world wide audience. The album, which was previously only available in Japan, features songs written and performed by William and Jim Reid, with sister Linda on lead vocals. It will be preceeded by an extremely limited AA 7" single.
15.12.2006: new william reid demos & working titles on last.fm?
A number of tracks credited to William Reid have been uploaded to his last.fm space, including acoustic demos, work refs and instrumentals. The tracks are not yet available to stream on last.fm radio, nor confirmed yet as the new material.
15.12.2006: william working on new album
It's true, William is recording an album at the moment. Unfortunately no information is available on what it's like or when it will be released, but it has been confirmed, and that it's quite sure to be released.
18.09.2006: william soon to finish new material?
According to an unconfirmed source, William is in Scotland right now but he'll be back soon and finish working on his music. This information comes from same source which previously mentioned about new William Reid material.
18.08.2006: little pop rock remastered
Linda Reid remastered her Sister Vanilla Little Pop Rock LP at Abbey Road with Steven Pastel last week, presumably for the UK release. The UK release of Little Pop Rock is due to include unreleased material of William Reid recorded last year.
14.07.2006: news of new william reid material?
Apparently, William might be putting his own myspace page up soon and he's working on some new stuff, so keep those ears open! Note the existing lazycame myspace page is an unofficial one.
06.06.2006: mojo maverick award
The Jesus and Mary Chain won the Mojo Maverick Award this year. William did not turn up for the award ceremony, nor was he contactable by the press for comment. The award was presented to Jim by Bobby Gillespie.
02.05.2006: jamc rarities box set?
A 3 CD set of Jesus and Mary Chain 'Rarities' on Blanco Y Negro due to be released on July 31st (no further detail or track listings provided) was made available to preorder online at SPIN CDs.
27.04.2006: jamc dvd-a dual disc reissues
Rhino reissue the first five Jesus & Mary Chain studio albums on Dual Disc (July), featuring a remastered version of the album on the audio side, while the DVD side boasts a high-resolution audio mix and three music videos from the era (ref. Billboard News).
Psychocandy videos: Just Like Honey, Never Understand and You Trip Me Up.
Darklands videos: Darklands, Happy When It Rains and April Skies.
Automatic videos: Blues From a Gun, Her Way of Praying and Head On.
Honey's Dead vidoes: Almost Gold, Far Gone and Out and Reverence.
Stoned and Dethroned videos: Sometimes Always, Come On and Snakedriver.
14.02.2006: john kasnter collaboration?
William Reid was alleged to have started working on a new band with John Kastner (former front man of the the Asexuals, the Doughboys, and All Systems Go) in California. References to this project can be found in the following news articles:
Montreal Mirror - Oct 20th 2005,
Chartattack - Feb 8th 2006,
Ottawa Xpress - Feb 9th 2006 and
Brave Words - Feb 9th 2006.
2005 overview (Sister Vanilla):
William co-produced, wrote songs for and performed on Sister Vanilla debut album Little Pop Rock, which was released in Japan on March 4th 2005 on P-Vine Records. William and brother Jim contribute on guitar and add some support vocals, with sister Linda Reid taking lead vocals on all tracks. The album includes new versions of Lazycame songs k to be lost and kissaround.
You can listen to sound clips and order the album on the HMV Japan site.
Sister Vanilla song can't stop the rock, which was written and recorded with William, was subsequently released in the UK as a double a-side with Jim Reids' song for a secret single on Transistor Music, in November 2005.
A new song by William Reid called delicat was recorded in 2005 for the UK release of Little Pop Rock, which William sings himself. An extended version of jamcolas to which William adds a new verse was also recorded for the UK release. A date for the UK release of Little Pop Rock has not yet been set.
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