The Jesus and Mary Chain with Mogwai’s Stuart Braithwaite

Bandsplain

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4.4 • 582 Ratings

🗓️ 5 June 2025

⏱️ 272 minutes

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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. 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Did you know the first half of Kendrick Lamar's Mr. Morrell and the Big Stepers is a mirror image of its second half?
0:06.1	And that this mirror symbolizes how each human being is a reflection of the whole of humanity?
0:11.2	Hi, I'm Kolkushina and these are the kinds of concepts I discuss on Dissect,
0:15.4	a podcast that examines the lyrics, music, and meaning of one album per season, one song per episode.
0:21.0	The newest season of Dissect is breaking down Kendrick Lamar's Mr. Morale track by track,
0:25.3	and it's available to watch or listen now on Spotify, YouTube, or wherever you get your podcasts.
0:34.6	What's with this band anyway?
0:41.3	I don't get it, can you please explain? Wait, like, Bansplain?
0:45.3	Never heard this band in my life.
0:49.3	Oh, you haven't? I love that. Really? Why?
0:52.3	Yeah, I love this song. Oh, I don't know that one band splain
0:57.5	bandplain band I really hate this band whatever I'm their biggest fan ban splain band splain band splain band splain bandplain
1:06.3	bandplain bandplain bandplain Hello and welcome to Bandsplain. I am your host, Yossi Salk. This is a show where I invite
1:18.3	an expert guest on to help me explain a cult band or iconic artist. Today's episode is
1:23.9	about the Jesus and Mary Chain. If you've never heard Jesus and Mary Chain,
1:29.3	listen to the girl, Mim, as she takes on half the world.
1:37.3	You better believe I went and found a Scottish man to come on this podcast to talk about the Jesus and Mary Jane.
1:48.4	And his name is Stuart Braithwaite.
1:51.1	You might know him from the phenomenally popular band, Mogway.
1:55.2	Welcome to the show, Stuart.
1:56.7	Thank you for having me and thank you for describing my band as phenomenally popular.
2:00.9	That's made my day.
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