UK music press icon, NME, added our debut music video to their NME Video page: http://www.nme.com/nme-video/youtube/id/hvT96JcTaIo Staggering! NME people!!! NME!!! Thanks Luke and team NME.com!
New York’s GOTHIKA “The Thursday Night Apocalypse” show by DJ Bronxelf will be playing an exclusive preview of our upcoming single, “Confidence” on Thurs 4 Oct 10PM-midnight PST (that’s Friday, 5 October 2012 at 3PM BNE time). Tune in here: http://aqua.neostreams.info:8036/listen.pls http://djbronxelf.wordpress.com/ Lyrics are here: http://www.thejesuscleaver.com/2012/09/27/lyrics-from-singles/ Thanks Avril! UPDATE: Here’s the playlist: http://bronxelf.podomatic.com/entry/2012-10-07T15_47_32-07_00
New York’s long-running Grave Concerns Ezine has just published an interview with us. Here’s an excerpt: What made you decide to make your music and lyrics very dark and emotional? “It certainly wasn’t a conscious decision, that’s just the way things have turned out. Each and every song begins with its lyrics. And it just […]
CONFIDENCE You need confidence In my hand The shape of which Will be raised in red All upon your skin You need confidence In my mind Where I will decide Faster than the tide You now displease me You need confidence In my arms I’ll carry this When you’re bound And when you’re tied © […]
1996 was, in retrospect, an important year in many ways. Hopefully, I’ll find the time to explore such recollections in a little more detail, however, for now, I just want to put up a skeleton. I had a modest circle of friends to speak of, and I didn’t find myself in complete isolation, particularly on […]
New UK-based alternative zine, Alteria Motives has just published an interview with us. Here’s an excerpt: “Our songs are pretty much a study in imperfection, but I like the rough edges and the organic feel that some of the songs have especially given the almost entirely digital womb that they’ve emerged from.” Read the interview […]
“Life In Clouds” was reviewed in Gothenburg, Sweden’s EBM-centric zine, “Brutal Resonance“. “If you like a dark, alternative, gothy, underground sound that no one has likely heard of, check out The Jesus Cleaver.” Check out DJ Zombie Kitty’s review in full here: http://www.brutalresonance.com/viewreview.php?id=1808 Thanks Raye!
Italy’s Ascension Magazine featured a review of “A Private Encyclopaedia” in Numero 27: This review is in italiano. Grazie!
The Jesus Cleaver has returned to the playlists of Sydney’s long-running “Dark Passage” show on 2SER-FM 107.3, with our current single, “Mercy” featuring on Thursday night show at the beginning of the month. Here’s the show’s Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Dark-Passage-2SERs-Dark-Alternative/313824794834 Thanks again James!
DJ Kantrip added our current single, “Mercy“, again to the “Dark Bohemia” show on Radio Blacklight (8-10PM PST). Here’s the set on Mixcloud: http://www.mixcloud.com/kantrip/darkbohemia-on-radio-blacklight-air-date-03082012/ Thanks Jason!