Jim James of My Morning Jacket, who likes to go by the moniker Yim Yames for his solo recording, will release a collection of George Harrison covers on July 7th. James recorded the songs after the quiet Beatle passed in 2001 on an eight-track reel-to-reel in Shelbyville, Ky. Here's James's explanation:He always seemed to be a beacon of good light unto the world, accomplishing the rare task of u...
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MUSIC NEWS - My Morning Jacket has come up with a "thank you" for it's die-hard, and new fans - a new, live EP called, Celebración De La Ciudad Natal (full track list below). The EP is being released on Record Store Day, April 18th in support of independently owned & operated businesses across the country. The EP will only be sold in independent retail stores, don't bother checking the loc...
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My Morning Jacket announced that they will be releasing a new live EP for Record Store Day. The EP is titled "Celebración De La Ciudad Natal" and will be released on April 18. It will only be available through exclusive Record Store Day shops. The seven track EP was recorded in two shows in Louisville that the band played at a local record shop called Ear-X-Tacy, and at Waterfront Park. Here is...
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Next to the Kentucky Derby, the Brown Hotel, and the bourbon distilleries just outside of town another Louisville, KY staple is Ear-x-tasy - a smaller, more wholesome version of Cali's Amoeba's. Make it a sure stop on your next Lulville trip. MMJ did. Now the beloved band to many is releasing their in-store performance as a live EP. But in true MMJ form the band are leaving us guessing. In addi...
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Another one!Coming off the respective successes of Causes, Dark Was The Night, and War Child: Heroes, the Causes founders are releasing a second album in a series that we hope doesn’t need to go on much longer. All proceeds are going towards stopping the terrifying genocide in Darfur.The lineup for this album is phenomenal, and [...]
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Yesterday (January 13) saw the release of an exclusive iTunes EP by My Morning Jacket . The EP called 'Live at the Palms ' features six tracks including 'Tonight I Want To Celebrate With You ', which originally appeared on 'The Tennessee Fire '.Although titled 'Live at the Palms ', the band have dubbed the EP 'Ryan Pickett Presents, in Association with Pickettmax Films: Candles and Panties '...
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When you meet someone and they love music as much as you do.. its a beautiful thing. So beautiful in fact, that stylistic preferences and specific content seem to become trivial.... and just the simple speak of admiration blends any two musical worlds together. With that said; I had the opprotunity to meet someone that is as thrilled about music as I am, maybe even more so, and had introduced m...
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After hearing of Jim James' unfortunate fall in Des Moines, its a little tough to write about the great time I had catching My Morning Jacket at the Greek Theater a few weeks back. Jim James has such energy and is totally in command when on stage, it is awful to think that he hurt himself doing [...]
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Last Thursday, I finally ended my summer concert drought and my long wait for catching My Morning Jacket in 2008.The band played Charlottesville Pavilion, my hometown venue. It's a great outdoor pavilion tacked onto the end of Charlottesville's downtown pedestrian mall and an awesome place to see show. The crowd was a bit sparse as the show got started. Perhaps it was the Thursday night bill ...
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So here I am. Monday night. Not quite fully recovered from this weekend of weekends, but loving every minute of it. This entry will be "part 1". Ben Folds and Ryan Adams to follow.My fiance, Jess, and I finally got around to planning a trip from Providence to Philly, to visit my kid sister. Of course, being the music junkie that I am, I built the weekend trip around some pretty good music. ...
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It's a new year, we're glad to be here ... hopefully your hangover has subsided by now. I've seen some memorable NYE shows in NYC in recent years -- the Strokes/GBV, DB-T, CYHSY, Dirty Projectors -- but I don't remember any as fun as this Jacket show sounds (well, maybe the Strokes). Celebrating at Madison Square Garden on Wednesday night, Jim James and Co. brought Nicole Atkins, Will Johnson, ...
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My Morning Jacket have been forced to cancel tonight (October 9) and tomorrow nights shows in Chicago following frontman Jim James injury. James was hospitalized on Tuesday (October 7) after he fell off stage during their show at the University of Iowa . The frontman suffered a serious injured and was immediately hospitalized forcing the band to wrap-up their show after only thirty minutes. Ja...
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Here's a video of My Morning Jacket being joined by Nicole Atkins for their show at Madison Square Garden on New Year's Eve. Jim and Nicole do a cover of Marvin Gaye's "You're All I Need" that I would have loved to have seen.
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MUSIC NEWS - My Morning Jacket frontman Jim James fell from the stage last night (Oct. 7) during the band's show in Iowa City. His injuries were serious enough to warrant a trip to a local hospital and the cancellation of the rest of the show (no word on whether the gig will be re-scheduled). MMJ also had to cancel two concerts scheduled Thursday and Friday at the Chicago Theatre, the ban...
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Just wanted to let everybody know that our man AMP has uploaded a ton more of his Lollapalpooza pics. And just for fun, he compiled the best of the bunch into a cool little video.~~
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| 2 I'm Amazed |
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| 3 Highly Suspicious |
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