A few artistically eclectic albums, followed by the solid Monsters of Folk album, a fantastic guest appearance on a Roots song, and their epic live performances (including one where I was so close that Jim James himself could’ve kicked me in the head if he wanted to)? Yeah, you can say I’m solidly on team My Morning Jacket. They’re commercial, but adventurous, and…yeah…those live shows, among the best that I’ve seen. Their latest album, Circuital, came out about a month […]
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Spin Cycle: My Morning Jacket’s “Circuital”
I suppose it’s kind of difficult for My Morning Jacket fans to be truly pleased by one of their records at this point; six albums in, MMJ have cycled through country-rock, reverb-soaked psychedelia, discordant white-dude reggae, galloping metal, and squealing funk so quickly that really nailing down which My Morning Jacket you like can be tasking in and of itself. We only need for frontman Jim James to start spitting his oft-dippy, abstract lyrics over tight, polished grooves – the […]
Free Jackets! Wait…Free Music from My Morning Jacket
One of my favorite concert moments last year was getting to see My Morning Jacket at Portland, ME’s State Theatre. Not only does the band put on a hell of a show (no opening act, and they play for HOURS), but I was close enough to the front of the stage that if Jim James had done one of his patented head shakes and had dandruff (which I’m almost positive he doesn’t), then I would have had flakes of his […]
