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Posts tagged "My Morning Jacket"
Blerd Radio 2015 | Episode 15: The Best Of 2015 (Part One)
Big Money, Dr. Z and Michael Parr talk 2015’s best music (including Kendrick Lamar–DUH…) in the latest Blerd Radio podcast!
A My Morning Jacket Song You Can Dance To?
The legendary Giorgio Moroder sets his sights on rock band My Morning Jacket. Check out the “Compound Fracture” remix.
Dawes Release Friend-Studded Video For “All Your Favorite Bands”
The men of Dawes release a star-studded new video for the title track of their new album.
Jim James’ New Video-As Performed By Some Guy With A TV On His Head
Dude with a TV on his head? Video of the year.
The Preservation Hall Jazz Band, That’s It!: album review
Somewhere recently (I believe it was a radio interview with Louis Armstrong archivist Ricky Riccardi), I heard someone make the claim that no other American city is as musical as New Orleans. Sure, there are numerous cities that have been integral to the evolution of American music: Detroit, Nashville, New York, Chicago, Memphis, San Francisco, on down the line. But in accordance with the aforementioned claim, I’m hard pressed to think of another city where music is so much a […]
My Morning Jacket & Erykah Badu Hop On the Horn & Call “Tyrone”
My Morning Jacket. Erykah Badu. Two great tastes that taste great together.
Spin Cycle: Jim James, Regions of Light and Sound of God
At first listen, Jim James’ first proper solo album might sound a bit alien to fans of his daytime gig, My Morning Jacket. It’s an intangible thing to pin down — vocally, James sounds as dynamic and distinctive as he ever has on record, and musically, Regions of Light and Sound of God bears a few particularly distinctive earmarks of his other band’s inimitable style. The vast, canyon-scaling vocals, the slow-burn funk that seeps into ambient soundscapes… it’s all there. It’s […]
The Viewfinder: My Morning Jacket, “Outta My System”
My Morning Jacket has just released a trippy new video–with assistance from goofball Zach Galifianakis. Get a visual contact high with “Outta My System.”
bLISTerd: The 100 Best Albums of the ’00s (60-51)
We’re almost at the halfway point on our list of the 100 best albums of the ’00s. Check out where we placed albums by Spoon, Talib Kweli and Common.
Spin Cycle: “Rave On Buddy Holly”
Rave On Buddy Holly is a behemoth and overwhelming success of a tribute album. If this was the accompanying soundtrack to a major biopic, it would be a best seller already. Almost every song is a raging success—holy shit Cee-Lo, did you just invent another crazy [good] style of singing?? And the cuts that don’t completely hit the mark are still damn good—Patti Smith’s “Words of Love” is a solid song but lacks the energy most every other track possesses, […]