chisoxjtrain Posted January 19, 2008 Share Posted January 19, 2008 http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/articl...t_id=1003696553 Cannot wait for this! My Morning Jacket has set a June 10 release date for its as-yet-untitled new ATO album, and will celebrate the project with a June 20 show at New York's Radio City Music Hall. The group's first appearance at the storied venue will be "an evening with," and is being billed as MMJ's only New York-area appearance for the time being. As previously reported, for the first time since 2002, the band will be on hand for the South by Southwest festival in Austin, Texas, where it will play a March 13 show at Austin Music Hall. Frontman Jim James will also play a March 15 solo gig at Austin's St. David's Church. In addition, the band will join indie stalwarts Yo La Tengo for a March 10 SXSW warm-up at Houston's Verizon Wireless Theatre. MMJ decamped to New York to record the follow-up to 2005's acclaimed "Z," which has sold 206,000 copies in the United States, according to Nielsen SoundScan. "We're seeing every song to its end before we think about sequencing or which songs belong," guitarist Carl Broemel tells Billboard of sessions with producer/engineer Joe Chiccarelli that wrapped in early December. "We're just starting to be open to how they relate. In general, the record is different in a way I don't even think any of us realized until we started recording." To prepare, band members spent a month together in a Colorado compound, doing nothing but work on new songs. "That was priceless, because we don't all live in the same city," Broemel says. "We just got together and played." Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mgsooner Posted January 19, 2008 Share Posted January 19, 2008 http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/articl...t_id=1003696553 Cannot wait for this! I'm anticipating this album as much as or more than anything else in 2008. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tongue-tied lightning Posted January 20, 2008 Share Posted January 20, 2008 I will be there ! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
W(TF) Posted January 22, 2008 Share Posted January 22, 2008 Hey is it just me, or have others been left behind by the band's evolution? I'm fairly recent to MMJ.....really like the first couple of records - At Dawn in particular is a masterpiece IMO. After that they seem to start sounding like every other band. Maybe I need to give some of the others another chance. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jhh4321 Posted January 22, 2008 Share Posted January 22, 2008 I like pretty much all of their albums and am definitely pumped for this one. I think i read something a few weeks ago about there being strong gospel influences? I'm not sure, but it should be amazing. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
a.miller Posted January 22, 2008 Share Posted January 22, 2008 *Fingers crossed for a leak Quote Link to post Share on other sites
lamradio Posted January 22, 2008 Share Posted January 22, 2008 *Fingers crossed for a leak Same here.. I'm really looking forward to this album, although I have kind of gotten out of MMJ lately. I wore out "Z", nearly wore out "It Still Moves", got their live album, and then just haven't really listened to them at all for the last several months.. I hear their earlier stuff is great though.. Anyone have any recommendations on specific early albums? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jimmyjimmy Posted January 22, 2008 Share Posted January 22, 2008 I hear their earlier stuff is great though.. Anyone have any recommendations on specific early albums?You need "At Dawn"My Fav. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Welsh Rich Posted January 22, 2008 Share Posted January 22, 2008 Yeah "At Dawn" fucking rules. I never tire of listening to it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
lamradio Posted January 22, 2008 Share Posted January 22, 2008 Yeah "At Dawn" fucking rules. I never tire of listening to it. Two replies are enough to convince me.. "At Dawn" it is.. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
solace Posted January 22, 2008 Share Posted January 22, 2008 preaching to the choir, but easily At Dawn it's the best Neil Young album he never released Quote Link to post Share on other sites
quarter23cd Posted January 22, 2008 Share Posted January 22, 2008 I am only recently on the MMJ wagon. For a long time I thought all you guys here who gush about them were crazy--all I had heard was "Z", and I agree that I didn't think there was anything too special about it. (I have since come around somewhat on it) But then at some point I picked up "At Dawn", and that one has been one hell of a grower. I keep coming back to it and falling even more in love with it. it's the best Neil Young album he never releasedNot only that, but it might actually be my favorite Neil Young album! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ms. yvon Posted January 22, 2008 Share Posted January 22, 2008 gonna show some love for tennessee fire. the reverb on this one almost makes the songs sound like they're coming from far away. beautiful on songs like, "nashville to kentucky," "heartbreaking man," and "they ran." full disclosure: at dawn and okonokos head up the mmj binge listening list. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Welsh Rich Posted January 22, 2008 Share Posted January 22, 2008 Yeah Okonokos is fantastic - it's been in the car a lot recently, it really did capture the band live. I've been unlucky with MMJ live though, they've cancelled all three shows I had tickets for Is the DVD of Okonokos worth getting? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mgsooner Posted January 23, 2008 Share Posted January 23, 2008 With MMJ I went backwards. I started with Z, moved back to It Still Moves, and now I'm getting into At Dawn and Tenn Fire. I haven't gotten the chance to really sit down and listen to AD and TF intently several times...yet. As for the two newer albums, Z is one of my favorite albums of this decade. I love it. Diff'rent Strokes I guess. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
trevor Posted January 23, 2008 Share Posted January 23, 2008 ya i went backwards with MMJ too. liked Z enough to pick up It Still Moves, which is one of my top-10 records of this decade. And At Dawn is also wicked, wicked, wicked. Still have yet to listen to Tennessee Fire. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
solace Posted January 26, 2008 Share Posted January 26, 2008 Album is called "Evil Urges"... cool title Quote Link to post Share on other sites
trevor Posted January 26, 2008 Share Posted January 26, 2008 evil urges? wicked. where's the info coming from? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kalle Posted January 26, 2008 Share Posted January 26, 2008 http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/news...eal-album-title Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ms. yvon Posted January 28, 2008 Share Posted January 28, 2008 Is the DVD of Okonokos worth getting?yes.yes.yes. it's got a little dramatic bookend bit which is a little weedy, but the show is TERRIFIC and gorgeous! sweet jesus. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
djembefola Posted January 28, 2008 Share Posted January 28, 2008 if you have the chance, see them live. the first show i saw was NYE 06. one of the best shows i have ever seen. i think i pop it in right now and have a listen.... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
evil horn Posted January 29, 2008 Share Posted January 29, 2008 weedy, so that's what you call that. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ms. yvon Posted January 31, 2008 Share Posted January 31, 2008 this is NOT new music, but it's great fun. mmj @ lolla w/chicago youth symph. it's a video of gideon edited together from video shot by fans on phones and cameras. just watched it twice. took me right back to the show. is it possible to love this band any more? i just don't see how... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Jules Posted January 31, 2008 Share Posted January 31, 2008 this is NOT new music, but it's great fun. mmj @ lolla w/chicago youth symph. it's a video of gideon edited together from video shot by fans on phones and cameras. just watched it twice. took me right back to the show. is it possible to love this band any more? i just don't see how... I'm thinking about scalping a ticket to the Radio City show in June and visiting some friends in NYC. I imagine this would set me back a few $. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ms. yvon Posted January 31, 2008 Share Posted January 31, 2008 !!there are still tix avail at ticketmaster!! i JUST got one a few days ago. a single in the 15th row. keep trying!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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