Preferred B Posted January 15, 2009 Share Posted January 15, 2009 Had something like a sense of humor? Have you ever seen Fleet Foxes live? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
solace Posted January 15, 2009 Share Posted January 15, 2009 Had something like a sense of humor? Have you ever seen Fleet Foxes live? hahaha.... no shit. their last show here was about 40% stand up 60% music Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Turnips Posted March 3, 2011 Share Posted March 3, 2011 exciting stuff! http://pitchfork.com/news/41753-my-morning-jacket-ready-new-album/ Kentucky classic-rock explorers My Morning Jacket are festival mainstays with a rich and busy side-project schedule, but they haven't released a new album since 2008's Evil Urges. This spring, they'll finally return in full force when they release the new album Circuital, as Rolling Stone reports. Talking to the band, RS learned a few key details about the album-- like the fact that it includes a song with the awesome title "Holdin' On to Black Metal". And that the genesis of the album belongs to Muppets. According to Rolling Stone, the band recorded the LP in their hometown of Louisville, setting up a studio in a church gymnasium. Frontman Jim James calls the album "the most live record we've ever done." James also says, "We want people to have almost the exact opposite experience they had last time. I definitely had some goals of wanting to make this one warmer and somehow more contained and more concise of a statement." James wrote a couple of tracks, "Wonderful" and "Out of My System", for an amazing Muppets collaboration that never came to pass. Rolling Stone writes, "An exec recruited My Morning Jacket to record music for a new version of the Electric Mayhem band (the one with Animal on drums), promising a Gorillaz-style tour where MMJ would play behind a curtain while Muppet holograms bashed away onstage. The psyched band began writing and demo'ing, but the exec got fired and the project disappeared." Damn. James also had songs rejected by Jason Segal's upcoming Muppet movie. The band has a few live shows coming up-- mostly festival gigs-- and we've got those listed out below. They're also set to appear on an episode of "VH1 Storytellers" this summer. Also below, check out footage of the band playing their classic "Wordless Chorus" live on the "Late Show With David Letterman" last year. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
petemoss Posted March 3, 2011 Share Posted March 3, 2011 "So now, twice, Muppet glory has been within my grasp" Quote Link to post Share on other sites
solace Posted March 22, 2011 Share Posted March 22, 2011 04/17 – Lexington, KY @ Memorial Coliseum at University of Kentucky 05/20-22 – Gulf Shores, AL @ Hangout Festival 06/02-05 – Ozark, AR @ Wakarusa Festival 06/02-05 – Hunter Mountain, NY @ Mountain Jam 06/09-12 – Manchester, TN @ Bonnaroo Music Festival 06/17 – Chicago, IL @ Auditorium Theatre 06/22 – Los Angeles, CA @ Pantages Theatre 06/24 – Oakland, CA @ Fox Theater 06/26 – Seattle, WA @ Paramount Theatre 06/28 – Portland, OR @ Edgefield 06/29 – Vancouver, BC @ Orpheum 06/30-07/03 – Quincy, CA @ High Sierra Festival 07/11 – Toronto, ON @ Kool Haus 07/12 – Montreal, QC @ Metrpolis 07/14-17 – Suffolk, UK @ Latitude Festival 08/04 – Morrison, CO @ Red Rocks i'd say they're a lock to play our annual 'Rock The Garden' Festival on June 18th in Minneapolis Quote Link to post Share on other sites
petemoss Posted March 22, 2011 Share Posted March 22, 2011 Aw, hell yeah. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Wendy Posted March 22, 2011 Share Posted March 22, 2011 i'd say they're a lock to play our annual 'Rock The Garden' Festival on June 18th in Minneapolis Perhaps, but I am still selfishly hoping for a 2nd night (Saturday ) at the Auditorium in Chicago. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
solace Posted March 23, 2011 Share Posted March 23, 2011 Perhaps, but I am still selfishly hoping for a 2nd night (Saturday ) at the Auditorium in Chicago. SHUSH YOU. they played Chicago last year... last time they played Minneapolis? October 2008 they can add a 2nd show on the 16th then Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Wendy Posted March 23, 2011 Share Posted March 23, 2011 well when you put it like that (Oct 2008) --- you are overdue for a visit! I just tried to get tix in their presale and threw back 10th row but waaaaay off to the side. Sold out presale at 2 minute mark. I'll try again another time. Tix are $54 inclusive of fees just FYI. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Turnips Posted March 23, 2011 Share Posted March 23, 2011 bah, why does Toronto always seem to get Monday nights for big tours?! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
borracho Posted March 23, 2011 Share Posted March 23, 2011 sure would love to see an oklahoma show, since they've never even played here once! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
petemoss Posted March 23, 2011 Share Posted March 23, 2011 bah, why does Toronto always seem to get Monday nights for big tours?! Last time MMJ played they played the Kool Haus on a Monday night.I was honestly surprised they didnt book Massey Hall. I was sure they would be doing Massey next time around. After seeing Jim play there with MOF, I was dying to hear his voice there again. Oh well. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ms. yvon Posted March 23, 2011 Share Posted March 23, 2011 Perhaps, but I am still selfishly hoping for a 2nd night (Saturday ) at the Auditorium in Chicago.wendy, i like the way you think. but i wouldn't be averse to a trip to minneapolis... summer tour: it is on! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
solace Posted March 24, 2011 Share Posted March 24, 2011 wendy, i like the way you think. but i wouldn't be averse to a trip to minneapolis... summer tour: it is on! the Rock The Garden lineup is always pretty fun... last years wasn't amazing (MGMT/Sharon Jones/OK Go/Retribution Gospel Choir), but previous years have been: Decemberists/Calexico/Yeasayer/Solid GoldAndrew Bird/New Pornographers/Cloud Cult/Bon IverDavid Byrne/AntibalasWilco/The Bad Plus/FogMedeski, Martin & WoodSonic Youth/Stereolab i have a strong feeling Phantogram might be the second act this year Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bböp Posted March 24, 2011 Share Posted March 24, 2011 Perhaps, but I am still selfishly hoping for a 2nd night (Saturday ) at the Auditorium in Chicago. Yeah, definitely count me among those hoping for another night in Chicago since I've already got a commitment I don't want to break on the 17th!. D'oh! Though I'm not sure how likely it is this time. The XRT bulletin I got this week mentioned one night only (which I know can be a promotional trick sometimes, but anyway) so who knows? And I hadn't realized it had been such a long drought in MN, so the 18th seems like a likely bet if that's when the Rock the Garden thing is. At any rate, if I have to miss one Chicago show, I guess the Aud is as good a place to do it as any. I mean, it's a nice room and all but I'm not sure how I feel about it for rock shows. I suppose you could say the same thing about Radio City and MMJ tore it up there a few years back but there's something about the Aud that can suck the air out of a rock show in my experience. I'm in Canada now, and kind of half thought about coming back up here for those TO and Montreal dates in July. Both GA venues and the Metropolis in Montreal is pretty sweet. If only plane fares weren't so pricey right now... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ms. yvon Posted March 27, 2011 Share Posted March 27, 2011 *cough*car rental*cough* i don't have plans/tix for the chicago show (yet) but am set for a good run on the west coast! i love that portland/mmj combo. with it comes great beer AND great coffee. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
solace Posted March 28, 2011 Share Posted March 28, 2011 so... i know a few folks at our local MPR indie station that got to hear the new album on Friday and said it's unbelievable and sounds nothing like the last record thank god Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Shakespeare In The Alley Posted March 28, 2011 Share Posted March 28, 2011 Heavily watermarked, I assume? Evil Urges is great, so I'm down with a repeat. But anything's fine. Very psyched for this record. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
solace Posted March 28, 2011 Share Posted March 28, 2011 Evil Urges was their worst album by a WIDE margin. Highly Suspicious wasn't even good enough to be a b-side Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ms. yvon Posted March 28, 2011 Share Posted March 28, 2011 i know a few folks...that got to hear the new album on Friday and said it's unbelievable Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Shakespeare In The Alley Posted March 28, 2011 Share Posted March 28, 2011 Evil Urges was their worst album by a WIDE margin. Highly Suspicious wasn't even good enough to be a b-sideMight be. But it's probably my favorite MMJ album, in large part because it was the first new MMJ release I heard, so I can't claim the longtime fan disappointment thing that's earned it its bad rap. It has its flaws, no doubt, but the songs I really like on EU are way better than the ones I really like on the other albums. I'm pretty sure Smokin' From Shootin' is my #1 MMJ track. I don't even hate Highly Suspicious. Fun song. I'm a huge Prince fan, so hearing Jim mess around with that style was awesome. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bleedorange Posted March 28, 2011 Share Posted March 28, 2011 Might be. But it's probably my favorite MMJ album, in large part because it was the first new MMJ release I heard, so I can't claim the longtime fan disappointment thing that's earned it its bad rap. It has its flaws, no doubt, but the songs I really like on EU are way better than the ones I really like on the other albums. I'm pretty sure Smokin' From Shootin' is my #1 MMJ track. I don't even hate Highly Suspicious. Fun song. I'm a huge Prince fan, so hearing Jim mess around with that style was awesome. Agree 100% Quote Link to post Share on other sites
choo-choo-charlie Posted March 28, 2011 Share Posted March 28, 2011 Might be. But it's probably my favorite MMJ album, in large part because it was the first new MMJ release I heard, so I can't claim the longtime fan disappointment thing that's earned it its bad rap. It has its flaws, no doubt, but the songs I really like on EU are way better than the ones I really like on the other albums. I'm pretty sure Smokin' From Shootin' is my #1 MMJ track. I don't even hate Highly Suspicious. Fun song. I'm a huge Prince fan, so hearing Jim mess around with that style was awesome. This is why I have a soft spot for Sky Blue Sky, being the first new Wilco record I heard since I became a fan. I enjoy a few songs from Evil Urges, but Z was the first new release of theirs I'd heard since becoming a fan... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Shakespeare In The Alley Posted March 28, 2011 Share Posted March 28, 2011 Same. SBS is still way near the bottom of my Wilco rankings, but it'll always have a place in my heart. Go Go Boots is another example of a potentially disappointing album by a long-running band that I think is as good or better than anything they've done, because it was my first new release as a fan. Though I've admittedly not heard every DBT album yet. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Shakespeare In The Alley Posted March 29, 2011 Share Posted March 29, 2011 May 31 release date, btw. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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