My Morning Jacket
Although they first emerged in 1998 as devotees of Neil Young's country-tinged classic rock, My Morning Jacket steadily widened their sound throughout the following decade, embracing everything from neo-psychedelia to Americana, funk, prog, and reggae. By the time Evil Urges arrived in mid-2008, they had successfully molded themselves into Kentucky's answer to Wilco, with unexpected detours and sonic experiments adding complexity to the band's alt-country roots.
My Morning Jacket's de facto leader is vocalist/guitarist Jim James (birth name: James Olliges),...[more]
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VINYL FORMAT. Comes with a CD version of the full album! My Morning Jacket honed the material for its upcoming album, Evil Urges, during an extended stint in Colorado. Once the material was ready, MMJ hunkered down in Manhattan to record with co-producer Joe Chiccarelli. Like John Leckie, who produced the band's 2005 album, "Z," Chiccarelli proved a valuable sounding board. Keyboardist Bo Koster describes the Colorado songwriting process as "a good caring, loving place. We'd cook meals tog [ read more ]
LP $18.99
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VINYL FORMAT. Z is a richly varied collection encompassing carefully wrought ballads like "Wordless Chorus" and "Knot Comes Loose," multi-genre jams such as "Off The Record," the silvery country-soul of "Lay Low," and high-energy rockers in the form of "Anytime" and "What A Wonderful Man." The album concludes majestically with "Dondante," a seven-minute opus that weaves together several threads of Louisville-fueled creativity and engagement. MMJ has developed a reputation as one of today's most excit [ read more ]
2xLP $21.99
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VINYL FORMAT. My Morning Jacket is well known for their fantastic live performances. We don't want to reveal where this very fine collection of favorite songs was recorded, but let's just say it's at the one of the most renowned venues west of the Ohio River. The recording is top notch and the performance just golden. Remember those records you used to throw on your turntable that you could just listen to over and over again? That's what we're talking about here -- great songs and a voice with which you cou [ read more ]
4xLP $41.99
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VINYL FORMAT. Comes with a CD version of the full album! This limited edition release features five tracks pulled from gigs in Athens, Austin, and Dallas in late 2003. The LP is mostly lead singer Jim James acoustic, with one full band song 'The Bear'. Other tracks include, 'Sooner', 'Bermuda Highway', 'Golden' and 'Hopefully'.
LP $10.99
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VINYL FORMAT. My Morning Jacket, the Louisville, Kentucky, outfit that continues to defy categorization, follows their critically acclaimed and commercially respectable At Dawn and The Tennessee Fire albums with 35 minutes of southern blues, Americana and dreamy psychedelia. My Morning Jacket's appeal stems from the haunting, raw vocals of lead singer and guitarist, Jim James. While simultaneously channeling the spirits of both Neil Young and Flaming Lips' Wayne Coyne, James leads his musical cohorts along [ read more ]
LP $17.99
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