My Morning Jacket’s Jim James to release solo LP
With 15 years and six studio albums as singer/songwtier/guitarist with My Morning Jacket under his belt, Jim James has announced Regions of Light and Sound of God, his first solo album due February 4th on V2. “I’m very lucky to play in a band with guys that I love, who are great at what they...
A cartoon Zach Galifianakis stars in My Morning Jacket video
My Morning Jacket rues the day they first dabbled in drugs or so they say anyway in this new video for Outta My System. The way cray cartoon clip is animated by James Frost and stars and Zach Galifianakis as an all-powerful, eyeball-in-a-bag-toting wizard.
County Fair: This ain’t no CMT garbage
Alt-country, neofolk and the American Roots music movement have technically been around for more than 20 years – but one might be tempted to argue that they’ve always existed. Here’s a selection of songs with a taste of the county fair: some are urban songs sung with a country twang, some are in the purest...
Caveman: Banging on drums and doing what men do
After a period spent band-hopping and rubbing elbows for pet projects, Brooklyn-based music makers Matthew Iwanusa (lead vocals, guitar, drums), Jimmy Carbonetti (guitar), Stefan Marolachakis (drums, vocals), Sam Hopkins (synthesizer, vocals) and Jeff Berrall (bass, vocals) came together in 2010 to form Caveman. Indulging primal musical urges, the quintet forged a striking sound rooted in...
Chris Mills: Reliving his early years
The cover of American singer-songwriter Chris Mills’ new retrospective, Heavy Years: 2000-2010, bears a stylized and stark black and white photo and hand-drawn lettering – conveying the artistry to be found inside. With five LPs under his belt – Every Night Fight for Your Life (1998), Kiss it Goodbye (2000), The Silver Line (2002), The...