I missed the premier of the All Eyes on My Morning Jacket video on Current TV last night but I got to experience this version of “Gideon” in its full orchestral glory at the festival itself. The set gave me chills numerous times, and I was eager to see what they did with all the fan footage that was shot during the song.
Man…My Morning Jacket is just too good to be true sometimes. They just announced the name of their new album — Evil Urges – and they just sold out Radio City Music Hall on 6/20/08 in just 22 minutes (via JamBase). I’m looking forward to another year of My Morning Jacket in our lives, that’s for sure.
Intrigued by the recent successful collaboration between the Moldy Peaches and the film Juno, I wondered if this was an example of the union of music and film or if this was evil corporate synergy at its deceiving worst. It hit full steam for me when I heard the familiar sounds of Kimya Dawson’s and Adam Green’s juvenile delinquent voices emanating from the television in my kitchen. They were performing live on the view, which provoked some strong reactions.
I’ve always been a fan of the Peaches and their solo stuff, but this argument is above their decision to be on the soundtrack or even appear on the view.
The 2008 festival season will be kicking off in less than two months with what was once known as “Junior Bonnaroo” or “Bonnaroo Light”. These derogatory swipes lost their meaning this year because the Langerado Music Festival has arrived on the scene as a premier festival. They have changed locations from Markham Park, a small but comfy venue, to the expansive Big Cypress Reserve, famous for its Phish Millennium concert.
With their facilities expanded and upgraded, they introduced an impressive lineup that easily could rival the Bonnaroo’s and Coachella’s of the world. Headliners included REM, Beastie Boys, Phil Lesh & Friends, 311, The Roots, Ben Folds, G. Love, Matisyahu, and many others. When the dust cleared Langerado has forced other festivals to scramble to conjure up a remarkable group of bands.
Other than the marquee headliners, here are five bands that are worth making the trip out of the tent for early sets…
Pretty solid performance by the Whigs on Letterman last night. And since I’m still listening to this track — which I posted last week — I figured I might as well continue to fluff this band a little more.
Honestly, I wouldn’t say that I’m loving every track from their new album, but this cut and a few others are definitely getting some serious playing time.
The three Chicagoans that make up Dianogah were joined onstage by their wives for the opening song, making up a brass and woodwinds section and exemplifying both Dianogah’s new approach at the studio and their direction as a band.
R.E.M. will tour North America this May and June in support of Accelerate, their new record which is set to be released on April 1. The band will be joined on the North American tour by Modest Mouse and The National. Please stay tuned to remhq.com for more details.
Last night’s Simpsons episode was awesome. Sadgasm came and rocked Springfield and the 90′s references were blazing. Drop a comment for each and every killer 90′s reference within the video, and ad lib on the ones from the episode that didn’t make the clip above.
Personally, the “all Zima’d up…” line was one of my favorites.
The Phish camp just announced that they were remastering two of the more popular archive releases from the livephish.com catalog…
Two of LivePhish.com’s most popular archival releases, 12/7/1997 at Ervin J. Nutter Center in Dayton, OH and 5/8/1993 at UNH Fieldhouse in Durham, NH have been fully remastered and are available now on CD (packaged in an innovative and earth friendly, fully recycled folding softcase-pak) and for download. These CDs are not yet available in stores.
The Ervin J. Nutter Center show was one of my first tapes as I was just getting into the band. It’s standalone as one of the best openers to a show I’ve ever heard. We rocked it on Phish Friday a while back, too. Never heard the Durham, NH show but maybe I’ll pick up and give it a shot.
Here’s to hoping Trey gets his shit together soon. He recently spent a weekend in jail as a result of missing a recent drug counseling sessions. I think I’ve been a little too hard on him in the past; it sounds like he’s really struggling right now. As Andy Gadiel blogged recently, “here’s hoping you pull it together and we can see you rocking out on stage soon enough…”
