Autographed copies - $20

Settling at the bottom lounge

Malkmus tonight, insanely excited. We are sitting pretty much above
soundcheck, hearing lots of riffs right now.

Wilco - Unlikely Japan

A little Wilco B-side action, the new album came out (officially) yesterday, absolutely worth a purchase.

Download -Wilco - Unlikely Japan

One of my favorites

Just grabbed it on wax at western Illinois U. One of my favorites of
all time. This place sucks. If we weren't listening to Ryan Adams
Santa Cruz 2007 then I would shoot myself.

My Morning Jacket - The Electric Factory - 2006-12-01

All this MMJ related news (Monsters of Folk, hiatus, Yim Yames George Harrison Tribute EP, Yim Yames full length LP...) has had everyone on quite the rollercoaster this last week or so. It also has me listening to live Jacket 24/7 since I have no clue when I will have the good fortune of seeing them next. Great show here, FM/SBD source, the boys are playing pretty f*ckin hard! I can listen to They Ran all damn day (Jim has a funny little bit before they step it up a notch).

Today is my Friday (NIU has a 4 day summer schedule), have a good weekend everyone.

Photo credit: 11/30/2006 Roseland Ballroom - New York, NY (photo by blender). Couldn't find any from this set!

Disc 1:

01. it beats for you
02. gideon
03. wonderful
04. one big
05. lay low
06. phone
07. dondante
08. i needed it most/at dawn
09. hilarious rant
10. golden
11. lowdown

Disc 2:

01. way that he sings
02. dancefloors
03. mahgeetah
04. they ran
05. wordless
06. off the record
07. i will sing
08. run thru
09. anytime

Download - My Morning Jacket - The Electric Factory - 2006-12-01

Yim Yames (Jim James) to Release George Harrison Covers EP

Yim Yames will be releasing an EP of George Harrison covers. The covers were recorded shortly after Harrison's death in 2001. I absolutely cannot wait to get my hands on this (just like EVERYONE out there), it's slated for download on July 7th with a proper release on August 4th.

Notice on the website how it says "Full length solo record coming soon." Man.

What if he tours?!?! Man that would be some righteous sh*t. Maybe I'll finally be able to sleep again, Jim's accident the eve of his solo Schuba's show still keeps me up at night. There is a "Shows" section to the Yim Yames website...

Scroll to the bottom of this post to download Behind That Locked Door.

From the .com:

On July 7th, Yim will release a tribute to George Harrison that he recorded back in 2001. The EP will be available on yimyames.com as digital download and physical CD/LP. Until then you can stream and download “Behind That Locked Door” for free.

A portion of the proceeds from “Tribute To” will go to benefit the Woodstock Farm Animal Sanctuary.

For more info please visit www.yimyames.com

yim yames on myspace

Tracklist:

"Long, Long, Long"
"Behind That Locked Door"
"Love You To"
"My Sweet Lord"
"Ballad of Sir Frankie Crisp (Let It Roll)"
"All Things Must Pass"

Download - Yim Yames - Behind That Locked Door (George Harrison Cover)

My Morning Jacket on Hiatus

Thanks Chris.

From Spinner:

My Morning Jacket has a history of performing career-defining shows at Bonnaroo, but they weren't on this year's lineup. That didn't stop drummer Patrick Hallahan from going anyway, as a fan. It's not that My Morning Jacket decided to just skip Bonnaroo - they're not playing anywhere, any time soon. "Right now, honestly, we've just taken a big hiatus," Hallahan admitted to Spinner while enjoying a beer backstage. "We've been touring for eight years straight. We all have other things going on right now."

By that he means, of course, all-star side projects that are side projects for all their stars. Hallahan's been drumming in the Black Keys' Dan Auerbach's solo venture while My Morning Jacket frontman Jim James is part of the upcoming Monsters of Folk enterprise (which also features Conor Oberst, M. Ward and Mike Mogis.)

Keep in mind that, although it's been trendy lately for bands to downplay their demise by calling it a hiatus, when Hallahan says that My Morning Jacket is on a hiatus, that's exactly what he means. "Everybody's just taking time off and doing what they want to do," he says. "We're all in our own islands and eventually we'll all swim back to the mainland and get back together."

Okay, Patrick, that's allowed. Take your time, but hurry up. We want to see you at next year's 'roo.

Wilco - Sky Blue Sky Bonus Tracks

Here are some bonus tracks from Sky Blue Sky.

01 The Thanks I Get
02 Let's Not Get Carried Away
03 One True Vine
04 Impossible Germany (Live)
05 Hate It Here (Live)

Download - Wilco - Sky Blue Sky Bonus Tracks

Caleb Travers - The Car Is Running

Caleb Travers MySpace

Caleb Travers Home

Purchase here:

My Morning Jacket - Live at The Fillmore - 2002-10-07

Well it's not new. There is nothing new with MMJ right now and I'm going a little stir crazy. Lately I've seemed more fatigued than usual, just tired in general and yesterday it hit me: my last MMJ show was 6 months ago! I need a recharge bad!!!! Who knows when they will awake from their slumber, I just hope its soon.

War Begun solo = top f*cking notch.

1. Intro
2. Sooner
3. Just Because I Do
4. Lowdown
5. Heartbreakin' Man
6. The Way That He Sings
7. War Begun
8. One Big Holiday
9. Phone Went West

Download - My Morning Jacket - Live at The Fillmore - 2002-10-07

Uncle Tupelo - The Demo Trilogy

Thank you cgoodwin22 from Alt-Country.org for posting these rarities and thank you A Truer Sound Blog for posting this stuff. The dude over at A Truer Sound Blog has it right when he refers to it is "The Demo Trilogy."

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Uncle Tupelo - Live and Otherwise (Demo tape)

Their second demo tape, half live and half studio.

01) Before I Break (live)
02) Life Worth Livin' (live)
03) Fortunate Son (live)
04) Cocaine Blues (live)
05) Gimme Gimme Gimme (live)
06) Good Times (live)
07) That Year
08) I Got Drunk
09) There Was A Time
10) Otherside
11) No Depression
12) Screen Door

Live tracks recorded at Blue Note, Columbia MO, Aug 22 1988

Download - Uncle Tupelo - Live and Otherwise (Demo tape)

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Uncle Tupelo - Colorblind & Rhymeless (Demo Tape)

Another demo.

01) Before I Break
02) I Got Drunk
03) Screen Door
04) Blues Die Hard
05) Pickle River

Download - Uncle Tupelo - Colorblind & Rhymeless (Demo Tape)

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Uncle Tupelo - Not Forever, Just For Now (Demo Tape)

THE demo, the one that got them signed.

01) Outdone
02) That Year
03) Whiskey Bottle
04) Flatness
05) I Got Drunk
06) Before I Break
07) Life Worth Livin'
08) Train
09) Graveyard Song
10) Screen Door

Download - Uncle Tupelo - Not Forever, Just For Now (Demo Tape)

Ryan Adams - Fix It & Magick

Coughing Up Blood & Whiskey has an excellent, unique version of Fix It posted.

My Morning Jacket - Highly Suspicious (VHS or Beta remix) Online Flash Thingy

Pretty righteous little flash video. Download the song here.

Righteousness

Causes MySpace

Waxploitation Home

BUY Waxploitation - Causes 2

The Band - Complete King Biscuit Flower Hour - Washington DC - 1976-7-17

I watched The Last Waltz Blu-Ray this weekend and can't get The Band out of my head. If you have a Blu-Ray player TLW is a no brainer must have. The sound and picture quality is absolutely insane and it really does feel like you are there. Enjoy!

Thanks Dime dudes!

01 Don't Do It 5:10
02 The Shape I'm In 4:08
03 It Makes No Difference 7:23
04 The Weight 4:44
05 King Harvest 3:45
06 Twilight 3:29
07 Ophelia 3:36
08 Tears Of Rage 5:58
09 Forbidden Fruit 6:11
10 This Wheel's On Fire 3:51
11 The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down 4:04
12 The Genetic Method 3:57
13 Chest Fever 4:23
14 Up On Cripple Creek 5:59
15 W.S. Walcott Medicine Show 4:03

Download - The Band - Complete King Biscuit Flower Hour - Washington DC - 1976-7-17

Monsters of Folk LP

F*ck me, I cannot wait. I cannot wait to see who wrote what, who sings what, just who does what! This is so exciting and I hope our boy (boys really, TSE has posted stuff from all these dudes but is partial to YY, obviously) has a large (read:larger/largest) part in the material.

From Pitchfork:

Travel with me to the recent past-- yesterday, to be exact. Way back then, we published a story titled "Conor Oberst/Jim James/M. Ward Album Finally Coming Out?" Well, that question has been answered. And the answer is yes (thank god).

The Monsters of Folk supergroup-- which also features producer/Bright Eyes member Mike Mogis-- release their self-titled debut on September 22 via Shangri-La in North America, Rough Trade in Europe, Spunk in Australia, and P-Vine in Japan. A press release says so and everything.

According to the release, "all four members play every instrument on the album" and the music ranges from "road-worn" to "intimate" to "sun-soaked." The sometime tourmates recorded the LP in Malibu, California and Omaha, Nebraska over a two-year period between other projects. Track titles include "Whole Lotta Losin'" (Zeppelin tribute?), "Temazcal" (named after an ancient sauna), and "Losin Yo Head" ("Yo"!). The rest of the song names are below:

Monsters of Folk:

01 Dear God (sincerely M.O.F.)
02 Say Please
03 Whole Lotta Losin'
04 Temazcal
05 The Right Place
06 Baby Boomer
07 Man Named Truth
08 Goodway
09 Ahead of the Curve
10 Slow Down Jo
11 Losin Yo Head
12 Magic Marker
13 Map of the World
14 The Sandman, the Brakeman and Me
15 His Master’s Voice

Check out a MOF show from Providence, RI...

Monsters of Folk (Click the site, it changes colors)