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| Pitchfork |
 Just 10 years ago, My Morning Jacket were recording in abandoned grain silos, releasing albums on the tiny indie Darla, and otherwise living the life of any other unknown band. The difference was that My Morning Jacket were actually pretty great, and like the best-kept secrets it wasn't long before more people discovered the group. Fast forward a decade and My Morning Jacket draw spillover crowds at Bonnaroo, celebrate themselves with live albums and concert films, headline a New Year's Eve show at Madison Square Garden, and enjoy life at the top supported by one of rock's most dedicated fan bases. It's all left the group with little to prove beyond its own further longevity. Yet if their iffy 2008 album Evil Urges demonstrated anything, it's that, successful or not, Jim James and crew remain as restless as ever, and would rather do the wrong thing once in a while than do the right thing all the time-- especially if the right (read: predictable) thing threatens to turn to tedium. One result is that lame funk detours and other stylistic no-nos are now part of the band's permanent record, but hey, you win some and you lose some. Regardless, My Morning Jacket's live reputation remains undiminished....full text |
| Backseatsandbar |
| 008 was a huge, if confusing, year for My Morning Jacket. They released the critically-acclaimed head-scratcher or critically-maligned daring experiment Evil Urges (depending on who you talk to). Along with rocking nearly every state, Waterfront Park in the summer and Madison Square Garden on New Years. But, James and the boys don’t seem to be slowing down any time soon. This week, iTunes released an exclusive EP entitled Live from Las Vegas at the Palms. Don’t worry, tho, there’s no leisure suit jams or guest appearances from Wayne Newton. Honestly, it’s difficult to tell that this is a live show. The music is recorded cleanly and there are no whoops and hollers from the crowd. Not only that, the songs don’t feel bizarrely uptempo or rushed. MMJ seems to be pretty comfortable where they are. Which, given the schizo nature of Evil Urges, is totally refreshing. Not only that, the songs iTunes is offering up are mostly older tracks like “Tonight I Want to Celebrate with You” and “From Nashville to Kentucky.” For a band that’s been all over the place recently, it’s really refreshing to sit down with this EP and give a listen to the comfortable, relaxed way that the band sounds now. In MMJ’s case, this is one thing that happened in Vegas that shouldn’t just stay there....full text |
| Theredalert |
| Since becoming the recipients of a blizzard of music biz buzz – which reached fever pitch after 2005’s masterful Z – My Morning Jacket have enjoyed keeping folks guessing. Last year’s Evil Urges was a curveball that received (and deserved) the most respectfully lukewarm reviews of the band’s career; frontman Jim James channeled Prince and the band got uber-goofy on “Highly Suspicious.” But once they were back on the road, they continued to build a rightful reputation as one of the best rock bands to see in concert. To kick off 2009, they’ve released a digital-only live EP to iTunes. The MMJ live experience has already been well documented on the double-disc set Okonokos – and the band isn’t interested in repeating themselves here. Instead, Live from Las Vegas at the Palms presents the softer side of the band – not as eye-popping as the side of the band that features James yowling into a silo of reverb while riffs and hair fly around all over state, but a vital side of the band nonetheless. For some folks, My Morning Jacket used to be a band for hungover mornings and mix tapes meant to either seduce or sulk (depending on the slow song). That slow, soft side of MMJ is on full display on these six tracks. How full? The band insists that the real title – in addition to some longwinded salutes to engineer Ryan Pickett – is Candles and Panties ’08....full text |
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