In the press materials that accompany Jim James’ new solo album, the singer/songwriter has this to say about the songs that make up his new solo record: I wanted the album to sound like it came from a different place in time. Perhaps sounding as if it were the past of the future, if that [...]

'Regions of Light and Sound of God' will come out in February next year

The three members of the sparkling indie-pop trio Diamond Doves spent years backing up Elvis Perkins In Dearland, and they’ve also collaborated with My Morning Jacket and Bon Iver. Earlier this year, we posted their song “Eat Your Heart Out,” the title track from their forthcoming album. Now we’ve got a ne...

After kicking off their Circuital tour with a performance at KCRW and a brief stint with New Multitudes, Jim James and My Morning Jacket have hit the road again as it was the second of three nights at the Wiltern Theater in Los Angeles. My Morning Jacket played a twenty-two song set including a few [...]

The first line of My Morning Jacket’s “Outta My System is, “They told me not to smoke drugs but I didn’t listen.” The video makes that admission pretty damn explicit, if not entirely unnecessary. The clip is a super-trippy cartoon directed by James Frost, starring an animated MMJ (Jim James is in...