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Top Ten Americana Albums of 2008

By Noah W. Bailey Picking the best folk and Americana records of the year isn't nearly as hard as discarding those great records that just didn't feel right stuck in the category. Releases by Calexico and DeVotchKa felt far too worldly to pigeonhole as folk or country, for instance, while Blitzen ... More >>

Good Morning

By Noah W. Bailey Picking the best folk and Americana records of the year isn't nearly as hard as discarding those great records that just didn't feel right stuck in the category. Releases by Calexico and DeVotchKa felt far too worldly to pigeonhole as folk or country, for instance, while Blitzen ... More >>

My Morning Jacket

By Noah W. Bailey Picking the best folk and Americana records of the year isn't nearly as hard as discarding those great records that just didn't feel right stuck in the category. Releases by Calexico and DeVotchKa felt far too worldly to pigeonhole as folk or country, for instance, while Blitzen ... More >>

Mariah Carey, Death Cab for Cutie, and a few other buzzworthy CDs from 2008’s first half

By Noah W. Bailey Picking the best folk and Americana records of the year isn't nearly as hard as discarding those great records that just didn't feel right stuck in the category. Releases by Calexico and DeVotchKa felt far too worldly to pigeonhole as folk or country, for instance, while Blitzen ... More >>

My Morning Jacket

Because jam is a breakfast food

My Morning Jacket

Okonokos: Double Live Album
(Ato Records)

Living With Post-War

M. Ward's recipe for political change: Let's ignore the president

Morning After

My Morning Jacket breaks through a breakup with Z

Shorties

EPs are usually ignored by reviewers. Here are a few recent releases worth the attention.

Refried South

Southern rock, once stigmatized and left for the comedians, has entered a new era of appreciation

Road Hoggin'

Indie innovators My Morning Jacket soak in the greasy spoons on the way to your town

Pretty Vacant

New Times' panel of critics searches for musical gems in a disheartening 2001

My Morning Jacket

At Dawn (Darla)

Rihanna To Testify, Oberst and M. Ward Form Supergroup, Best of Bonnaroo

Electric Mustache: Video: Animal Collective - "Summertime Clothes" Spin: Rihanna To Testify At Chris Brown Hearing Rolling Stone: Oberst, Jim James and M. Ward Form Monsters Of Folk Supergroup Spin: Bonnaroo Day 1: The Best & the Worst Rolling Stone: Green Day Bring New "Breakdown" Tracks To "R ... More >>

Monsters of Folk Coming To Phoenix Oct. 21

 Seems like it's been a long time since a any Phoenix promoter felt like shelling out the big bucks it takes to rent the gorgeous Orpheum Theatre downtown for a show. It appears the inaugural tour by Monsters of Folk, an ironically-named side project featuring My Morning Jacket's Jim ... More >>

Lily Allen and Liam Gallagher's Drunken Flight, Charles Manson Courts Phil Spector, Green Day at the VMAs

Spin:Listen: Scarlett Johansson Duets with Pete Yorn NME: Rejected Britney Spears Song Set for Har Mar Superstar Album NME: Ray Davies: 'The Kray Twins Wanted to Manage The Kinks' NME: Lily Allen and Liam Gallagher Cause Boozy Havoc on 11-Hour Flight NME: Charles Manson Asks Phil Spector to Collabor ... More >>

Stream Some New Monsters of Folk Tracks

Jim James, Connor Oberst, M. Ward and Mike Mogis equals Monsters of Folk​Excited for supergroups? Disappointed that the Dead Weather's album isn't quite as good as you think it should be? Well let Monsters of Folk -- Connor Oberst, Jim James (Yim Yames, whatever), M. Ward and Mike Mogis -- ease yo ... More >>

Are Monsters of Folk Really a Supergroup?

Jim James, Connor Oberst, M. Ward and Mike Mogis equals Monsters of Folk​Excited for supergroups? Disappointed that the Dead Weather's album isn't quite as good as you think it should be? Well let Monsters of Folk -- Connor Oberst, Jim James (Yim Yames, whatever), M. Ward and Mike Mogis -- ease yo ... More >>

Arty Girl: Monsters of Folk Mural...No Thanks

Ok, just a warning: I'm going to be mean in this blog. But I assert that anything I say here does not hold a candle to the suffering I feel everyday on my way to work, when I've had to take in a begrudging eyeful of the Monsters of Folk Tour mural.The Monsters of Folk Mural by Joe Pagac.​Yeah, I ... More >>

Dr. Dog: Shame, Shame

Considering they already have six albums to their credit, it's great to say Philly band Dr. Dog truly hits their stride with Shame, Shame.With 2008's Fate looming in the background as some of the band's finest work, Shame had a lot to live up to. It mostly does.Shame, Shame, shows just how the band ... More >>

The Roots: How I Got Over

​There may not be a track released the rest of the year that has an ounce of the substance and effortless polish of "Dear God 2.0" off of How I got Over -- the long-awaited new album from The Roots.The song employs a genius guest vocal from Jim James of My Morning Jacket and Monsters of Folk fame ... More >>

My Morning Jacket: Circuital

My Morning Jacket - CircuitalToday marks the last grasp for the month of May -- a rather solid month, I might add, for new releases. So far, I've covered Fleet Foxes, Gang Gang Dance, Friendly Fires and, now, Kentucky indie rockers My Morning Jacket. Circuital, the band's sixth LP, is their first fr ... More >>

Fast, Loose, and Live with Dr. Dog

My Morning Jacket - CircuitalToday marks the last grasp for the month of May -- a rather solid month, I might add, for new releases. So far, I've covered Fleet Foxes, Gang Gang Dance, Friendly Fires and, now, Kentucky indie rockers My Morning Jacket. Circuital, the band's sixth LP, is their first fr ... More >>