Bonnaroo 2012 is gearing up to be a great festival. The kind folks of Bonnaroo have just officially launched BONNAROO 365 for 2012, a program by which fans can relive the festival experience year round. Select performances are streamed at no charge and all performance footage will be taken directly from the festival’s exclusive master tapes while the audio will be remixed from the festival’s pristine soundboard recordings.
Below is the video to kick off the launch with your emcee, comedian Rhys Darby, who cuts a ribbon to officially launch the new Bonnaroo365 YouTube channel. They want you to subscribe so you don’t miss a thing. Click here to subscribe. Your first treat in the Bonnaroo365 is My Morning Jacket’s 2011 performance at Bonnaroo. We were extremely lucky to catch that set live and pleased that Bonnaroo has decided to upload the set. TAKE NOTE, THE VIDEO EXPIRES ON MAY 15TH! Catch it below the launch video, before it’s gone!
Here’s a great opportunity to check out New Multitudes, a new project featuring Jim James (My Morning Jacket, Yim Yames, Monsters of Folk), Jay Farrar (Son Volt, Uncle Tupelo, Gob Iron), Will Johnson (South San Gabriel, Centro-Matic), and Andes Parker (Gob Iron, Varnaline). New Multitudes recorded the album using lyrics from Woodie Guthrie that he did not get the opportunity to use while alive.
Per the press release: Under the invitation of Nora Guthrie, Woody’s daughter, to tour the Guthrie archives, each of the four songwriters were offered the chance to plumb and mine the plethora of notebooks, scratch pads, napkins, etc. for anything that might inspire them to lend their voices and give the words new life. “These guys worked on an amazing group of lyrics, much of it culled from Woody’s times in LA. Lyric wise, it’s a part of the story that is still mostly unknown. From Woody’s experiences on LA’s skid row to his later years in Topanga Canyon, they are uniquely intimate, and relate two distinctly emotional periods in his life.”
The album will be released on March 6, 2012 (next Tuesday) via Rounder Records. You can listen to the entire entire 12 track album over here at TeamCoco.com and catch them on tour, see the dates below the stream. After that, check out the video for ‘Talking Empty Bed Blues’.
Tour Dates:
March 6 – The Fillmore – San Francisco, CA
March 7 – Music Box – Los Angeles, CA
March 9 – Crystal Ballroom – Portland, OR
March 10 – Showbox – Seattle, WA
March 12 – The Birchmere – Alexandria, VA
March 13 – Union Transfer – Philadelphia, PA
March 14 – Webster Hall – New York, NY
March 16 – Paradise – Boston, MA
The evening started out with a nice tailgate at the Sunset Cove Amphitheater parking lot, discussion ensued and of course, it was all about music. Most of the people who joined us for this voyage were a bit unfamiliar with the opening band, but we assured them that Delta Spirit was a band worth giving some attention, even if only for a few songs. While we weren’t familiar with their entire catalog, they put on a great set that included ‘Trashcan’, ‘Strange Vine’ and ‘Children’. Below are a few photos we captured from the performance.
Check out the video for ‘Children’ below to hear a nice live performance by Delta Spirit at Austin City Limits this past September.
This wouldn’t be our first rodeo with My Morning Jacket and after this last performance, it definitely would not be our last. We know that MMJ sold out at Madison Square Garden for three straight nights, but unfortunately, that wasn’t the case at The Sunset Cove Amphitheater. Was it lack of promotion? Who knows, but it gave us an opportunity to have a really intimate performance by the band on an absolutely spectacular evening outdoors.
It is clear that Jim James is the consummate entertainer, giving the audience not only music to appreciate, but giving them a real live “show”. He creates an atmosphere of happiness that doesn’t quite escape your system until long after the show has ended. Each and every one of the songs were, without fail, performed brilliantly. And, we probably had goosebumps for most of the show.
Here’s a pretty good recording of their show at the Verizon Wireless Theater in Grand Prairie, TX on December 7, 2011. While the setlist in South Florida didn’t mirror that of the show in Texas, the same handful of songs were played. Below is the setlist for the performance at Sunset Cove, however, some of the information is inaccurate. As soon as we have the corrections, we’ll modify the setlist. We can’t stress enough how honored we were to have had the opportunity to see this band live another time.
1.Victory Dance
2.It Beats 4
3.First Light
4.I’m Amazed
5.Lowdown
6.Wonderful (The Way I Feel)
7.Outta My System
8.Heartbreakin Man
9.Off the Record
10.Evil Urges
11.Golden
12.Lay Low
13.Highly Suspicious
14.Smokin From Shootin
15.Touch Me I’m Going To Scream Pt. 2
16.Gideon Play Video
17.Wordless Chorus
Encore:
18.Holdin On To Black Metal
19.The Day Is Coming
20.Circuital
21.Steam Engine (this was played before the Encore, but we couldn’t figure out when)
22.One Big Holiday
If you are unfamiliar with My Morning Jacket, here’s a great opportunity for you to learn about them. Below is a recent performance of ‘Outta My System’ on the Jimmy Kimmel show. What you see is really what you get.
What’s a great way to begin the month on Later…..With Jools Holland? By having artists like Florence and the Machine and My Morning Jacket both appear on the show. Florence performed ‘What the Water Gave Me’ and ‘No Light, No Light’ from her new album Ceremonials, out now via Universal and Island. My Morning Jacket continues to woo their fans with ‘Holdin’ on to Black Metal’ from their last album, Circuital. Did you know that solder doesn’t stick to dirty metal? Check out all three songs below.
In anticipation of releasing T Bone Burnett Presents the Speaking Clock Revue – Live from the Beacon Theatre on October 18 via Shout! Factory, a live album documenting a benefit concert Burnett held at NYC’s Beacon Theatre to benefit the Participant Foundation, which supports the inclusion of music and arts education in public school systems, Shout! Factory has released one of the performances. My Morning Jacket’s Jim James, who appears on the album as Yim Yames due to complicated legal reasons, performs the song ‘Wonderful (The Way I Feel)’. Click on the album art to listen to the stream.
My Morning Jacket are moving forward on their Circuital tour with a handful of dates that feature interesting opening bands. Some openers include Band of Horses, Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings, or Delta Spirit. The band makes their announcement in an atypical way and we definitely approve! View the video below for more info.
10.20 Nashville, TN: Vanderbilt University, Memorial Gymnasium
12.01 Los Angeles, CA: The Gibson
12.02 San Francisco, CA: Bill Graham Civic
12.06 Tulsa, OK: Brady Theatre !
12.07 Dallas, TX: Verizon Wireless Theatre !
12.08 Houston, TX: Verizon Wireless Theatre !
12.10 Boca Raton, FL: Sunset Cove !
12.11 Orlando, FL: Hard Rock Live !
12.12 Greensboro, NC: War Memorial Auditorium !
12.14 New York, NY: Madison Square Garden (w/ Band of Horses)
If you were a child of the 70′s or 80′s, you knew about the Muppets, a precursor to present day shows like “Yo Gabba Gabba”, who showcased indie/alternative and other emerging rock music of it’s time. Now, some of our new favorite artists (OK Go, My Morning Jacket & Weezer to name a few) have collaborated to create The Green Album. Stream it at NPR’s First Listen.
Bonnaroo 2012 is gearing up to be a great festival. The kind folks of Bonnaroo have just officially launched BONNAROO 365 for 2012, a program by which fans can relive the festival experience year round. Select performances are streamed at no charge and all performance footage will be taken directly from the festival’s exclusive master tapes while the audio will be remixed from the festival’s pristine soundboard recordings.
