The LA Weekly let me ramble at-length and with messianic zeal about My Morning Jacket in advance of their Coachella performance next weekend. I think it came out well, though ideally I would’ve loved to have had the chance to conduct in-person interviews with the band. That said, Jim James, bassist Two-Tone Tommy and Bo Koster spoke graciously and candidly to me over the phone and I got to the bottom of how high they were when they decided to do an Oregon Trail skit on their New Year’s Eve show 2007 (answer: not very). The performance in question is posted below, along with the lead single leaked from Evil Urges, their new and very-good album. And if you’re going to Coachella, it goes without saying…
LA Weekly: Morning in America-Why My Morning Jacket Are the Best Live Band In the World
Download:
MP3: My Morning Jacket-“Evil Urges”
ZIP: My Morning Jacket-Live 12/31/06 @ The Fillmore, San Francisco (left-click)
