You Better Call Tyrone

I must admit I was a bit late in getting on the My Morning Jacket bandwagon mostly because I pigeonholed them as a Phish-type band, which I am wont to do upon hearing the phrase "Kentucky jam band."

That all changed when I heard their cover of Erykah Badu's "Tyrone." If I ever pick up another online fire storage account, I'll get the studio version out. It's very tits.

In the meantime, check out these recent live versions. The first one is from the band's four-hour set at Bonnaroo, and the second includes Ms. Badu herself joining the fellas onstage. There are a few more complete versions available on Youtube, but these had the best sound quality:





Useless and retarded trivia: The lead singer of My Morning Jacket is named Jim James, so when he sings about how you're always bringing those guys around, "Jim James" is probably one name.

Two for the Money...

Here are two upcoming shows in the LA area if anybody would be interested in carpooling:

1. The LA Weekly Detour Music Festival
After three years of advertising for these guys, it'd be nice if I were to finally go to one. However, given the fact that it's college football season, that's a BIG "if."

2. Kings of Leon w/ We Are Scientists & The Stills
I think I called Kings of Leon's Because of the Times something along the lines of "epic" last year. Their new album, Only By the Night? I've only heard a song so far, but I'm assuming the rest of the album is pretty awesome too.

Both supporting acts We Are Scientists and The Stills are sharing their new tunes as well. The Stills' Oceans Will Rise, which I haven't heard either (I've been out of touch with new music since July due to lack of hard drive space), is supposed to be quite excellent too; at the very least, I've heard it to be... let me see here... "rejuvenated." I don't know about you, but I'm pumped.

We Are Scientists' second album, Brain Thrust Mastery, which I actually have heard, isn't as good as their debut, With Love and Squalor, but the guys put on a pretty entertaining live show. Although they stopped bookending their shows with Phil Collins' "Against All Odds" and Boyz II Men's "End of the Road," the banter is still top notch. Just think of them as a more cerebral Blink-182.