If you head over to facebook and Like Amnesty USA, you’ll unlock Chimes of Freedom: The Songs of Bob Dylan Honoring Amnesty International for instant streaming. There are a ton of diverse artists on this thing — Miley Cyrus to Kronos Quartet. Like Amnesty International to unlock all 70+ songs for streaming

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My Morning Jacket have always been pretty pro-holidays. They’re big on Halloween and even bigger on Christmas. I’ve already written about their latest Christmas release, but now we get a sampling of it! Here’s their cover of “When the Bells Start Ringing” with members of The Head and The Heart! MP3: My Morning Jacket – [...]

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My Morning Jacket have a new Christmas EP coming out via iTunes. There are a few Christmas covers, a new song “Welcome Home” and a live version of “Wonderful (The Way I Feel)” from Circuital. But before you think these longtime indie record store supporters have turned their back on brick and mortar stores, wait [...]

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2011 was (another) odd year for music. It felt like the average quality of albums was raised a bit, but nothing really stood out as a life-changing album or single of the year. Still, there was a lot of great music to be heard. Here’s fifty of my favorite tracks from the year, ranging from [...]

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I’ve updated the MMJ Covers Archive with three of the new covers they’ve performed live this year. There are some new studio covers that are on tribute albums currently in print that I’ve skipped over, but you can still grab those: Muppets tribute, Rave On Buddy Holly and a Tribute to Shel Silverstein. Grab 75+ [...]

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Tonight I’m headed up to Cincinnati to see a band for the fourth time this year. Ordinarily I’d be tired of the band by now, but not when that band is My Morning Jacket. I was lucky enough to score an interview with MMJ bassist Tom Blankenship. He requested some questions a bit outside of [...]

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I am so excited for their show in Cincinnati next Wednesday. I. Am. So. Excited. That’s especially impressive, given that I’ve seen My Morning Jacket three times this year already – – and Neko Case once. ps: I will be the first to say that I love “Islands in the Stream” non-ironically. This song’s awesome, [...]

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Check out the new video for My Morning Jacket’s instant-classic “Holdin On to Black Metal.” Let’s all agree: basic live show videos are usually a snooze. That’s why MMJ adds ghosts, psychedelic potions and a haunted band to make a video with as much life as this track. My Morning Jacket are currently on the [...]

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The Muppets tribute album featuring Andrew Bird, Weezer and MMJ is out Aug 23. Here’s our first (best?) cut from the album. Stream it at Spin

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