Still more SXSW music playing this morning from the NPR streams: My Morning Jacket played a great set. In this case, I have heard them before, on WXPN, but I can’t say I had any clear recollection of their music. It was just a name that I recognized. But after reading this account of their SXSW performance, “SXSW: My Morning Jacket Preview New Songs,” I figured I’d add them to my SXSW playlist:
Last night the band played a nearly two-hour set at the Austin Music Hall, introducing a bunch of slick, poppy and pretty irresistible songs from its new album, “Evil Urges,” due in June. The new songs, like the title track, “Thank You Too,” “I’m Amazed” and “Aluminum Park,” give Jim James plenty of opportunities to show off that haunting high tenor of his, and taut riffs drawn from classic R&B. Read the rest of this entry »
