My Morning Jacket going on tour of EVERYWHERE

Can't get enough of lo-fi Americana with more reverby vocals than you can shake a stick at? If you answered yes, then you're in luck! Because Louisville four-piece My Morning Jacket are hitting the olde tour circuit in a biiiiig way. Their latest full-length, entitled Evil Urges, is due June 9 in Europe and the UK, and June 10th in North America. And, from the looks of their tour schedule, if you live pretty much anywhere considered a part of Western civilization, they'll be coming to a town near you.

06-12-15 Manchester, TN - Bonnaroo
06-16 Toronto, Ontario - Kool Haus
06-17 Montreal, Quebec - Le National
06-20 New York, NY - Radio City Music Hall ("An Evening With My Morning Jacket")
06-25 Sheffield, England - Leadmill
06-26 Bristol, England - Academy
06-27 Manchester, England - Academy
06-29 Glastonbury, England - Glastonbury Festival
07-01 Hamburg, Germany - Gruenspan
07-02 Cologne, Germany - Gebäude 9
07-04 Werchter, Belgium - Rock Werchter Festival
07-06 Kent, England - The Hop Farm
07-08 Amsterdam, Netherlands - Melkweg
07-09 Paris, France - Le Trabendo
07-11 Nottingham, England - Rescue Rooms
07-13 Balado, Scotland - T in the Park
07-15 London, England - The Forum
07-19 Benicàssim, Spain - Benicàssim Festival
07-26 Pemberton, British Columbia - Pemberton Festival
08-01-03 Newport, RI - Newport Folk Festival (Jim James solo acoustic)
08-16 Louisville, KY - Waterfront Park ("An Evening With My Morning Jacket")
08-18 Kansas City, MO - Uptown Theatre ("An Evening With My Morning Jacket")
08-19 Council Bluffs, IA - Stir Cove ("An Evening With My Morning Jacket")
08-21 Morrison, CO - Red Rocks Amphitheater *
08-23 Dallas, TX - Palladium Ballroom ("An Evening With My Morning Jacket")
08-24 Austin, TX - Stubbs ("An Evening With My Morning Jacket")
08-27 Atlanta, GA - Fox Theatre ("An Evening With My Morning Jacket")
08-29 Miami, FL - Jackie Gleason Theater ("An Evening With My Morning Jacket")
08-30 Lake Buena Vista, FL - House of Blues Orlando ("An Evening With My Morning Jacket")
08-31 Myrtle Beach, SC - House of Blues ("An Evening With My Morning Jacket")
09-02 Charlottesville, VA - Charlottesville Pavilion ("An Evening With My Morning Jacket")
09-03 Washington, DC - Constitution Hall ("An Evening With My Morning Jacket")
09-05 Philadelphia, PA - Festival Pier ("An Evening With My Morning Jacket")
09-06 Boston, MA - Bank of America Pavilion ("An Evening With My Morning Jacket")
09-19 Berkeley, CA - Greek Theatre ("An Evening With My Morning Jacket")
09-21 Los Angeles, CA - Greek Theatre ("An Evening With My Morning Jacket")
09-23 Tempe, AZ - The Marquee ("An Evening With My Morning Jacket")
09-24 Las Vegas, NV - The Joint ("An Evening With My Morning Jacket")
09-25 San Diego, CA - SDSU Open Air Theater ("An Evening With My Morning Jacket")
09-27 Portland, OR - McMenamins Edgefield ("An Evening With My Morning Jacket")
09-28 Seattle, WA - McCaw Hall ("An Evening With My Morning Jacket")
10-02 Minneapolis, MN - Orpheum Theatre ("An Evening With My Morning Jacket")
10-03 Milwaukee, WI - Riverside Theater ("An Evening With My Morning Jacket")
10-04 Detroit, MI - Fillmore ("An Evening With My Morning Jacket")
10-09 Chicago, IL - Chicago Theatre ("An Evening With My Morning Jacket")
10-10 Chicago, IL - Chicago Theatre ("An Evening With My Morning Jacket")

Country bonanza! My Morning Jacket new album, concert dates

Wow. I so have no motivation to do anything--not even to update this blog. Which is too bad, because as it turns out, my New Year's Resolution for 2008 was to attain/maintain motivation for all the things I start and never finish. (Or to be more exact, things I think of starting and never actually start.) Here are some things I did today:

-washed a teacup that had been sitting on my bedroom floor for 3 and a half weeks
-listened to my mom conduct a one-sided conversation with the cat for three full minutes
-took a shower
-got dressed
-looked at the internet

Yes! That's right! I did all those things, and possibly later I will plan on doing even more! For example, the bedroom I'm staying in has started to resemble the house occupied by that guy on The X-Files who starts "nesting" in massive piles of old newspapers and eventually creates gross, creepy tunnels all through his abode. Yeah, that is what this room looks like. Except, instead of newspapers, it is filled with scattered, faux-Victorian-looking clothes that I never properly unpacked. Because I am not living with my parents!!! OH NO I AM NOT!!!! But perhaps I will consider cleaning it, a little.

Update: My mom just said, "I am a little disappointed that no one noticed the butter! Last night there was just a tiny amount, but today we have a full half-stick!"

Wow, with that kind of excitement you would think I'd be itching to stay here and really get down to writing half-assed music stories on my world famous music blog. But actually, HOLY SHIT, I am feeling the need to get out of here as soon as possible.

And so I am not going to take the time to make a nice segue into a story about My Morning Jacket and their new untitled album scheduled for release on ATO Records on 10 June. There aren't any new tracks up on ye olde My Morning Jacket MySpace page but perhaps someday there will be. Until then, here's the very few dates the Americana dudes have scheduled in '08.

3.10.08 - Houston, TX - Verizon Wireless Theatre with Yo La Tengo
3.13.08 - Austin, TX - Austin Music Hall (SXSW)
3.15.08 - Austin, TX - St. David's Church (Jim James solo) (SXSW)
6.20.08 - New York, NY - Radio City Music Hall ("An Evening With My Morning Jacket")

Oh, hell yes: SXSW already spilling the details

First of all: stay away from my wristband, motherfuckers. I am going to this thing. I am going to the bat bridge, and I am going to Las Manitas, and I am going to drink so much Sparks that my hands start shaking and I need to get mixed up in some sorta shady backroom deal to get Qualuudes just so I can sleep for four hours every night.

Secondly: yay! I like it when I don't have to wait for things, and here SXSW is already oozing out the line-up. According to Drowned In Sound, artists like the Kills, My Morning Jacket, These New Puritans, the Raveonettes, and A Place to Bury Strangers have all been confirmed. The article also lists a good many other acts that will be playing, but since I'm not totally into all those dudes I didn't bother to post it. But I did bother to link to it!! YOU'RE WELCOME!!!!

Also tipped for Keynote speeches are Lou Reed, Thurston Moore, and DARYL HALL. Naturally I will probably not see these fellows in (speaking) action, since I will probably be hungover and thirsty, and already engaged in my traditional "enchilada for every meal" endeavor. But at least we will know they are there. And seriously, guys, DARYL HALL. Of Hall and Oates. I really want to see him, preferably in line in front of me at the Heavy Metal Pizza Stand. (Or maybe not--I think that place once gave me food poisoning.) Seriously, guys. I am not joking. Google image him. We are going to find him.