My Morning Jacket Covers The Muppets

My Morning Jacket is one of the band's that lent themselves to covering the songs that the Muppets made famous on a tribute album to go along with the Muppets movie which will be released on August 23rd. The song My Morning Jacket covers is "Our World" which was originally featured on a Christmas special. I have to say that MMJ did an outstanding guys and it's going to be great not only to see this movie but to hear all the other covers the other bands put out as well. Check out the song Here

The Black Keys Take On Buddy Holly

The Black Keys have decided to cover the Buddy Holly song "Dearest". The band puts a very laid back vibe to the song which was a ballad and I think does a very good interpretation of the song. The Black Keys open up the album Rave On Buddy Holly which is a tribute album to the late singer. The album is out June 28th and other artists who contribute are Modes Mouse, My Morning Jacket, Florence and the Machines,  Fiona Apple, Ce-Lo, She and Him, and Julian Casablanca from The Strokes. It seems like they got a lot of great artists to contribute to this album and I'm sure it will be great when it comes out.

My Morning Jacket On Vh1 Storytellers

My Morning Jacket was on Vh1 Storytellers this past week. If you weren't able to see it, check out them performing "Circuital" right here.

My Morning Jacket, Circuital

My Morning Jacket released their new album Circuital yesterday and it is yet another good showing from the band. This album is very subdued but you really do get the sense of how many different genres My Morning Jacket gets their inspiration from. It's nice to see a band not afraid of showing that they have influence from stuff that happened between 30-40 years ago. This album is good from start to finish but major standouts are the title track "Circuital", "Victory Dance", and "You Wanna Freak Out".  While it may be different from their previous albums, MMJ has always been constantly experimenting. I think that if you give this album a chance you really will be pleasantly surprised.  On NPR's first Listen you can hear the album in its entirety Here! enjoy.