Yim Yames

"New Multitudes, a centennial tribute to Woody Guthrie, made up of the singer-songwriters Jay Farrar, Yim Yames, Anders Parker and Will Johnson, operates from within a cocoon of familiarity...

"The almost two-hour performance was mostly made up of material off the just released album, with a few songs from each individual's other band(s) (Son Volt/Uncle Tupelo, Centro-matic, Gob Iron, My Morning Jacket)...

Jim James, Jay Farrar, Will Johnson (who previously collabroated with Jim James in Monsters of Folk), and Anders Parker (who previously collaborated with Jay Farrar in Gob Iron), have teamed up to record an album titled New Multitudes, which comes out February 28 via Rounder Records...

Land of Talk @ Masonic Temple in 2008 (more by Kyle Dean Reinford) tonight in NYC * Jello Biafra on a boat * Michale Graves @ Europa * Grant Hart, The Octagon @ 92YTribeca * Peter Wolf, Kenny White @ The Bell House * Holy Fuck, Nice Nice @ (Le) Poisson Rouge * Rooftop Films w/ Braids @ Open Road Rooftop * Ken Mode, My America, Engineer, Rosetta @ Union Pool * The Needy Visions, Mmoss, Andy & Zeus @ Party Expo * Curren$y, Vado, Rich Hil, Sean Price @ Public Assembly * Twin Sister, Lost Boy, Data Dog @ Glasslands * Fitz & The Tantrums, Cheap Seats @ Mercury Lounge * Beige, Translations, Rewards, Picture Picture @ The Cameo * The Besnard Lakes, Land of Talk, Holopaw @ Bowery Ballroom * Chrome Cranks, K-Holes, Electroputas, Hollerado @ Cake Shop * Reverend Horton Heat, Cracker, Miss Derringer @ Highline Ballroom * The So So Glos, Grooms, Yvette, Fiasco, Ava Luna @ Monster Island Basement * Junk Science, Tone Tank & Scott Thorough, Das Racist, Cavalier @ Knitting Factory * Ninjasonik, Liquor Store, Unstoppable Death Machines, Fuck School, Ghost Mall @ Don Pedro * Streetlab, Will Tendy, Free Blood, Psychobuildings, Warm Ghost @ The Studio at Webster Hall * The Tony Castles, Darlings, Boogie Boarder, Snakes Say Hiss, Tough Knuckles @ Death By Audio * Blissed Out, Prince Rama, Quiet Hooves, Total Slacker, Bubbly Mommy Gun, Perfect Bitch @ Silent Barn The Whitney is open till midnight...

As previously mentioned, My Morning Jacket landed some opening slots on the current Tom Petty tour including August 24th in NJ (though not MSG)...

DOWNLOAD: Ben Sollee & Daniel Martin Moore - Something, Somewhere, Sometime (MP3) Jim James w/ Monsters of Folk in L.A. 2009 (more by Graeme Flegenheimer)Yim Yames , singer-songwriter Daniel Martin Moore and genre-bending cellist and vocalist Ben Sollee will embark on a nine date Appalachian Voices tour in an effort to raise public awareness of the devastating practice of Mountaintop Removal coal mining throughout Appalachia...

The Blind Boys of Alabama will curate a three-night series at Lincoln Center on July 12, 14 & 16. The events start with an opening night concert featuring rock artists Yo La Tengo, Lambchop, Exene Cervenka of X and Yim Yames of My Morning Jacket ...

Newport Folk Festival 2009 (more by Jim Brueckner) Newport Folk Festival will be happening again at Fort Adams State Park in Newport, Rhode Island, on July 31st and August 1st...

DOWNLOAD: Ben Sollee & Daniel Martin Moore - Something, Somewhere, Sometime (MP3) is a collaboration between three Kentucky musicians: the songs are written and performedand Daniel Martin Moore, produced by and featuring Yim Yames of My Morning Jacket and Monsters of Folk...

DOWNLOAD: Monsters of Folk - Say Please (MP3) Indie supergroup Monsters of Folk are currently on tour across North America to support their new self-titled debut (the second track of which is above)...