2004-07-13
Chicago-based jam-band Umphrey’s McGee make their national splash with “Anchor Drops”, their new disc available from Sci-Fidelity Records.No secret among Midwestern jam-fans, Umphrey’s Mcgee has broadened their audience through recent appearances at Bonnaroo, South by Southwest and the High Sierra Music Festival.
The six-man band brings a progressive-rock precision to a genre stereotypically dominated by extended Grateful Dead-style jams.
The Dears
No Cites Left
The Dirtbombs
We Have You Surrounded
THE MINOR PROFITS
Distant Radio
JOE STRUMMER
The Future Is Unwritten
Various Artists
The Dialogue Music Disc 2005
Hippo Campus
Bashful Creatures
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