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.
Illum Sphere
Ghosts of Then and Now
citizen cope
Every Waking Moment
CHANCE JONES
The Incident at Primrose and West
The Steinbecks
Far From The Madding Crowd
JENS LEKMAN
Oh You’re so Silent Jens
TUNE-YARDS
WhoKill
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