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.
JESSE SYKES & THE SWEET HEREAFTER
Like, Love, Lust & the Open Halls of the Soul
THE WHITE STRIPES
Icky Thump
RA RA RIOT
Beta Love
THE BROKEN WEST
Now or Heaven
VARIOUS
The Acidsoxx Family Sampler
NEW YORK DOLLS
DANCING BACKWARD IN HIGH HEELS
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