Stereogum — Before launching high-profile collaborations She & Him (with Zooey Deschanel) and Monsters Of Folk (with Conor Oberst, Jim James, and Mike Mogis), Matthew Steven “M.” Ward stayed cranking out drowsy, dignified folk-rock LPs with retro sensibility... more info

Stereogum — Last night, My Morning Jacket concluded a four-night stand at NYC’s Beacon Theatre. Towards the end of their set, Jim James and co. paid tribute to Eagles Of Death Metal by covering “I Love You All The Time” off of this fall’s Zipper Down, pr... more info

Stereogum — When the Beatles embraced Transcendental Meditation in the late ‘60s, they did so under the tutelage of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, the guru who developed the technique. The Maharishi died in 2008, and these days when you hear about a rock star who prac... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photo: Basia Bulat at BV-SXSW 2014 (more by Amanda Hatfield) Toronto singer/songwriter Basia Bulat has announced that she'll release her fourth album Good Advice on February 12 via Secret CIty Records. My Morning Jacket's Jim James produced it and Ba... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Filmaker David Lynch is working on a hybrid biography/memoir titled Life and Work that's due to be released in 2017. The biography portion of the book will be written by journalist Kristine McKenna. Says Lynch:There's a lot of bullshit... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Daniel Martin-Moore releases his new album, Golden Age, on October 9 via Sofaburn Records (pre-order). Past collaborator and My Morning Jacket frontman Jim James produced it, and JIm appears in Daniel's brand new video too. The video features footage... more info

Stereogum — The new movie No Escape is sadly not a remake of the 1994 B-movie in which Ray Liotta tries to survive in a dystopian prison colony. Instead, it’s a thriller about Pierce Brosnan trying to help Owen Wilson’s family escape a Southeast Asian coup. ... more info

Stereogum — My Morning Jacket’s Jim James just released a new solo song titled “Take Care Of You,” which is slated to be released on the soundtrack for the upcoming film No Escape. John Erick Dowdle directed the feature, which stars Owen Wilson, Lake Bell,... more info

Stereogum — Tomorrow we’re gonna recognize the 239th anniversary of America’s independence and the 10th anniversary of Sufjan Stevens’ epic independent LP Illinois. In honor of the day, Hrishikesh Hirway of the great music podcast Song Exploder asked me an... more info

Stereogum — Last month, director and band photographer Danny Clinch launched a Kickstarter to raise funds for a documentary about Blind Melon’s late frontman Shannon Hoon, which will be made up of home-video footage that Hoon shot during the band’s rise to f... more info