My Morning Jacket
Thursday, August 21, Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Morrison, 303-830-8497.
Over the years, categorizers have shoved My Morning Jacket in numerous pigeonholes: jam band, Southern-rock band, Americana band and more. Group leader Jim James doesn't much like being labeled, though, as Evil Urges, the act's latest disc, makes clear. The CD begins with the title track, "Touch Me I'm Going to Scream Pt. 1" and "Highly Suspicious," all of which are warbled in a funk-n-soul falsetto — and the last track ratchets up the weirdness even further with chants so stilted that the performers probably had to bite their cheeks to keep from cracking up. The proceedings largely normalize from there, with gorgeous airs such as the string-laden "Thank You Too!" delivering everything an MMJ aficionado could want and more. Nevertheless, James's point sticks. The members of My Morning Jacket, joined on this bill by the Black Keys, aren't going to sit still while others define them. Instead, they'll be the ones to decide what kind of band they are.
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