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My Morning Jacket Hiatus

restlesssoulrestlesssoul Posts: 6,951
edited July 2009 in Other Music
Didn't see this anywhere....its a week old....excuse me if its old news.


Not really what I wanted to hear:

My Morning Jacket has a history of performing career-defining shows at Bonnaroo, but they weren't on this year's lineup. That didn't stop drummer Patrick Hallahan from going anyway, as a fan. It's not that My Morning Jacket decided to just skip Bonnaroo - they're not playing anywhere, any time soon. "Right now, honestly, we've just taken a big hiatus," Hallahan admitted to Spinner while enjoying a beer backstage. "We've been touring for eight years straight. We all have other things going on right now."

By that he means, of course, all-star side projects that are side projects for all their stars. Hallahan's been drumming in the Black Keys' Dan Auerbach's solo venture while My Morning Jacket frontman Jim James is part of the upcoming Monsters of Folk enterprise (which also features Conor Oberst, M. Ward and Mike Mogis.)

Keep in mind that, although it's been trendy lately for bands to downplay their demise by calling it a hiatus, when Hallahan says that My Morning Jacket is on a hiatus, that's exactly what he means. "Everybody's just taking time off and doing what they want to do," he says. "We're all in our own islands and eventually we'll all swim back to the mainland and get back together."

Okay, Patrick, that's allowed. Take your time, but hurry up. We want to see you at next year's 'roo.
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  • EquallyWorthlessEquallyWorthless Posts: 3,993
    Hiatus is the big buzz word with bands who arent getting back together

    I am really stoked about that Monsters of Folk album i must admit...
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  • gobrowns19gobrowns19 Posts: 1,447
    It won't be a long 'hiatus'....

    Monsters of Folk should be incredible, and I also can't wait for Yim's George Harrison tribute album.
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  • Kilgore_TroutKilgore_Trout Posts: 7,334
    theyll be back... and in the meantime we'll get some great stuff from all of them individually... hope the hiatus isnt too long!
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  • mfc2006mfc2006 HTOWN Posts: 37,484
    yup---not that big of a deal with them in my opinion. the monsters of folk thing was shelved for a bit so jim could focus on the mmj record/tour. then he fell off of the stage and that postponed everything a bit more. now jim is releasing a solo record of george harrison covers.

    http://www.yimyames.com/site/

    mmj will be back. they're far from done. they've been touring pretty much non-stop since Z came out. it's just time for a breather.
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  • mookeywrenchmookeywrench Posts: 5,954
    Pearl Jam invented this "hiatus" after No Code.
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  • soulsingingsoulsinging Posts: 13,202
    EquallyWorthless wrote:
    I am really stoked about that Monsters of Folk album i must admit...

    If it ever comes out. It's been floating around the rumor mill for years... but MMJ did their own album and Conor Oberst did TWO solo albums and tours in that time span... I doubt this thing is anywhere near completion.
  • usernameusername Posts: 48
    soulsinging wrote:
    EquallyWorthless wrote:
    I am really stoked about that Monsters of Folk album i must admit...

    If it ever comes out. It's been floating around the rumor mill for years... but MMJ did their own album and Conor Oberst did TWO solo albums and tours in that time span... I doubt this thing is anywhere near completion.

    It's coming out the same day as Backspacer.
  • soulsingingsoulsinging Posts: 13,202
    username wrote:
    soulsinging wrote:
    EquallyWorthless wrote:
    I am really stoked about that Monsters of Folk album i must admit...

    If it ever comes out. It's been floating around the rumor mill for years... but MMJ did their own album and Conor Oberst did TWO solo albums and tours in that time span... I doubt this thing is anywhere near completion.

    It's coming out the same day as Backspacer.

    Seriously? Is that confirmed?
  • Stu42Stu42 Posts: 178
    yah, its confirmed
  • Sian-of-the-deadSian-of-the-dead Posts: 8,963
    Stu42 wrote:
    yah, its confirmed

    Good good :mrgreen:

    Gutted about the MMJ hiatus :(
    Been to this many PJ shows: Reading 2006 London 2007 Manchester & London 2009 Dublin, Belfast, London, Nijmegen & Berlin 2010 Manchester 1 & Manchester 2 2012...

    ... and I still think Drive-By Truckers are better.
  • usernameusername Posts: 48
    http://www.monstersoffolk.com

    The release date is at the bottom of the page.
  • CobCob Posts: 858
    mookeywrench wrote:
    Pearl Jam invented this "hiatus" after No Code.


    Try Grateful Dead in the mid 1970's about 20 years before No Code.
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  • mookeywrenchmookeywrench Posts: 5,954
    sure
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  • dcfaithfuldcfaithful Posts: 13,076
    Cob wrote:
    mookeywrench wrote:
    Pearl Jam invented this "hiatus" after No Code.


    Try Grateful Dead in the mid 1970's about 20 years before No Code.

    or Tool? They are one of the masters of hiatus.
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  • GardenpartyGardenparty Posts: 1,910
    dcfaithful wrote:
    Cob wrote:
    mookeywrench wrote:
    Pearl Jam invented this "hiatus" after No Code.


    Try Grateful Dead in the mid 1970's about 20 years before No Code.

    or Tool? They are one of the monsters of hiatus.

    fixed :D
    yeah, i'm guessing the band will reconvene in about a year. they deserve a break but I can't wait until they come back
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