On Sunday, December 6th, Yim Yames will perform at 21C in Louisville, KY. The benefit show will feature a reading by Kentucky Authors Wendell Berry, Erik Reece, and Rebecca Howell. Daniel Martin Moore will also perform. Proceeds from the show will benefit Kentuckians For The Commonwealth and the International Contemporary Art Foundation. Tickets are $25 in advance and can be purchased at Ear X-Tacy.

On Sunday, November 22nd, My Morning Jacket will appear On FOX’s hit TV show “American Dad.” The episode, titled “My Morning Straightjacket,” will feature the band guest-voicing as themselves, as well as 6 MMJ songs spanning their 10-year catalog.  Comedian Zach Galifianakis will also be featured as a super-fan.

To commemorate the show, ATO Records will be releasing a digital EP of songs and selected dialogue clips from the episode. With 6 tracks from the digital EP that have been previously released throughout the band’s ten year career, we intend this to serve as a nice introduction to many who have not heard My Morning Jacket’s music before.

Tune in on Sunday November 22nd to see My Morning Jacket animated as you’ve never seen them before.

Monsters Of Folk’s self-titled album is now available in stores. Click below to buy it at your local record store, or online at iTunes or Amazon.

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My Morning Jacket is proud to support health care reform, and we encourage our friends, fans and family to make your voice heard and ask Congress to reform the health care system. In a society in which families are losing their homes due to high medical bills, premiums are rising 4 times faster than wages, and health care costs are the #1 cause of bankruptcy today, whichever side of the aisle you vote for we can all agree that no person should be denied adequate health care simply because they cannot afford it. Click here to find out more about the issues and here for information on how to contact your local congressional representatives.

Monsters of Folk announce a 16-date north american tour this fall, beginning October 13th. At each show, the group will donate $1 from every ticket sold to a local charity. An exclusive pre-sale for Monsters Of Folk fans begins on Tuesday, July 28th, with tickets going on-sale to the public beginning Friday, July 31st. The group will then play 8 dates in europe, beginning November 12th. Tickets for European shows go on sale Monday, July 27th. For More information, visit www.monstersoffolk.com.

UPDATE: Starting May 1st, Celebración De La Ciudad Natal will be available for digital download at the Think Indie Digital Store. Click here to visit the store.

hello friends. we are proud to announce and release a lil live ep that was recorded right in our very own hometown of louisville, ky. a few songs were taken from our in-store appearence at our beloved and fabled record haven “ear-x-tacy” and a few of them were taken from our concert at the fabled “waterfront park.” see if you can guess which is from which. we are excited to make this a special release that you can only get at your favorite local independent record store, as now more than ever we all need to take the time to celebrate what our favorite local record stores and businesses mean to us – the value of community/human to human non- internet related physical and spiritual contact and supporting the hardworking people in your community who strive everyday to keep it unique and keep it local. we are fortunate in our travels to get to see many wonderful things, but one of the most distressing things is the increasing “normalization” of the world and how all these places are starting to look the same- everywhere you look more and more towns are starting to be filled with the same gigantic corporations, and while some of these huge companies undoubtably provide valuable services, it is so important that we realize that it is our local businesses and people (and natural landscapes, but thats a different letter) that are what make different towns worth coming to…things you can only get in one place, made and sold by people who believe in what they are doing…people who are trying to keep good weirdness alive in this crazy dome. god* bless all of you, and god* bless the world and all that kinda shit.

-yer pals, my morning jacket

p.s.- *the word “god*” is used here meaning anything you want it to mean and is a trademark of globo-chem worldwide.

The EP (in both CD and limited edition double 10″ vinyl) will be available at finer independent retailers beginning on Record Store Day, April 18.

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yim yames recently had the honor of traveling to new orleans to record live with the legendary preservation hall jazz band in grand old school new orleans fashion. the recordings will be part of a benefit album to raise money for the hall (www.preservationhall.com) which hopefully will be released in the fall. stay tuned for more info.

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