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.
ROCCO DELUCA & THE BURDEN
I Trust You To Kill Me
The Delta Riggs
Active Galactic
FOSTER THE PEOPLE
Torches
MARK KNOPFLER
KILL TO GET CRIMSON
Buzz Cason
Record Machine
THE BIRD AND THE BEE
Ray Guns Are Not Just the Future
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