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.
TIFT MERRITT
ANOTHER COUNTRY
Camera Obscura
Let's Get Out Of This Country
WACO BROTHERS AND PAUL BURCH
GREAT CHICAGO FIRE
THE SPARES
Beautiful and Treacherous Thing
GUSTER
Ganging up on the Sun
Elvis Costello & The Imposters
Momofuku
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