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.
THE HEAD AND THE HEART
The Head and the Heart
DAVID YAZBEK
Evil Monkey Man
CHANCE JONES
The Incident at Primrose and West
Glitch Code
Gifted_Damaged
POTATOE BABIES
The ‘Festival’ Compilation (a.k.a. the Masturbation Compilation)
ERNIE AND THE AUTOMATICS
LOW EXPECTATIONS
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