AMG, what a review!!

[Lieven]

Here's a superb tip for all you music-lovers:
check out All Music Guide (http://www.allmusic.com)!!
Nice bio's, good reviews, lots of info... for almost every band!! I check this site almost daily...

Since I didn' find them in the "Press" part over here, I'll post the review for "It still moves" (but there's much more):

"It's a beautiful thing to know that Brian Wilson is still alive and well in the kingdom of indie rock. My Morning Jacket's third full-length effort, and first for the ATO/RCA venture label, is a step beyond the band's work for Darla. While the gorgeous amalgam of the Band's vision of country/Americana and Neil Young's blend of folk and rock are everywhere present, there is a new textural awareness evident on It Still Moves. Jim James' songwriting is tighter in structure, but his production sensibility is early-'70s Laurel Canyon, with some of the Grateful Dead's American Beauty tropes as well. Sounds like a mess, doesn't it? Well, it's not. Wearing your influences on your sleeve doesn't mean unoriginality. James is an original songwriter; he has worked hard to develop the gifts inherent in his lyric concerns and his ability to paint emotional landscapes with his melodies, and the payoff has never been greater. "Mahgeetah," with its Pet Sounds ambience and country-rock melody — complete with fuzzed-out guitar solo — is far more imaginative than anything Wilco ever pulled off by trying the same thing (which they do over and over ad nauseum). "Dancefloors," with its biting Telecaster lead line that echoes "Baby Don't Do It" and the Stray Gators' country majesty, is full of warmth, depth, and Levon Helm's soul. And "Golden," which is the third track in this opening triad, brings James' love of Tim Buckley and Fred Neil into the light. But all of these elements of construction are read through James' Kentucky and his unique melodic gift, where fragments becomes entire lines become songs with stunning bridges, achingly poetic lyrics, and a country boy's sense of whacked-out humor and tenderness(check out "One Big Holiday"). The horn arrangements on "Easy Morning Rebel" make the country shuffle into a near R&B tune with an old-timey stroll through a shambolic rhythm track. In all, My Morning Jacket may be a journey through the past, but it's also a solid step into something rock & roll has been missing for an awfully long time in the mainstream arena: melody, extremely catchy and well-written songs that aren't afraid of the mainstream, and a love of the great pop continuum that translates into something new." (Thom Jurek, All Music Guide)

Hmmm I really like that!

[lfish]

hey lieven,

It is indeed a great review but the appropriate score is missing. Only three stars out of five.  That is not pretty much.  But this topic is already mentionned at page three of the topic "Music".  The name of the thread is "Allmusic.com".  Maybe you can check that out.

Greetz
lfish
En tot in den AB

[Lieven]

Ooops,

Indeed Lfish, you already mentioned that site...sorry, I guess I was sleepy last night.
About the 3 out of 5 stars: going by the review you'd think they'd get 4 or 5, true... But I think the amount of stars changes in time (I already noticed that with other albums). Don't know how it happens, maybe if lots of people rate it as a good album.

I usually check the site if I want to get to know a new band. Then it's very handy to check wich album gets a lot of stars and is therefore good to begin with.