Quote from: MMJTX on Sep 17, 2024, 09:55 AMagreed, i love jim's positivity and speaking out but when the majority of their songs are now all about it it's getting a little stale to me. Seems like an easy way out of songwritingYup exactly. Just kinda tired of the preachy stuff. I'm totally on Jim's side in worldview, politics, etc, but these songs are just unoriginal and getting kinda old. Hope the new album has songs that explore other topics.
Quote from: Nikkogino on Sep 17, 2024, 07:54 AMYeahhh not a fan of this one...Quote from: RobRoy286 on Sep 17, 2024, 05:41 AMNew single "Aren't We One?" on Spotify.Let's pray this is a one-off single for a voting compilation.
Quote from: RobRoy286 on Sep 17, 2024, 05:41 AMNew single "Aren't We One?" on Spotify.Let's pray this is a one-off single for a voting compilation.
Quote from: ranyart on Sep 16, 2024, 10:47 AMWe finally made it to our first MMJ show in 2024! We flew to Atlanta and back for the trip, which was good fun for us. We went with friends who are big Nathaniel Rateliff fans and had never seen MMJ live before. We had never been to a show at Ameris Bank Amphitheater before, and frankly I was amazed at how nice the place was - probably one of my favorite outdoor venues I have ever been to the only irritation was the concessions were a complete ripoff ($60 for a bottle of $8 wine and $7 for a can of water really?).
The music was fantastic! Both sets were great. Both had excellent colabs with the other band. Everyone and everything sounded great. But I have to say this 90 minute set deal left me feeling a bit underwhelmed. I don't think I have ever been to a rock-and-roll show where the headliner played 90 minutes, so once the show hit nugs I did the math and it came to exactly 90.65 minutes, and that includes the intro and outro music that was included on the nugs recording. And MMJ even went 10 minutes over curfew to get their full 90 minutes in.
I'm sure the band has good reasons to go down the co-headlining and 90 minute headlining path here in 2024, but I have got to say again that this show was simply not enough, at least for me, for all the time, energy, and money it took for us to get to see it. I love MMJ, and I especially love seeing them live, but here we are at the end of MMJ's 2024 touring for us and I feel like I did after seeing a single show in 2019 at Forest Hills - wanting way more than we got - except the show in 2019 was a monster set and frankly this was not.
I'm feeling super uncertain about 2025 and beyond now. I know there is new music on the horizon, and my hope is this breathes some new life into our favorite band. But the set we saw had nothing from the three albums past Circuital, which I find strange. I'm definitely looking forward to the new album, but as far as seeing MMJ live goes all I have to say is thank goodness for having these shows available for download on nugs.
Quote from: ranyart on Sep 16, 2024, 10:47 AMWe finally made it to our first MMJ show in 2024! We flew to Atlanta and back for the trip, which was good fun for us. We went with friends who are big Nathaniel Rateliff fans and had never seen MMJ live before. We had never been to a show at Ameris Bank Amphitheater before, and frankly I was amazed at how nice the place was - probably one of my favorite outdoor venues I have ever been to the only irritation was the concessions were a complete ripoff ($60 for a bottle of $8 wine and $7 for a can of water really?).
The music was fantastic! Both sets were great. Both had excellent colabs with the other band. Everyone and everything sounded great. But I have to say this 90 minute set deal left me feeling a bit underwhelmed. I don't think I have ever been to a rock-and-roll show where the headliner played 90 minutes, so once the show hit nugs I did the math and it came to exactly 90.65 minutes, and that includes the intro and outro music that was included on the nugs recording. And MMJ even went 10 minutes over curfew to get their full 90 minutes in.
I'm sure the band has good reasons to go down the co-headlining and 90 minute headlining path here in 2024, but I have got to say again that this show was simply not enough, at least for me, for all the time, energy, and money it took for us to get to see it. I love MMJ, and I especially love seeing them live, but here we are at the end of MMJ's 2024 touring for us and I feel like I did after seeing a single show in 2019 at Forest Hills - wanting way more than we got - except the show in 2019 was a monster set and frankly this was not.
I'm feeling super uncertain about 2025 and beyond now. I know there is new music on the horizon, and my hope is this breathes some new life into our favorite band. But the set we saw had nothing from the three albums past Circuital, which I find strange. I'm definitely looking forward to the new album, but as far as seeing MMJ live goes all I have to say is thank goodness for having these shows available for download on nugs.