Check out the funky as f remix of Jim James’ “A New Life” by Merrill Garbus of tUnE-yArDs over at Rolling Stone.

Happy Monday - Bob Dylan just announced he’ll be hitting the road with Wilco and My Morning Jacket (and Dawes, and Ryan Bingham)! Dreams do come true! Pre-sale tickets go on sale Wednesday, April 24th.

Jim James of My Morning Jacket performs “State of the Art” at Sleep No More and chats with Pitchfork TV. I’m so lucky to have been there, and for those who couldn’t here’s an awesome glimpse into a special night. You can catch me looking pretty blissed out at the very end.

Here’s the new music video from My Morning Jacket frontman Jim James for his Regions of Light and Sound of God track “A New Life” in which he goes through some magical doors and finds himself singing to a buffalo-headed woman. Pretty standard stuff.

Before the heavy rains set in Saturday at the Newport Folk Festival, My Morning Jacket and Brittany Howard of Alabama Shakes played “It Makes No Difference”, a tribute to Levon Helm of The Band, who died in April. Jim James performed the tune with Helm at the Folk Fest in 2010 before his death. This incredible tribute starts at 12:43.

Record Store Day 2012

I know it’s a month away, but this year’s Record Store Day releases are going to be so good, you’re going to want to start planning/budgeting now. Here’s a list of personal highlights, you can fund the complete list of releases here.

Animal Collective - Recording of their set at the Guggenheim
Beach House - White vinyl of new tracks Lazuli/Equal Mind
Leonard Cohen - Recording of live material from 2008
Mastadon and Feist - Really
Mastadon and the Flaming Lips - …really
The Flaming Lips and Heady Fwends - The Lips, with special guests including Bon Iver, Neon Indian, Nick Cave, J/Yim J/Yames, and Erykah Badu, among others
The White Stripes - Two hard to find tracks from the past
Smuggler’s Way - a zine featuring new music from Dirty Projectors, Real Estate and Cass McCombs, as well as art and poetry from Real Estate, Twin Sister, Black Dice, and Lower Dens

J/Yim J/Yames of My Morning Jacket has teamed up with Jay Farrar (of Uncle Tupelo, Son Volt), Will Johnson (Centro-matic) and Anders Parker (Gob Iron) to record a collection of previously unreleased Woody Guthrie songs as part of the Guthrie’s 100th birthday celebration. Stream “Old LA” above, and make sure to check out the tracklist. These dudes will be touring under the moniker New Multitudes after the album drops Feb 27th, and you can catch them in NYC at Webster Hall on March 14th.