watch tonight’s show on synclive.com
Thanks to the folks at SyncLive, we’ll be broadcasting LIVE from the Sunset Tavern tonight at 11pm PST.
All of our non-Seattle pals can tune in here. (Our Seattle pals had better be there!)
xo
RJM
June 20th, 2009
return to tacoma, and more!
RJM is pleased as punch to return to Tacoma’s New Frontier Lounge this Saturday, June 13. We had an incredible time when we played the New Frontier (pretty much the coolest neighborhood bar/rock club hybrid you’ll ever find) back in March, so our hopes are high this time around.
We’ll be joined by our good pals Burning Rivers and Gavin Guss. Cover is $5, and the whole thing gets started at 9pm. Don’t let us down, Tacoma folks! We don’t handle disappointment well.
Next up, we’ll spend one of the longest nights of the year - Saturday, June 20 - rocking with our friends Radio Nationals at Ballard’s Sunset Tavern. Portland institution Michael Dean Damron (ex-I Can Lick Any SOB in the House) will open the show at 10pm. It’s no secret that these folks really know how to get down, so this show promises to be a whole mess of fun. Let’s show the solstice who’s boss!
Many exciting things are looming, and almost ready to report…stay tuned! In the meantime, hope to see you at one or both of these shows. It’s been a little while, and we’re ready to rock.
xo
RJM
June 11th, 2009
r.i.p. jay bennett
I was shocked and saddened to hear of Jay Bennett’s untimely passing on Sunday. It’s difficult to calculate where I might be without some of the music he helped to create.
After a random ‘mass mailing’ on MySpace a few months back, Jay and I exchanged a half-dozen or so emails, and I found him to be incredibly warm, candid, and genuinely interested in what we were doing. We talked about the merits of recording live to tape, as opposed to ‘dead to computer’ (his quip, not mine). I promised to mail him a copy of Lovers Lookout as soon as it was complete, going so far as to address an envelope to him so I wouldn’t forget. I don’t suppose I’ll be using that envelope now.
While ‘the Wilco sound’ has continued to evolve since Jay’s departure, there is simply no doubt that they could not have become the band we love without his restless creative spirit (and tremendous talent) driving them forward. For that I am truly grateful, and I’m sure they are, too.
Goodbye, Jay. Thanks for the music.
xo
LB
May 26th, 2009
crocodile tonight, with special guest ian moore!
This just in — our pal Ian Moore will join us on electric guitar tonight (Thursday, May 7) at the Crocodile! You don’t want to miss this!
Ian was kind enough to contribute his stinging six-string and spook-tacular vocalizations to our new album, Lovers Lookout, and we couldn’t be happier to have him as our guest for tonight’s show.
This is one of RJM’s biggest shows to date, and we need YOU to be there!
See you all at the Croc! (It feels so good to say that again…)
xo
RJM
May 7th, 2009
after a while…the crocodile!
Hello, friends!
Red Jacket Mine is playing one of its biggest shows ever this Thursday, May 7 at the newly-reopened Crocodile (2200 2nd Avenue in downtown Seattle). There’s been a crocodile-sized hole in our hearts ever since its sudden closure over a year ago, so we’re incredibly excited to be playing at this legendary venue again!
The bill is chock-full of great local bands:
RED JACKET MINE
The Banyans
Amateur Radio Operator
Mostly Dimes
The whole thing gets rolling at 8pm sharp. Tickets are $8, available in advance at the Crocodile box office.
This is sure to be one of our biggest shows of the year, and we need YOUR help to make it great! We’ve got a very special guest in the works, so you won’t want to miss this one. If you haven’t checked out the Croc’s snazzy new interior yet, here’s your excuse! Find more info on the Crocodile web site.
Also, after months/years of stubborn resistance, Red Jacket Mine is finally a member of the Facebook community. If you are, too, please become a fan!
See you all this Thursday at the Crocodile…bring your friends!
xo
RJM
PS – If you haven’t already, please head over to the RJM MySpace page to check out five songs from our soon-to-be-released sophomore album, Lovers Lookout!
May 4th, 2009
new music!
Greetings, friends.
Terrific news! Our new album, Lovers Lookout, is mastered and 100% complete. It’ll be a couple of months before the album is packaged and available for sale, but in the meantime, please head over to the RJM MySpace page to listen to FIVE songs from the record!
The band is simply thrilled with the album, and we hope you love it just as much as we do! Tremendous thanks are due to our pal Ken Stringfellow for his stellar mix. As usual, mastering was handled by the illustrious Ed Brooks at RFI in Seattle.
We’ll be rotating songs in and out of the player as the release date approaches, so keep an eye on the RJM MySpace page for more new music. Let us know what you think!
We’re busy preparing for a stint of road shows in early May, leading up to our big show Thursday, May 7 at the newly-reopened Crocodile. We hope you all can join us there, but for now, sit back and enjoy the new music!
Thanks for listening!
xo
RJM
April 24th, 2009
kind words from tacoma’s weekly volcano
Courtesy of Mr. Chuck Dula:
It isn’t often that you can go to a show and see a band at the genesis of a fairly prolific career. That is what awaits you Saturday at The New Frontier. Red Jacket Mine, fronted by the silky smooth vocals of Lincoln Barr, has created a darker American sound that they describe as twilit pop. Complete with steel guitars, crunchy drums, and a guitar that often soars into beauteous oblivion, this band will satisfy the country-pop hipster post-rock scallywag in anyone.
Why, thanks, Chuck! What a fantastic surprise…as was our outstanding show at the New Frontier Lounge, and Tacoma in general! Read about it on the Weekly Volcano’s blog, or check out some lovely photos by Mr. Steven Dunkelberger for proof. We cannot wait to get back!
Heartfelt thanks to all of our pals, old and new, who made it out to last week’s fantastic shows. Our Tractor show with Burning Rivers and Everest was certainly one of the best we’ve had, and we couldn’t have done it without you! Be sure to check out the YouTube videos available now on the Web Exclusives page.
We’ll be hunkered down for the next week or so mixing our new record, Lovers Lookout, with Ken Stringfellow, so keep an eye out for the firstfruits of our labors very very soon. Until then, hold my calls.
xo
RJM
March 9th, 2009
tractor pull
Friends:
Red Jacket Mine is delighted to announce its return to the hallowed halls of Ballard’s Tractor Tavern, this Thursday, March 5! We’ll be supporting LA lads Everest, who’ve spent the last couple of years burning up the road with the likes of My Morning Jacket, Wilco, and Mr. Neil Young (who owns their record label, Vapor). Fine company, then!
Needless to say, we’re very happy to be sharing this bill. Our close friends Burning Rivers will open the show, so be sure to get there early, and keep an eye out for the latest addition to their ranks - a certain handsome gentleman wielding a near-pink Telecaster! Their songs are some of the best you’ll hear all year, too. Show starts at 9pm, RJM is up second, and the cover is $8 (advance tickets available here).
Two days later, on Saturday, March 7, we’ll join Seattle pals Friday Mile and locals Friskey in rocking Tacoma’s New Frontier Lounge. We can’t believe it’s taken us this long to get down to Tacoma (a mere 30 miles away!), but we plan to make up for lost time with this fantastic show.
After that, we head back into Soundhouse Recording with our pal Ken Stringfellow to mix our new record, Lovers Lookout. That’s right, folks—that means NEW MUSIC will be ready for your consumption very soon! Watch this space for all the details as they develop.
As spring gives way to another glorious Seattle summer, we’ve got lots of great shows coming up at home and abroad. Keep an eye on the Shows page for a date near you!
Until then, thanks as always for listening. See you this Thursday at the Tractor!
xo
RJM
March 1st, 2009
be mine, valentine
Lookout, lovers. Your devoted suitors in Red Jacket Mine have a couple of very special engagements coming up that are sure to melt your heart.
First, we’re very excited to return to Portland, Oregon, this Saturday, February 7. We’re opening a very special show at Holocene (1001 SE Morrison) featuring local lads The Dimes, plus Casey Neill & the Norway Rats and Giantess. If you count yourself among our many friends in PDX, we hope to see you there!
Next Friday, February 13, we’re playing our first-ever show at Capitol Hill’s legendary Comet Tavern. Boys-about-town Massy Ferguson will headline, and locals The Banyans and PDX warriors Power of County open the show. RJM plays the penultimate slot, around 11pm.
We’d love to see you at one (or both) of these shows. We’ll be hawking red roses and Whitman’s samplers at the merch table, along with the usual CDs & t-shirts, so you can knock back a couple of drinks and relax.
Yours truly,
RJM
February 6th, 2009
2009 - year of the mine
We’re currently resting up for a flurry of Northwest shows, starting this Wednesday, January 21 at the Sunset Tavern, where we’ll open for our old friend Robert Roth and our new pals from NYC, Paramount Styles.
We’ll follow that up with weekend stops at Anacortes’ Brown Lantern (also with Paramount Styles) and Bellingham’s Rogue Hero (with Lost Dogma & the Tread Abraham). The weeks to come will bring more shows in Seattle, Portland, and beyond.
2009 is shaping up to be Red Jacket Mine’s best year yet, and we look forward to bringing you more great music (our forthcoming album Lovers Lookout, for instance) and more great shows than ever before. We’re just itching to make it to a stage near you, wherever you are.
Until then, keep an eye on the Shows page and an ear to the ground. Thanks, as always, for listening. See you somewhere down the road!
xo
RJM
January 18th, 2009
