It’s official! We will celebrate the release of our new album, Lovers Lookout, on Thursday, October 8 at Ballard’s Tractor Tavern. On this very special night, our longtime friends Downpilot will also celebrate the release of their latest full-length, They Kind of Shine.
That’s right, friends: TWO great CD releases on ONE rollicking night at the Tractor. Consolidate your efforts, lower your carbon footprint, and buy advance tickets right here. More details coming soon!
Additionally, RJM is proud to announce its partnership with RedEye USA for worldwide digital distribution of Lovers Lookout. Brought to you by the same kind North Carolinians as Yep Roc Records, RedEye handles distribution for some of the country’s finest indie labels (see: Barsuk, Kill Rock Stars), and we’re very pleased to join forces with them. Again, more details soon!
Back to work!
xo
RJM
August 5th, 2009
I know we said we weren’t playing any more local shows until our CD release in October, but this one came along and was just too good to pass up. So you Seattle folks get one more chance to see us before the weather sucks again!
Red Jacket Mine is honored and delighted to open for Texan singer/songwriter Alejandro Escovedo and his band this Friday, July 31 at the Crocodile.
Sorry for the short notice, but we just found out, too! You do not want to miss this show, though – Alejandro is a living legend, and this promises to be a very special night of music.
RJM kicks things off with an hour of good-time favorites at 9pm. Advance tickets are highly recommended.
For all our Seattle pals, this show also marks your last chance to get a FREE copy (digital or physical) of the first single from Lovers Lookout, “The Pose.” We’ll be handing them out at the merch table with every purchase or mailing list sign-up. Get ‘em while they’re hot!
See you there,
RJM
July 28th, 2009
Greetings, friends!
Make plans to join us on Saturday, July 18 at Ballard’s Tractor Tavern, where we’ll open for Scott McCaughey’s legendary troupe, the Minus 5, as they celebrate the release of their eighth full-length platter, Killingsworth, on Yep Roc Records. (Read more about Killingsworth on the Yep Roc site.)
Scott & co. have been a huge inspiration since Red Jacket Mine’s fuzzy, four-track inception, when I nearly wore out my copies of Down With Wilco and Let the War Against Music Begin, the always-smart, often-dark pop therein spurring countless failed (but necessary) songwriting experiments, and a few successful ones. The influence of a little band from the South called R.E.M. (that shares several members with the Minus 5, including Mr. Peter Buck) looms even larger, soundtracking my adolescent years and teaching me that artistry and accessibility don’t have to be mutually exclusive. Emotional resonance comes from conviction, not literal sentimentality. Simply put: be weird, and be good at it.
Scott and Peter are still among my favorite songwriters, and I don’t expect that will ever change. Needless to say, we are honored to share this very special night. This will be our last local show until the Lovers Lookout CD release party in October, so please come out and say hello! Advance tickets (highly recommended) are available here.
Many exciting announcements about the record release and accompanying tour are coming soon, so stay tuned. See you at the Tractor!
xo
RJM
July 6th, 2009
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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