Red Jacket Mine

Our UK pal Colin McGreevy recently asked Lincoln to contribute a mixtape to his excellent music blog, The Northline. Instead of choosing the usual suspects everyone already knows about (Big Star, the Band, etc.), Lincoln thought it would be more fun to shed a little light on some of RJM’s ridiculously-talented, under-the-radar peers.

Friends such as Downpilot, Visqueen, and Red Heart the Ticker (among many others) graciously granted their permission, and Colin threw in “Showponies” (from our new one, Lovers Lookout) for good measure. Dig the mixtape here, and pass it on!

Thanks to all the participants!

xo

RJM

(PS – RJM’s appearance on the Seattle Channel’s Art Zone with Nancy Guppy is now archived and available for online viewing, anytime. Check it out!)

Earlier this week, we had the pleasure of taping an episode of the Seattle Channel’s Art Zone with Nancy Guppy, and it’s airing tonight at 8pm PST (and throughout the week) on Comcast channel 21.

If you’re not a Comcast subscriber, or you live outside the Seattle area, fear not: you can stream the show online, anytime. Tune in to hear us rip through a couple of tunes from Lovers Lookout and chat with Nancy about haircare, beardcore, and more!

Tremendous thanks are due to Nancy, Sheila, Steve, and everyone at the Seattle Channel for making us feel incredibly welcome. We had a blast at the taping and we hope it shows!

More great stuff in the works – stay tuned. See you on TV!

xo

RJM

First, big thanks to our buddy Kris for giving the site a little facelift! Take a look around, and make yourselves comfortable!

Thanks to all of our pals who came out to last week’s CD release show at the Tractor. It was a smashing success, and we owe it to you! If you couldn’t make it to the show, fear not: Lovers Lookout is now available at local outposts of Sonic Boom and Easy Street Records, in addition to all of the usual online suspects: iTunes, eMusic, Amazon MP3, CD Baby, and many more!

Finally, RJM is hitting the road this week for a couple of Wild West shootouts with good friends. On Thursday, October 15, we’ll play downtown Boise’s historic Bouquet (1010 West Main St.) with our pals Matt Hopper and Thomas Paul.

After a couple of late-night Los Betos trips and a Temple Square photo-op, we’ll rock Provo, Utah’s Velour Live Music Gallery (135 North University Ave.) on Saturday, October 17 with our dear friends The Devil Whale, joined by local heroes Moses and the Archer’s Apple. This show is long overdue, and we can’t wait to see our SLC pals again!

Many exciting things are in the works for later this fall, so stay tuned! In the meantime, if you live in one of these towns, come say hello!

xo

RJM

(PS – Lovers Lookout is still in rotation on KEXP 90.3FM (streaming online at kexp.org), and we need your help to keep it there! Email dj@kexp.org or call (206)903-KEXP (5397) and request your favorite tune!)

Hello, friends! 

Our new album, Lovers Lookout, is finally ready for your ears, and we’ve just gotta celebrate! We’ll be doing just that next Thursday, October 8 at the Tractor Tavern, joined by our longtime pals Downpilot (who will also be celebrating their new release, the lovely They Kind of Shine). All the details:
 
Thursday, October 8
Tractor Tavern – 5213 Ballard Ave. NW
RED JACKET MINE (CD release!)
DOWNPILOT (CD release!)
Sweet Secrets
9pm – $8 – 21+
(advance tickets – highly recommended!)
 
We hope you all can be there…we’re incredibly happy with this record and can’t wait for you to hear it!
 
Our good friends at KEXP have added Lovers Lookout to their rotation, and we’re obviously thrilled! Please take a moment to give your favorite DJ a call (206-903-KEXP) or email (dj@kexp.org) and request Red Jacket Mine!
 
Finally, if you just can’t wait for the CD release party, Lovers Lookout is available NOW on iTunes (and a slew of other online retailers). Download away, and enjoy!
 
Thanks so much for listening! We’ll see you on the 8th!
 
xo

RJM

Oregon and Idaho pals, we’re coming your way this weekend for a trio of great shows. Dig:

08.28.09 – Sam Bond’s Garage – 407 Blair Blvd., Eugene, OR 97402 – w/ Drew Grow & the Pastors’ Wives & Dan Jones and the Squids – $5
Check out Shaun O’Dell’s preview in this week’s edition of the Eugene Weekly. Thanks, Shaun!

08.29.09 – Visual Arts Collective – 3638 Osage St., Garden City, ID 83714 – w/ Shark Speed, Matt Hopper & the Roman Candles, & Sunshine and the Valley – $5
Amy Atkins penned a very kind preview for this week’s Boise Weekly! Thanks, Amy!

08.30.09 – Doug Fir Lounge – 830 E. Burnside, Portland, OR 97214 – w/ Cabinessence & Norman – $8
The Portland Mercury was kind enough to write a very complimentary Up & Coming piece on our billmates Cabinessence. Check it out!

A mere blog cannot contain our excitement for these shows. We hope you’ll join us at one (or all) of them!

The last few weeks have been a blur of artwork-finalizing, contract-signing, photo-shooting, video-scheming, and other release prep madness. But it’s all been good! Lovers Lookout should arrive from the pressing plant any day now, and then the games begin in earnest. We can’t wait to share it with you!

In the meantime, see you down the road!

xo

RJM

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

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

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

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

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