My Morning Jacket are about to have the biggest year of their musical lives, and they arrived there the old fashioned way: by slowly building up a following with a blistering live show. Click here for more on My Morning Jacket from Rolling Stone’s Best of Rock 2008, including video of frontman Jim James discussing songs from the band’s new album Evil Urges.

• Best Breakthrough: My Morning Jacket

• Rolling Stone’s Best of Rock 2008

[Photo: Peter Yang at Dakota Studios]

One of the most hotly anticipated albums of the spring comes from My Morning Jacket. Evil Urges hits stores on June 10, but you can get a sneak preview of five of the record’s most blistering tracks care of frontman Jim James in an exclusive video. For the stories behind “I’m Amazed,” “Thank You Too” and three others, click here. For more exclusive audio and video on the season’s biggest releases, click here.