Dent May

Bio

James Dent May Jr., born May 6, 1985, in Jackson, grew up in Belhaven, left for NYU's film school in 2003, then finished at Ole Miss in English and Southern studies in 2007. He played in the Mississippi power-pop band the Rockwells and, on Paw Tracks, released The Good Feeling Music of Dent May & His Magnificent Ukulele (2009), Do Things (2012), and Warm Blanket (2013). Animal Collective booked him for All Tomorrow's Parties in 2011. He later moved from Oxford to Los Angeles and co-founded the Cats Purring label.