
The Chicago R&B legend is touring to support her new Jeff Tweedy-produced album.
Categories: listen, san diego | Tags: bob dylan, Booker T. and the MGs, Charlie Musselwhite, Curtis Mayfield, daily show, Ice Cube, jeff tweedy, John Scofield, jon stewart, Ludacris, Mavis Staples, prince, stephen colbert, the colbert report, The Staples Singers, wilco
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Matt Binder doesn’t consume music the way it’s supposed to be consumed.
Categories: interviews, san diego, video | Tags: Child Ballads, dinosaur jr., guided by voices, hotel st. george, jeff tweedy, jens lenkman, Jonathan Fire*Eater, Lou Reed, morrissey, my bloody valentine, pavement, portishead, rolling stones, Sam Champion, Sean Bones, Stewart Lupton, the horrors, the kensington club, the muslims, The Octagon, The Soft Pack, the walkmen
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As part of Big Star, he wrote some of the best music of the 1970s.
Categories: music news, video | Tags: alex chilton, Big Star, califone, elliott smith, jeff tweedy, rip, the box tops, the replacements, wilco
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Eric D. Johnson’s most influential 1990s records
Categories: interviews | Tags: Art Garfunkel, beachwood sparks, beta band, califone, eric d. johnson, fruit bats, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, gram parsons, Grandaddy, guided by voices, Happy Mondays, Incredible String Band, jay farrar, jeff tweedy, jim o'rourke, little feat, pavement, pink floyd, red red meat, skid row, souled american, steve miller band, the grateful dead, The Kingsbury Manx, the replacements, the smiths, uncle tupelo, warrant
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Because not wearing a costume isn’t an option.
Categories: interviews | Tags: balloon boy, Chaz Bono, jeff tweedy, Jon & Kate, michael jackson, Octomom, pavement, rick moranis, The Bacon Brothers, the crow, tom waits, weezer, wilco
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As news of his passing spread across the Internet, many people made sincere and moving tributes to Jay Bennett, the polarizing but astoundingly influential former member of Wilco who died unexpectedly on May 24, 2009. In the search for our own fitting tribute to Jay Bennett, we decided to round up some of his best […]
Categories: listen, video | Tags: jay bennett, jeff tweedy, kay-settes, lossless, wilco
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Yesterday, I sat down with Dan Murphy, Golden Smog’s affable guitarist, to talk about Barack Obama, Brian Wilson, the band’s early days, Soul Asylum, The Jayhawks, Jeff Tweedy, nonexistent Swedish brides, and the music industry. Murphy’s Midwestern supergroup will release Stay Golden, Smog on September 23. The record is made up of tracks from the band’s […]
Categories: interviews, listen | Tags: barack obama, brian wilson, dan murphy, golden smog, jayhawks, jeff tweedy, Sammy Hagar, soul asylum, styx, toby keith, wilco
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