It’s been over a year since we’ve heard anything new from Wilco, but frontman Jeff Tweedy has a knack for finding other ways to keep his name in the news. The Chicago-bred singer-songwriter is currently preparing for the third Solid Sound Festival , set to touch down at the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art this June, with performances by Neko Case, Yo La Tengo, Reggie Watts, and more. He's also kept busy by handling production on Low’s tenth studio LP, The Invisible Way , which hit stores earlier this week. Quality aside, it serves as the [...]
Round 2 of "5 Random Songs" I was in the gym the other day and threw my iPod on full random. All 12,000+ songs randomly jarbled together coming at me like a shit cannon. As someone who's worked in music for a long time I have tons of albums I've never listened to that random people have given me to listen to. At one point I put everything on my iPod. That is until it filled up. It's been a
Maybe everybody else who wasn't raised in far coast oblivion already knows this but: HEY YOU GUYS. MINNEAPOLIS HAS A LOT OF REALLY GREAT MUSIC. Tomorrow afternoon when I board a plane to Minneapolis, I'll be streaming the sounds of the Twin Cities in through my earbuds, and enjoying myself immensely. Minneapolis is a city that I've tremendously liked on the handful of occasions that work has taken me to its shores in the last few years. In addition to a vibrant arts scene, I've always stayed in places right along the Mississippi River, borrowing bikes from the [...]
Related:Wilco's Minnesota dates: Rochester and Duluth and that's itThe excellent lineup for this Sunday's Kill Kancer benefit show includes local luminaries -- young and old -- but the all-star band G
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Brian Wilson, the musical genius behind The Beach Boys, turns 69 years old today and we celebrate with a collection of covers of his songs.
Photos by Denis Jeong PlasterApril is continuing to roar by us at a steady clip, and this past weekend our local scene was so bustling that we had to export some of our musicians out to Indio, Califo
Longstanding Twin Cities-based supergroup Golden Smog have announced a two-night stand at the Fine Line, Friday, April 15 and Saturday, April 16. According to a press release from the Fine ...
Happy Thanksgiving! Enjoy Golden Smog’s “Pecan Pie” This is probably one of my favorite semi-Thanksgiving-related or dessert-related tunes out there. From Golden Smog’s 1995 debut LP, Down by the Old Mainstream , it’s the mouthwatering song “Pecan Pie,” complete with the stage banter king himself on lead vocals.
Faces: Glad and Sorry [ purchase ] "Glad and Sorry" is a bittersweet Ronnie Lane song from the last Faces album, Ooh La La . It's one of those songs that works better when you don't try to analyze it. It's all about the performance. You pick up the vibe from the music, and maybe a few words resonate, but that's all you need to know. [...]
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Back in my late teens and early twenties I had a particular fondness for White Crosses, the little bronchodilater pills that one could by legally at gas stations all over the country. They were ephedrine tablets, designed for folks with asthma but used with great gusto by dieters and for recreational purposed. And also by long haul drivers nationwide, which is how they got their other common nickname - trucker speed. I used to indulge on long road trips. They were great for driving, kept you alert and entertained while undertaking the innately dull task of racing down the [...]
Here we are, back at 1994 when the punk was punk and the grunge was grungy. The mid '90s was a hell of a time for film soundtracks to be perfectly honest. Every musical genre was retrofitted to movies, seamlessly holding them together, sometimes by a thin stream of consciousness ( Lost Highway ), or other times when the film enhanced the sounds of a depicted era ( Singles , The Crow ). Somewhere in the shuffle of this decade between hair bands and nu-metal, a movie came around that not so much defined a generation but instead became [...]
Today is June 7, 2009, and I just discovered a fascinating little program called DosBox. If you're an old PC game fan, check it out. On days when I'm particularly uninspired by the day's findings, I just go and grab something nostalgic. So here it is, good ole' Golden Smog when I was 16. Dirt: Magic Johnson: 'Michael [...]
Watching the brief section of the Wilco tour film Ashes of American Flags shown on UK TV the other night raised some interesting questions. How drunk do you have to get in order to throw your underwear at Jeff Tweedy? Don't get me wrong, Mr Tweedy has written and co-written many of my favourite songs of the last almost two decades and he has a beautiful cracked voice. But seriously . Why can't all gigs be by Wilco ? They're a fantastic live band, [...]
I had bought a couple bags of dope when I left jail. Traded my arrest warrant for a pack of cigarettes. But I didn't do them right away. I went to the meeting. After I shared my tale, a couple fellows told me they were looking for a roommate that could stay clean. It would help them. They invited me back to the apartment that night. We talked for hours, then we all turned in for the night. Within the hour, I walked away from [...]
here is golden smog @ cat's cradle on 4.18.96. til tomorrow... 1. intro 2. v 3. ill fated 4. glad and sorry 5. yesterday cried 6. walk where he walked 7. signed d.c . (love) 8. backstreet girl (rolling stones) 9. nowhere bound 10. (what's so funny 'bout) peace, love and understanding (nick lowe) 11. he's a dick [...]
Papa Joes about 10 years ago - m4w (Cbus) Reply to: pers-969084369@craigslist.org [ ? ] Date: 2008-12-24, 2:41PM EST C, I met you when I worked at Papa Joes on Capital about 10 years ago. You ALWAYS ordered the same thing with an extra bag of chips. I lost contact with you and don't know what happened. We seemed to have a pretty good connection. Just curious if you're around. Tell me what you used to order every time (I met you by knowing [...]
Yes its Thanksgiving and yes I love me some turkey and stuffing, but my heart, taste buds, and stomach belong to sweets. Check out these awesome songs dedicated to the desserts that make us smile, even after we lose all of our teeth: 1. The Beatles - "Savoy Truffle" Not only did those 4 lads from London change teh face of popular music, but they also made millions of mouths water with this Harrison-penned tribute to Eric Clapton's chocolate addiction from The White Album . [ Buy it ] [...]
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