Jay Farrar

HONESTY IS THE BEST ANODYNEUNCLE TUPELO KEEPS ITS MIDWESTERN ROOTS ON THE WAY TO LOW-TECH SUCCESS

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Recordings

Recordings

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Still Waters

Son Volt's Jay Farrar doesn't waste his words

Calendar for the week

Son Volt's Jay Farrar doesn't waste his words

Calendar for the week

Son Volt's Jay Farrar doesn't waste his words

Critical Mass

A recap of the releases that made it worthwhile to own a CD player in 1998

Tupelo Honey

Wilco's Jeff Tweedy sinks his Summer Teeth into the sugary pop he was always meant to play

Letters

'N Sync? Get real

Son Volt

The Search
(Red Int/Red Ink)

Various Artists

This Is Americana
(Narm Recordings)

No Depression – Revisited

The reissue of Uncle Tupelo's albums offers the world a chance to ponder how 'alt-country' got started

Original Soundtrack

The Slaughter Rule (Bloodshot Records)

Working Drone

Jay Farrar secures his place as an alt-country icon and returns to form with a new solo album

Pinetop Seven

Bringing Home the Last Great Strike (Self Help/Truckstop)

Austin, We Have a Problem!

What happens when you cram too much music into one city and two pairs of eardrums? Nothing, if you move too fast to hear it all.

War in Peace

Skip Spence made one brilliant album, then spent the next 30 years dying in obscurity. Now, a new tribute album is giving him life again.

Desert Sons

Shoeless Joe makes twangy art out of broken dreams

Molten Wax

Shoeless Joe makes twangy art out of broken dreams

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Shoeless Joe makes twangy art out of broken dreams

American Son

Uncle Tupelo passed away, butheartland rocker JayFarrar has plugged backin with Son Volt

Just Announced: Son Volt at Mesa Arts Center

Son Volt: Jeff Tweedy is not in this band. Sadly, Phoenix is not getting Wilco this summer, as the band decided to take their extraordinary show to Tucson, but we're getting a pretty good consolation prize in Son Volt/Cowboy Junkies at the Mesa Arts Center on July 14. Tickets go on sale May 5 and w ... More >>

Q&A: Dare I Ask Son Volt's Jay Farrar About The New Wilco Record?

Jay Farrar spends a lot of time talking about the old days. Not just because his band, Son Volt, draws heavily from traditional American roots music. Also not just because his old band, Uncle Tupelo, pretty much invented the "alt-country" genre - though Farrar been known to bristle at the term.No, ... More >>

Son Volt

Jay Farrar spends a lot of time talking about the old days. Not just because his band, Son Volt, draws heavily from traditional American roots music. Also not just because his old band, Uncle Tupelo, pretty much invented the "alt-country" genre - though Farrar been known to bristle at the term.No, ... More >>

July 14 In Blogs: Dennis Gilman, Paper Heart, Josh Herbert, and Jan Brewer

In the 24-hour news cycle it can be difficult to keep up. We have the solution. Check back on Valley Fever every evening for highlights from each of New Times' blogs. Today's entries: Feathered Bastard: David Irving's Holocaust Denial Wing-Ding YouTubed by Dennis Gilman Up on the Sun: Geek Beat: S ... More >>

Death Cab's Ben Gibbard, Son Volt's Jay Farrar Team Up For Kerouac Project

​When Death Cab For Cutie's Ben Gibbard takes up a solo project the results can be stellar -- just look at The Postal Service. So his newest project, a team effort with Son Volt's Jay Farrar (read an extended Q&A with Jay from earlier this summer here), is pretty intriguing. The pair recorded ... More >>

Weezer with Lil Wayne MP3, Strokes Disagreeing on New Record, Gibbard and Farrar Play Kerouac

Electric Mustache: Videos: The Mumlers Live @ The Rhythm RoomIdolator: Parsing The Pulp: Is Jarvis Cocker Really Getting The Band Back Together For Glastonbury?Idolator: Tegan & Sara Still Have Time To ChatNME: Fall Out Boy to release Greatest Hits collectionPitchfork: Hear the Weezer Song With ... More >>

Jesse Malin Writes Music For Forthcoming Documentary On J.D. Salinger

J.D. Salinger​J.D. Salinger, the famed Catcher in the Rye author, passed away just over a month ago. Lucky timing: A documentary about him by writer/director Shane Salerno has already been in the works for five years. Rumors were circulating, but it's finally confirmed that Jesse Malin has been as ... More >>

Death Cab for Cutie Has New Album on the Horizon

Death Cab for Cutie.​According to Spin and MTV, Death Cab's ultra-busy frontman Ben Gibbard has announced that the band is working on a new record that should be out in the spring of next year. The album will be produced by guitarist Chris Walla, who also produced last year's record by The Thermal ... More >>

Wilco's John Stirratt on The Whole Love, The Autumn Defense, and Lacking Irony

Wilco, with John Stirratt pictured far left. ​Though the Wilco lineup has solidified since 2007's Sky Blue Sky, the years leading up to that album were marked by turnover. Of the original lineup, only songwriter Jeff Tweedy and bassist John Stirratt remain. In fact, Stirratt's ties to Tweedy s ... More >>