Jeff Tweedy

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

Recordings

Still Waters

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

Tupelo Honey

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

Josh Rouse

The Smooth Sounds of Josh Rouse DVD
(Ryko)

The Hold Steady

Bossy format

Loose Fur

Born Again in the U.S.A.
(Drag City)

Wilco

Sky Blue Sky
(Nonesuch)

Son Volt

The Search
(Red Int/Red Ink)

O.C. Can You Say

When indie goes prime-time, what's left?

The Minus 5

At the Organ
(Yep Roc)

Wilco

At the Organ
(Yep Roc)

Wilco

A Ghost Is Born
(Nonesuch)

Summer Hymns

Even with new components, the band maintains its sound

No Depression – Revisited

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

Loose Fur

Loose Fur (Drag City)

Critics VS 2002: Rebuilding From Ash

2002 spent the year in a 9/11 hangover. Through the confusion, notable and amazing works still arose

Lucky Jim

Versatile indie visionary Jim O'Rourke works on more records than most people get around to buying

Sunken Treasure

Wilco's Yankee Hotel Foxtrot might have been the best album of last year. Here's why you haven't heard it yet.

Working Drone

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

A New Tune

After September 11, some new songs just don't sound the same

Folk Implosion

Billy Bragg and Wilco continue to decipher the mystery and misunderstood legend of Woody Guthrie with the second installment of Mermaid Avenue

Locals

Billy Bragg and Wilco continue to decipher the mystery and misunderstood legend of Woody Guthrie with the second installment of Mermaid Avenue

Critical Mass

Even with impending Willennium looming, 1999 proved to be a banner year for music

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 >>

Other People's Blogs: Radiohead Split, Beatles Rock Band Guitar, New Look for Electric Mustache

Rolling Stone: Radiohead Advised to "Split Up" Prior to "In Rainbows"Rolling Stone: "The Beatles: Rock Band" Reveals Vintage Guitars, Opens Pre-OrderPitchfork: Jay Bennett Sues Jeff Tweedy Over Wilco Royalties, DocumentaryElectric Mustache:  New Site...What Do You Think?

Other People's Blogs: Wilco Lawsuit Part 2, Electric Mustache Likes DMB, New Green Day Songs

NME: Wilco's Jeff Tweedy responds to lawsuitElectric Mustache: 'I kinda like Dave Matthews'Spin: Hear 6 New Green Day Songs!So Much Silence: Win tickets to see Haiku D'EtatNME: Regina Spektor reveals new album details

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 >>

Mariah's Memoirs, The Thermals in Phoenix, Jackson Nurse Served

Electric Mustache: The Thermals Return to Phoenix in September Idolator: Ghostface Has Not Received The Memo About The Death Of Autotune Idolator: Mariah Carey Making People Wait For Her "Memoirs" NME: Jack White to open White Stripes' archive to fans Pitchfork: Clap Your Hands Say Yeah's Alec Ounsw ... More >>

Neil Finn, family and friends make melodious music for poverty relief on 7 Worlds Collide

Frenz.comSinger/songwriter Neil Finn gathered family and friends in his native New Zealand to create and record a double album in three weeks.​ A sage singer/songwriter named Willie Nelson once extolled the joys of "making music with my friends" and a younger, but perhaps no less sage, singe ... More >>

Incoming: Jeff Tweedy Plays Phoenix on December 27

​Phoenix still can't seem to wrangle a Wilco show (the band played Tucson in June) but we're getting the next best thing at the end of December as singer Jeff Tweedy plays a solo show at the gorgeous Orpheum Theatre on Sunday, December 27.Tickets for the show will be $30 on go sale Wednesday Novem ... More >>

November 20 In Blogs: Salvador Reza, Jeff Tweedy, Liquor, and PETA

​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: Salvador Reza Discusses Joe Arpaio on GRITtv, and Dennis Gilman's Video on Nazis in Arizo ... More >>

My Name Is Jay Bennett, and I’m a Guitarist From Chicago

​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: Salvador Reza Discusses Joe Arpaio on GRITtv, and Dennis Gilman's Video on Nazis in Arizo ... More >>

Jeff Tweedy of Wilco at the Orpheum Theatre

​I will not hope Wilco breaks up.I will not hope Wilco breaks up.I will not hope Wilco breaks up.I will not hope Wilco breaks up.I will not hope Wilco breaks up.Perhaps it's pathetic that any music critic would have to re-affirm his interest in seeing his favorite band stay together through Bart S ... More >>

Jeff Tweedy, Joel McHale, Trunk Space Fest, Christmas at the Coach House, and 7 Video Game Predictions Over the Holiday Weekend

​Jeff Tweedy of Wilco at the Orpheum Theatre Perhaps it's pathetic that any music critic would have to re-affirm his interest in seeing his favorite band stay together through Bart Simpson-style repetitive writing exercises, but I can't help it. Jeff Tweedy's solo performance at Phoenix's Orph ... More >>

December 28 In Blogs: Miniature Tigers, Starbucks, Arpaio, and the Arizona Cardinals

​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: Joe Arpaio's Willful Ignorance, the MCSO's Shredding, and David Hendershott's Secret AOL ... More >>

Rosanne Cash

​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: Joe Arpaio's Willful Ignorance, the MCSO's Shredding, and David Hendershott's Secret AOL ... More >>

Top 10 Rock Documentaries: Anvil, Nirvana, Daniel Johnston, Wilco, and More (With Video!)

Anvil​This Friday the summer movie blockbuster season kicks into full swing with the release of Iron Man 2. Yes, there will be plenty of explosions, CGI special effects, sequels and remakes to last eager movie goers for the next few months.But just in case you want to skip the long lines, expensi ... More >>

Is It Illegal to Buy a Used CD from Your Favorite Local Record Store? It Might Be Soon...

Buyer Beware.​It seems the fight over who actually owns music is never-ending. This time, the fight isn't about burning CDs, online torrents, or album leaks. It's about re-selling physical copies of a record that you bought and paid for. Who knew that this was a problem?Well, the folks at Uni ... More >>

Eminem Recording New Tracks With Dr. Dre

​Eminem has confirmed he's recording with Dr. Dre again, according to MTV News.Marshall announced on Satellite Radio that he and Dre are brewing up something good, saying that he might rap over one of Dre's new beats.After one more single gets released from his latest album, Recovery, Eminem plans ... More >>

Mavis Staples and Dr. John To Play Phoenix in June

​Two of R&B/soul's most loved voices are headed for Celebrity Theater on June 16. Mavis Staples and Dr. John are set to take the rotating stage, and the show ought to be utterly fantastic. Staples' last record, You Are Not Alone (2010) found the 71 year-old songstress teaming with Wilco songw ... More >>

Mavis Staples and Dr. John Bring Divergent Music Styles to Phoenix

​Two of R&B/soul's most loved voices are headed for Celebrity Theater on June 16. Mavis Staples and Dr. John are set to take the rotating stage, and the show ought to be utterly fantastic. Staples' last record, You Are Not Alone (2010) found the 71 year-old songstress teaming with Wilco songw ... More >>

Wilco Is Coming to Tempe in January! Hooray!

​In one of my favorite pieces he wrote at New Times, former music editor Martin Cizmar argued that Wilco, one of my favorite bands, was, for all intents and purposes, no different than Dave Matthew Band, a group I don't like. (Anymore, at least. I was a pretty big fan of Before These Crowded Stree ... More >>

Eight Songs for Hanukkah (Not Including That Adam Sandler Song Because We're Still Mad Jack and Jill Exists)

​As you've no doubt noticed, we've dived headfirst into the holiday spirit around here. We've got song to string your Christmas lights to, our favorite WTF Christmas albums, and even a weekly series, "Christmas Music That Doesn't Suck" (look for installment number two tomorrow). But we're w ... More >>

Songs To Help You Keep Your New Year's Resolutions

"Let's get physical/physical/Let's get --" Ah, turn it off.​So right about now you're looking that weight rack right in the eye, cursing yourself for getting fat in the first place. But not to worry. For years, musicians have been recording songs for just this kind of thing. Your New Year's R ... 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 >>

Wilco at Gammage Auditorium, 1/21/12

Melissa FossumJeff Tweedy of Wilco​ Wilco Gammage Auditorium Saturday, January 21, 2012 Plenty of derisive things get said about Wilco being "dad rock." You can't get around the fact that songwriter Jeff Tweedy, bassist John Stirratt, drummer Glenn Kotche, guitarist Nels Cline, and multi-i ... More >>

Wilco at ASU Gammage on Twitter

Melissa Fossum​ "Are you under the impression this isn't your life? Do you dabble in depression, is someone twisting a knife in your back?" Well, don't worry, "Wilco will love you, baby." And babies, you loved you some Wilco, even if they didn't play "Wilco (The Song)" or "(I Got You) at th ... More >>

Don't Be an Asshole or: A Few Words On The Subject of Concert Etiquette

"You're not wrong, Walter, you're just an asshole." ​Hi, my name is Mike Escoto and I like music. In particular, I enjoy live music. As you might reasonably guess, my enjoyment of live music is why I contribute to Up on the Sun, in addition to co-running my own blog, Electric Mustache. It's a ... More >>