Three years ago, at the pinnacle of their 15-year career, local rock heroes the Meat Puppets vanished from view, after bass player Cris Kirkwood became addicted to cocaine and heroin. The story only gets worse from there.
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 will cost $40/$35.
Old-timey alt-country fans know Jay Farrar, the lead singer of Son Volt, was once in a band called Uncle Tupelo with Wilco's Jeff Tweedy. The two split over creative differences -- r
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, Farrar has to talk about the past because, the other main songwriter in Uncle Tupelo, Jeff Tweedy, went on to form Wilco after an acrimonious split. While Son Volt has had an impressive career - and e
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: Screw Love! Q&A with the Star of Paper Heart
Q&A: Dare I Ask Son Volt's Jay Farrar About The New Wilco Record?
Chow Bella:
Chef Talk: Josh Hebert, Posh
Meal Ticket Reveals a Late Night Dini
​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 12 songs for One Fast Move or I'm Gone: Kerouac's Big Sur, writing lyrics based on prose from Jack Kerouac's landmark 1962 novel Big Sur.The record is set for release on October 20, accompanying a fea
