Uncle Tupelo

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

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 stretch all the way back to Uncle Tupelo, the seminal ... More >>

Six New Times Contributors Name Their Top 10 Records of 2010

Cheetah Chrome Talks Dead Boys, Dissing Devo, and His New Band Batusis

​ Cheetah Chrome and Sylvain Sylvain are considered founding fathers of punk rock, as original members of Rocket From the Tombs and The Dead Boys, and New York Dolls, respectively, but the two are far from mellowing out with their age. Their new project, Batusis, roars and rips with just as much f ... More >>

Odds 'n' Sods: Tom Jones, Los Lobos, Chely Wright, 36Crazyfists, and more

​Lots of CDs piling up. Let's have a listen at a few, shall we?Norman -- Hay, Hay, Make a Wish and Turn Away: These boys play Neil Young-meets-Uncle Tupelo country-folk-rock through a cloudy, green filter befitting their Oregon provenance. Mostly, it works, especially when they veer away from the ... 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 >>

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 >>

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

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 >>

No Depression is Back! ...Sorta

When No Depression, The New York Times of roots music, stopped publishing last May, then stopped updating the site frequently shortly thereafter it left a huge hole in the alt-country scene. Now it's back. Sorta. The magazine, named for a Carter Family/Uncle Tupelo song, launched in 1995 is now a ... More >>

The Baseball Project

Volume 1: Frozen Ropes and Dying Quails
(Yep Roc)

Wilco

Sky Blue Sky
(Nonesuch)

Son Volt

The Search
(Red Int/Red Ink)

Drag the River

Putting the barf back in barfly

The Silos

Cool country--before country was cool

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

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)

Laura Minor

Salesman's Girl (HighTone)

The Next Rig Thing

Covering the tracks of Truckers on Speed's raucous new CD

Bottle Rockets

Songs of Sahm (Bloodshot Records)

Working Drone

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

Show Business

TV-3's NewShow is overhauled, and local music gets the boot

Eclectic Avenue

From Snoop Dogg to Doug Sahm, Austin's Gourds revel in making magic out of every sound imaginable

12LB. Test

Harm's Way (Miles of Music Recordings)

Road Weary

The Grievous Angels bid goodbye with a bleak chronicle of a traveling band

Fowl Play

Tempe combo's music is a little tough to describe, but it tastes like Chicken

Prophet Ear

Ex-Green on Red mainstay Chuck Prophet continues his solo metamorphosis with The Hurting Business

Truckers on Speed

No Sense in Runnin'
(self-released)

Plain Folk

Roger McGuinn, still a Byrd man, doesn't wanna be a rock 'n' roll star

Critical Mass

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

Suck 'n' Cover

New Times' critical vultures swoop down to pick at the latest carrion and dross

Desert Sons

Shoeless Joe makes twangy art out of broken dreams

Brand New Year

The Bottle Rockets' Brian Henneman gives up on the music biz, and settles for just making music

Tupelo Honey

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

Critical Mass

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

Honky-Tonk Angels

The Valley's longest-twanging C&W/rock outfit charms a third time with a no-nonsense new CD

Still Waters

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

Calendar for the week

Calendar for the week

Recordings

Recordings

Pic Hits for the week

American Son

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

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