prefixmag.com (Free subscription) | 21/11/2008
A friend of mine calls Paste a music magazine for people who wish Uncle Tupelo were still together, but have decided to try to like new stuff. And I can’t ...
prefixmag.com (Free subscription) | 11/11/2008
Despite bearing the gruff nicotine rasp of a 48-year-old blues growler, mainman John McCauley was just 19 years old when he recorded War Elephant. A limited-edition run of the album gained critical momentum and sold out not long after its initial release. This reissue on Partisan Records contains a disappointingly misogynistic cover (the was far better) and gives a wider audience a chance to hear McCauley’s...
Big Action! (Free subscription) | 05/11/2008
"Paint the White House Black," George Clinton"I'm Amazed," My Morning Jacket"A Change Is Gonna Come," Sam Cooke"Can't Hardly Wait," The Replacements"Can You Feel It'," Apples in Stereo"Don't Lie to Me," Big Star"All You Fascists," Billy Bragg & Wilco"Michelle," The Beatles"Here...
Culture Bully (Free subscription) | 23/10/2008
What first inspired your interest in music and how has arts education (or lack thereof) affected your lasting appreciation for music? My dad is a huge Elvis Presley fan. He introduced me to Elvis’s music when I was eight and soon I had my first idol. My dad would spin records from The Beatles, Janis Joplin, [...]
Musical Stew Daily (Free subscription) | 21/10/2008
Uncle Tupelo’s last performance as a band. Tensions and in-fighting had reached critical mass and the band needed to cease their musical partnership pronto. No Depression Chickamauga Watch Me Fall Grindstone Satan, Your Kingdom Must Come Down Fifteen Keys Long Cut Anodyne New Madrid Slate Atomic Power Postcard Gun High Water Acuff-Rose True to Life We’ve Been Had Give Back the Key To My Heart Everybody...
Pajiba (Free subscription) | 14/10/2008
I Vow Never To Mention Sarah Palin In Pajiba Love After the Election Pajiba Love / Stacey Nosek...
Nerd Litter (Free subscription) | 09/10/2008
1) "You Will Miss Me When I Burn" - Palace Brothers from Days In The Wake [ Buy it ] 2) "Leave The City" - Magnolia Electric Co. from What Comes After The Blues [ Buy it ] 3) "Steal The Crumbs" - Uncle Tupelo from Anodyne [ Buy it ] 4) "Round and Round (It Won't Be Long)" - Neil Young with Crazy Horse from Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere [ Buy it ] 5) "Stay Inside" - Vic Chesnutt from Silver Lake [...
Seattle Weekly (Free subscription) | 08/10/2008
It's been about 25 years since Tucson, Arizona singer/multi-instrumentalist Howe Gelb slapped his Giant Sand moniker on a piece of vinyl and launched a career of atmospheric, sun-baked, Neil Young-inspired roots-rock, one that's delivered nearly two dozen high-quality recordings and directly influen...
Cincinnati Enquirer (Free subscription) | 06/10/2008
Chris Hillman, a former Byrd, is still making music that matters. He'll play tunes from the catalogs of former bands, plus the Desert Rose Band and his solo albums with fellow traveler Herb Pedersen Thursday at the Southgate House.
The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 03/10/2008
Decades before Uncle Tupelo, Wilco, Son Volt and The Jayhawks re-introduced and expanded the parameters of roots-rock, there was a scrappy little group, originally hailing...
Band Weblogs (Free subscription) | 23/09/2008
Golden Smog dislike being called an alt-country super group by all accounts, but that is what they are, being what Soul Asylum's Dan Murphy calls (a central Golden Smog member) "an ad hoc group of musicians" ...
lost at e minor (Free subscription) | 20/09/2008
It’s only fitting a band of Canadian rootsters like this would tap a mythical figure of folklore for their namesake. Indeed, Ottawa’s The John Henrys understand the power of the familiar. But while the mighty Henry keeled over after his big challenge, vocalist-guitarist Rey Sabatin Jr. and company are going strong after theirs, a rollicking [...]
Absolute Powerpop (Free subscription) | 19/09/2008
Three Americana-inflected but still poptastic releases: High on Stress-Cop Light Parade . If Jay Farrar worked with Paul Westerberg in Uncle Tupelo instead of Jeff Tweedy, this is how they would have sounded. In fact, some of frontman/songwriter Nick Leet's song titles recall Westerberg's wit and wordplay ("White Sugar", "My White Pages", "Trample With Care", "We Could Have Been Nobody", "Tomorrow...
Largehearted Boy (Free subscription) | 16/09/2008
The Toronto Star interviews author Hanif Kureishi. The Guardian's books blog searches for the literary inspirations behind the television series The Wire. The Wire is the most consciously literary of all crime dramas. Its creator, David Simon, wrote the classic...
prefixmag.com (Free subscription) | 16/09/2008
The history of rock music is littered with the bones of favorite bands. Sometimes, existing together proves too much. Though musicians often talk about a break-up in terms of having ...
