News
Plus Tim Heidecker, Bill Ryder-Jones, Thundercat, and a Wrap-up of the Week's Other Notable New Tracks
Nov 02, 2018
By Christopher Roberts
It was shaping up to be a weak week for Songs of the Week, but then our #1 track emerged today and we dug a little deeper through the week’s songs and put together a compelling Top 10. It’s an eclectic mix of political songs, catchy mainstream pop, a strange sci-fi spoken word track, and some unapologetic guitar indie rock. More
Bottle It In Due Out This Friday via Matador
Oct 10, 2018
By Christopher Roberts
Kurt Vile is releasing a new album, Bottle It In, this Friday (October 12) via Matador. Now he has stopped by SiriusXM to cover Tom Petty‘s “Learning to Fly.” He covered it solo on guitar. He also performed his own single “Bassackwards.” More
An American Treasure Out Now via Reprise
Oct 01, 2018
By Christopher Roberts
Tom Petty, the singer/songwriter/guitarist who found success in the 1970s and 1980s with his band as Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, died in October 2017 at age 66. Last Friday saw the release of An American Treasure, a 60-track box set that includes dozens of previously unreleased songs. Now a video for one of those tracks, “Gainesville,” has been shared. More
An American Treasure Out Now via Reprise
Sep 28, 2018
By Christopher Roberts
Tom Petty, the singer/songwriter/guitarist who found success in the 1970s and 1980s with his band as Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, died in October 2017 at age 66. Today sees the release of An American Treasure, a 60-track box set that includes dozens of previously unreleased songs. More
An American Treasure Due Out September 28 via Reprise, Features Previously Unreleased Material
Jul 11, 2018
By Christopher Roberts
Tom Petty, the singer/songwriter/guitarist who found success in the 1970s and 1980s with his band as Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, died last October at age 66. Now a previously unreleased song by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, “Keep a Little Soul,” recorded in 1982, has been shared. It’s part of a new box set, An American Treasure, that’s just been announced and is due out September 28 via Reprise. More
From Tom Petty's 1994 Album Wildflowers
Oct 06, 2017
By Christopher Roberts
Tom Petty, the singer/songwriter/guitarist who found success in the 1970s and 1980s with his band as Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, died Monday night after suffering cardiac arrest Sunday night in his home in Malibu, Los Angeles. He was 66. More
Plus Against Me!, Kesha, and Miley Cyrus
Oct 05, 2017
By Christopher Roberts
Tom Petty, the singer/songwriter/guitarist who found success in the 1970s and 1980s with his band as Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, died Monday night after suffering cardiac arrest Sunday night in his home in Malibu, Los Angeles. More
From Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers' 1985 Album Southern Accents
Oct 04, 2017
By Christopher Roberts
Tom Petty, the singer/songwriter/guitarist who found success in the 1970s and 1980s with his band as Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, died Monday night after suffering cardiac arrest Sunday night in his home in Malibu, Los Angeles. More
From Petty’s 1981 Album Hard Promises
Oct 04, 2017
By Christopher Roberts
Tom Petty, the singer/songwriter/guitarist who found success in the 1970s and 1980s with his band as Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, died Monday night after suffering cardiac arrest Sunday night in his home in Malibu, Los Angeles. He was 66. At Wilco‘s concert at the Toyota Music Factory in Irving, Texas last night they did a spirited cover of Petty’s “The Waiting,” found on his 1981 album Hard Promises. More
Monday Night in Portland, OR After a Minute of Silence
Oct 03, 2017
By Christopher Roberts
Tom Petty, the singer/songwriter/guitarist who found success in the 1970s and 1980s with his band as Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, died Monday night after suffering cardiac arrest Sunday night in his home in Malibu, Los Angeles. He was 66. At Coldplay’s concert at Portland, OR’s Moda Center last night the band, alongside special guest Peter Buck of R.E.M., took a minute of silence for Petty before covering his 1989 hit “Free Fallin’.” More
Petty Had a Heart Attack in His Malibu Home on Sunday and Was Taken Off Life Support Today
Oct 02, 2017
By Christopher Roberts
Tom Petty, the 66-year-old singer/songwriter/guitarist who found success in the 1970s and 1980s with his band as Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, suffered cardiac arrest Sunday night in his home in Malibu, Los Angeles, and was rushed to the hospital, where he was put on life support. Monday night he was taken off life support and passed away, as The New York Times have confirmed. More
Interviews
“We’ve always said when we’re writing music that a song isn’t really ours and we don’t like it unless it stirs some sort of emotion within ourselves as we play it.”
May 22, 2020
By Dom Gourlay (As Told To)
I had to think about that quite deeply because it does change. People’s favorite albums don’t necessarily stay the same forever. You might have a favorite now but in 10 years you may have another one. The record I’m listening to quite a lot now—and I actually listened to quite a lot when I was a kid, even before joining Sigur Rós—is Wildflowers by Tom Petty. More
Reviews
Oct 02, 2018
By Frank Valish
As the title states, Tom Petty is an American treasure, and this posthumously released set proves it over 60 largely unreleased songs, alternate versions, and live tracks. More
