Oct 11, 2021 By Mark Redfern

Wilco frontman Jeff Tweedy and British post-punk band TV Priest have each shared new songs as part of Sub Pop Singles Club, Vol. 6. Tweedy’s songs are “C’mon America” and “UR-60 Unsent,” whereas TV Priest have shared “All Things,” which is the B-side to “Lifesize,” a new song the band shared in September. More

Nov 24, 2020 By Joey Arnone

Last night, Jeff Tweedy of Wilco made an appearance on Late Night with Seth Myers, where he discussed his new album Love Is The King, along with his new book How To Write One Song. Tweedy also performed a track from his new album, “Gwendolyn,” where he was accompanied by his son Spencer Tweedy (drums), James Elkington (guitar), and Liam Kazar (bass). More

Oct 23, 2020 By Christopher Roberts

Wilco frontman Jeff Tweedy has released a new solo album, Love Is the King, digitally today via dBpm. Now that it’s out you can stream the whole thing here. Also, today we posted our review of the album. More

Oct 06, 2020 By Christopher Roberts

Wilco frontman Jeff Tweedy has shared a video for a new song, “Gwendolyn,” that features many a famous mouth not his own. Tweedy wears a face mask at the start of the video, but when he removes it different well known mouths sing the song over his face, including lips belonging to Jon Hamm, Elvis Costello, Tavi Gevinson, Seth Meyers, Nnamdi, Abbi Jacobson, Alex Winter, Norah Jones, Jeff Garlin, Courtney Barnett, Fred Armisen, Jay Som, Nick Offerman, Robyn Hitchcock, his sons Sammy Tweedy and Spencer Tweedy, and others. More

Sep 18, 2020 By Christopher Roberts

Welcome to the 37th Songs of the Week of 2020. Just as we were finishing up this week’s list we got word that beloved Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has died. As if 2020 couldn’t get any worse. R.I.P. a true legend, the Notorious RBG. More

Sep 15, 2020 By Christopher Roberts

Wilco frontman Jeff Tweedy has announced a new solo album, Love Is the King, and shared two songs from it, “Guess Again” and title track “Love Is the King.” Tweedy has also announced a drive-in concert for this Friday, September 18, at McHenry, IL Outdoor Theater. More

Aug 11, 2020 By Jennifer Irving

Last year, Wilco frontman Jeff Tweedy released his widely praised memoir, Let’s Go (So We Can Get Back). Now, he’s announced a follow up entitled How to Write One Song, aimed at, well, teaching aspiring musicians how to write a single song. How to Write One Song is due out October 13 via Dutton. More

May 21, 2020 By Samantha Small

Last night, Wilco performed their uplifting new single “Tell Your Friends” for The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. The purchases of the song, which is exclusively on Bandcamp, will go to World Central Kitchen, an organization who provides meals in the wake of natural disasters. More

Apr 09, 2020 By Lily Guthrie

Jeff Tweedy of Wilco has covered John Prine’s seemingly irreverent tune “Please Don’t Bury Me” in an Instagram Live video. This past Tuesday, April 7, Prine, a Grammy Award-winning folk music composer and performer, died at age 73 of complications from COVID-19. More

Apr 03, 2020 By Lily Guthrie

Gospel singer Mavis Staples, of the beloved soul group The Staple Singers, has shared a new song, “All In It Together,” that is produced by Wilco’s Jeff Tweedy, who also features on the track. More

Mar 31, 2020 By Christopher Roberts

Wilco was scheduled to perform on Jimmy Kimmel Live!, but late night TV shows are improvising these days due to the COVID-19 quarantine. So Kimmel is doing his show from home and since Wilco have put touring on hold, instead frontman Jeff Tweedy did a performance from his home, in particular his bathroom, aided by his sons Spencer and Sammy. More

Dec 18, 2019 By Chris Davidson

Eleven albums into their career, Chicago’s Wilco has been labeled everything from “alt-country heroes’’ to “the American Radiohead” to “sellouts” for licensing songs to VW commercials. More

Jul 16, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Wilco have announced a new album, Ode to Joy, and shared its first single, “Love Is Everywhere (Beware).” More

Apr 12, 2019 By Mark Redfern

Welcome to another Songs of the Week. We were a bit indecisive this week. There were lots of new tracks to sort through and lots of good ones, but none that immediately screamed #1 Song of the Week. But then we realized there was actually a clear winner after-all. More

Apr 08, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Wilco‘s Jeff Tweedy released a new solo album, WARM, last November via dBpm. Now he has announced a new companion album WARMER, and shared a video for its first single, “Family Ghost.” More

Feb 28, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

The full list of 2019 Record Store Day releases has been revealed. Record Store Day goes down on Saturday, April 13 and just in case you don’t already know, the basic idea is to get music fans out to their local independent record store, with the bait being a slew of exclusive limited edition releases. More

Nov 30, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

We didn’t do a Songs of the Week last week due to the Thanksgiving holiday and long weekend. Beyond the fact that we were taking a break from work, there simply weren’t enough songs released last week to justify a Songs of the Week wrap up. More

Nov 27, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

Wilco‘s Jeff Tweedy is releasing new solo album, WARM, this Friday (November 30) via dBpm. Previously he shared a video for its first single, “Some Birds” (which was one of our Songs of the Week). Now he has shared another song from the album, “I Know What It’s Like,” via a Mark Greenberg-directed video for the track. More

Sep 28, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

We tend to avoid including cover versions in our Songs of the Week list, as they are not truly new songs, but this week we have included two notable ones in our main list. We also rarely include live songs in our Top 10 songs, but have made a big exception this week. More

Sep 24, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

Wilco‘s Jeff Tweedy has announced a new solo album, WARM, and shared a video for its first single, “Some Birds.” WARM is due out November 30 via dBpm. Sam Henrikson directed the “Some Birds” video, which features Tweedy watching himself get a haircut. More

Nov 14, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

Soul legend and civil rights activist Mavis Staples is releasing a new album, If All I Was Was Black, this Friday via ANTI-. Wilco‘s Jeff Tweedy produced If All I Was Was Black and also guests on one song, “Ain’t No Doubt About It,” and now Staples has shared the song. It’s a pleasing duet between Staples and Tweedy. More

Nov 08, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

Soul legend and civil rights activist Mavis Staples is releasing a new album, If All I Was Was Black, on November 17 via ANTI-. Wilco‘s Jeff Tweedy produced If All I Was Was Black and also guests on one song. Last night Staples stopped by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert to perform “Build a Bridge,” Tweedy on guitar and backing vocals. More

Sep 15, 2017 By Stephen Mayne

This week Benjamin Clementine discusses the inspirations for his new record and the problems he sees around him, plus we round-up Trump’s deal-cutting, hurricanes, mass persecution in Myanmar, The Beatles on the EU, and Mavis Staples on the state of America. More

Sep 11, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

Soul legend and civil rights activist Mavis Staples has announced a new album, If All I Was Was Black, and shared its title track. If All I Was Was Black was produced by Wilco‘s Jeff Tweedy, who also guests on one song. More

Aug 18, 2017 By Stephen Mayne

With the President outdoing himself in a bid to appear like a terrible human being, there’s only really one thing to talk about this week. Still, read on and you might find a few positive developments outside his Charlottesville debacle. More

Aug 14, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

Wilco have released a brand new song, “All Lives, You Say?,” to their Bandcamp page. Its release is perhaps timed in response to the white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, this past weekend in which three were killed (including 32-year-old anti-racism protestor Heather Heyer, when a car purposefully sped into a crowd of protestors). More

Jun 23, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

Here we highlight six albums due out today that we feel are most worth hearing. We have also included Amazon links for each album. If you click through those links and buy the album (or anything else on Amazon once you’ve clicked through) then Amazon rewards us with a sales percentage. More

Jun 21, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

Wilco‘s Jeff Tweedy is releasing a new solo album, Together At Last, this Friday June 23 via dBpm. It’s a solo acoustic album that features new versions of songs by Wilco as well as Tweedy’s side-projects Loose Fur and Golden Smog. More

Jun 20, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

Wilco‘s Jeff Tweedy is releasing a new solo album, Together At Last, this Friday June 23 via dBpm. It’s a solo acoustic album that features new versions of songs by Wilco as well as Tweedy’s side-projects Loose Fur and Golden Smog. More

Apr 13, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

Wilco‘s Jeff Tweedy has announced a new solo album, Together At Last, which is due out June 23 via dBpm. It’s a solo acoustic album that features new versions of songs by Wilco as well as Tweedy’s side-projects Loose Fur and Golden Smog. More

Jun 23, 2017 By Aug Stone

Now this is a lovely thing. Jeff Tweedy revisits his past catalogue, recording acoustic renditions of songs from Wilco, Loose Fur, and Golden Smog. The record begins with a slightly faster paced “Via Chicago” from Wilco’s Summerteeth, the tempo suiting the song very well. More