It’s been a meditative past couple of weeks for two of rock’s great songwriters, Bruce Springsteen and Jeff Tweedy. The former spent the majority of his new album Letter To You rustling with time as if it were a pile…
Album Review: Jeff Tweedy – Warm
On last year’s Together at Last, Jeff Tweedy stripped down some of his lengthy career’s most beloved tunes, presenting them as intimate, acoustic confessions. And it seems as though he remained in that muted, barebones headspace when charting out the songs…
Album Review: Mavis Staples – “If All I Was Was Black”
Mavis Staples is a national treasure. The 78-year old singer’s voice has been an important spiritual companion in America’s struggle for equality and dignity since the 1950s; that unique, deep tone possesses a connection to the most profound of human…
Album Review: Jeff Tweedy – “Together At Last”
It’s inherently unsettling to hear the words “I dreamed about killing you again last night.” Such is the tone set from the get-go on Jeff Tweedy’s Together At Last. The album is effectively a retrospective of the songwriter’s long career,…
From the Record Crate: Wilco – “Sky Blue Sky” (2007)
Known for the unique and strange noises from their past albums, Wilco changed up their style to a more simpler form on one of their more critically acclaimed projects, 2007’s Sky Blue Sky. What I enjoyed about Sky Blue Sky was that…
Album Review: Wilco – “Schmilco”
Wilco have always thrived in misery. In the 22 years of their existence, they’ve transitioned from fuzzy garage rock with a hint of country to expansive jams and experimenting with alternative. But in both of those sounds, Jeff Tweedy and…
Album Review: Wilco – ‘Star Wars’
Releasing a new album out of nowhere–and for free–is usually a net positive for a veteran musical act, unless you’re U2 and put that record on millions of phones without so much as an opt-out. The latest band to have…