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Jeff Tweedy and His Sons Are the New Kings of ‘Dad Rock’ — And They Couldn’t Be Happier
It might be the oldest rock’n’roll cliche in the book: that being in a band is akin to being married, in a relationship or part of a family. When bands break up, the word “divorce” gets thrown around pretty regularly to describe the circumstances (in fact, it’s the word John Lennon used when he left The Beatles in 1969). That unavoidable and often uncomfortable interpersonal dynamic may explain why not many well-known bands prominently feature actual family members. Sure, there are a few outliers: 88-year-old Willie Nelson has been backed by his sons Lukas and Micah for two decades, while then-teenager Wolfgang Van Halen more than capably assumed bass playing duties alongside his guitar-slinging dad Eddie and drummer Uncle Alex when Van Halen reunited with David Lee Roth in 2007. But for W...
Jeff Tweedy Details Live Deluxe Edition of Love Is The King, Shares Neil Young Cover
Jeff Tweedy is releasing a deluxe edition of his record from last year, Love Is The King/Live Is The King out digitally on December 10 via dBpm Records. Additionally, Tweedy announced a slew of shows taking place this winter. The expanded package features all 11 original Love Is The King tracks, a bonus disc with live versions of every song, and a cover of Neil Young’s “The Old Country Waltz,” which dropped today. The live sessions were all recorded at The Loft (Wilco’s Chicago studio), and Chicago’s Constellation and The Hideout, with Tweedy, his sons Sammy and Spencer, Liam Kazar, James Elkington, and Ohmme’s Sima Cunningham. Love Is The King/Live Is The King is available for pre-order, and we can expect a vinyl release next year. Tweedy is set to perform a small stri...
Jeff Tweedy and TV Priest Unveil Previously Unheard Tracks With Sub Pop Singles Club
Jeff Tweedy is the latest artist to contribute to Sub Pop Singles Club. The Wilco frontman shared a pair of singles titled “C’mon America” and “UR-60 Unsent.” The Sub Pop series includes limited, subscription-only singles by an eclectic array of artists including John Waters, Duma, LIDS, Washed Out, Hand Habits, BNH Deluxe, among others. The Wilco frontman contributed his two tracks from separate batches of previously unreleased material. In addition to Tweedy, TV Priest shared a pair of new singles as part of the Singles Club. “‘All Thing’ is a subversion of the Anglo Saxon word for parliament or meeting (Althing or Thing),” TV Priest’s Charlie Drinkwater says. “It asks questions about the power of groupthink and ideas of nationhood that have become static, non-inclusive, and singular.” T...
Jeff Tweedy Covers Roky Erickson’s ‘For You (I’d Do Anything)’
There’s a new Roky Erickson tribute album titled May The Circle Remain Unbroken: A Tribute To Roky Erickson on the way in time for the latest Record Store Day Drop in a few weeks. One of the participants is none other than Jeff Tweedy. The Wilco frontman took on Erickson’s “For You (I’d Do Anything).” Other officially leaked singles ahead of the compilation’s full release include “Two Headed Dog” by Margo Price and “Be And Bring Me Home” by Neko Case. Other contributors on the album include Lucinda Williams, Billy F. Gibbons, Mark Lanegan and Lynn Castle, Gary Clark, Jr., Chelsea Wolfe and more. Erickson was the guitarist, vocalist, and co-founder of The 13th Floor Elevators in the mid-‘60s. The untamed, psychedelic-garage rock anthem “You’re Gonna Miss Me” won them mainstream ...
Land Ho!’s Scott Tanner Releases New Song With Duke Silver to Be Featured on Upcoming Mouse Rat Album
Even for the most diehard fans of Pawnee, Indiana’s thriving rock scene, it’s been quite some time since the world last heard from Scott Tanner, the enigmatic frontman of one of the most popular bands in the city’s history, Land Ho! But today, the talented singer and guitarist who bears more than a passing resemblance to Wilco’s Jeff Tweedy re-emerged for the first time since the band’s reunion at 2014’s Pawnee/Eagleton Unity Concert with a brand new track, “Cold Water.” Of course, some may remember the group from their brief appearances on the documentary series Parks and Recreation, which makes sense considering that the new track from Tanner will appear exclusively on Mouse Rat’s new album, The Awesome Album (Aug. 27 via Dualtone Music Group and Entertainment 720). But A...
Wilco’s Yankee Hotel Foxtrot Gets Remixed by Director Barry Jenkins
Moonlight director Barry Jenkins has given Wilco’s 2002 breakthrough Yankee Hotel Foxtrot album a “Chopped and Screwed Remix” with Houston’s Chopstars, turning the acclaimed LP into the 11-song Yankee Purple Foxtrot. “NOBODY asked for this BUT… in a world where Jeff Tweedy and the boyz was from Houston, TX… @candlestickem, @OGRONC and me present YANKEE PURPLE FOXTROT… Some Americana for the timeline given recent events. The #YeehawAgenda is alive and well,” Jenkins said in a tweet announcing the remix. Previously the director chopped and screwed the soundtracks to his own films Moonlight and If Beale Street Could Talk and a pair of Grizzly Bear albums (Purple Veckatimest / Painted Ruins (ChoppedNotSlopped)). Guess what? Wilco approves. Jenkins’ next directorial pro...
Tame Impala’s Kevin Parker, Jeff Tweedy, Rufus Wainwright Cover John Lennon on His 80th Birthday
In honor of what would be John Lennon’s 80th birthday (Oct. 9) artists including Kevin Parker of Tame Impala, Pete Yorn, Jeff Tweedy and Rufus Wainwright have covered songs from the late singer’s catalog. Tweedy, joined by his son Spencer and Liam Kazar, shared a version of Lennon’s “God,” off the John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band album, which you can watch below. [embedded content] Parker covered “Jealous Guy” off Lennon’s 1971 Imagine album. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" data-wp-preserve="%3Cscript%20async%20src%3D%22%2F%2Fwww.instagram.com%2Fembed.js%22%3E%3C%2Fscript%3E" data-mce-resize="false" data-mce-placeholder="1" class="mce-object" width="20" height="20...
Jeff Tweedy Shares ‘Gwendolyn’ From Upcoming Solo LP
After announcing his new solo album, Love is the King, along with a pair of tracks last month, Wilco’s Jeff Tweedy has released another new track off of that record today (Oct. 6). “Gwendolyn” is a midtempo toe-tapper and is accompanied by an epic Jamie Fleishcel-directed video featuring cameos by Jon Hamm,Elvis Costello, Tavi Gevinson, Seth Meyers, Nnamdi, Abbi Jacobson, Alex Winter, Norah Jones, Jeff Garlin and many more. “She holds my hand between her knees / It’s like a dream, I never know what it means / I only know I’m feeling alone / That’s right when I start missing home,” he sings. [embedded content] “Gwendolyn” follows the release of “Guess Again” and the album’s title track last month. Love is ithe King was recorded at The Loft in Chicago in April with his sons Spen...
Beck, Jeff Tweedy and More Cover Daniel Johnston For Honey I Sure Miss You Tribute
September 11 marked the year anniversary of Daniel Johnston’s death, and Electric Lady Studios curated a star-studded tribute to the quirky singer-songwriter to commemorate his life. Honey I Sure Miss You, A Tribute To The Life Of Daniel Johnston aired Friday night and featured intimate, home performances from Beck, Jeff Tweedy, Phoebe Bridgers, and more covering their favorite songs from the beloved artist, along with never-before-seen home video of Johnston, art, poetry, and more. “I’m just a huge fan of Daniel Johnston’s drawings and music and recognize how beloved he is, especially within the music community,” says Electric Lady managing partner Lee Foster in a statement. “If you’re a fan, you’re usually a fanatic, and when I started reaching out to musician and industry friends for vi...
Jeff Tweedy’s New Book Will Teach You How to Write a Song
Wilco singer/songwriter Jeff Tweedy will release How to Write One Song, billed as a “candid and fascinating primer on the art form he knows best,” on Oct. 13 on Dutton. The new book, which follows up his 2019 memoir, Let’s Go (So We Can Get Back), promises to reveal the “the behind-the-scenes process, and the joy he gets from making something new.” Tweedy explains the tome’s raison d’etre: “The feeling I get when I write—the sense that time is simultaneously expanding and disappearing—that I’m simultaneously more me and also free of me—is the main reason I wanted to put my thoughts on songwriting down in book form to share with everyone so inclined.” How to Write One Song contains actionable and practical songwriting tips, including tips on overcoming se...
Jeff Tweedy Shares Potential Plan for Reparations in the Music Industry
On June 18, Jeff Tweedy announced that he would start donating 5% of his writer royalties to racial justice organizations and urged other artists to do the same. And in a new interview, Tweedy explains not only its importance but also how this promise can turn into an industry-wide mission. “It’s not an exaggeration to say our culture wouldn’t be our culture without black genius,” the Wilco singer told Rolling Stone. “There’s a shameful history there, and there are things the industry should still be ashamed of. There are things about the way Black artists are treated today that are different and unfair. It isn’t an equal playing field.” He plans to start pushing for these donations with BMI, which currently allows artists to do this on a “one-off basis” but are looking into a sustainable ...
Jeff Tweedy and Family Cover Neil Young, My Bloody Valentine
In his latest quarantine-inspired Instagram episode of “The Tweedy Show,” Wilco’s Jeff Tweedy enlisted his wife Susie and sons Spencer and Sammy for a family affair of covers. Throughout the sessions, Jeff covered Neil Young’s “Try,” Sammy covered Arthur Russell’s “Close My Eyes” and Link Wray’s “La De Da,” and the family dished out a rendition of My Bloody Valentine’s “When You Sleep.” The Tweedy fam has linked up for performances during the duration of quarantine, notably a bathroom-bred Jimmy Kimmel Live! performance of “Evergreen.” Tweedy also made the rounds on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert recently. Revisit out 2019 interview with Tweedy and check out the latest performance below: [embedded content] You Deserve to Make Money Even When you are l...
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