Low Releases Video for "Just Make it Stop"
The video conceals the identities of the band members by only focusing on brief glimpses of their mouths, shadowed profiles and artistic shots of playing their instruments during a recording session. read more
Found in: Music, NewsMavis Staples Releases Funkadelic Cover from Jeff Tweedy-Produced One True Vine
Legendary soul singer Mavis Staples announced her second collaboration with Wilco's Jeff Tweedy titled One True Vine to be released June 25 via Anti-. read more
Found in: Music, NewsJeff Tweedy Writes Letter Supporting Same-Sex Marriage
"...everyone should be able to marry the person he or she loves and enjoy the dignity and respect that comes with that commitment." read more
Found in: Music, NewsLow Releases Jeff Tweedy-Produced Single "Plastic Cup"
For their 10th album, Low have enlisted Wilco’s Jeff Tweedy to produce The Invisible Way, out on March 19th through Sub Pop. Now on NPR, the first song from this collaboration, “Plastic Cup,” is available. read more
Found in: Music, NewsWatch Mavis Staples, Sean Lennon, Jeff Tweedy and the Harlem Gospel Choir on The Colbert Report
In the spirit of the holiday season, The Colbert Report featured a performance filled with holiday cheer as Mavis Staples, Sean Lennon, Jeff Tweedy and the Harlem Gospel choir performed “Happy Xmas (War Is Over).” The all-star group of musicians made this song their own, with Lennon and Tweedy on guitars and Staples taking the lead on vocals. You can check out the performance below.... read more
Found in: NewsBilly Fay to Release First Solo Album in 40 Years
After releasing two albums in the early 1970s, pianist Bill Fay faded into relative obscurity. But after being brought back into the spotlight by a slew of covers by high profile musicians, the English artist will release his first solo album in over 40 years, Life is People.... read more
Found in: NewsWilco Jams with Mavis Staples and Nick Lowe
“Tweeeday,” as veteran soul singer Mavis Staples calls him, has been on a roll the past few months. The Wilco lead singer has gone viral recently from announcing the weather on local Chicago television station WGN-TV and covering The Black Eyed Peas’ “I Gotta Feeling” and “My Humps” at Dan Sinker’s book release party. Today, though, Wilco tweeted a slightly more serious, albeit still outrageously awesome video. Before a show at the Civic Opera House in Chicago last month, Staples and singer-songwriter Nick Lowe joined the guys for a rousing rendition of The Band’s hit “The Weight.” Time for a... read more
Found in: Blogs, Awesome of the DayWatch Jeff Tweedy Forecast the Weather
Wilco recently visited their hometown news station WGN-TV in Chicago. The band performed “Dawned on Me” and “Whole Love” off of their eighth and latest album, this past September’s The Whole Love. The studio appearance would have been awesome enough by itself, but frontman Jeff Tweedy took it up a notch by stumbling out to give a hilariously deadpan and to-the-point weather forecast as “Supplemental Hair” to the Mr. Clean-esque regular forecaster, Paul Konrad. Check it out on WGN-TV’s website.... read more
Found in: Blogs, Awesome of the DayWatch Jeff Tweedy Cover The Black Eyed Peas
Update: Now you can also watch Tweedy recite “My Humps.” Check out the video below. It’s not something you see every day: one of America’s best living songwriters covers a song that you hope to dodge in grocery stores or fast food joints. In a video posted by Time Out Chicago, Jeff Tweedy of Wilco covers the Black Eyed Peas’ “I Gotta Feeling,” and he approaches it with the enthusiasm and comfort level of someone passing a kidney stone. The tongue-in-cheek version is hysterical, especially with Tweedy prodding the audience to participate with lines like, “’Tonight’s the night.’ You don’t... read more
Found in: Blogs, Awesome of the DayWatch Jeff Tweedy Perform a New Wilco Song
In preparation for their forthcoming eighth album The Whole Love, alt-country-rock band Wilco hasn't been too secretive with the process. Already they've offered up lead single "I Might" and its B-side, a cover of Nick Lowe's "I Love My Label." More recently, they also released a behind-the-scenes video where they debuted "Art of Almost," and have torn through live renditions of "Born Alone" and "Dawned on Me" in recent concerts. read more
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