Jeff Tweedy Talks About What Led to Wilco’s First True Country Album
[NPR] Listen here on World Cafe A band that’s resisted the country label for a majority of their career just went and made their version of a country record. Wilco, born out of alt-country band Uncle Tupelo, released their 12th studio album, Cruel Country, this spring. It is, by their admission, their first true country album. It’s also ...
A Simple, Quiet Joy: In Conversation With Interpol
Inside their potent evolution… [Clash] By ROBIN MURRAY It’s a warm summer’s day in London and Daniel Kessler is at ease with the world. Dressed in tailored black, the Interpol guitarist is a figure of relaxed confidence, seated in a restaurant patio to the side of his hotel. Tonight, the band will play Hackney’s EartH venue, part of a ...
A.O. Gerber Announces Second Album With New Single “Hunger”
[Line of Best Fit] By Cerys Kenneally LA-based musician A.O. Gerber has announced her second album Meet Me At The Gloaming, and has released new single “Hunger” to accompany the news. “Hunger” lands with a Vivian Wolfson-directed video, and will appear on her second album with April’s “Looking For The Right Things“. “This song sort of wrote itself in the ...
OFF! Announce First Album in 8 Years & Tour
[Brooklyn Vegan] Keith Morris-fronted hardcore punk supergroup OFF! have announced their first album in eight years and first with their new lineup, Free LSD, due September 30 via Fat Possum. The lineup is now Keith and co-founding guitarist Dimitri Coats (ex-Burning Brides), along with new drummer Justin Brown (who’s played with Thundercat, Flying Lotus, Herbie Hancock, and more, and is ...
Delicate Steve: “The only technical advice I have discerned about playing guitar is that I like it to be really, really loud”
[Guitar World] By Matt Parker published about 7 hours ago Inside the mind of indie music’s most unpredictable, and under-rated, guitarist It is hard to think of another guitarist in the same lane as Delicate Steve (aka Steve Marion). He is one of the go-to indie sidemen, whose genuinely unique guitar talent has seen him play alongside the ...