Jeff Tweedy Plays Nearly Every Instrument on Mavis Staples' Upcoming 'One True Vine' LP
April 8, 2013 Mavis Staples has once again called on Jeff Tweedy for his studio savvy. …
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April 8, 2013 Mavis Staples has once again called on Jeff Tweedy for his studio savvy. …
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March 25, 2013 With the fervor fading over folk singer Michelle Shocked's confusing commentary on gay marriage, it's time to delve back into the practical: votes. …
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March 4, 2013 Wilco frontman Jeff Tweedy is willing to make time in his busy schedule as a producer — he's currently working with Mavis Staples on her next record and recently helmed Low's upcoming tenth full-length — to record a song with one lucky, affluent fan.The Solid Sound festival organizer is offering an eight-hour studio session at the Wilco Loft as part of an online benefit auction on behalf of Chicago high school Northside C …
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February 12, 2013 Jeff Tweedy fought off his prescription painkiller addiction nearly a decade ago, but the Wilco frontman is still plagued with memories from his drug abuse."The thought of opiates or anything like that... …
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November 28, 2012 Low have worked with a murderer's row of producers. Along with indie-rock heavyweights like Steve Albini and Dave Fridmann, the Duluth, Minnesota, trio has recorded with Matt Beckley (Britney Spears, Ke$ha), Tchad Blake (Suzanne Vega, Sheryl Crow), and Tom Herbers (all things Twin Cities, including solo work by former Replacements and Hüsker Dü members). …
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April 10, 2012 We're happy to report that Jeff Tweedy and Wilco are continuing to keep the DIY ethos alive, this time for a little benefit show out in western Massachusetts. The band is playing a 1,000-capacity show at (and to benefit) the idyllic contemporary art museum MASS Moca, but instead of letting scalping sites get the better of fans, like they have so many times, they're trying a set of new rules. …
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December 15, 2011 This morning, on Chicago's WGN morning show, Jeff Tweedy made his debut as an awkward, self-deprecating weatherman. …
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April 21, 2011 Over the last year, Wilco have taken time out from touring and side-projects to work on their eighth record, the band's first since 2009's Wilco (the album). But now Jeff Tweedy and Co. are in the homestretch, putting in long hours at their Chicago loft studio for an album that's tentatively slated for release in September, on the group's newly formed label dBpm Records.
"We're still chipping away at it," Tweedy tells SPIN. …
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April 11, 2011 Wilco have been holed up in their Chicago loft recording the follow-up to 2009's Wilco (the album), but Jeff Tweedy has taken time out for a string of solo acoustic shows, where he's been unveiling new tunes. …
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January 27, 2011 After releasing four studio albums on major label Nonesuch, Wilco are going out on their own: Their label will be called dBpm Records and will issue all Wilco recordings, along with other releases; it will be run by the band's manager Tony Margherita and will get distribution help from California label ANTI-.
"This is an idea we've discussed for years," Wilco frontman Jeff Tweedy said. …
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