One Track Mind: The Autumn Defense, “Moods” (2014)
John Stirratt and Pat Sansone of Wilco take on a new cover song as the Autumn Defense.

John Stirratt and Pat Sansone of Wilco take on a new cover song as the Autumn Defense.

A sense of familial connection runs just as deep as this song’s darker complexities.

When Wilco released the Ashes of American Flags DVD for Record Store Day in 2009, I finally “got” it. You May Also Like: The Nels Cline Singers – ‘Share the Wealth’ (2020)
Shortwave number stations? WTF is that?! And why would anybody want recordings of them?!! The first part is easy to answer. The second part? Hmmm…let me think on it. You May Also Like: Days Between Stations – ‘Giants’ (2020)
I came to this particular record not from Coltrane or from Wilco, but from Anthony Braxton. You May Also Like: Wilco (The Album) echoed, but didn’t quite live up to Sky Blue Sky Ben Goldberg, Nels Cline + Tom Rainey – ‘The Art Spirit, Live at the Owl Music Parlor’Read More

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Tempe, Arizona: Wilco brought its amazing conglomerate of musicians to Tempe’s Marquee Theatre in support of the terrific A ghost is born, with the equally talented, although unfairly publicly ignored opening act Calexico. You May Also Like: Wilco (The Album) echoed, but didn’t quite live up to Sky Blue SkyRead More

Wilco headed into their own loft in Chicago last December to record this tight little iTunes Session, a short live-show-without-an-audience, essentially. You May Also Like: Wilco (The Album) echoed, but didn’t quite live up to Sky Blue Sky

This year’s rock and pop list is a heady mix of the old (Paul Simon, Lindsey Buckingham) and the new (the Black Keys, Death Cab for Cutie). You May Also Like: ‘Journey: Worlds Apart,’ by Nick DeRiso (2023): Books

Here’s the way it usually works. The end of the year draws closer, and all of the music publications and websites release their “best of” lists. This is almost always followed by various rants about how the lists are “too safe,” “predictable,” or “pretentious.” You May Also Like: Of AllRead More