More on the new Wilco record from RollingStone.com: Jeff Tweedy Opens Up About Wilco's New Album Photograph by Charles Harris "The working title, as of right now, is Get Well Soon Everybody," Jeff Tweedy, the singer-songwriter-leader of Wilco, says of his band's eight studio album, now in the mixing stage at the group's Chicago studio, the Loft, and due for release in September. "If I could say anything to the world at large, that would be it." The record will be Wilco's first on their own label, dBpm – shorthand for decibels per minute – and Tweedy's third set of new songs with his longest-running lineup: bassist John Stirratt, guitarist Nels Cline, drummer Glenn Kotche, keyboard player Mikael Jorgenson and multi-instrumentalist Pat Sansome. The group has recorded more than 20 songs, Tweedy says, "out of the things I had coming in, which was somewhere in the fifties and sixties. It's a pretty great time for me writing-wise." To read the rest of the article click here.

From the Slicing Up Eyeballs blog: The Replacements’ Tommy Stinson finishes second solo album, sets May concerts When not playing bass in Guns N’ Roses or Soul Asylum, former Replacements member Tommy Stinson has found time to whittle away at a new album of his own — and that follow-up to his 2004 solo debut Village Gorilla Head is now complete and should be released later this summer. Stinson reports on his website that he recently finished mixing the last two songs for the album, which “with some hard work and a little luck… will be released in August.” An album title, tracklist and final release date are still forthcoming, but Stinson expects to debut some of the tracks at a trio of Midwestern concerts next month. The ex-Replacement has announced full-band solo shows in Milwaukee, Minneapolis and Chicago slated for May 19 to 21 (see details below), which he says will feature some of those new songs, plus older material from Village Gorilla Head and his short-lived, but much-loved, Bash & Pop and Perfect projects from the ’90s. He also promises, somewhat cryptically, in an apparent bid to get ‘Mats fans all wound up: “I can’t speak of any surprises because they wouldn’t be surprises anymore, except to say that there may be a few good ones in store. HAHAHA — how ya like them apples?” Furthermore, Stinson has been working on the forthcoming Soul Asylum record — he’s been playing with the fellow Minneapolis rockers since Karl Mueller died in 2005 — and plans to tour with them, as well as book his own solo shows once his album’s out. And, of course, there’s always GNR, which is booked for Rock in Rio in October. Tommy Stinson tour dates: May 19: Club Garibaldi’s, Milwaukee, WI May 20: First Avenue, Minneapolis, MI May 21: Double Door, Chicago, IL

NPR has a Steve Earle Tiny Desk concert that you can watch (and/or download) here. His new album, I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive comes out tomorrow.

I wasn't sure how much I would like this (especially since I don't recall being all that blown away by the original) but it was a nice nostalgia trip if nothing else.

This is from The Inside Track with Graham Nash program that used to air on A & E back in the early 90s. I still have this episode along with several others stored away on VHS tapes somewhere. BTW, Part 2 of the Gregg Allman segment where he tells the story of how he avoided going into the service is nothing short of classic (and the main reason I went in search of this old episode on the YouTubes). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W9RNRoDlIsY&feature=related

Had I known beforehand that this was shot from the perspective of someone filming using a camcorder I probably wouldn't have rented it. That said, I did enjoy it and the camcorder aspect added a certain realism to the the movie that couldn't have been achieved otherwise.

I'm always a bit hesitant to buy any of Buffett's early material on CD as I'm still holding out hope that he'll finally see fit to re-release remastered, expanded editions of them someday but at $5 in the budget rack at Wally World, I found this one impossible to resist:

I can deal with the constant rumor mongering a whole lot better than I can with those that want to continually lay blame at Plant's feet for not touring following the 02 concert. Unfortunately, that sort of bullshit will continue as well. That's why I was recently taken aback when someone mentioned the Band of Joy record and said how much it differed from Raising Sand. It goes to show that there are some people out there that actually went to the trouble of listening to the album prior to stating an opinion of it.

I posted them here.

As you've probably noticed there isn't a whole lot of interest in new music on this board and for some it's actually an aversion. Plus, there's the Facebook factor. This board used to be a whole lot more active prior to it's rise in popularity. I like many of the acts playing Coachella but attending was out of the question for me this year. I have a friend that was planning to attend but I haven't heard from her since the festival ended.

More on the new Wilco record from Spin: Jeff Tweedy Talks Wilco's "Irreverent" Fall Album By Kevin O'Donnell Jeff Tweedy in January 2011 / Photo by Zoran Orlic 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. "We're just doing some overdubs and some tracking, but we're pretty far along." So far, Wilco have laid down some 20 tracks for the album, which has the working title of Get Well Soon Everybody. Tweedy says the material fits into two categories: experimental-leaning rock and "cinematic-sounding country music…you know, folk music." To read the rest of the article click here.

A friend of mine was running a booth there and just so happened to turn his back for just a second and missed Plant who was out checking out the merch. He apparently bought some beads from his stand.

Ryan Adams put in a surprise appearance last night opening for Emmylou Harris at the El Rey theatre in Los Angeles, CA where he played some brand new material and was joined by Emmylou for "Oh, My Sweet Carolina":

From an interview with Chris Robinson from the NY Rock website: How did your collaboration with Jimmy Page in 2000 come about? We knew Jimmy; he sat in with us in Paris many years ago when a benefit came up and we played four or five songs together. It went really well and they were like, let's do some more dates. It just kind of happened like that. People started to say, "we can sell this." So they did. It was all right. It must have been unbelievable playing with Page. It was probably more fun for the other people. I didn't really have that much fun doing it. I mean it was all right and Jimmy's a phenomenal guitarist, but to me it was just a job. I'm not a big fan of Robert Plant's lyrics or his singing, so that part of it was a little boring for me.

Drive-By Truckers on Sound Opinions this weekend: Show #282: 04.22.11 Southern rockers The Drive-By Truckers pull up to the studio to perform live and talk with Jim and Greg. More info on showtimes and where Sound Opinions can be heard in your area here.

That's not an insult, it's an observation. Just read your own comments in this thread. You rubbed a lot of folks the wrong way when you posted about that George Harrison documentary which purported to claim that Paul McCartney is dead. If people here think you're a fucking idiot, you have no one to blame but yourself.

You are one paranoid son of a bitch.

I don't think that was a ducktail, it was much more likely a mullet.

From Wilco's Facebook page: "News flash: New Wilco 7" single for sale at the Solid Sound Festival this June. The A-side is a new Wilco tune called "I Might" and it's b/w a cover of the Nick Lowe-penned "I Love My Label." This will be the first release on dBpm Records and will be available to the rest of the world sometime in July. More recording news to come very, very soon. Standby."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-qY1wmOPL0