Image Credit: Eamonn McCabe/Redferns/Getty Image Wilco and British singer-songwriter Billy Bragg are set to release a third album of collaborations, Mermaid Avenue Volume III. Bragg announced on his official website that the collection will feature 17 t

Image Credit: Eamonn McCabe/Redferns/Getty Image Wilco and British singer-songwriter Billy Bragg are set to release a third album of collaborations, Mermaid Avenue Volume III. Bragg announced on his official website that the collection will feature 17 t

A Nerdist podcast featuring Wil Wheaton and Wilco’s Jeff Tweedy in which Tweedy discusses his path to becoming a musician, how his kids like having “a rockstar for a dad,” and lets listeners in on their sound check at The Wiltern? Well, there goes your M

Even if you haven't seen the TV show, you've likely visited Portlandia before. The Portland of the show — full of over-the-top arts-and-crafters, do-good vegans, uptight punks and befuddled suburbanites — is inspired by actual people and places, accordin

I’m about 220,000 views late on this one, but it’s still worth sharing for those that haven’t seen it. Jeff Tweedy performed at a book release party for The F***ing Epic Twitter Quest of MayorEmanuel. He came half-prepared for a cover of The Black Eyed

Singer Adele poses as she arrives at the 54th annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles, California, February 12, 2012. REUTERS/Danny Moloshok Nicki Minaj performs "Roman Holiday" at the 54th annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles, California February 12, 2012. R

Image credit: Liane Hentscher/Fox All Together Now. Peter (Joshua Jackson), Walter (John Noble) and Olivia (Anna Torv) scramble to save a town rocked by a reality storm in "Welcome To Westfield." “Welcome To Westfield” was the game-changer that Fringe fa

Monday WBEZ is doing something it hasn't done in a long time. We're launching a new daily talk show. It's called Afternoon Shift with Steve Edwards and for long-time listeners the second half of that name is far more important than the first (of course,

At Sunday’s Grammy Awards, the music industry crowns its best performers for the year. Next month, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inducts its latest class of music legends. How would you like to get in on crowning some of that glory? Think of it as a fan

I knew I was witnessing something special when Jeff Tweedy, he of the perpetual slouch and scruff, suddenly broke into a fit of jogging in place as the Hult Center crowd roared its approval. The first thing you have to know about Wilco is that they are n

Local news the way you want it: Here are few examples: "That's what we call a tease in the biz." "Talk about consistency -- we've got Patrick Ewings, we've got Larry Birds all over the place with those 33's." "As the great poet and philosopher Nelly once

A sold-out crowd at Seattle’s Paramount Theatre Tuesday night was treated to an expectedly excellent two-hour set from Wilco, spanning from the electric churn of new album opener “Art of Almost” and sing-a-long catharsis of “I Am Trying to Break Your Hea

Mandy Brooks is the marketing director at BookPeople and current BookPeople Filthy Animals softball team captain. She graduated from UT with a bachelor's degree in advertising, which she still finds hilarious. Likes: Jeff Tweedy, short stories, and short

There was a telling comment made by Jeff Tweedy about midway through Wilco's stunning two-hour set this past Tuesday at Seattle's Paramount Theatre, that perhaps best summed up the entire evening. Nels Cline had just finished up a particularly spellbindi

Jeff Tweedy, frontman of Wilco, strums his guitar at the INB center Monday night. Few things in life are more satisfying than seeing a band you love successfully continue to grow and expand their sound as well as their audience. That's exactly what Wilco

This is a live blog of the ASUO Senate meeting. Music lovers from across the state helped pack the Hult Center Friday night to see the Chicago-based alternative rock band Wilco perform. The crowd came to their feet as front man Jeff Tweedy led the group

There was a telling comment made by Jeff Tweedy about midway through Wilco's stunning two-hour set this past Tuesday at Seattle's Paramount Theatre, that perhaps best summed up the entire evening. Nels Cline had just finished up a particularly spellbindi

Wilco was on TV over the weekend—and no, it wasn’t a reprise of Jeff Tweedy as WGN’s pithiest weatherman. The tireless group appeared on Austin City Limits, playing a healthy mix of favorites and highlights from The Whole Love in the band’s fourth appear

(Paramount) Jeff Tweedy's ability to write a song that so perfectly captures the bajllion kinds of sadness one person can feel in a lifetime is both rare and annoying. Have a depressingly unrequited crush on someone? "We're Just Friends." In love with a