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Live Music: Wilco at the Wellmont Theatre in Montclair, N.J., 4/2/10
The venerable Wellmont Theatre in Montclair, New Jersey, began life as a legitimate theatre in 1922 before being converted to a movie theatre in 1929. The venue fell on hard times in recent years,
Read More »Cratedigger: The Uglysuit, “The Uglysuit”
In 2008 the Uglysuit came riding out of Oklahoma City. Their debut album impressed a lot of people, and their live show is winning them new fans at every stop on the road
Read More »CD Review: Jim O’Rourke, “The Visitor”
Jim O’Rourke is either a master provocateur or just plain infuriating; it all depends on how you feel about his career as a whole. If you liked his experimental acoustic music with David Grubbs
Read More »CD Review: Wheat, “White Ink, Black Ink”
“We’ve kinda found that people really dig one record of ours or another, and then kinda want that version of Wheat to be the one that they always get,” said Brendan Harney, one half
Read More »The Friday Mixtape: 6/26/09
Don’t just do something — stand there! Ben Folds Five – Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head from Burt Bacharach: One Amazing Night (1998) Big Star – When My Baby’s Beside Me from #1
Read More »CD Review: Wilco, “Wilco (The Album)”
Wilco is back, with the appropriately titled Wilco (the album), and Ken Shane is here to tell you how it stacks up against the band's critically adored earlier work
Read More »DVD Review: “Wilco Live: Ashes of American Flags”
Last week I told you about the Hold Steady’s new DVD, A Positive Rage. You may recall that it is strictly a lo-fi affair, and really more of a documentary about the band on
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