Pitchfork — Are you sitting down for this one? Good. So: this past March, Wilco frontman Jeff Tweedy played a pair of benefit shows at Chicago's Vic Theatre. As TwentyFourBit points out, Tweedy took some pre-submitted audience requests. One of the requests that ... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Willard said... ALFONIA TIMS & HIS FLYING TIGERS Future Funk/Uncut (1982) FIRST TIME ONLINE? Long lost cassettte-only, downtown funk/jazz/rock release. Tims died 3 weeks before this was released and his bistering funk vision died with him. DON'T MISS... more info

5 Acts — Wilco has announced the return of their semi-regular photo contest. The first round runs through July 7 and is open to any quality photographs with the theme "Summer + throwing in a little Wilco can't hurt." A group of fifteen finalists will be selec... more info

NME — Drummer is heading out on the road with Wilco more info

Pitchfork — The Way Out, the new album from sound-collagists the Books, is due July 20 from Temporary Residence; you can hear "Beautiful People", a song from the album, here. And this fall, the duo will bring their intensely visual live show to venues across ... more info

Guardian Music — The first of five previously unpublished blogposts from legendary music writer Steven Wells, who died last yearOn 24 June 2009, music journalism lost one of its funniest, angriest and most distinctive voices. Steven Wells – or Swells to his fans â€... more info

Guardian Music — Wilco frontman gives gospel and soul legend an indie makeover on new LP You Are Not AloneGospel legend Mavis Staples has recorded a new album with Jeff Tweedy. The Wilco frontman wrote several tracks for You Are Not Alone, as well as producing the LP... more info

Pitchfork — Photo by Spencer Tweedy In her 60-year career, gospel/soul legend Mavis Staples has worked with countless big names, including Bob Dylan, Prince, Ray Charles, Curtis Mayfield, the Band, and Booker T. & the MG's. Now she can add another name to tha... more info

Pitchfork — Floored by Four is the name of a new group that may or may not turn out to be super. Led by Minuteman and sometime Stooge Mike Watt, the band also includes Wilco guitarist Nels Cline, ex-Cibo Matto member Yuka Honda on keyboard, and Dougie Bowne (who... more info

Guardian Music — Chris Martin's band send fourth-division cricket club £750, while Jeff Tweedy's group fund two children's baseball teamsColdplay and Wilco have joined the likes of Coca-Cola, Mercedes and, er, Draino by becoming official sponsors of sports teams. Ch... more info