Stereogum — An all-star cast of musicians including Big Star’s Jody Stephens, Jeff Tweedy and Pat Sansone of Wilco, R.E.M.’s Mike Mills, Yo La Tengo’s Ira Kaplan, Jessica Pratt, the Kronos Quartet, Robyn Hitchcock, and late-era Big Star members Ken Stringf... more info

Consequence of Sound — Star-studded tribute featured performances of "Kizza Me", "Take Care", and "Femme Fatale". more info

Brooklyn Vegan — The folk legend also plays Philly with Wilco, a show in Woodstock, and more. Continue reading… more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Literary Hub examined the legacy of Harper Lee. Wilco played an acoustic Tiny Desk Concert. eBook on sale today: The Nearly Complete Works of Donald Harington Volume 3 for $2 The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury for $1.99 Literary Hub... more info

Stereogum — This year, the Song Exploder podcast has tapped a wide array of people to break down their own songs: U2, Wilco, American Football, Death Cab For Cutie, Will Butler, Best Coast, and a ton more have participated, and they’re wrapping up the season w... more info

Stereogum — New York experimental rockers Landlady hosted their Holiday Spectacular at the Bell House in Brooklyn earlier this month. Among the evening’s presumed highlights was a cover of the Jimi Hendrix Experience’s “Manic Depression” with an assist f... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — The 58th Annual Grammy Awards nominees have been announced. Album of the Year nominees include Alabama Shakes for Sound & Color, Kendrick Lamar for To Pimp A Butterfly, Chris Stapleton for Traveller, Taylor Swift for 1989 and The Weeknd... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — The White Review interviewed author Zadie Smith. The songwriting process of the band Wilco. 32 year-end "best books of 2015" lists were added to the Largehearted Boy master aggregation yesterday (bringing the total number of lists represented to 625)... more info

Stereogum — Jeff Tweedy is the latest artist to take us through his writing process for the Song Exploder podcast. He broke down “Magnetized,” the closing track from Star Wars, Wilco’s surprise album from earlier this year. Tweedy talks for about ten minut... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Andrew Sacher ...then there's people like Emitt Rhodes, who's a cult hero for no good reason whatsoever. Far from obscure, his music is loaded with melodic charisma, that essential ingredient that makes you want to hear some records over... more info