Stereogum — Wilco, The Strokes, Lupe Fiasco, The Decemberists, and many many others headed down to New Orleans for the week-long New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival. The festival started in the 70s, and it’s gotten pretty diverse — there probably aren’t m... more info

DrownedInSound — The first quarter of 2011 brought plenty of tunes, news, and intrigue to keep our music-possessed souls at peace, but, as the busy music festival and tour-heavy summer looms, so do previews of a slew of LPs and post-release follow-ups. Great artists ... more info

DrownedInSound — Jeff Tweedy and his Chicago-based band of men known as Wilco have announced a new set of UK headline shows for October... To be honest, there isn't much info beyond these five dates... October 2011 Monday 24th Glasgow Royal Concert Hall Tuesday... more info

NME — Band line-up five dates including two nights at London's Roundhouse more info

Totally Fuzzy — Matt Hires (born August 5, 1985) is an American singer-songwriter from Tampa, Florida. Drawing inspiration from influences as disparate as The Band, Sufjan Stevens, Wilco and Ryan Adams, Matt became the first artist to sign with F-Stop Music, an im... more info

Chicago Tribune — Candy Golde, Grails, The Kills, A-Trak leading concertsCandy Golde : As side projects go, this one has plenty of talent to recommend it, with Nick Tremulis joined by Eleventh Dream'sDay Rick Rizzo, Cheap Trick's Bun E. Carlos and Wilco's John Stirrat... more info

CNN Showbiz — "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 eighth studio album, now in the mixing stage at the group's Chicago studio, the Loft, and due for release in S... more info

Totally Fuzzy — The Sore Losers (Hasselt, Belgium) melted their love for rock, country, blues, folk and garage into a sound very much their own. Rumour has it comparisons with The Raconteurs, The Rolling Stones, Reigning Sound and more fascinating folks are plent... more info

Stereogum — Alongside rote one-dimensional characters and an overly familiar critique of wealthy liberals, Jonathan Franzen’s Freedom features plenty of clunky indie rock references, including mentions of Ben Gibbard and Jack White and an analysis of a Bright ... more info

Stereogum — Wilco did it at Wrigley field in 2008, and now Arcade Fire’s tackled “Take Me Out To The Ballgame” for the Cubs. Members Will Butler and Marika Shaw did the honors Saturday night, singing and swaying to get the crowd into the song during the se... more info