Stereogum — Last night, legendary singer Mavis Staples hosted an early celebration for her 85th birthday (which is on July 10) with an all-star concert. The lineup had Chris Stapleton, Grace Potter, Hozier, Jackson Browne, Jeff Tweedy, and more, and the eveni... more info

Stereogum — Finom — the Chicago duo formerly known as Ohmme and made up of Sima Cunningham and Macie Stewart — have announced a new album, Not God, their first LP since changing their name. It was produced by Jeff Tweedy at his The Loft studio. Today, the... more info

Stereogum — Mavis Staples has lived a long life. She was born weeks before the start of World War II, and she’s lasted long enough to headline a venue called the YouTube Theater. That’s where Staples, the cross-genre singing legend, will headline her own ... more info

Stereogum — A few weeks ago, while promoting his new book World Within A Song on Stephen Colbert’s Late Show, Wilco’s Jeff Tweedy referred to a section of the book where he expresses his distaste for Dolly Parton’s “I Will Always Love You.” This cau... more info

JamBase — Watch Wilco frontman Jeff Tweedy talk about his hatred of a Dolly Parton song on last night’s episode of ‘The Late Show.’ more info

Stereogum — At this point it feels like Wilco’s Jeff Tweedy is on late-night TV as a sit-down guest at least as often as a performer. Lately he’s been out promoting his third book, World Within A Song: Music That Changed My Life And Life That Changed My M... more info

Stereogum — Right now, amidst the revival of interest in shoegaze and related genres, slowcore might be bigger than it’s ever been, and the greatest slowcore band of all time isn’t around to see it. Last year, Low’s Mimi Parker died at the age of 55. Ma... more info

Aquarium Drunkard — Me Neither, the new album by James Elkington, has the appearance of library music as it is made up of a series of 29 brief instrumental pieces, the shortest of which is 36 seconds long. Elkington is known for his solo work, being a member of Brokeba... more info

JamBase — Gregory Alan Isakov joins fellow headliners Jeff Tweedy and Joy Oladokun on the Bluebird Music Festival 2024 lineup. more info

Stereogum — The 2024 Grammy nominations are rolling in now. They arrive on a week in which the Recording Academy plunged once more into scandal, with a lawsuit alleging sexual misconduct by former CEO Neil Portnow and a potential cover-up within the organizat... more info