I Am Trying to Break Your Heart, Sam Jones’ 2002 documentary about Wilco making Yankee Hotel Foxtrot, is a fantastic film about the creative process, art vs commerce, and the many difficulties of the ...
A few years ago, around the time of Sky Blue Sky, Uncut asked Jeff Tweedy for his thoughts on Americana. He had a few. “I’ve never had the fuckin’ slightest clue as to what it means,” he replied.
“I come from a different school than someone who is trained to be a cameraman who maybe learns all the rules. I was just trying to see what looks cool.” indieWIRE: I wanted to start by talking about ...
Most importantly, which high and lonesome singer would you go with? Would it be Farrar, whose growly, echoing rumble gave the whole back-to-the-basics early 1990s movement its reluctant leading light?
During the fall of 2001, Jeff Tweedy mused that he and the other members of Wilco "feel the most excitement from kind of exploring. That's really good for the band." At the time, however, Tweedy and ...
When Uncle Tupelo, an Illinois band that was enormously influential on the development of the alt-country movement, broke up in 1994, four-fifths of their final lineup quickly formed Wilco. Since then ...