For the love of music
The guy on the cover looks just like Carlos Boozer from the Utah Jazz. And Mark Matos & Os Beaches sounds just like Wilco! I'm exaggerating a little bit, but Matos and his mates sound an awful lot like Summerteeth-era Wilco, even right down to vocals and delivery (akin to Tweedy's melancholy croon). The only difference is Matos adds in a couple … [Read more...]
As this year and this decade come to a close, we begin first by taking a look back at some of our favorite albums of 2009 at DOA. I'm sure it will come as no surprise to many of you that the album at the top of this list is pretty much a forgone conclusion since it topped nearly all of the lists that I saw in every other publication print and … [Read more...]
A trend that began with the dawn of rock and roll many decades ago, bands would often go on to become synonymous with the city that gave rise to their fame. Is it possible to listen to the metal sleaze of Guns N’ Roses without visualizing the drug-addled blocks of Sunset Boulevard in the 1980’s or the damaged art rock of the Velvet Underground … [Read more...]
Evan Dando is certainly no slouch when it comes to cover versions. In fact, many of his most memorable moments over the years - especially with the on/off/on again Lemonheads - have been via other people's songs. From the snotty-but-sincere punk-pop assault on Suzanne Vega's "Luka," via a warm chugging reheating of Michael Nesmith's "Different … [Read more...]
Former Wilco multi-instrumentalist and songwriter Jay Bennett passed away in his sleep early Sunday morning, he was 45. The cause of death is still unknown and an autopsy will be performed. Bennett was an integral member to Wilco's songwriting process and was especially important on the band's Being There, Summerteeth and Yankee Hotel Foxtrot … [Read more...]
Just off an Australian tour, Okkervil River head home in the midst of the summer festival season to tape their first Austin City Limits performance on June 18. Also in store for this summer is a performance at this year's Bonnaroo Festival, the Ottawa Bluesfest, Winnepeg Folk Festival, and a number of dates with Wilco, including a performance at … [Read more...]
Remember those great albums Wilco made with Billy Bragg that put music to the lyrics of Woody Guthrie? Well, now you can download a new cover by the band here. It's a free song and if you want to donate, to support the Woody Guthrie Foundation, you sure can. Jeff Tweedy and co. ready the release of the band's new album, Wilco (The Album), out … [Read more...]
Chapel Hill, North Carolina’s North Elementary has a backstory like many an indie pop band: it is the vision of one man who, over the course of eight years, has seen his music slowly gain momentum and favor amongst critics, while simultaneously being subjected to the frustration that comes with constant changes in personnel and record label … [Read more...]
The jury will probably to be out forever deliberating whether Evan Dando will be remembered as the greatest lost hope of the post-Hüsker Dü world or as just someone who squandered their intuitive charms for the distractions of hedonistic highs. One thing however, that most Dando/Lemonheads observers can almost unanimously agree on, is that … [Read more...]
Evan Dando may have slipped off many people’s radar sometime after The Lemonheads’ sloppy drug-damaged swansong Car Button Cloth (1996), but few of us really doubted that he’d be back for a second bite at the big rock candy eventually. After all, what else could Evan Dando really do? Can you really imagine the one-time indie heartthrob … [Read more...]