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Jem Aswad Executive Editor, Music It would probably annoy the Hard Quartet — which features Pavement’s Stephen Malkmus, Chavez/Superwolves’ Matt Sweeney, the Dirty Three’s Jim White and Bonnie Prince Billy/ Ty Segall alum Emmett Kelly — very much to be called and indie supergroup, but as the words above show, the shoe fits. The group has announced its eponymous debut album will be arriving Oct. 4 on Matador Records, and did so in supreme fashion with a video for “Rio’s Song” that almost perfectly mimics the Rolling Stones’ iconic 1981 clip for “Waiting on a Friend,” down to the same building and bar on St.

Silver Jews reunited with Will Oldham on vocal duty for a semi-impromptu gig in Nashville this past weekend.Taking place on the porch of the Julia Martin Gallery in Nashville, TN on Saturday night (August 10), the show was done to honour the fifth anniversary of the death of the band’s frontman David Berman.Led by Berman’s widow Cassie Berman, the night saw the likes of the remaining band members – comprised of William Tyler, Peyton Pinkerton, Brian Kotzu, and Tony Crow – as well as Tyler’s former Lambchop bandmate Matt Swanson and Will Oldham – aka Bonnie “Prince” Billy – perform a full Silver Jews set.Cassie and Oldham shared lead vocal duties on ‘Punks in the Beerlight’ and ‘The Wild Kindness’.

Pulp, Lucy Dacus, Sleater-Kinney and more are among the thousands of musicians who have signed an open letter calling for a ceasefire in Gaza.Over 4000 artists have come together to sign a letter under the collective Musicians for Palestine, demanding a ceasefire as the war in Israel and Gaza continues. At the time of writing, over 14,000 Palestinians in Gaza have been killed in Israeli attacks since October 7.

RELEASESCorey Taylor has released new solo single ‘Post Traumatic Blues’. The song, he says, is “my attempt to describe for people what it’s like to deal with PTSD. Sometimes it’s so hard for people to understand the ups and downs, the severity of the cold and numbness, that I wanted to try and build a bridge lyrically between the ones living with the disease and the ones who are trying to help them”.

Uncut are releasing a special collector’s vinyl edition called ‘Sounds Of The New West’, to complement their long-running CD series and to celebrate their 25th anniversary.The compilation contains a total of 18 tracks from the five existing ‘Sounds Of The New West’ compilation and includes artists such as Lambchop, The Handsome Family, Jason Isbell and more.A statement from Uncut said: “For this bespoke, highly collectable double album, we’ve gathered together 18 of the finest tracks from the five existing Sounds Of The New West compilations – including songs from veteran favourites like Lambchop, The Handsome Family and Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy alongside relative upstarts such as Courtney Marie Andrews, Frazey Ford and Joan Shelley.”Limited to only 1000 copies, disc one is pressed on a special ‘Purple Rain’ vinyl while the second is pressed on ‘Blue Suede Shoes’ vinyl.Check out the full track list here:‘Sounds Of The New West’ Tracklist:SIDE ASIDE BSIDE CSIDE D Pre-order for the album is open now, and you can purchase directly here.Finished copies of the vinyl will ship from late June 2022 onwards.

Wilco have announced the full line-up for this year’s edition of their Solid Sound festival, with two dozen acts spanning a diverse range of genres and formats.Riding hot on the heels of this month’s Sky Blue Sky – the four-day Mexican festival that saw Wilco play three separate shows, as well as a solo set from frontman Jeff Tweedy – Solid Sound will take place at the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (MASS MoCA) over the extended weekend of May 27-29.Joining the alt-rock icons will be a slew of their contemporaries both established and emerging, with acts like Japanese Breakfast, Sylvan Esso, Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy, Iceage and Hand Habits billed high.Tweedy will also play a special set with a range of as-yet-unannounced guests, billed on the poster (which you can find below) as ‘Jeff Tweedy & Friends’.Elsewhere at the festival, John Hodgman and Jean Grae will host a showcase of stand-up comedy, with guests like Negin Farsad, River Butcher and Nick Offerman.Other standout inclusions are a set by the Sun Ra Arkestra directed by Marshall Allen, a performance by Nels Cline’s Consentrik Quartet, and the ‘On Fillmore’ installation led by Finnish pop singer Jonna Tervomaa.A post shared by Wilco (@wilco)Tickets for Solid Sound will include full access MASS MoCA – hailed as the US’ most expansive gallery of contemporary art – with current attractions including installations by the likes of James Turrell, Laurie Anderson, Sol LeWitt, Jenny Holzer, and Anselm Kiefer. Three-day passes can be purchased from the festival’s website.Meanwhile, Wilco were recently inducted into the Austin City Limits Hall of Fame.

Bonnie “Prince” Billy & Matt Sweeney have shared a previously unreleased their from the sessions for 2005 collaboration Superwolf. Proceeds from the song, “You’ll Get Eaten, Too,” will go to the staffs of Drag City and New York’s Superiority Burger. Hear the rarity below.