Reuters - Wilco doesn't need special effects or a theatrical set for its live show. What other bands aim for with those high-budget concert accessories, this one offers in the stage charisma of its frontman, Jeff Tweedy.

AP - Wilco, "Wilco (The Album)" (Nonesuch)

Next week, Jesy Fortino, aka Seattle's Tiny Vipers, is releasing her second Sub Pop full length, Life On Earth. Building up and clarifying what we loved about her debut Hands Across The Void, it's one of the year's best. We already posted Life's "Dreamer," now take a listen to the stunning, heartbreaking "Development." To add resonance to the tr...

AP - When it's remarked to Jeff Tweedy while walking backstage at the recent Bonnaroo Music Festival that it's a shame he won't have time to catch most of the festival's other acts, he turns and smiles.

First Feist joined Grizzly Bear and her old Broken Social Scene pals in Toronto. Now, continuing her goodwill mission, she's ventured all the way to Los Angeles to reprise her Wilco (The Album) contribution "You & I." (Thanks for the tip, Ed.) The performance took place last night (6/25) during the final slot of Wilco's sold-out Wiltern Thea...