God bless the power of human confidence. Right now, with pandemic fears tanking the stock market and with festivals and big tours shutting down, it seems like a massive act of hubris to announce that your band is hitting the road this summer. And yet that's what some bands are doing. Wilco and Sleater-Kinney, for…

Last month, Built To Spill announced a Daniel Johnston covers album, Built To Spill Plays The Songs Of Daniel Johnston, which they recorded while preparing to perform with Johnston at the Vancouver date of his final tour. It's the second tribute album to come out of that tour following Wilco's vinyl-only live album, which chronicled…

Back in 2017, Daniel Johnston embarked on his final tour. A different band backed him in every city that he played in. Last month, Wilco announced the release of a live album of the show they played with Johnston in Chicago, and today Built To Spill are announcing the release of an album of Johnston…

Back in 2017, the late, great Daniel Johnston went on a farewell tour in which every show found him backed by local luminaries ranging from the Preservation Hall Jazz Band in New Orleans to emo heroes Modern Baseball in Philadelphia. Tweedy, the band led by Wilco's Jeff Tweedy and his son Spencer, backed up Johnston…

Among other distinctions, 2019 will go down as the year musicians started constantly covering Wilco. Despite the fact that Jeff Tweedy's band just released their best album in years and are sounding better than ever on the road, they seem to have crossed over the threshold into legacy status because suddenly the tributes are pouring…