A quick Google search for the phrase “Dad Rock” brings up 200,000 results. The top hit is an Urban Dictionary definition, followed by an interview with Jeff Tweedy of Wilco, where he reclaims the term and defends his music’s relation to it. While this goes on, just months ago The Toronto Standard wondered if the [...]

The leaves are changing. The air is getting crisper, and the title of this piece is self explanatory. Here we go with the music….
1. Wilco – The Whole Love (9/27)

Jeff Tweedy and the crew explore the realms of punk while embracing the classic American rock that they’ve done so well [...]

Wilco has left their old label, ‘Nonesuch’, after releasing four albums with the company. Now the band has decided to move forward on its own, starting their own label, called ‘dBpm Records’. The label will release all future Wilco recordings, as well as other releases, and will be run by the band’s manager Tony Margherita. [...]

While the common practice is for new artists to cover old ones, I find it much more interesting when it’s the other way around. In fact, there are a lot of old crooners that are doing contemporary cover albums lately, look at Johnny Cash’s last few records before he died. Here’s a list of some [...]