Articles by Jason Schneider

Bloodied But Unbowed: Bloodshot Records' Life In The Trenches

PUBLISHED Feb 19, 2007

As arguably the leading alt-country label over the past decade, Chicago-based Bloodshot Records has stayed true to a philosophy of fosterin...

Jeff Tweedy

Sunken Treasure Live: In The Pacific Northwest

PUBLISHED Feb 19, 2007

For all of the experimentation that Tweedy has undertaken with Wilco and his other projects over the last five years, it has retained an ap...

Isobel Campbell

Milkwhite Sheets

PUBLISHED Feb 16, 2007

Arriving on the heels of her stunning collaboration with Mark Lanegan, Ballad of the Broken Seas, this third solo collection finds the form...

Gob Iron

Death Songs for the Living

PUBLISHED Feb 16, 2007

Jay Farrar has always spoken highly of former Varnaline front-man Anders Parker, so it’s no surprise to see them team up for this project t...

George Jones & Merle Haggard

Kickin' Out the Footlights... Again

PUBLISHED Feb 16, 2007

While this isn’t the first time these two country music legends have appeared on record together, the twist on Kickin’ Out the Footlights.....

Bob Lanois

Snake Road

PUBLISHED Feb 16, 2007

Although it’s hardly accurate to say that Lanois has lived in his younger brother Daniel’s shadow — Bob has long been admired for his own s...

Ollabelle

Riverside Battle Songs

PUBLISHED Feb 16, 2007

As on their self-titled debut, the quintet co-fronted by Levon Helm’s daughter Amy, again delve deep into gospel to create a stirring updat...

Voice Of Sim

READING

PUBLISHED Feb 16, 2007

After bringing the life of his beloved comic book hero Cerebus the Aardvark to an end two years ago, writer/artist Dave Sim’s quest for spi...