Autumn Defense

Wilco’s John Stirratt and Pat Sansone and gearing up for the release of their fifth album as The Autumn Defense. Simply titled Fifth, the twelve-song effort is due out on January 28 via Yep Roc…

The 5th annual Chicago Bluegrass and Blues Festival is slated to take place from January 10 to February 2 at various venues. Justin Townes Earle, The Felice Brothers, The Autumn Defense, David Grisman, and many more acts can be found at City Winery Chicago, Tonic Room, Concord Music Hall, and SPACE…

The Autumn Defense (John Stirratt and Pat Sansone of Wilco) have announced that they’ll release their new album, Fifth, on January 28 via YepRoc…

Shabazz Palaces at Sasquatch Fest 2012 (more by Chris Graham) today in NYC * Kim Lake @ The Stone * Jeanette Levitsky @ Barbes * Milos Karadaglic @ Joe’s Pub * Callers, Snowmine @ Union Pool * Carina Round @ Knitting Factory * King Khan in Asbury Park * Eye Ra Haze, Vext @ Saint Vitus * Cambodian Space Project @ Barbes * Dave Hill @ Book Coart * comedy @ Symphony Space * The Wallflowers @ Bowery Ballroom * Phony PPL, Blackbear @ SOB’s * Matisyahu @ Barnes & Noble * Henry Grimes, Geri Allen @ The Stone * Comic Book Club Live @ Fontana’s * Aerosmith, Cheap Trick @ Izod Center * Nude Beach @ The Grand Victory * Snowden, Warm Ghost @ Mercury Lounge * Luisa Maita @ City Winery backyard (free) * Big Shots, Husky (Mexico) @ Cake Shop * Purity Ring, Headaches @ Le Poisson Rouge * The Gaslight Anthem, Dave Hause @ Webster Hall * The Allman Brothers Band, Santana @ Jones Beach * Wilco, Lee Fields & The Expressions @ Prospect Park Bandshell * Measure, French Camp, Deb Oh & The Cavaliers @ Mercury Lounge * Chase King, Young Rival, Plates of Cake, The Hairs @ Glasslands * Shabazz Palaces, Thee Satisfaction, DJ Daniel Givens @ Fort Green Park * Howlin Rain, Assemble Head in Sunburst Sound @ The Studio at Webster Hall * Diamond Terrifier, ATM, Psychic Reality, Chuck Bettis, DJ Dutch E Germ @ Zebulon * Strange Shapes, Breakfast In Fur, Lost Boy…

Nick Lowe played the second-to-last show of his US tour (in support of his latest album The Old Magic) at La Zona Rosa last night (5/8). He concludes tonight at the Granada Theater in Dallas…

As previously mentioned, The Autumn Defense (aka John Stirratt and Patrick Sansone of Wilco) will play Lincoln Hall tonight (9/7) with support from Plush, and Dorian Taj…

Wilco at Sasquatch (more by Josh Darr) The Autumn Defense (John Stirratt and Pat Sansone of Wilco) have announced a NYC show before they play WIlco’s Solid Sound Festival later this month…

“The 2011 Solid Sound lineup thus far: Wilco (Fri. & Sat.), the Levon Helm Band, Thurston Moore, Syl Johnson & the Sweet Divines, Here We Go Magic, Dave Douglas & Brass Ecstasy, Pillow Wand (Nels Cline/Thurston Moore duo), Handsome Family, Liam Finn, Sic Alps, JC Brooks & the Uptown Sound, Sarah Lee Guthrie & Johnny Irion, Glenn Kotche, Pronto, the Autumn Defense, Comedy Cabaret curated by John Hodgman featuring Wyatt Cenac, Eugene Mirman & Morgan Murphy, plus the return of the Story Pirates — all at the largest contemporary art museum in the country with the backdrop of the Berkshire Mountains of Western Massachusetts…

Jeff Tweedy at Bowery Ballroom (via)”The sound in the Bowery Ballroom was really excellent – A perfect place to see Jeff Tweedy solo. The crowd had been drinking pretty steadily for about 1 1/2 hours by the time Autumn Defense started their excellent set, and there was a lot of loud talking and a general “night out at the bar while a band plays in the background” atmosphere…