Julian Lage

Wilco‘s Sky Blue Sky festival happens January 17-21, 2022 in Riviera Maya, Mexico and Waxahatchee, Stephen Malkmus, Mountain Man and more are also on the bill.

Plus Roisin Murphy, The Beths, Gloria Gaynor, The Tallest Man on Earth, Of Monsters and Men, 311, ...Trail of Dead, Ryley Walker, Lonnie Holley, and more livestreams you can watch this week since there are no live concerts to attend.

Wilco's favorite records of the year include Weyes Blood, Cate Le Bon, Black Midi, Bill Callahan, Earl Sweatshirt, Blood Incantation, FKA twigs, Kim Gordon, Thurston Moore, Lana Del Rey, Purple Mountains and more.

Tonight's NYC-area shows include Saves The Day/Hot Rod Circuit, Wiki, Kishi Bashi, Robert Glasper, King Princess/Girlpool, Foxes in Fiction, Rosanne Cash, and more.

Plus: Karen O & Danger Mouse, Butcher Brown, Electric Six, Corridor, Moor Mother/Jerusalem in My Heart, Marc Ribot, Nels Cline, and more tour news.

Jeff Tweedy brought out various friends, bandmates, and festival performers to join him for the festival's final set of the weekend, which included a group rendition of ”I Shall Be Released” and a very fitting performance of ”Let's Go Rain” as they sky opened up…

A few new speakers were also added to the festival (and Abbi Jacobson dropped off).

Tonight's NYC-area shows include Elton John, New Colossus Festival, Nellie McKay, Suzanne Vega, Emancipator, Penelope Isles, The Monkees featuring Mike Nesmith & Micky Dolenz, and more.

Wilco's biennial Solid Sound Festival happens June 28-30 at MASS MoCA in North Adams, MA. Wilco will, as usual play two sets and the rest of the lineup is pretty killer, including Courtney Barnett, The Feelies, Tortoise (playing two sets), Cate Le Bon, Jonathan Richman, Clipping...

It's officially 2019 but before we jump fully into the year's new music, there's still some 'Best of 2018' catching up to do...