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Album Review: Son Volt – American Central Dust

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My Morning Jacket, Florence and the Machine head Beale Street Music Festival 2012

By Alex Young on February 28th, 2012

Plus, Jane’s Addiction, Girl Talk, and Primus.

Hear another song from that Gibbard-Farrar Kerouac release

By Drew Litowitz on October 13th, 2009

A second track from One Fast Move or I’m Gone: Kerouac’s Big Sur has surfaced in the form of “The Void”.

Jay Farrar readies new Mermaid Avenue with Jim James, Will Johnson

By Alex Young on September 25th, 2009

Woody would be proud.

Son Volt to sprinkle some more Dust over America

By Drew Litowitz on September 11th, 2009

Son Volt has already performed in a select number of cities this summer in support of Farrar and Co.’s latest goody, American Central Dust. In July, the band brought its alt-folk rock with the company of Cowboy Junkies, and it looks like the music will continue into the fall. The band will begin the first [...]

Farrar & Gibbard detail forthcoming collaboration plans

By Alex Young on August 14th, 2009

The two rock powers unite for album and tour in support of new Jack Kerouac documentary.

Jay Farrar and Ben Gibbard team up for new side-project

By Alex Young on July 17th, 2009

The creative minds behind Son Volt and Death Cab for Cutie join forces!

Album Review: Son Volt – American Central Dust

By Justin Gerber on July 7th, 2009

Arriving in the afterglow of Highway 61 comes the newest Son Volt record, American Central Dust, a much more stripped-down affair than the band’s previous release, The Search. Front man, and lone original member, Jay Farrar presents a new set of songs about man’s place in his country whether it be on the open road, [...]

Son Volt plans “dusty” summer

By Alex Young on April 6th, 2009

No sooner do we celebrate the onset of quarter #2 then it’s time to start thinking #3, and what appears to be a dusty one at that. On July 7th, Son Volt will return with its sixth studio album, a 12-track effort entitled American Central Dust. According to Billboard.com, the album, which will mark the [...]

YouTube Live: Uncle Tupelo is “Looking for a Way Out”

By Justin Gerber on December 22nd, 2008

With all the news both confirmed and unconfirmed about bands reuniting, one thing is certain for now: Uncle Tupelo has played their final show. In St. Louis on May 1, 1994, the final Uncle Tupelo lineup of Jay Farrar, Jeff Tweedy, Ken Coomer, John Stirratt, and Max Johnston performed their last show at Mississippi Nights. [...]