Among other things, we’re featuring some great interviews of some of our favorite musicians in this week’s Linkafication… Glide Magazine talks with Chicago-area resident, and both former and present Flecktone, Howard Levy The AV Club exchanges a few words with Megafaun’s Phil Cook Relix has an outstanding retrospective look at MMW’s 20 year career featuring [...]

Wilco, Dissected. An interesting breakdown of their career from Consequence of Sound. Don’t just throw away those fruit stickers, make art! Steal your face right off your banana. The cure for the lack of LP Covers in the digital age? VIDEO TIME! Okay, just audio over a still photo of David Cross.  However, I still [...]

In a nice interview with the Montreal Gazette, Wilco’s Jeff Tweedy reveals a deep appreciation for Canada’s most famous power trio. Tweedy: (Laughs) Yeah, I love Rush and I have a deep appreciation of them as people and as a band, more so now than when I was growing up, being a punk rock fan [...]

Friend of The Barn Rob Mitchum offers his take on Pearl Jam’s 20th birthday party at Alpine Lullaby versions of your favorite Rock and Pop hits, including Grateful Dead and Wilco Jane’s Addiction returns to the Metro this fall — check some photos of their 1988 appearance at the venerable club (via XRT) The Reader [...]

Two great links from the Trib’s Greg Kot this week:  20 Years of Pearl Jam Quotes and Celebrating 40 Years of Soul Train in Millenium Park The New York Times asks you to imagine the Rolling Stones without Keith Festival!! Bands That Jam provide 5 must-see shows at this weekend’s North Coast Festival in Chicago.  [...]

I typically post these link roundups on Fridays, but didn’t get around to it last Friday and had too many could links to not share this week.  So here’s your first ever Monday Linkafication: Chicagoans!  North Coast Music Festival is this weekend.  Here are five reasons why you should go. Don’t you love it when [...]

Lots of interesting free music from some of The Barn’s favorite bands in this week’s Linkafication. Van Ghost is running a pretty badass promotion to pick the first single from their latest release  at Grooveshark.  You can also win a package for Chicago’s North Coast Music Festival. Greensky Bluegrass is offering a free download of [...]

Online Phish Tour compares late 80′s Dead to current era Phish and makes some interesting comparisons A graphic design student put together this very nice looking book about the history and work of Umphrey’s McGee for a class project.  I’d give him an “A”.  (Warning, large PDF download) Van Halen maybe possible could be rumored [...]

NPR asks Why Do We Sit At Jazz Concerts? and challenges you to Name That Drum Fill Tribal elders suspend their marijuana laws for a night for a Willie Nelson show at casino Via Relix Magazine, Indie rockers celebrate Jerry Garcia in honor of JG Week Some videos for The Days Between

Lots of Chicago related links this week: A Chicago musician writes and records his way around all 50 states and returns home Chicago based The AV Club covers the use of Chicago landmark Marina Towers for Chicago band Wilco’s cover art for the Yankee Hotel Foxtrot album Friends of The Barn and Chicago blues-rock staples [...]