The reunited Replacements are playing their first full shows this week, so it seems time to dig out this archive feature from Uncut’s July 2008 issue (Take 134), in which the group’s songwriter and frontman…
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Paul Westerberg on How to Write an Ending – NYTimes.com
I saw a thing once that said what constitutes a song is a beginning and an ending — nobody listens to what’s in the middle. I was twelve years old. It was impressed in my…
Westerberg on Songwriting in The New York Times
Neil Young insists that if the dog gets up and leaves, whatever you are writing stinks. There is truth here. Phony blues wailing or an ill-suited style attempt will send my own dog running. Yet…
Tommy & Paul reunite for covers EP to benefit Slim Dunlap
For the first time since 2006, the Replacements have recorded new songs. In late September, singer Paul Westerberg and bassist Tommy Stinson spent a day in a Minneapolis studio and cut four cover songs that…
Download new Westerberg song ‘My Road Now’
Sweet! There’s a new song from Paul Westerberg and better yet I get to share it with you. Download My Road Now (right click, command click, save as. . . you know how to do…
Where in the world is Paul Westerberg?
The Strib asks that question and answers it! (thanks Erik for the tip) And if you’re looking for more about the Color Me Obsessed party (that featured the Craig Finn cover), head on over to…
Q&A with PW in VV
In case you missed this yesterday (like I did), The Village Voice has a nice little Q&A with Paul about that new Glen Campbell record. It includes this little tidbit. I, for one, would still…
PW is named in Gibson’s Top 10 Melody Maker Monsters….
Paul Westerburg: The Replacements’ frontman displayed the punk rock power in the Melody Maker’s pickups, using his 1962 model for classic songs like “Answering Machine.” With plenty of growl in both of their voices, Westerburg…
New Paul Westerberg limited-edition vinyl: This Machine b/w Foolish Hand Shake
While I cannot test the veracity of the claims, I did just get an e-mail from Ten Pin Managment with a link to a new 45 with two songs. It definitely looks Westerbergian, no? According…
Westerberg plays Target Field
Well, he already did I guess. Boo. According to the Strib: “The Replacements frontman reserfaced yesterday, and the surface he chose was the turf at Target Field. He was filmed there for an in-the-works documentary…