Golden Smog

The alt country supergroup's debut long-player boasts a lineup comprising members of Wilco, Soul Asylum, the Replacements, the Jayhawks and Run Westy Run. Of course, the standout songs are the ones sung by Wilco's Jeff Tweedy (who was still playing country music back then), especially the bouncy "Pecan Pie."

Yesterday is just the day before today," begins Golden Smog's "Yesterday Cried." Such
stultifying blandness isn't typical of this CD, but with only five days to write and cut their
debut album, Golden Smog couldn't be fussy. So Down by the Old Mainstream features
songs about "Pecan Pie" and an Everyjerk who borrows money and never pays it back
("He's a Dick"), as well as a crisp cover of a Faces' sob song, "Glad and Sorry." Th... More >