Volume 33: Annie StelaBy Jason Gonulsen on November 05, 2009“Give it up, or lose it completely,” sings Annie Stela on “Clean It Up,” my favorite track off Hard City, one of two EPs that Stela is releasing this more » | 
Volume 32: The Avett BrothersBy Katie Cook on September 30, 2009I admit it: I came late to the game. Only a couple of years ago, a friend suggested The Avett Brothers’ Emotionalism as the next album I should buy. more » | 
Volume 31: Jeff TweedyBy Jason Gonulsen on September 09, 2009“Once I thought, without a doubt, I had it all figured out,” Jeff Tweedy of Wilco sings on “Solitaire,” a standout track off Wilco (the album). Yeah, I could have picked more » |
More Strangers Almanac |  | Volume 29: The Low Anthem
By Katie Cook on July 29, 2009
A sign broadcasting this word hung on the studio wall while Ben Knox Miller, Jeff Prystowsky, and Jocie Adams, the three members of The Low Anthem, recorded Oh My God, Charlie More »
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|  | Volume 28: Jason Karaban
By Jason Gonulsen on July 16, 2009
Even in today’s era of downloading individual songs, I still somehow obsess over the fine art of album sequencing. A recent example of its effectiveness can be found on Wilco’s latest, More »
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|  | Volume 27: Regina Spektor
By Katie Cook on July 01, 2009
At first listen, Regina Spektor’s music sounds fantastical, with her buoyant voice, backed by piano runs, escaping far, far away from reality. However, the listening experience is a lot like opening More »
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|  | Volume 26: Joe Jackson
By Shane Handler on June 15, 2009
Sharing the same name with a certain “shoeless” baseball player, Joe Jackson has probably suffered a time or two from an identity crisis. For this Mr. Joe Jackson, the English singer-songwriter, More »
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|  | Volume 25: Samantha Crain
By Jason Gonulsen on May 21, 2009
“Whenever I am not touring, I’m back in Oklahoma,” says 22-year-old singer-songwriter Samantha Crain, who, along with her band, The Midnight Shivers, just released her first full-length, Songs in the Night. More »
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|  | Volume 24: A.C. Newman
By Katie Cook on May 06, 2009
You know how it is when you get a song lyric stuck in your head? It turns your skull into a mental pinball machine, with the lyric violently bouncing from flipper More »
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|  | Volume 23: Neko Case
By Jason Gonulsen on April 20, 2009
I’ve never had the opportunity to formally interview Neko Case, but that doesn’t mean I don’t have a story that involves her. About six years ago, before one of her shows More »
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|  | Volume 22: Jenny Lewis
By Katie Cook on March 17, 2009
What can I tell you about Jenny Lewis that you don’t already know? Let’s see. She was first a child actress prominently starring in the 1989 cult fave, Troop Beverly Hills. More »
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|  | Volume 21: Bon Iver
By Jason Gonulsen on March 03, 2009
There is a scene in The Shawshank Redemption where Red, played by Morgan Freeman, and his fellow prisoners are treated to a piece of music, courtesy of fellow inmate Andy Dufresne. More »
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|  | Volume 20: Serena Ryder
By Katie Cook on February 03, 2009
I hate the radio. I’m impatient; I don’t want to hear vacuum repair commercials or the crappy, overproduced pop du jour. However, there are a few songs that, when they fill More »
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|  | Volume 19: Andrew Bird
By Jason Gonulsen on January 19, 2009
In 2001, when I was overly busy following Ryan Adams and Cowboy Junkies around the Midwest, I was first introduced to a guy and his violin. This particular person could also More »
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