Vic Chesnutt

Vic Chesnutt — At The Cut

The question of whether a modern day poet writes purely from experience or from their fertile imagination comes screaming out at you when listening to any of Vic Chesnutt's extensive musical catalogue. Chesnutt, who was paralyzed in a car accident at the age of 18, has produced 15 solo albums filled with eerie tales of heartbreak. With At The Cut...
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Vic Chesnutt's At The Cut

Surrender To Jonathan Richman

I respect Vic Chesnutt's songwriting, but have never been a fan and didn't get a lot out of seeing him open for Wilco during their Summerteeth tour a decade ago, but Thursday night's performance gave me more admiration for the partially paralyzed singer/songwriter. Chesnutt wheeled up to the microphone with his acoustic guitar and began "...
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Jonathan Richman (Photo by Steve McLean)

I Read The News Today... For May 16, 2011

All Time Low have announced a bunch of tour dates that'll take them across North America this spring and summer. Those of you who are groaning should count yourselves lucky: at least it's not Odd Future. Arcade Fire will play this year's Austin City Limits festival in Austin, Texas. It takes place Sept. 16 to 18 at the city's Zilker Park....
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All Time Low

Tom Waits Takes A Record Fifth Album To #1

Post-holiday chart activity as as unpredictable as ever and with more and more radio station music directors getting back in the saddle this week, we have some unusual results on the campus radio chart for Jan. 10 to 16. If anything, it's even more volatile than last week's results. First of all, there's a new #1 album courtesy Tom Waits, a...
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Vic Chesnutt's Skitter On Take-Off

Vic Chesnutt, Avenged Sevenfold, Remy Zero Drummers Among Holiday Deaths

They say the holidays are full of good cheer, but this year they seemed unfortunately full of death. To avoid being overly morbid and writing multiple stories with dead-filled headlines, we're going to deal with all of these passings in one story. Singer/songwriter Vic Chesnutt died of an overdose of muscle relaxers on Dec. 25 (Christmas Day)....
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Vic Chesnutt At The Great Hall

Photographer: 
Steve McLean
Venue: 
The Great Hall
City: 
Toronto, ON
Date: 
June 25, 2009
Vic Chesnutt

Vic Chesnutt Explores Constellation

Wheelchair-bound singer/songwriter Vic Chesnutt made his way to Montreal last winter to record with many of his new Constellation Records labelmates in some of the last sessions held at the original Hotel2Tango studio. The result is North Star Deserter, which will be released on CD and as a double-LP by Constellation on Sept. 11. It was...
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