A group of talented local players from such notable bands as Sonic Youth, Mudhoney, the Sun Ra Arkestra, Howlin Rain, Vetiver, Flamin' Groovies and more gather to pay tribute to San Francisco ...

Skip Spence was a near-founding member of the Jefferson Airplane, a founding member of the well-regarded Moby Grape, and released a solo album that is cherished by rock critics and famous fans.

When Omar Spence first met his father, Alexander “Skip” Spence, in the early 1990s, Skip was an alcoholic living in a halfway house. Omar knew that his dad was more than that; he knew that Skip had ...

Alexander "Skip" Spence remains one of the most intriguing and puzzling figures in the history of rock 'n' roll. From his understated role as drummer in the first lineup of Jefferson Airplane, through ...

This one took place last June when Wilco was in town for the release of their new eponymous album. They came by after a long day filming a TV appearance and still managed to put down 8 songs with us.

Eddie Hearn had a plan for Kell Brook. Give up the IBF welterweight title, move up to 154 pounds and try to arrange a fight with an established star, someone – anyone, honestly – other than Errol ...

Briefly the drummer for San Francisco Summer of Love coulda-beens Moby Grape, Spence (who wrote that band’s classic “Omaha”) can be understood as an American analogue to Syd Barrett — an overwhelming ...

Beck is about halfway through with his latest Record Club effort, which finds him spinning Skip Spence's 1969 LP Oar into cool new directions with help from Wilco, Jamie Lidell, Feist, and others.

Wilco will play a run of 16 concerts in Eastern U.S. cities beginning in Miami, FL on March 22 and culminating in Pittsburgh, PA on April 11. The concerts are presented as “An Evening with Wilco” and ...

Originally published in Uncut Take 227 [June 2020], we explore the troubled life and brilliant music of the ultimate outsider hero, Skip Spence, and his psychedelic masterpiece Oar Originally ...