It’s been a minute since we’ve heard from Paul Westerberg . That’s a funny sentiment considering the non-stop Replacements-fest that went on from 2012 through last year’s final run of tour dates. But the Westerberg who appeared […]
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Paul Westerberg :: My Road Now
Putting Paul Westerberg behind a piano is often a recipe for some of his most moving work – and he’s deft at mixing humor with his pathos. Early in his career – with piano-driven songs like “Androgynous” […]
Paul Westerberg :: 14 Songs (Revisited)
I’ve never been a huge fan of 14 Songs , which is probably an odd statement coming from a massive fan of both the Replacements and much of Paul Westerberg’s solo work. But when I was first […]
Paul Westerberg :: Suicaine Gratification
“I didn’t start to make a record. I just had no other options. I didn’t know what to do with my time. I started playing piano and out of the few things I had written […]
Westerberg’s Wedding Songs
Marriage: it’s why we’re gathered here today. It only makes sense that the most common of lyrical subjects, love, would see its supposed apex, the wedding, represented time and time again in popular song. But […]
Decade :: Paul Westerberg, Stereo/Mono (2002)
What is it that makes us want to deconstruct art by units of time? Lists. We love making them. We love arguing over them. And here, on the verge of a new decade, we’re in […]
Paul Westerberg :: Ghost Gloves Cat Wing Joy Boys
All has been quiet on the Westerberg front since last September, but lo and behold, the man has sneaked up on us again, this time with the six-song PW & the Ghost Gloves Cat Wing Joy […]
Paul Westerberg :: 3oclockKreep/Finally Here Once
Perhaps Paul ought to drive a screwdriver through his hand more often. Not that having Westerberg out of commission for a year was a good thing, but ever since his accident, he has come roaring back […]
Paul Westerberg :: 5:05
After barely being released, Paul Westerberg’s excellent 49:00 was pulled from the digital market last week. The reasons are somewhat unclear, but the almost universal understanding seems to be that it has to do with copyright issues – […]
Paul Westerberg :: 49:00
Paul Westerberg’s post- Replacements career has been an interesting one and listeners have dithered back and forth on the merits of each solo release, no two coming to a consensus on any one of them. But it was […]