Earlier this week Wilco announced it was breaking ties with Nonesuch and forming its own label dBpm Records with distribution handled by Anti- Records.  Their 2009 album Wilco (the Album) fulfilled the band’s contractual obligations and freed them to go elsewhere. Frontman Jeff Tweedy worked with the indie Anti- label when producing Mavis Staples 2010 release You Are Not Alone. According to Billboard.com Wilco Manger Tony Margherita will handle the new label’s operations out of Easthampton, Mass. In the Billboard article, Tweedy stated:

"This is an idea we've discussed for years. We really like doing things ourselves, so having our own label feels pretty natural to me. And, to be working with Anti- -- a label that was started by a punk rock guy to sell his own records -- seems like a perfect fit for us."

Wilco recently announced a few tour dates featuring a headlining slot at Jazzfest and will also once again be curating the Solid Sound Festival at the MASS MoCA in North Adams, Mass June 24 -26. Additionally, you can catch a solo Tweedy headlining a Rahm Emanuel fundraiser with JC Brooks & The Uptown Sound this Sunday, January 30, at Chicago's Park West. Check out the dates below: Wilco:

May 2 Montgomery, AL Montgomery Performing Arts Center May 3 Mobile, AL Saenger Theatre May 5 New Orleans, LA Jazzfest May 6 Houston, TX Verizon Wireless Theater May 7 Denton, TX University of N. Texas Auditorium May 8 Tulsa, OK Cain’s Ballroom June 24-26 North Adams, MA, Solid Sound Festival at the MASS MoCA

Jeff Tweedy solo shows:

January 30 Chicago Park West (Rahm Emanuel Fundreaiser) March 22 Toronto Queen Elizabeth Theatre March 25 Montreal L’Olympia de Montréal March 26 Portland, ME State Theatre March 28 Madison, WI Capitol Theater March 29 Rochester, MN Mayo Civic Center Presentation Hall March 30 Iowa City, IA The Englert Theatre