Rolling Stone - 10/09
ACL 2009
Behind the scenes at Austin City Limits 2009: Exclusive backstage photos...

Rolling Stone - 06/09
New Music Report: Todd Snider
Rolling Stone’s Christian Hoard says Snider’s “America’s Favorite Pastime” is definitely the best song written about the no-hitter pitched by Doc Ellis of the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1970 while he was on acid. It’s a track on Snider’s new album The Excitement Plan...

Rolling Stone - 06/09
The Excitement Plan Review
Todd Snider's compressed story-songs are so vivid and knowing that they seem completely plausible, even the one on his new album voiced by a piece of discarded junk mail that dreams of being a tree again...

Rolling Stone - 05/09
America's Favorite Pastime
This loosely grooving vignette documents the night in 1970 when Pittsburgh Pirate Dock Ellis...

Spin - 07/09
Best Champion of the Underdog: Todd Snider
As he admitted at the outset of his uproarious set in This Tent, Todd Snider has become increasingly opinionated in his songwriting of late...

Spin - 05/09
Alt-country contrarian brandishes wit and heart
Todd Snider was born in Oregon, but he's a spiritual Texan -- a hardheaded, sharp-penned Americana songwriter...

Q - 08/09
Excitement Plan Review
East Nashville country blues outsider Snider gets a leg-up from producer Don Was and ace drummer Jim Keltner...

Paste - 01/10
Todd Snider, Director Talk Score for Sundance Film
Todd Snider is hitting the road in five days. Touring, especially down I-35, is nothing new to the Margaritaville Records protégé with more than a dozen records to his name.

Paste - 10/09
Todd Snider Extends U.S. Tour, Starts Radio Show
With a U.S. tour, a book release, and appearances at festivals such as Austin City Limits and Hardly Strictly Bluegrass, Todd Snider certainly had a busy summer season of storytelling...

Paste - 10/09
ACL Fest - Day One
He fools you with his simple, Texas singer-songwriter style by throwing out some pretty deep lyrics. And some pretty funny ones...

Paste - 07/09
Catch Up With...Todd Snider
Singer/songwriter Todd Snider is about to hit the road once again for a handful of dates in support of his new Yep Roc album The Excitement Plan. Always willing and able to make you laugh with his sharp wit and expert storytelling skills...

Paste - 07/09
Almost Everything I Say is True, Says Todd Snider's Upcoming Book
As you may have gleaned from Paste Associate Editor Steve LaBate's rather excellent interview with folkie maven Todd Snider, the dude has just added aspiring author to his resumé. As Snider explains, he's working on a book called Almost Everything I Say Is True...

Paste - 07/09
Dead Celebrities Crazy People Insist are Still Alive...
One day, about a decade ago, Cooper crawled out of an East Nashville sewer, and walked up Todd Snider's house, where the singer/songwriter was sitting on the porch picking guitar, and proceeded to tell him the whole story of the hijacking...

Paste - 06/09
The Excitement Plan Review
The problem with laughing off a bona-fide wiseass is all that pesky wisdom. And the formerly hard-livin’ Snider—while a veritable sultan of snark—has got that in spades...

Paste Magazine - 03/09
Todd Snider Signs to Yep Roc
The self-proclaimed "tree huggin', peace lovin', pot smokin', porn watchin', lazy ass hippie," has made a move of surprising responsibility and signed to Yep Roc Records...

USA Today - 08/09
They're all Americana, all Grammy-worthy
With nine albums over 15 years, it's time for the man Rolling Stone calls "quite possibly America's sharpest musical storyteller" to reap glory...

USA Today - 06/09
Todd Snider and Sunday's Tent Revival
Todd Snider's mid-afternoon set was full of surprises. First of all, he brought his producer, Don Was, to accompany him on bass. Then, he brought Robert Earl Keen on stage to join him for Corpus Christi Bay...

USA Today - 06/09
Notable Releases
The stimulus plan not stimulating you? Then try this abundance of wisecracking riches from a guy who's as "broke as the Ten Commandments and sometimes harder to follow"...

USA Today - 04/09
Tracks Playlist
America's Favorite Pastime - The tale of pitcher Dock Ellis' no-hitter on LSD...

New York Times - 06/09
The Balladeer of Just Getting By 
“All my heroes — John, Kris, Jerry Jeff, Shel Silverstein, Billy Joe Shaver, Randy Newman — have that gallows humor,” Mr. Snider said...

NPR - 03/10
Todd Snider, Recorded Live in Concert
Though Todd Snider's roots trace back to Portland, Ore., his music recalls headstrong Southern styles from Austin, Houston and Atlanta. With more than 10 albums under his belt, Snider continues to exude wit and optimism...

NPR - 09/09
Todd Snider on Mountain Stage
After last year's politically tinged EP Peace Queer, Nashville singer-songwriter Todd Snider headed to the West Coast with renowned producer Don Was and celebrity studio men Greg Liesz and Jim Keltner...

NPR - 06/09 [audio download + article]
Song for the Unprepared
Singer-songwriter Todd Snider promises that his new album, The Excitement Plan, is "your surefire cure for the hard times." He guarantees it right there in the liner notes: "You can trust me."

NPR - 06/09
Summer Song Favorites
Singer-songwriter Todd Snider hears the sound of summer in the song "Brandy" by Looking Glass...

Albuquerque Journal - 04/09
Snider gives misfits a home in his songs
In the world of singer/ songwriter Todd Snider, the offbeat is very OK. For instance...

American Songwriter - 07/09
Todd Snider: Man with a Plan
“I like to see them on TV talking,” says indie folkie-raconteur Todd Snider with a twinkle in his eye, addressing modern pop culture’s kinetic charge...

American Songwriter - 06/09
Writer of the Week
Todd Snider came to the American Songwriter offices and played four songs from his current album The Excitement Plan, and talked about being on the road and writing songs...

Austin 360 - 10/09
ACL Live Interview: Todd Snider
Todd Snider’s increasingly political songwriting crested three years ago and peaked with last year’s pointed EP “Peace Queer"...

Austin 360 - 02/09
Songs of the Heart
Shanties that touch the heart. Tunes that make you swoon. Lullabies of love. These are songs made for the soft side of the human condition; songs that sum up feelings of passion better than words spoken...

Austin Chronicle - 08/09
The Real Y'Alternative
Although his name isn't often bandied about in the same sentences as Son Volt, Wilco, or the Bottle Rockets, Todd Snider is perhaps just enough country, folk, and rock & roll to qualify as "alternative country"...

The AV Club - 11/09
Todd Snider at Shank Hall
Under normal circumstances, there would have been reason to doubt Todd Snider when he announced late in the night Saturday at Shank Hall that this show was special.

The AV Club - 06/09
Excitement Plan Review
At a time when empathy is considered a dirty word in some circles, the only safe place left for drunks, petty criminals, and other undesirables might be in the songs of a man who once described himself as a “tree-huggin’, peace-lovin’, pot-smokin’, porn-watchin’, lazy-ass hippie"...

Bandzoogle - 07/09
Featured Artist
In a way it never stops. I'm at it constantly, as I type even I stop to wonder if there is something in this moment about your computer thing that maybe I could sing about in a way that might make someone feel better about being themselves...

Billboard - 07/09
Excitement Plan Review
This cult-fave roots-rock veteran has never sounded more like a down-home Randy Newman than he does on "The Excitement Plan"...

BMI - 11/09
BMI Country Awards
Video Interview

BMI - 07/09
Todd Snider Delivers the Excitement Plan
Singer-songwriter Todd Snider is the consummate outsider, a rough cut auteur who, over the course of eleven albums, has distinguished himself as one of American music's most offbeat, arresting voices...

Caller - Times - 08/09
Todd Snider Has a Plan
Rare is the musical artist who has enough self-restraint to recognize when he is in over his head and is willing to let someone else take the reins...

Charleston City Paper - 09/09
Raggedy Man: Todd Snider
Todd Snider has settled down. He's aged. He's matured. He's gotten just a little bit saner...

Citizen-Times - 07/09
Todd Snider Brings Americana to the Peel
Todd Snider can tell a story with the wry wit of early Dylan, the smooth back alley croon of J.J. Cale or the stark realism of Randy Newman. It's a gift that has enabled the prolific Nashville-based folkie to deliver his vivid tales...

Country Standard Time - 06/09
Excitement Plan Review
It would be easy to assume that using a well-known producer like Don Was was meant to bring about a slicker, more refined Todd Snider, one with some of the rough edges burnished off...

Country Weekly - 07/09
Excitement Plan Review
Alt-country singer/songwriter Todd Snider populates his songs with characters as vivid as any you’ll find in prose, and The Excitement Plan offers some welcome new additions...

Crawdaddy - 06/09
Excitement Plan Review
Snider grew up on folk and singer-songwriter stuff, and lived all over the United States in his youth, picking up a fondness for country music, or at least the conventions of country songwriting...

Creative Loafing - 02/10
Todd Snider at Skipper's Smokehouse
I gotta be honest, I go to a lot of shows. Anyone who pays any attention to the calendar page of my site knows this. An unfortunate side-effect is that I’ve become slightly de-sensitized to the excitement of seeing a concert...

Creative Loafing - 07/09
Excitement Plan Review
At some point, even when artistic freedom becomes less a luxury than a right, a musician must face his muse and choose to accept or rebel against destiny...

Denver Post - 01/10
Live review: Todd Snider @ the Boulder Theater
Nobody tells a story like Todd Snider. He may sound like a slacker stoner, but Snider’s sly delivery and clever lyrics entrance the listener...

Earbender - 04/09
Opening Day 2009 - Todd Snider Sings “America’s Favorite Pastime”
Todd Snider’s latest recording “America’s Favorite Pastime” documents a great moment in sports history, the day Dock Ellis pitched a no-hitter while under the influence of LSD...

Esoteric Hollywood - 07/09
Excitement Plan Review
I’m not one of those people that are against country music, I’m quite okay with it, however few times do I declare a country album to be extraordinary...

Eugene Weekly - 02/09
Empathy For Assholes
The guy in the car in front of you at the drive through window is brutally chewing out the blameless pimply-faced kid working there. You probably don’t give it much thought other than knowing that the jerk just wasted your precious time...

The Globe and Mail - 06/09
Drugs, Rock 'n' Roll and...Baseball?
Trips to the mound are no big deals in baseball, as they happen all the time. Trips on the mound, well, that's a different story...

Hickory Wind - 06/09
Todd Snider @ Cat's Cradle
If there were any “Conservative Christian, Right-wing Republican, Straight, White, American Males” in attendance at Todd Snider’s recent show (5/16/09) at the Cat's Cradle they didn’t speak up...

Huntsville Times - 08/09
Crossroads Preview
Todd Snider, singer, songwriter, storyteller, humorist and just a down-to-earth dude, has gotten better with age - with a little help from his friends...

The Independent - 07/09
Excitement Plan Review
The success of last year's Peace Queer has enabled Todd Snider to record this follow-up with a name producer – the esteemed Don Was – and a small but top-drawer session crew...

The Irish Times - 07/09
Excitement Plan Review
Master of the hilarious simile, this criminally unsung singer-songwriter with a wicked grasp of the sublime and the ridiculous takes time out for the down-and-outs on his latest collection...

JamBands.com - 09/09
Todd Snider's New Plan
Todd Snider spent much of his life idolizing singer songwriters such as John Prine, Kris Kristofferson and Billy Joe Shaver, whose material illuminated the human experience...

JamBase - 06/09
Excitement Plan Review
We are all of us an amalgamation of scar tissue and unconscious tics that shambles around, directed much more by vicissitudes than any grand scheme, grasping at anything that keeps us from "the lap of poverty," be it literal, emotional or spiritual...

JamBase - 04/09
Celebrate Opening Day w/ LSD and Todd Snider
Just in time for opening day, Todd Snider shares one of the wildest stories in baseball history on "America's Favorite Pastime," a song from the upcoming album The Excitement Plan...

Kansas City Star - 01/09
Live review
It takes a lot for one guy with nothing but a guitar to command a big room, especially when he’s not wearing shoes. But that’s what Todd Snider did Wednesday night, inside a casino, no less...

KindWeb - 07/09
Excitement Plan Review
While Todd’s songs have always possessed heart and humor, The Excitement Plan showcases his development as both poet and satirist. Armed with skillful turns of phrase, Snider wryly examines his personal life and the myriad faces of humanity...

L.A. Times - 06/09
The Excitement Plan Review
[Todd] Snider is an eminently gifted Oregon-born, Nashville-based writer who wields a well-developed sense of humor akin to John Prine and Tom Waits....

Mountain Xpress - 07/09
I Have Learned Nothing
"Oh my god, the guy across the street needs to put some f**in' clothes on!" Todd Snider is sitting by the front window of his house in East Nashville, Tenn., enjoying a break from touring behind his latest album, The Excitement Plan. Apparently his neighbor has decided to step outside sans shirt and pants...

Music Fog - 01/10
Todd Snider - Slim Chance
Todd Snider is tuning in the other room. The Music Fog crew has been chasing him for a year. Last March, we somehow inherited his hotel room to use as our upload facility in Austin.

Nashville Scene - 02/10
Todd Snider May Not Know Anything About Songwriting,
But He's Pretty Good At It
Like any number of artists who draw inspiration from cultural detritus, Todd Snider adds autobiographical spin to his tales of substance abuse, jail time and terminal depression...

New York Times - 03/10
A Bit Wry and Rough at the Edges
Barefoot, his shirt untucked, a hat pulled down over his forehead, the 43-year-old alt-country singer-songwriter Todd Snider looked the epitome of a scruffy modern troubadour ambling along a rutted Southern highway on the way to nowhere...

The New Yorker - 06/09
Night Life
Todd Snider, a rocking country-folk troubadour out of Oregon (and now based in East Nashville), takes a low-key, off-kilter approach in presenting his unique songs, masking a biting wit, some tenderness, and not a little anger...

The New Yorker - 03/09
The Long Lead-Up
Industrious types at record labels and publicity firms send us records weeks and weeks ahead of time in the hopes of capturing our attention closer to release dates. Sometimes it works. Sometimes it doesn’t...

The Oregonian - 09/09
From an unsolved Portland murder, a song is born
Todd Snider didn't kill Harold Penland, but someone did. Someone got into Penland's home on North Vancouver Avenue

Orlando Sentinel - 02/10
Todd Snider: A Way With Words at the Social
It’s a tall order to describe the range of Todd Snider’s songwriting, but the man himself took a stab at it in the early moments of his terrific solo show Saturday at the Social...

Orlando Sentinel - 04/09
Todd Snider salutes LSD-fueled no-hitter in a new song
Just in time for baseball's opening day, iconoclastic folkie Todd Snider comes out with "America's Favorite Pastime." It's all about Snider's hero, Pittsburgh Prates pitcher Dock Ellis...

Pegasus News - 01/10
Concert Review
With this review, I'm fairly certain that we're striking a record for the most Todd Snider reviews on any site that isn't primarily billed as a fansite. That's because I consider the guy my personal poet laureate, and I rarely miss a show.

Philadelphia Inquirer - 06/09
Concert Previews
Fifteen years on from his raggedly brilliant debut, Todd Snider still comes across like the smart and smart-alecky charmer of his slacker anthem, "Alright Guy"...

Pop Matters - 03/10
Concert Review
Todd Snider said it best himself: he was only spouting his opinions because they rhymed—and to ease his mind. That anyone ever shows up to his performances is, to him, simply a bonus, one big blessing in the “crazy adventure” that has been his life...

The Republican - 03/10
Songwriter Pleases 'Hamp Crowd
There was a time when Todd Snider would play the Iron Horse Music Hall and there'd be about 50 people scattered about the audience...

The Southern - 11/09
Snider brings a sense of humor and fun to show
Five nights into his co-headlining acoustic tour with Robert Earl Keen, Todd Snider was getting ready to enjoy two days off before heading to New York. Already, Snider is having a blast...

Spinner - 12/09
Todd Snider Gets Phishy With His Top 10 Albums of 2009
It's that time of year where people like to make lists and check them twice. While every music blogger and Facebook friend of yours prepares their Top 10 lists for 2009, singer-songwriter Todd Snider gave Spinner a look at his...

St. Louis Metromix - 01/09
Feature
The singer-songwriter, who released Peace Queer in 2008, has obviously been noticed by many St. Louisians, as well as may others; the album was #1 for four weeks on the Americana charts. When I caught up with Snider over e-mail last week, he seemed to notice the love...

StarNews Online - 06/09
On the Excitement Plan, Todd Snider Works Out His Issues
For a guy who’s pretty rough around the edges, the singer and songwriter Todd Snider knows how to hone his lyrics to a (rusty) razor sharpness...

Telluride Inside - 01/09
Preview & podcast
Beaverton, Oregon's proud son Todd Snider is his generation's Will Rogers, an amiable, plainspoken, wise-cracking story teller and champion of the common man – just add a guitar and a pickup truck...

Time Out New York - 06/09
Todd Snider courts the Bowery
The great Nashville troubadour Todd Snider headlined Bowery Ballroom Thursday night, a rare semiseated show at the venue...

Time Out New York - 06/09
Nashville Megatalent Sings at Shake Shack [video interview]
Todd Snider, one of the sharpest songwriters in Nashville and, by extension, America, meets Time Out at his in-laws’ apartment on a gloomy Friday morning...

Time Out New York - 04/09
Now Playing: Todd Snider
The story of Dock Ellis reads like a great American tall tale, a ’70s equivalent of Paul Bunyan or John Henry. A major-league baseball pitcher in the years when the sport was riddled with eccentrics and facial hair...

Tucson Weekly - 04/09
Favorite Pastime
All Todd Snider wants to do is play music, to sing for people and write songs. All the time...

Twangville - 07/09
Bonnaroo 2009 - Part Two
Snider delivered a set heavy on his excellent new album The Excitement Plan. Several of the songs came across much funnier than the understated arrangements of the record would have suggested...

Twangville - 07/09
Best So Far '09
Although I’m not sure this effort tops his last full length, I still think Todd pens some of the smartest lyrics these days...

Uncommon Music - 01/09
10 Questions: Todd Snider
He’s preparing to embark on a 28 show tour in support of his latest album, Peace Queer but Todd Snider was able to take a few minutes to offer us a little insight...

The Voice Magazine - 03/09
In Conversation with Todd Snider
Todd Snider is a singer-songwriter based in East Nashville, Tennessee. His songs are mostly gritty down-home narratives about losers, low-lifes, and mice that roar...

Washington Post - 06/09
Live Last Night
The Birchmere's "quiet please" policy was rendered completely and totally irrelevant the second Todd Snider opened the floor up to requests Friday night...

Wasthington Post - 06/09
Editorial Review
When Todd Snider lets the pure energy of his music run free, there's nothing better...

Washington Post - 03/09
Broke(n) Records
For Neil Young's next release, "Fork in the Road," the venerated, if occasionally vexing, rocker has created a concept album about electric cars. But Young takes a detour on at least two tracks to work with a suddenly popular songwriting topic: the cratering economy...

Washington Post - 01/09
Out: Ryan Adams. In: Todd Snider
But in a kinda-sorta related development, at the same time as Adams was backing off, the underrated Portland/then Texas singer-songwriter-buttkicker Todd Snider was firing up his laptop and filling the void with an amazing blog post of his own -- "an open letter to texans, inspired by the 38th birthday of one blank plectrum."...

The 9513 - 10/09
Todd Snider, Bruce Robison and Robert Earl Keen Kickoff Barstool Tour in Alexandria
Hall & Oates may have been at the 9:30 Club on Wednesday night to perform Jimmy Wayne’s smash “Sara Smile,” but the best show in town featured co-headliners Robert Earl Keen, Todd Snider, and Bruce Robison.

The 9513 - 06/09
Excitement Plan Review
Todd Snider was never a square, but he did start out as a relatively straight-laced country-rocker with a good sense of humor and a keen ear for the ways word can reinforce melody and vice versa...