Review: 'Aimless Records Presents: Songs For The Daily Planet – Recorded at The Purple Building'

Todd Snider’s new live album brings early material full circle

By Daryl Sanders

When Todd Snider titled his 1994 debut Songs For The Daily Planet, he was being literal — the songs were literally on his setlist at The Daily Planet, the Memphis bar where he had a weekly residency for a number of years beginning in July 1989. Now Snider has released Aimless Records Presents: Songs For The Daily Planet – Recorded at The Purple Building, which features live, solo acoustic performances of the songs from his first album.