wilco

listen close when you click and my face gets sick, stuck, like a question unposed

wilco circa 1999-2004 was just unfuckwithable

I love that "can't stand it" was added at the last minute because reprise didn't hear a single on summerteeth.

http://pitchfork.com/news/43449-wilcos-jeff-tweedy-releases-split-single-with-deerhoof-starts-new-band-with-his-sons/

http://www.theverge.com/2012/6/6/3068636/wilco-incredible-shrinking-tour-chicago-ibooks

PoeticLava says:
I saw Jeff Tweedy at the North Side Chicago Chipotle 6 years ago. Don’t know what he ordered.

http://www.jambase.com/Articles/118811/Wilco-Focuses-On-Covers-For-First-Ever-All-Request-Set

Daft Punk and the Replacements among many more

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GcL4zJxBMH8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MwHqRi468ic

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AYixOQ2vxzM

The clip someone posted of the 'Mats cover was awesome enough that I think the entirety of Wilco should be tapped to back Tommy and Paul.

Jeff looks like Artie Lange at this point

I was at Solid Sound this weekend. The "all request show" was quite good, esp. "Marquee Moon" and "Color Me Impressed." They also nailed "Don't Fear the Reaper" pretty well too with Nels shredding on the solo. Dream Syndicate set was the highlight of the weekend for me though. And Wilco's Saturday evening set was pretty lackluster. Fun, laud back festival.

seems fun -- at least this festival has things that *don't* happen at every other summer festival.
kwhitehead - was there any indication as to whether dream syndicate was going to do any more us dates?

tylerw- they didn't except Wynn mentioned at one point that they are thrilled to actually be playing these songs "at home". He then went on to mention that they don't often get the chance but didn't elaborate. There website doesn't indicate any more us dates. Jason Victor was very good on lead guitar but, have to say I missed Precoda and Cutler.

Foxygen were fun too but ended up getting escorted out of the festival' this from ROlling Stone:

"It wasn't the only incident involving Foxygen: the band was later ejected from the festival after the group's tambourine player was involved in a drunken altercation. The North Adams police said a member of the band was briefly detained but not charged. "They were awesome," Tweedy joked onstage later in the day. "They were a little too awesome, I think."

yeah i've seen victor play with wynn a couple times and he is great (tho obviously it wouldbe more exciting if those other dudes were coaxed out of retirement). just wondered if they were holding off announcing more dates, so the solid sound fest could say "ONLY SCHEDULED PERFORMANCE" or something.

Fascinating look into Wilco, Inc.:

http://www.chicagogrid.com/features/wilcos-jeff-tweedy-learned-grow-start-firing-friends/

Before founding Wilco in 1994, Tweedy played in alt-country group Uncle Tupelo, where he says profits were anathema. “You kept everyone who’s making money, the idea of making money, at arm’s length,” Tweedy says. “But when Uncle Tupelo ended, it became very obvious that we were in a business, because we owed people money.”

awesome, thanks for the link

it is interesting that this lineup has been so stable -- wilco, inc. must be a decent employer.

too bad all their best records came out before any of this

maybe the sun will shine again some day

the clouds will roll away

whole love was def the best post ghost is born record, so i guess i'm cautiously optimistic.

i haven't listened to the mavis staples/tweedy things... should i?

i mean, i'll probably listen to the next thing they put out however bad it is, but i think at this point i'd be surprised if it wasn't . . . [word(s)]

i haven't either

too bad all their best records came out before any of this

otm

http://pitchfork.com/news/55244-wilcos-jeff-tweedy-announces-tour-new-solo-album-coming/

i'm a huge fan of Wilco AM thru YHF, but at this point i'm probably more interested in hearing a Tweedy solo album than another Wilco album

you forgot a ghost is born

not a big fan

of ghost, i mean

must be cool to coordinate your gibson SG and jacket

and AGIB has aged surprisingly well. but i still think "i'm a wheel" is maybe the most embarrassing song released by a band in the history of bands.

here's an old post of mine: Rolling Nels Cline Thread

basically, my assessment of their career is that am and being there have good songs but aren't in the same league as summerteeth, yankee hotel foxtrot, and a ghost is born. after that, everything that's come out since has been a step down from those three, and i'm not sure how i'd rate them next to the first two

i think YHF is probably the best and most accomplished, but Summerteeth is my sentimental favourite and possibly the most fucked up in its own way.

Not a terrible line-up. Some real surprises in there, actually.

http://solidsoundfestival.com/lineup/

Looks great

So there's a new free album called Star Wars:

http://wilcoworld.net/

it's quite good

The title "Star Wars" has a nice ring to it.

That fuzz guitar on the first three or four tracks gets a little monotonous, but yeah that's nitpicking, and it's really good.

really, wow. was not expecting this, will have to give it a listen here soon.

downloading album from site, not sure what to expect from Wilco.

"you satellite" is a major jam

this is the first wilco record i've enjoyed in ages

me too. since... a ghost is born

Everything said in that article makes sense if your point of reference for experimental music is Radiohead, as it is for the author.

they should get sparhawk & bj burton in

― ufo, Friday, September 29, 2023 4:38 PM (one week ago) bookmarkflaglink

Hell, just have Tweedy make the hot tag with those two and you’d have a Wilco I could get behind.

I've been going through a stack of bootleg CD-R's that I dug out of storage, and one of them is (most of) Wilco's set from Summerfest in Milwaukee, WI from July 4, 1998. Great soundboard recording, possibly no generational loss, this is right on the heels of Mermaid Avenue. (Billy Bragg is even playing that same day, albeit in NYC, drawing most of his setlist from that same album as well.) The standout is actually the-yet-to-be-released "I'm Always in Love," and I never realized how much they sweetened it up for Summerteeth. When I first heard it there, I immediately thought "Beach Boys," but here it sounds like it came out of a spot-on cover of the Velvet Underground's "I'm Waiting for the Man."

There’s some pretty interesting shit happening on Cousin, I’m beginning to realise. The songs sound slightly listless on a casual listen but there’s a submarine pull to them which is kind of sick and thrilling. I’m a bit obsessed with “Levee” at the moment.

i'm realising cousin feels most like a sequel to a ghost is born? similarly mellow/restrained with a lot of songs driven by piano or fingerpicked acoustic guitar, and weird atmospherics in the background. i'm appreciating it more now and it even holds together better than a ghost is born even if it doesn't reach the same highs. they should probably put out a follow-up live album though because i bet the songs really work better live, just like a ghost is born

they've also just toured japan for the first time in 8 years so maybe there'll be progress on that third loose fur album at last?

This has probably been mentioned upthread somewhere, but after years of wondering what the cover of summerteeth was supposed to be I looked it up. It's a person blowing a gigantic bubble of bubble gum.

they really are the best live band in the world it turns out. easily one of the best shows i've ever seen. they jammed out "bird without a tail" for 9 minutes and it really deserves to be a permanent live staple now. "at least that's what you said" was genuinely kinda life affirming as silly as it sounds. even "how to fight loneliness", which is hardly my favourite, was pretty great and way better than the album version

is kotche the best drummer in the history of rock?

i wish i'd managed to get a ticket for last night too now

Kotche is great. He's the king of underplaying, which is an invisible skill that often goes (not surprisingly) unnoticed. "Check out all the stuff he's not doing!" But he's really sneakily creative about what he's not playing, and you know he's one of the greats because everyone, from other drummers on down, recognizes he's great *despite* the underplaying.

I still haven't heard the new record (or the previous three, tbh), but the new song I hear sometimes ("Meant to Be"?) is really good and not at all what I expected. Super poppy, sounds a little like the Pretenders.

what really stuck out to me about kotche was how much nuance there was in his playing, it was incredibly detailed. he was pretty much always doing something interesting and intricate, though never doing too much. cline is an absolutely incredible player too of course and it was pretty amazing how much the two of them add to the pre-yhf songs.

the last two albums are some of the strongest they've made in quite a while, especially cruel country, they're definitely worth checking out. "bird without a tail" off cruel country is the best thing they've done in over a decade, although the studio version pales in comparison to what they've turned it into live. they finally have a second "impossible germany" and sansone gets to go wild alongside cline on it

Cline gets much of the attention but I think Kotche is the most talented musician in the band. Both have created a style completely their own that is immediately recognizable and yet impossible to recreate. I've never heard anyone say "check out this new band, their drummer reminds me of Glenn."