Wilco - The Whole Love

i actually don't own that album, but it recently appeared on emusic (along with the newer, self-titled disc).

reaction to Wilco (The Album) was quite divided, but I was definitely in the pro camp. harkens back to the first three records mostly.

I JUST CAME HOME FROM 7-ELEVEN AND THE NEW SINGLE WAS ON THE RADIO!

daniel, definitely check out a ghost is born! wilco (the album) is nice, but it's no ghost. would like to hear your reactions to either though

Ilx gonna make me the biggest wilco fans. Could we get more of u corn balls fronting tuff guy abt this band?

so otm - I didn't give 2 shits about these guys for years but just mention that you don't actively pray for their death every night & there's 10 very tuff ilx dudes reminding you that OMG THEY PLAY THEM ON NPR!!!1!

also BRAGGIN '11 dude is a solid & nice dude so stfu about Jeff Tweedy he's a cool guy

if you ever met j newsom i hope you cop to what you & the others did to my beloved hoom thread

*meet

difference there, her music is actively horrible

;_;

did any other ilxors go to the festival thing? i think it would be nice to go eventually

Overall the festival is super yuppie/white (SHOCKER) but extremely well run and a great time. It's inside a beautiful contemporary art museum, they truck in a great sound system/setup and it's very relaxed/mellow. Everyone is very affable and you make friends throughout the day. Highlights besides Wilco were Purling Hiss, Sic Alps, Thurston Moore/Nels Cline, Jamie Lidell, Darin Gray and Syl Johnson. All the extraneous stuff (art/photo exhibits, comedy, films, etc.) was very enjoyable too. Bonus was good, reasonably priced food and beer (Lagunitas bottles for $5.00), the staff is extremely friendly and there is almost no security/bouncer presence. Wilco dudes and other musicians just stroll around all day. ATP for cool dads and aging hippies, no doubt.

:D

"Thurston Moore/Nels Cline" \(^o^)/

never realized it was INSIDE a building a tbh -- that's rad

Yeah Thurston and Nels Cline sounds v v v awesome, would watch.

They hadn't played as a strict duo in 13 years, they did a full hour. Complete scree fest, driving the dads away in hoards. Lovely, lovely time.

I love "I Love My Label", and that's a good/faithful cover.

out 9/27 - http://pitchfork.com/news/43034-wilco-announce-new-album-fall-tour/

song for jane smiley's boyfriend?

http://www.anti.com/catalog/view/180/The_Whole_Love

The Whole Love is a veritable sonic stew, showcasing Wilco’s far-reaching musical prowess (multiple guitars, keyboards, synthesizers and percussion plus Mellotron, strings, loops and more) perfectly accompanying Jeff Tweedy’s provocative and insightful lyrics. The Whole Love opens with the seven-minute “Art of Almost” and concludes with the twelve-minute “One Sunday Morning (Song For Jane Smiley’s Boyfriend).” In between: 10 adventurous tunes (each clocking in at four minutes or less) including the current single, “I Might” which was released this past weekend at the band’s Solid Sound Festival.

This sounds promising actually! They owe us a great record after the appalling snoozefest that was the last one.

i really hope it's good -- i think i'm going to try to avoid reading stuff about the record until release day

"Appalling snoozefest" is a little strong, but definitely was amongst their weakest efforts. "Bull Black Nova" is still an awesome song.

"provocative" AND "insightful"!

Jon, yeah I know, but I'm someone who deeply treasures YHF, A Ghost is Born (!). Liked Sky Blue Sky as in very pleasant, but Wilco (the album) was such a huge let-down after the three that preceded it.

wilco (the album) is probably the only wilco album i don't really like. something super-generic about the overall sound.

Jon, yeah I know, but I'm someone who deeply treasures YHF, A Ghost is Born (!). Liked Sky Blue Sky as in very pleasant, but Wilco (the album) was such a huge let-down after the three that preceded it.

Yeah, it was a big letdown, for sure. I've just managed to come around on a handful of songs, enough that I can't dimiss the whole thing.

heard "one wing" in a cvs last year and it made some kind of sense

I got off the Wilco boat after A Ghost Is Born (by far my favorite Wilco album). The last three albums were not my bag at all, except for digging "Impossible Germany." But I'm really liking the new single, and I'm holding a lot of hope for the new one. They kinda owe us a ripsnorter, what with how great the band is.

loving the love for a ghost is born, y'all

kicking television -- the live record -- is the last really awesome thing they've done

kicking television -- the live record -- is the last really awesome thing they've done

OTM

Not really sure how that band (that played on Kicking Television) made two snoozers in quick succession.

I would love for the new one to be a return to form...especially intrigued by the super long songs.

Yeah, SBS and the S/T were intensely forgettable BUT the live band has continued to be amazing throughout; some of my favourite live material ever recorded - by anyone - came off the Sky Blue Sky tour.

"Appalling snoozefest" = great title

I never heard kicking televisions, does nels go ham on it?

I don't get the Nils love, honestly. I've seen the band a bazillion times, both before and since his addition, and frankly don't hear him bringing much to the table in this context. I mean, he's a good player, but I wish he was more Quine-y or something.

I never heard kicking televisions, does nels go ham on it?

yes.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LdTn0hXzVZU

damn that sounds hottttt

it's a good sign

hope most of the rest of the record, at least, is like that

Wilco are our Radiohead. Which is of course awesome NO TUFFGUY

LIKE A PLAID RADIOHEAD!!!!!!!!

upthread i posted this quote from the spin article i linked to in the first post itt:

Tweedy is being modest. One new song, "Art of Almost," has an experimental feel, like 2009's "Bull Black Nova" and 2004's "Spiders (Kidsmoke)." It's a seven-minute, two-parter that starts as a free-form jam, punctuated with burbling synths, mellotrons, and tribal drums. It swells into a punk-ish coda, with virtuosic, fuzzed-out guitar shredding courtesy of Cline, the band's secret weapon. Tweedy says the inspiration for the track came from Neil Young. "It's a sort of atmospheric song you might hear on Tonight's the Night," he says. "I don't know what happened to that song, to be honest. It just sort of morphed over time into something that's a lot more interesting to us now."

http://www.pitchfork.com/news/43606-watch-jeff-tweedy-play-a-new-wilco-song/

http://pitchfork.com/news/43893-wilco-to-stream-the-whole-love-for-24-hours/

They had free Wilco "The Whole Love" bookmarks at Barnes & Noble but not the CD....

had not heard abt the bookmarks, thx 4 the heads up

Who really consider Nels Cline the band's "secret weapon?" What kind of secret is Nels Cline? If anything, Tweedy's skronky guitar playing is the band's secret weapon. Or Stirratt's melodic playing and backing vocals. Or Kotche, who has been doing much more with less lately. Or even the other guys, so secret I don't really know what they do. But Cline? That's like calling John McLaughlin the Mahavishnu Orchestra's secret weapon or something.

The back of the bookmark says "go to www.bn.com/wilco to see exclusive video and hear a preview of music from The Whole Love - CD & Limited Edition Deluxe CD - available 27th of September". The video is of "I Love My Label" and you can stream "I Might".

Now

http://wilcoworld.net/twlsplash/

Opening song sounds like 'I'm a redneck and I'm afraid of robots'