Jeff Tweedy once blazed the trail for the American rock underground's embrace of its country and folk roots, but as the decade draws to its close he's spearheading the return of classic pop; simply put, what once were fiddles on Wilco records are now violins -- the same instrument, to be sure, but viewed with a radical shift in perception and meaning. While lacking the sheer breadth and ambition of the previous Being There, Summer Teeth is the most focused Wilco effort yet, honing the lessons of the last record to forge a majestic pop sound almost completely devoid of alt-country elements; the lush string arrangements and gorgeous harmonies of tracks like "She's a Jar" and "Pieholden Suite" suggest nothing less than a landlocked Brian Wilson, while more straightforward rockers like the opening "I Can't Stand It" bear the influence of everything from R&B to psychedelia. Still, for all of the superficial warmth and beauty of the record's arrangements, Tweedy's songs are perhaps his darkest and most haunting to date, bleak domestic dramas informed by recurring themes of alienation, adultery, and abuse -- even the sunniest melodies mask moments of devastating power. If Summer Teeth has a precedent, it's peak-era Band; the album not only possesses a similar pastoral sensibility, but like Robbie Robertson and company before them, Wilco seems directly connected to a kind of American musical consciousness, not only rejuvenating our collective creative mythology, but adding new chapters to the legend with each successive record.
Once again it seems the new Wilco album has been leaked onto the internet well before its May 15 release date. This is not the first time this has happened to Wilco. The group’s 2002 album Yankee Hotel Foxtrot was the first to fall prey to this new affliction, then 2004’s A Ghost Is Born followed the same problem.As Billboard reports, fans of the group have attempted to make good of the unfor
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Further proof has come up that there are some people in this world who should not be allowed to talk, let alone think. A faith besed Ministry who calls themselves Love God's Way has released a list of "gay bands" and "safe bands". This is an organization that has a section of their website called C.H.O.P.S which stands for Changing Homosexuals into Ordinary People. Don't believe me that this ki...
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to explain: read quickie rant from preceding postthanks to you, i will grow old and bitter mix1- Wilco - How to Fight Loneliness - Summerteeth2- The Beautiful South - Something That You Said - 08983- Björk - Hyperballad - Post4- Baxter - Love Again - Baxter5- Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - Love Burns - Black Rebel Motorcycle Club6- Garageland - Tired and Bored - Last Exit to Garageland7- Luna - ..
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p(#big-red-2). VSThis is the battle I faced last year when Wilco came to Houston on the first night of Passover. Being a good daughter of Israel, or whatever, I skipped the show hoping that I would be cosmically rewarded at a later date.We have a score to settle: I owe you some Manishevitz, and you owe me a show. But are you even passing through Houston on your '07 tour? Nooooooo. You're g...
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Jeff Tweedy, you've done it again!
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Further proof has come up that there are some people in this world who should not be allowed to talk, let alone think. A faith besed Ministry who calls themselves Love God's Way has released a list of "gay bands" and "safe bands". This is an organization that has a section of their website called C.H.O.P.S which stands for Changing Homosexuals into Ordinary People. Don't believe me that this ki...
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Once again it seems the new Wilco album has been leaked onto the internet well before its May 15 release date. This is not the first time this has happened to Wilco. The group’s 2002 album Yankee Hotel Foxtrot was the first to fall prey to this new affliction, then 2004’s A Ghost Is Born followed the same problem.As Billboard reports, fans of the group have attempted to make good of the unfor
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Out of all of them, this really could be my favorite. Soul meets country meets pop meets rock n roll.
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to explain: read quickie rant from preceding postthanks to you, i will grow old and bitter mix1- Wilco - How to Fight Loneliness - Summerteeth2- The Beautiful South - Something That You Said - 08983- Björk - Hyperballad - Post4- Baxter - Love Again - Baxter5- Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - Love Burns - Black Rebel Motorcycle Club6- Garageland - Tired and Bored - Last Exit to Garageland7- Luna - ..
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Once upon a time I was locked in a sonic prison, filled only with the musical stylings of radio-friendly artists like the Stone Temple Pilots, Dave Matthews Band, U2, Bell Biv Devoe, etc.There was no originality. There was no experimentation (not the kind you're thinking of, get your mind out of the gutter), aside from maybe Alice in Chains, though I didn't know that at the time. There was no...
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p(#big-red-2). VSThis is the battle I faced last year when Wilco came to Houston on the first night of Passover. Being a good daughter of Israel, or whatever, I skipped the show hoping that I would be cosmically rewarded at a later date.We have a score to settle: I owe you some Manishevitz, and you owe me a show. But are you even passing through Houston on your '07 tour? Nooooooo. You're g...
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Jeff Tweedy, you've done it again!
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I’ve decided that the perfect music for any Sunday afternoon is Wilco. Any Wilco cd (and I own almost all of them) just makes me feel so relaxed and so at ease with life. Sundays for me are very different than they are for most people, and extremely different from people my age. Every week I wake up at 7:45 so I can practice music with the high school Worship band I lead. By the time I get .
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Sometimes I binge on a particular artist, and when I eventually move on, I think to myself that I may never listen to them again. This happened with Zeppelin, with The Beatles, with the White Stripes, and Wilco.Recently, however, I've been getting kind of bored with my music collection. It's the classic problem, 431 albums and nothing's on. I'm not sure what kind of music I'm in the mood for, b...
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