Rock & roll lifers that they are, Wilco knows the implications of a self-titled album, how any record bearing an eponymous name is bound to be seen as a reintroduction. That's why they puncture Wilco (The Album) with a parenthetical aside, a slyly ironic joke that deflates the notion that Wilco is returning to its roots while signaling that the band is finally lightening up again, a notion reinforced by the llama birthday party on the cover. And, to be fair, "reintroduction" is indeed too strong a term for a band that never went away, they merely spent a decade-and-a-half on a walkabout, consuming anything that came their way, changing their tone and tenor from record to record. Wilco (The Album) finds Wilco the band happily returning from the wilderness, taking stock of where they've been and consolidating all they've learned into one tight, likeable record. (The Album) never veers too far into the experimental -- nor does it dabble in country-rock, a sound that's largely remained verboten in Wilco ever since their debut -- but the reverberations of the Jay Bennett era can be heard in how "Bull Black Nova" builds to a shuddering, noise-filled coda, or the band's general mastery of varying degrees of light and shade. All this studio texture is not the focal point, it's the coloring on a collection of straight-ahead rock and pop songs, tunes that are generally soft, sunny, and hazy -- quite exquisitely so on the '70s George Harrison pastiche "You Never Know" and the nearly Baroque "Deeper Down" -- but also jangly and sparkly, as on "Sonny Feeling," or that have some measure of backbone, as on the spiky "I'll Fight" and the cool shuffle of "Wilco (The Song)." If Wilco (The Album) as a whole is considerably less ambitious than its predecessors, it compensates with its easy confidence and craft: it's the work of a band that knows their strengths and knows what they're all about, and it's ready to settle into an agreeably comfortable groove.
I came into Wilco (The Album) with loads of reservations. I was not a fan of Sky Blue Sky at all. It felt like a bad break-up. I came into that album feeling like I was going to be blown away only the album didn't even give me a cold...
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Wilco are one of those bands that I have never really locked horns with, along with actslike The Hold Steady and Conor Oberst which I imagine appeal to asimilar group of people. With all the brouhaha that has accompanied therelease of this record I thought it might be time to make a detour and cross paths; to challenge my assumption that they are a bland, radio friendly outfit straddling the tw...
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On their latest album, Wilco decide to get meta. Rather than go the route that many other acts before them have chosen (i.e., take themselves incredibly seriously, try to save the world through artistic expression, etc.), Wilco have decided to become self-aware, eschewing artful mystique in favor of playful recognition of the fact that yes, Jeff Tweedy [...]
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We've been slacking on our Friday Mix Tapes of late, but fear not loyal HT readers - we think this week's fantastic mix will make up for its recent absences. This week's batch of tasty tunes is dedicated to the seemingly lost art of the duet, with a number of my favorites from the last few years. So without wasting anymore time with this intro, let's just get at it…We kick things off with the o.
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Wilcoby Michael Harkin • July 10, 2009WilcoWilco (the album)(Nonesuch, 2009)Seven years ago, I thought Wilco was the absolute bee's knees. Yankee Hotel Foxtrot lassoed in myself and a gazillion other NPR listeners, enchanted by Jeff Tweedy's jilted, rootsy songwriting voice and the band's peculiar balance of classicist pop, haunting folk, and contemporary electro-acoustic experimentation (admit.
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I forgot to tag onto the last entry that my review of the new Wilco record is printed in this week's East Bay Express and last week's Tucson Weekly:Full of radiance and subtleties, Wilco (The Album) is an ambitious yet confident record from a band at its peak, an eleven-song odyssey that trades skillfully between tension and elation. The preposterous album cover (a camel wearing a party hat) and
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Wilco (The Album) shows a band basking in self-assurance, unafraid to straddle genres ranging from country folk to 60s New York underground through to 70s Californian rock. The title alone shows the confidence in the way the band have approached the album. As does opening track, you guessed it, called 'Wilco (the song)', a Velvet Underground inspired chugging anthem that pays tribute to the ba...
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While Wilco (The Album) has its strong moments, it does not have many innovative ones. For a band whose reputation was built on being sonic pioneers, this can only be perceived as something of a letdown.
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WilcoWilco (The Album)Nonesuchout June 30th[75][Rating Scale]7.5 out of 10 starsIt’s easy to give an album a 75/100. It is. People that love the album are okay with it, because your glass is ¾ full. People that hated the record are okay with it because you haven’t been overtly generous. People get worked up over [...]
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Rest assured fans of Wilco, the new album, Wilco (The Album) is a stormer. Unashamedly commercial, catchy and confident all at once. Here Neon Filler.com gives a quick run through of the tracks ahead of its release later this month when we will be publishing a full review.Wilco (the song) - Velvet Underground inspired chugging anthem, which pays tribute to Wilco's fans and has the tongue-in c...
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May 14th, 2009 | Author: Jim Tuerk | Categories: Chicago News, MusicI don't know if there are any readers out there as big into this band as I am — I'm a Chicago-born dude who used to ride the train down to the city to see them play every chance I got. Something about this album really gets me, though. Enough where I have to write a second post here. I can't say I've ever been disappointed with.
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I am liking the looks of this... From Wilcoworld....
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Wilco are one of those bands that I have never really locked horns with, along with actslike The Hold Steady and Conor Oberst which I imagine appeal to asimilar group of people. With all the brouhaha that has accompanied therelease of this record I thought it might be time to make a detour and cross paths; to challenge my assumption that they are a bland, radio friendly outfit straddling the tw...
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Now that Wilco has taken all the proper album release steps (touring, late night television, internet interview invasion, etc.) and the well of Wilco [The Album] puns has finally run dry, Jeff Tweedy and company are ready to bang out Wilco [The...
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We've been slacking on our Friday Mix Tapes of late, but fear not loyal HT readers - we think this week's fantastic mix will make up for its recent absences. This week's batch of tasty tunes is dedicated to the seemingly lost art of the duet, with a number of my favorites from the last few years. So without wasting anymore time with this intro, let's just get at it…We kick things off with the o.
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Wilco is staying busy on support of their best album in years, Wilco (The Album). They’re playing tonight in Austin in the midst of a tour taking them all over the place, and they just announced some dates for early 2010…Wilco 2010 Tour DatesFeb. 7 Adams Center – Missoula, MTFeb. 9 Arlene Schnitzer Hall [...]Related posts:The Shins Announce Early 2007 Tour DatesTour Dates: Wilco @ UIC Pavil
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On their latest album, Wilco decide to get meta. Rather than go the route that many other acts before them have chosen (i.e., take themselves incredibly seriously, try to save the world through artistic expression, etc.), Wilco have decided to become self-aware, eschewing artful mystique in favor of playful recognition of the fact that yes, Jeff Tweedy [...]
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MUSIC NEWS - Despite overall cd sale declines in the USA, Wilco (the album), the seventh studio effort by the Chicago band, debuted #4 on the Billboard album chart and sold 98,980 copies in its first week. It's also garnered strong critical acclaim for its' great music (MNN included) and radio airplay (despite it's lame title ! ). Wilco (the album) [out via Nonesuch Records] is
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I am pleased to say that Wilco has just recently released "Wilco (The Album)" for free streaming as an anti-leaking campaign against, well leakages. You can read the whole story from David Hyman.This is nothing new actually. I still think that Radiohead leaking their own album (In Rainbows) from their own website is a rad. But hey, this is a good marketing strategy I must say. We can't always b...
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Well, can we?I've been scouring the web & I can't find nuthin. Any info here would be greatly appreciated!
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I normally don't do posts for tracklists and album info, but I did it for Eminem (which I've become less and less excited about), so I figured one of my favorite bands, Wilco, deserves the same treatment. The band's seventh album is due in late June on Nonesuch, and it will feature a song with guest vocals from Feist ("You and I"). Here's a little more info via RS:"One Wing" and "Sunny Feeling...
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Wilcoby Michael Harkin • July 10, 2009WilcoWilco (the album)(Nonesuch, 2009)Seven years ago, I thought Wilco was the absolute bee's knees. Yankee Hotel Foxtrot lassoed in myself and a gazillion other NPR listeners, enchanted by Jeff Tweedy's jilted, rootsy songwriting voice and the band's peculiar balance of classicist pop, haunting folk, and contemporary electro-acoustic experimentation (admit.
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May 14th, 2009 | Author: Jim Tuerk | Categories: Chicago News, MusicI don't know if there are any readers out there as big into this band as I am — I'm a Chicago-born dude who used to ride the train down to the city to see them play every chance I got. Something about this album really gets me, though. Enough where I have to write a second post here. I can't say I've ever been disappointed with.
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I came into Wilco (The Album) with loads of reservations. I was not a fan of Sky Blue Sky at all. It felt like a bad break-up. I came into that album feeling like I was going to be blown away only the album didn't even give me a cold...
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Wilco are set to embark on a North American tour this fall.The jaunt is set to kick off October 1 in Iowa City and will see the band play dates in Dallas, Toronto, and Chicago.The tour is in support of the band self-titled album released in June.Wilco Tour:Iowa City, IA University of Iowa (October 1)St. Paul, MN Roy Wilkins Auditorium (2)Maryland Heights, MO Verizon Wireless Amphitheater (Farm ...
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Rest assured fans of Wilco, the new album, Wilco (The Album) is a stormer. Unashamedly commercial, catchy and confident all at once. Here Neon Filler.com gives a quick run through of the tracks ahead of its release later this month when we will be publishing a full review.Wilco (the song) - Velvet Underground inspired chugging anthem, which pays tribute to Wilco's fans and has the tongue-in c...
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| 1 Wilco (The Song) |
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| 2 Deeper Down |
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| 6 You Never Know |
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| 9 I'll Fight |
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| 10 Sonny Feeling |
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| 11 Everlasting Everything |
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