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Live Show Review: Wilco

Wilco
w/ Okkervil River
Greek Theatre
Berkeley, CA
6.2709



Two years in a row we have been willing participants in glorious evenings under the stars at the Greek Theatre in Berkeley, CA. Last year, we watched My Morning Jacket level the amphitheater into a smoldering pile of amp buzz and reverb, and this year Wilco loved us with their mid-western brand of rock 'n roll and we loved them in return.

As they have done for much of this tour, the band strode onstage to the theme from The Price is Right before launching into "Wilco (the song)" off their new album. The song being a love-fest between the band and its fans got the show off to a big start and woke up the sun drenched crowd who had been baking in the afternoon sun for much of the past 90 minutes.

Songs on record that can be dirge-like sprang to life in the live setting: "At Least That's What You Said" off the A Ghost is Born album was played like it was custom built for an outdoor amphitheater, complete with the crowd erupting at the first blast of Crazy Horse style guitar chords. Guitarist Nels Cline tortured his guitars and amps, sqeezing every last ounce of feedback out of them possible.

Songs off the mellow Sky Blue Sky album also benefited from the live setting. The Floyd-ian "You Are My Face" synced perfectly with the setting sun and "Impossible Germany" allowed one of many guitar duels between Cline and keyboardist/guitarist Pat Sansone and ringleader Jeff Tweedy.

Tweedy's vocals sounded superb all night. Clearly enjoying the evening, Tweedy addressed the crowd often, checking on a fan who might have overindulged before the show and even blaming the Bay Area crowd for turning his son into a hippie just as his son walked out on stage in ahead-to-toe tie-dye outfit.

The crowd deserves props too. Everyone seemed into it and the balance of songs played by the band seemed to leave something for everyone's tastes. One thing that did leave us scratching our head were the amount of people sitting during the show. Not that this diminished the energy level in the crowd, but it's not often that you see a Saturday night rock show with people seated.

We must be getting old.

Wilco (The Album) Now Streaming

You can listen to Wilco's new self-titled album on their website WilcoWorld.net. The album will be released June 30th through Nonesuch Records.

Tracklist:

Wilco (the song)
Deeper Down
One Wing
Bull Black Nova
You And I
You Never Know
Country Disappeared
Solitaire
I'll Fight
Sonny Feeling
Everlasting Everything

Creative Thinking 101: Wilco Name New Album

According to Nonesuch Records, Wilco have named their new album, currently scheduled for release June 30th. The new album will be called Wilco (The Album).

Inventive, huh?

The tracklist for the album has also been finalized:

1. Wilco (the song)
2. Deeper Down
3. One Wing
4. Bull Back Nova
5. You and I
6. You Never Know
7. Country Disappeared
8. Solitaire
9. I'll Fight
10. Sonny
11. Everlasting Everything

www.wilcoworld.net/

Wilco: Ashes of American Flags DVD

On April 14th, Wilco will release a new DVD Ashes of American Flags, documenting their tour support of the Sky Blue Sky album. Directed by Fugazi's Brendan Canty and Christoph Green, the road movie captures Wilco has they criss-cross America on tour for most of 2007 - 2008 in the final years of the George W. Bush era.

Bonnaroo 2009 Lineup Announced

The folks who stage Bonnaroo every year have announced the 2009 festival lineup, and the diversity that has crept into the festival continues to expand while still retaining the festival's jamband roots.

Dirty hippies everywhere will rejoice when they read (they can read, can't they?) that the re-united Phish will play not one, but two shows during the festival. That's double the body odor for those you keeping score at home.

Seriously though, this diverse lineup has something for everyone - from Bruce Springsteen, Beastie Boys and Nine Inch Nails to Gov't Mule, Bon Iver and Wilco. Who wants to go to Tennessee?

Ticket info at www.bonnaroo.com

Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band
Phish (2 Shows - 1 late night)
Beastie Boys
Nine Inch Nails
David Byrne
Wilco
Al Green
Snoop Dogg
Elvis Costello Solo
Erykah Badu
Paul Oakenfold
Ben Harper and Relentless7
The Mars Volta
TV on the Radio
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Gov’t Mule
Andrew Bird
Band Of Horses
Merle Haggard
MGMT
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The Decemberists
Girl Talk
Bon Iver
Béla Fleck & Toumani Diabate
Rodrigo y Gabriela
Galactic
The Del McCoury Band
of Montreal
Allen Toussaint
Coheed and Cambria
Booker T & the DBTs
David Grisman Quintet
Lucinda Williams
Animal Collective
Gomez
Neko Case
Down
Jenny Lewis
Santogold
Robert Earl Keen
Citizen Cope
Femi Kuti and the Positive Force
The Ting Tings
Robyn Hitchcock & The Venus 3
Grace Potter and the Nocturnals
Kaki King
Grizzly Bear
King Sunny Adé
Okkervil River
St. Vincent
Zac Brown Band
Raphael Saadiq
Ted Leo and the Pharmacists
Crystal Castles
Tift Merritt
Brett Dennen
Mike Farris and the Roseland Rhythm Revue
Toubab Krewe
People Under the Stairs
Alejandro Escovedo
Vieux Farka Touré
Elvis Perkins In Dearland
Cherryholmes
Yeasayer
Todd Snider
Chairlift
Portugal. The Man.
The SteelDrivers
Midnite
The Knux
The Low Anthem
Delta Spirit
A.A. Bondy
The Lovell Sisters
Alberta Cross

Wilco on The Colbert Report

Last night, Jeff Tweedy and Wilco were the guests on The Colbert Report. Tweedy sat down for a funny interview with Stephen Colbert and then Wilco performed a new song called "Wiclo, The Song". Enjoy.

Interview:



Wilco performs their new song:

On The Road Again: More Fall Tours Announced

As is the custom this time of year, Fall tours are being announced. This week, we learned about some great pairings for the road:





















In a move sure to give everyone's liver a run for their money and see the stock for Jack Daniels soar to unseen heights, The Drive By Truckers are teaming up with 2008's critical darlings The Hold Steady for a double bill that will see each band alternating the closing slot:

Rock and Roll Means Well Tour Fall 2008

Thu Oct 30 Louisville KY COYOTE’S @ CITY BLOCK (HS Closes)

Fri Oct 31 Nashville TN RYMAN AUDITORIUM (DBT Closes)

Sat Nov 01 Atlanta GA TABERNACLE (DBT Closes)

Sun Nov 02 Tallahassee FL THE MOON @ FSU (HS Closes)

Mon Nov 03 Raleigh NC LINCOLN THEATRE (DBT Closes)

Wed Nov 05 State College PA THE STATE THEATRE (HS Closes)

Thu Nov 06 New York, NY TERMINAL 5 (Closer TBA)

Fri Nov 07 New York, NY TERMINAL 5 (Closer TBA)

Sat Nov 08 Philadelphia, PA ELECTRIC FACTORY (DBT Closes)

Sun Nov 09 Boston MA ORPHEUM THEATRE (HS Closes)

Tue Nov 11 Toronto ONT PHOENIX THEATRE (DBT Closes)

Wed Nov 12 Pittsburgh PA CARNEGIE MUSIC HALL (HS Closes)

Thu Nov 13 Bloomington IN BLUEBIRD (DBT Closes)

Fri Nov 14 Chicago IL RIVIERA (HS Closes)

Sat Nov 15 Minneapolis MN FIRST AVENUE MAINROOM (DBT Closes)

Sun Nov 16 Minneapolis MN FIRST AVENUE MAINROOM (HS Closes)

Wed Nov 19 Boise ID THE BIG EASY (DBT Closes)

Thu Nov 20 Seattle WA THE SHOWBOX (HS Closes)

Fri Nov 21 Seattle WA THE SHOWBOX (DBT Closes)

Sat Nov 22 Portland OR CRYSTAL BALLROOM (HS Closes)

Sun Nov 23 San Francisco CA THE FILLMORE (DBT Closes)

Mon Nov 24 San Francisco CA THE FILLMORE (HS Closes)

Tue Nov 25 Los Angeles CA THE WILTERN (DBT Closes)

By tickets here

Not only is Neil Young bringing his latest tour back to North America, he's having Wilco and Death Cab for Cutie open select dates. Opening all the dates will be Los Angeles' Everest. Accorinding to a Billboard.com article, Young is bringing the same band that backed him on his recent European tour. Long may you run Neil.

Oct. 14: St. Paul, Minn. (Xcel Energy Center, w/ Death Cab For Cutie)
Oct. 16: Winnipeg, Manitoba (MTS Centre, w/ Death Cab For Cutie)
Oct. 18: Regina, Saskatchewan (Brandt Centre, w/ Death Cab For Cutie)
Oct. 19: Calgary, Alberta (Pengrowth Saddledome, w/ Death Cab For Cutie)
Oct. 21: Everett, Wash. (Comcast Arena, no opener specified)
Oct. 22: Vancouver (GM Place, w/ Death Cab For Cutie)
Oct. 29: San Diego (Cox Arena, w/ Death Cab For Cutie)
Oct. 30: Los Angeles (Forum, w/ Death Cab For Cutie)
Nov. 1: Reno, Nev. (Events Center, w/ Death Cab For Cutie)
Nov. 4: Kansas City, Mo. (Sprint Center, w/ Death Cab For Cutie)
Nov. 5: Omaha, Neb. (Qwest Center, w/ Death Cab For Cutie)
Nov. 29: Halifax, Nova Scotia (Metro Centre, w/ Wilco)
Dec. 1: Montreal (Bell Centre, w/ Wilco)
Dec. 2: Ottawa, Ontario (Scotia Bank Place, w/ Wilco)
Dec. 4: Toronto (Air Canada Centre, w/ Wilco)
Dec. 7: Auburn Hills, Mich. (Palace of Auburn Hills, w/ Wilco)
Dec. 9: Chicago (Allstate Center, no opener specified)
Dec. 12: Philadelphia (Wachovia Spectrum, w/ Wilco)
Dec. 15: New York (Madison Square Garden, w/ Wilco)
















A reunited Beachwood Sparks is doing a small tour as a way for the hallucinatory country band to work out the cobwebs and prepare them to enter the studio for Sub Pop records and record a new album.

Source: Billboard
Aug. 21: San Francisco (Bottom of the Hill) Aug. 23: San Diego (Casbah) Aug. 24: Los Angeles (Sunset Junction) Sept. 11: Philadelphia (Johnny Brenda's) Sept. 12: Hoboken, N.J. (Maxwell's) Sept. 13: New York (Bowery Ballroom)

Finally, legendary Seattle band Mudhoney have posted a series of U.S.,South American and Japan dates. The band is touring in support of their recently released album, The Lucky Ones. Grab your earplugs and take the Mudride!

Mudhoney fan site

9/5/08 The Granada Theater. Dallas, TX

9/6/08 Emo's Outside Room. Austin, TX

9/19/08 The Horseshoe Tavern. Toronto, Canada

9/20/08 La Sala Rossa. Montreal, Canada

10/9/08 Circo Voador. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

10/11/08 Clash Club. Sao Paolo, Brazil

10/12/08 Clash Club. Sao Paolo, Brazil

10/19/08 Niceto Club. Buenos Aires, Argentina

11/14/08 The El Rey Theater. Los Angeles, CA

11/15/08 Casbah. San Diego, CA

11/29/08 The Showbox. Seattle, WA (This show is to celebrate The Supersuckers' 20th anniversary.)

12/12/08 The Independent. San Francisco, CA

12/13/08 The Rio Theater. Santa Cruz, CA

1/14/09 Club Quattro. Tokyo, Japan

1/15/09 Club Quattro. Nagoya, Japan

1/16/09 Club Quattro. Osaka, Japan

1/18/09 O-Nest Club. Tokyo, Japan