Wilco Announces Picture Contest for Limited Cassette Run of The Whole Love
Contrary to what the Oxford English Dictionary might think, the cassette isn’t totally dead just yet. And now Wilco has announced a competition that will get the photos of five fans on the cover of a limited run of The Whole Love cassettes. read more
Found in: Music, NewsThis Week in Album Covers
Each week Rodney Lee takes a look at the lost art of the album cover. read more
Found in: Music, Columns10 Anthems For Our Generation
Like every generation before us, we have our anthems. If the ’50s were hopeful and the ’60s were angry and the ’70s were dirty and the ’80s were flaky, there’s something for us too. read more
Found in: Music, ColumnsWilco Photos - Atlanta, Ga.
Last night, Wilco played the first show of their two-night Atlanta stop at the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre, playing many of their new songs off their new record The Whole Love. Check out Perry Julien's photos from the performance below. read more
Found in: Blogs, 1000 WordsWilco: The Unbearable Lightness of Being Jeff Tweedy
You probably don’t need me to tell you why there’s a certain heaviness that usually gets attached to Wilco. read more
Found in: Music, FeaturesWilco: The Whole Love
There’s a pretty amazing chunk of YouTube clips slowly making rounds around music news sites—a few doozies featuring Wilco mastermind Jeff Tweedy at a Chicago book release party performing sloppy, self-deprecating acoustic covers of Black Eyed Peas hits. His rendition of the ubiquitous schlock “I Gotta Feeling” is quite memorable on its own, but watching Tweedy (one of rock music’s most fearless and innovative spirits) carefully recite the lyrics to the Fergie-sung shitfest “My Humps” is simply a treasured moment for Earth’s absurdist time capsule.... read more
Found in: Music, ReviewsWatch Wilco Perform a Full Set on Letterman
Although Wilco’s newest album, The Whole Love, won’t hit shelves until Sept. 27, they’ve got an entire show that was recorded for David Letterman’s “Late Show.” The album features The Whole Love tracks, including a hyped-up version of album opener “Art of Almost.” read more
Found in: Concerts, NewsWin Tickets to See Wilco Record a Streaming Concert
On Sept. 21, Wilco will film a live concert at the Ed Sullivan Theater in New York. The show will be available to stream online and watch on demand. The band also has some tickets to give away for people that live in the New York area, but there’s a catch. You’ve got to count the number of still images in Wilco’s new video, “Born Alone,” which is made up of pretty much all still images. read more
Found in: Music, NewsFeist Tour Kickoff Will Include Jeff Tweedy, Ed Droste
Feist has big plans for her return to the stage. A press release for the singer/songwriter announced her tour kickoff on Oct. 8 in Toronto will have guests that include Jeff Tweedy of Wilco, Ed Droste of Grizzly Bear, Bry Webb of The Constantines and more. read more
Found in: Music, NewsWatch Wilco's "Born Alone" Video
Wilco released a new video today for _The Whole Love _track “Born Alone.” A press release for the band says the video was created by Mark Greenberg, a Chicago-based videographer, musician and audio engineer. Greenberg also helped record the band’s new album. He said the video is “a super fast-paced scrapbook of the band’s studio loft and the sessions that went into the recording of the new album.” read more
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