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The 25 Best Album Covers of the Decade (2000-2009)
A great album cover captures the imagination and sears itself into the brain, forever fusing its iconic imagery with the music it comes to signify... read more
Found in: Blogs, List of the DayWilco Launches Haiku Contest
Despite their plans to record new material in January, Wilco wants fans to contemplate the seven studio albums they’ve already released, in the band’s first-ever haiku contest.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsThe Best Albums of the Decade (Readers' Picks)
We spent a lot of time brainstorming, voting, arguing and refining our list of The 50 Best Albums of the Decade. But, of course, we got it wrong. Here’s what our readers chose as the 10 Best Albums of the Decade:... read more
Found in: Music, FeaturesWilco to Start Work on New Album in January
Nels Cline talks to Paste about what's next for the band, which may or may not include "one long drone instrumental"... read more
Found in: Music, NewsCatching Up With... Wilco's Nels Cline
It has been nearly four months since Wilco the band released... read more
Found in: Music, FeaturesJeff Tweedy Comments on His Internet Commenters
Like any other rock band making music today, Wilco has to deal with some haters on the internet. But not many of those bands get the chance to address the feedback. When Jeff Tweedy and Co. stopped by their hometown of Chicago for a two-night stand, The Onion’s A.V. Club decided to give Tweedy a forum. His tone in the interview, published late last week, is not as defensive as one might expect, either.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsWilco Announces Free Show at 2010 Olympics
Although Ticketmaster launched the presale for Wilco’s winter Canadian tour yesterday, it will not handle the admission to the band’s upcoming Vancouver Olympics performance for one reason: It’s free, silly.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsStep Out Into The Light: Fourteen Covers Of Daniel Johnston's "True Love Will Find You In The End"
What is it about this song? Like almost all the music of Daniel Johnston (whose first album in six years, Is And Always Was, came out last week), it's so much more massive than the sum of its parts—just this man and his springy guitar and wavery, unsteady voice. But the words are so reassuring, so deeply comforting, promising us something that we all really want to be true, that it's really hard not to love it. And that, paired with its astounding simplicity (it ain't no "Stairway to Heaven," that's for sure), makes it ripe for the covering. Here... read more
Found in: Blogs, List of the DayListen to Wilco on A Prairie Home Companion This Saturday
Fans unable to catch Wilco's midwest shows in October can catch a surprise performance Saturday, via St. Paul, Minn.'s Fitzgerald Theater and radio airwaves.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsFifteen Songs About The Body Parts I Might Sell Just To Own Specimen's Little Horn Speakers
Right this minute, I am listening to music on my laptop's built-in speakers. I cycled through endless pairs of $10 Target earbuds until Santa Claus brought me a half-decent pair of Bose headphones a few years back, my iPod dock of choice was purchased at a store called Linens & Things, and I don't know my treble from a hole in the ground. Needless to say, I am not an audiophile. So why am I so transfixed by the Little Horn Speakers unveiled this week by Chicago-based custom guitar and amp shop Specimen? Well, just look at them. They're gorgeous.... read more
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