Wilco: New Album for Spring

AHHHH!! This is awesome!!

Sweet! I really didn't expect this so soon after Sky Blue Sky. They've been touring non-stop and haven't been playing any new tracks as far as I know. I guess Tweedy has been keeping them to himself for now. Can't wait to hear this.

awesome!!!! did not see this one coming at all!!!

I'll be the one to do it:

Who fucking cares. These guys suck. They aren't a jam band.

There. I saved many of you some precious time. Now, you can divert your hate to something else. And by the way, you're welcome.

kirkbrew -> you suck.

Ya, I have to agree on these guys sucking. Their live show is weak. I've seen worse than Wilco, though. I mean, I'd rather see Wilco than Pnuma Trio.

I can see why jambase tracks them; they play at festivals and stuff.

Seeing as kirkbrew has Wilco listed as one of his favorite artists, I believe he was trying to take the wind out of the haters' sails...

Sky Blue Sky is one of my top ten all-timers. I'm suprised and excited!

BOOOOO to mattland and kirkbrew. Go spread your musical angsts elsewhere

I agree that Kirkbrew sucks on donkey balls. As far as Wilco goes, Jeff Tweedy is an amazing songwriter for anyone that takes the time to listen to their records (I suggest Being There, Summerteeth, Yankee Hotel Foxtrot are my faves). AND their live shows have only gotten better the last few years with the AMAZING Nels Cline on guitar. He is one of the best players out there period.

Can't wait for the show tonight in Boise. Will post the recording on Archive tomorrow if anyone is interested.

I've had 'Sky Blue Sky' on repeat for the past few weeks. Amazing album. Can't wait.

Wow. jambase poser/commenter theater just keeps moving like clockwork. The message: you'd better not be too good and accumulate too many fans, because then the REAL hippies - you know, the ones who only wear the most authentic patchouli - will backlash against you, because fuck being excellent and making music that people like, what really matters is impressing the Arbiters of All That Is Heady and Crunchy. It's going to be funny in a few months, after My Morning Jacket rocks the Garden, when the Arbiters of All That Is Heady and Crunchy decide that MMJ are a bunch of sellouts, their fans are totally not crunchy, and they've always hated them because they're just not totally heady and crunchy. Wait a minute... That actually won't be very funny at all.

Oh, a new Wilco album? Kick ass!!!

i was hopeful when i saw new stuff appear on set lists. certainly looking forward to a new album, but not as much as i am looking forward to a new album's worth of material being added to the live arsenal. i thought SBS had good songs (the proof is in the live performance) but didn't really make the most compelling record of theirs. these folks can do great things in the studio though, and i keenly anticipate the next effort. all that being said, jeff is kind of a dick. i understand the point he's trying to make about hating stuff from the past, but i think his phrasing conveys his sentiment poorly. oh well, jeff wouldn't be jeff and wilco wouldn't be wilco if he wasn't kind of a dick. him being a dick doesn't really have any effect on me, but his music does, and so who cares.

finally, who gives a shit if jambase covers bands that don't do a ton of jamming? do people who enjoy bands that jam only enjoy those sorts of bands? of course not. if there are people like that, i suspect their hobby outside of jambands is bitching about "non-jambands" covered here. obviously, from the comments, plenty of people drawn to this site enjoy this band. i'm glad jambase let me know about this. even if you don't like wilco, what skin is it off your ass if jambase announces that there will be a new album?

Anybody feel that breeze? Oh, I guess it's the backdraft of my point flying over bluntsnbisco's head.

And yes, the reason there is a backdraft is because my point is on fire.

Kirkbrew - you list Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Death Cab For Cutie, and Spoon as some of your top 18 favorite bands and you speak badly of Wilco?...Oh wait a second...Wilco is in your top 18 fav bands as well. Hmmm....

ummmm... methinks maybe kirkbrew was being sarcastic.

My comment was a JOKE. Good eye spfleming. You called it!

It just amazes me how people will bash on these guys. On the Neil Young article, one jack wad said something like: I've never seen these guys, but I've seen Tweedy and "i hardly doubt they will go to the top of the list." Eh???

And yes - I do suck. But not for the reason that you think and defiantly NOT donkey balls!

I'm interested to see what thy do. With Nels up to speed, I can see this album being a heavily produced avant-gard freak out.

This is great news!

shake it off!

Saweeeet! Get to see them in 3 days in Bend!

It just dawned on me - SPRING?!?!?!? No, Jeff. That won't do. Work harder!!! Actually, I hope they take their damn sweet time.

Wilco sang the 7th inning stretch at a Cubs game recently. Len Casper interviewed Jeff and asked about their 5 night run at the Riv where they played their catalog. Jeff mentioned that it was a lot of fun and thy may do it again this year. Standing outside in the bitter cold sucked, but the shows were HOT! It was also cool that they ordered coffee and hot coco for us folks in line.

more like snoozeco

good one coalminer!

can't wait for this, i loved yankee hotel and sky blue sky. and they were a great day show to catch at roo '06!

Whats a good introductory Wilco album?

muffinman: i would go with yankee foxtrot hotel.

my first listen of there's was being there, but i didn't fall in love until i heard yankee foxtrot hotel.

a ghost is born is my favorite. also check out loose fur, it's jeff tweedy, glen kotche and Jim O'Rourke.

i'm super exited about this album.

hmmm:

Wilco + Tom Waits + Steve Earle

just sayin'....

Muffinman,

I'd just go get the double live Kicking Television. It's got many of the best songs off of Yankee Hotel Foxtrot and A Ghost is Born, which are Wilco's most "rock" albums and are both certainly worth owning in their own right, as well as a few other gems. Summerteeth is excellent, a little on the poppier side. If you're into the softer stuff, Sky Blue Sky and Being There are great. A.M. is a fantastic alt-country record. (Although Wilco often get called alt-country, I think this is their only album that really fits the description.) Also, the Mermaid Avenue albums, which are collaborations with Billy Bragg on a whole mess of unrecorded Woody Guthrie songs, are some of their best work. Really you can't go wrong. But like I said, Kicking Television is s great place to start.

Yeah..the Mermaid Avenue songs are some of the very Woody Guthrie songs that Bob Dylan was going to record when he first arrived in New York hung out with Woody in the hospital. Dylan talks about these songs and Wilco briefly in his autobiography, Chronicles Vol I. I really like Jesus Christ For President, Hesitating Beauty, and of course Hoodoo Voodoo.

MMJ rocks! always has and always will.

just to clarify. Always means "at all points in time" or at "anytime". The term comes from the words "all" and "ways", meaning that something is happening and will do so eternally.

Being somewhat of a newcomer to Wilco's music, I was excited to see their live show earlier this evening. I had heard great things about their concerts and I was not disappointed. They are fantastic musicians; the songwriting is excellent. Album recommendations will come in handy. Thanks!

As a huge fan of "jambands" like GD, Phish,Umphrey's, Panic, moe., and the like, I think it is important for people to have a wide variety of musical tastes, as the musicians in each of these bands certainly do.

Opinions rule at Jambase but I certainly like the variety of opinions presented. This site is a valuable resource for music fans of many tastes.

That said, I am stoked for the new album!

hehe. last time I wrote "who cares" on a wilco article, kayceman wrote me an email asking me why I had to hate on wilco like that. hate?? no not even close.

at the same time during that period, there was an article on a colorado band that does tribal rock. that was some REAL HATING. the posts there were just down right ugly. I just said who cares, but good god, its not like I really totally trashed the band.

anyway.. I don't care if its not jam, though thats my preference, I still like many other groups. Jose Gonzales for one. probably my favorite new singer songwriter for sure. no jams..

anyway. wilco fans get their panties in a wad so easily its really funny.

this band can write, play and are in general a great and legendary band.

but its not my thing.

cheers people, and for god sakes, try to take it easy, and not get so damned upset because others may not like your favorite bands.

see ya!!!

I have made an effort to be civil and concise.

please do not beat me up too bad. thnx.

I'll be the one to do it:

Who fucking cares. These guys suck. They aren't a jam band.

There. I saved many of you some precious time. Now, you can divert your hate to something else. And by the way, you're welcome.

I couldn't agree more.

Where is RooRothLimits.... cuz he is the biggest D Bag of em all... your name is based on festies where you are a straight custy you fuckin piece of shit

Who cares about your musical preferences to anyone who says who cares! If you dont care about a press release.......try doing this: Stop wasting time out of your day and taking time to post negative comments about a band you dont like. Most likely the article was not even read by the people who "dont care". One more point...If you dont care....then why are you making a point to let everyone in the jambase community that you dont care. I think you do care,..but not in the accepted way. Complaining is for the birds, so why dont you just fly away!

Glad that Wilco has a new album, everything they have released has been nothing short of unbelievable, with maybe the exception of AM. Yankee, Ghost, Kicking and Sky are legendary albums. Check out the doc "I am Trying to Break Your Heart" You can see them in the studio, and learn about the legal battles they had with Warner prior to 2001s Yankee Hotel. Peace to the peeps....and peace to all the people who want to join me in dumping beer on Blunts n bisco

I got drum lessons from Glenn Kotche. Truth.

Wilco has some nice songs. I think that I have a hard time with Tweedy's voice....there's something about it that grates on me and I find it tiresome. It's the same thing with Jim James from MMJ. Great songs, nice music, but the I can't get into the vocals so much.