Do you like Wilco?

oh btw i loooooooovvvvvveeeeee sky blue sky, still.

especially on hot summer days.

hahahaha, I'm glad you do! sincerely!

I saw Wilco in a minor league baseball stadium last summer and it was glorious

yeah, i should go see them again -- haven't been to a show since the YHF tour (tho I did see a Tweedy solo show). From all accounts (and that live album) they're pretty great these days.

oh yeah, i've ONLY seen them with the current lineup, and it's just fuckin insane -- like, really, just go :-D

scott, if you have enuff beer to drink i bet at least two or three of those comedians will be funny.

Wilco (The Album) is one of the most disappointing albums I've ever experienced. There's just so little spark going on, it's painful. Especially when you play Summerteeth right after.

interactive drumheads? OMG i am SO there.

nels cline is a monster but i've never seen him w/wilco

i saw the original lineup they were great

i still don't own a ghost is born i need to correct that

the green river festival is coming up in our town. i've never gone, but its supposed to be fun no matter who is playing. cake is the big draw this year. yes, i said cake. allen toussaint will be there too though. i'd like to see him.

http://www.greenriverfestival.com/performers.html

to this day i don't think i've ever heard calexico. i know people really like them.

kind of a mix of NPR and Bonnaroo.

Calexico is a pretty solid band and a reliable live draw. I once saw them with Swell Season and, per the mix of backgrounds, they performed an awesome version of the Pogues' "Fiesta." Because how often do you have an Irish band and a Mariachi (sort of) band on the same stage?

Original line-up of Wilco was a blast, esp. circa "Being There" and "Summerteeth." "YHF" line-up was incredibly powerful, but almost austere. Band did not seem to be having fun, and I saw them several times on that tour. In retrospect, I blame the drugs, because once Tweedy came out of rehab he was clearly having a blast, enjoying the spotlight and reveling in fronting such a solid band. I've loved every show of theirs I've seen in the past few years, including the five-nights of the residency they player here where every Wilco song got performed at least once (including the one from the "Sponge Bob" movie).

Calexico is a pretty solid band

man i love this band too! i'd say they're far better than "pretty solid."

I think Wilco is overated, but they are not terrible.

I meant pretty solid in the sense that despite releasing nothing but good to great records, the differences between the two are negligible. Just totally consistent, in the zone, but rarely exception, save the group's consistency. They rarely fail, but rarely take risks. It's just the way Calexico rolls. Unlike WIlco, for example, whose riskiest move was ironically a shift from "experimental" stuff to (sublime) MOR.

i like calexico's sound a lot -- but i'm not sure if they're great songwriters ...

In my opinion Calexico took a risk when they went from moody southwestern experimenters to Wilco copycats (Garden Ruin- which is a very nice record I must say). So if anything its backwards compared to Wilco in that respect.

really, tyler? i think of songs like crystal frontier, which is a brilliant, layered song.

Spoke through Feast of Wire Calexico is one of my favorite bands ever. From there onward is just a band I really like.

yeah, agreed.

but please let's get back to wilco, the GREATEST MUSICAL ENSEMBLE EVER TO WALK THE EARTH.

(and i kind of mean it. sorry, royal concertgebouw orchestra)

http://pitchfork.com/news/41061-wilco-announce-2011-solid-sound-fest/

i don't think i've ever heard wilco

and that is notable why?

stfu

not saying it's notable, just saying the idea of country inflected indie neither intrigues nor horrifies me enough to bother

Do you like Wilco?

"country inflected" : you are a very good writer

is that even true? idk, just going on what i remember

i got the nels cline record w/ thurston moore which is really not all that tbqmfh

i am a very good writer tho ya

i've nvr consciously heard wilco

http://i51.tinypic.com/24mc3go.gif

i dunno markers

u gotta pick yr fights but mayne might be a weight class too far at this point in yr career

tryina think of the last person to completely pwn mayne on anything that wasn't a subjective movie contention

i guess the answer is '51 of us' - the ppl always win

i don't think i've ever heard wilco

― nakhchivan, Saturday, December 18, 2010 3:12 PM

and that is notable why?

― nakhchivan, Saturday, December 18, 2010 3:12 PM

stfu

not saying it's notable, just saying the idea of country inflected indie neither intrigues nor horrifies me enough to bother

― nakhchivan, Saturday, December 18,

Very confusing thread revive.

ik,r?

xp

chill buzza the self-conversant sleep-deprived prolix british contingent is merely taking the fuck ovvahhh

w/e

kill the snark before it happens, sall

wilco are not rly a band who deserve 2b flamed imo

I like wilco cause wilco can make you mine.

http://www.slipoffs.com/files/imagecache/shoe_node/files/shoes/wilco.jpg

it's snowing, im stranded
doubt anyone in england has ever heard wilco, ever

yeah

it's rare for u.s. indie critfave to fail to cross the atlantic at all but wilco managed it

wtf are the first three posts here

lol whoops guess someone fucked up

btw - I used to LOVE Wilco.

citizen kane is like the best movie

ikr

ambersons, tho

yah but CK is so canon that u think its jus gonna be ok or kindof long and boring but "ahead of its time" ina way thats no longer accessibly exciting and basically "good for u" and then its really exciting and weird and awesome looking and has about 23 total wtf moments also