Do you like Wilco?

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

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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

im about to listen to wilco

citizen tweedy, with joseph cotten as jay bennett

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

― plax (ico), Sunday, 19 December 2010 20:24 (53 minutes ago)

YES

saw this a few months ago and yes. yesyesyes.

first track of 'foxtrot yankee hotel' or whatever the hell this is called wasn't what i expected, but track two pretty much is, i.e. inconsequential blah blah indie guitar music

RIP Wilco

first track of that album is pretty much the best thing they ever did, along with 'poor places', 'handshake drugs' and 'less than you think'

maybe 'muzzle of bees' too if I'm feeling generous

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track three even worse

hoo boy, not sure if we're gonna work out, you and me, wilco

why are wilco good markers?

im really bad at explaining why I like the stuff I like, so I really think itd be best if I didnt even try

that started promisingly but it was actually a spotify ad for phil collins's album of 60s covers

all of the electronic-y, semi-interesting non-guitar bits on this record are just kind of pasted on unconvincingly