Wilco

Folk Indie Rock Rock 

LISTEN: Ethan Samuel Brown Shares ‘Rothko’

November 20, 2024 Ron Hart 0 Comments Ethan Samuel Brown, Father John Misty, Futurebirds, Kentucky, Nashville, The Head and the Heart, Wilco, Wynonna Judd

New album, Small Actors, out in January 

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Alternative Rock Rock 

Wishful Thinking: Wilco’s A Ghost Is Born at 20

June 24, 2024June 24, 2024 Justin Cober-Lake 0 Comments 2004, 2024, 20th Anniversary, A Ghost Is Born, Glenn Kotchke, Jeff Tweedy, Jim O'Rourke, John Stirratt, Nels Cline, Wilco

A look back at the Chicago greats’ most divisive album

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Indie Rock Pop Rock 

WATCH: Close Talker Releases New Single “Tall Boy”

February 22, 2024February 22, 2024 Ron Hart 0 Comments 2024, Canada, Close Talker, Led Zeppelin, Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Seinfeld, The Sprawl, Wilco, Wyatt C. Louis

The Canadian trio’s fourth album, The Sprawl, out March 22

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North Americana Rock 

LISTEN: Wilco Share Cover of David Bowie’s “Space Oddity”

January 8, 2024January 8, 2024 Ron Hart 0 Comments 2024, David Bowie, Jason Isbell, John Prine, Live on Mountain Stage, Lucinda Williams, NPR Music, Oh Boy Records, Sierra Ferrell, Space Oddity, Steve Earle, Tyler Childers, West Virginia Public Broadcasting, Wilco

Chicago’s finest honor the Thin White Duke on his 77th birthday

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North Americana Rock 

Tim Easton Reissues Two Classic Solo Albums

November 9, 2023February 19, 2024 Ron Hart 0 Comments Akron, Black Mesa Records, Chrissie Hynde, Devo, Lux Interior of The Cramps, Not Cool, Ohio, Special 20, The Black Keys, The Waitresses, Tim Easton, Wilco

Special 20 and Not Cool are available now on Black Mesa Records

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Rock 

Farewell to The Chance in Poughkeepsie, NY

October 29, 2023October 29, 2023 Ron Hart 1 Comment Chai Developers, Faith No More, Fishbone, GWAR, Hatebreed, Helmet, John Entwistle, Johnny Cash, Matthew Sweet, New York, Orange 9mm, Poughkeepsie, Quicksand, Soundgarden, The Band, The Chance, The Mighty Mighty Bosstones, The Misfits, The Who, Theater, Weird Al Yankovic, Wilco

Saying goodbye to a storied New York rock club

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Alternative Rock Country and/or Western Rock 

We’ve Been Had: Uncle Tupelo’s Anodyne at 30

October 11, 2023October 11, 2023 Justin Cober-Lake 0 Comments 1993, 30th Anniversary, Anodyne, Jay Farrar, Jeff Tweedy, John Stirratt, Ken Coomer, Max Johnston, Reprise Records, Sire Records, Son Volt, Uncle Tupelo, Wilco

Reflections on the alt-country pioneers’ studio swan song

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Alternative Rock Country and/or Western Folk Rock 

Hesitating Beauty: Billy Bragg & Wilco’s Mermaid Avenue at 25

June 23, 2023June 23, 2023 Jason Gross 0 Comments 1998, 25th Anniversary, Billy Bragg, Billy Bragg & Wilco, Mermaid Avenue, Wilco

Looking back on a sonic monument to legendary folksinger Woody Guthrie

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Blues Garage Rock Rock 

WATCH: Eagle Johnson Shares Short Film of New Album Wild Heart

May 2, 2023May 2, 2023 Ron Hart 0 Comments 2023, Eagle Johnson, Pat Sansone, Patrick Carney, The Black Keys, Wilco, Wild Heart

Latest LP from Wilco-approved artist out now

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Remembrance 

Music Industry Titan Seymour Stein Gone at 80

April 2, 2023February 19, 2024 Ron Hart 0 Comments Against Me!, Aphex Twin, Depeche Mode, Dinosaur Jr., Echo & The Bunnymen, Ice-T, k.d. lang, Madness, Madonna, Ministry, RIP, Seal, Seymour Stein, Sire Records, Talking Heads, The Cure, The Pretenders, The Ramones, The Smiths, Wilco

Remembering the Sire Records co-founder who gave us Madonna, The Ramones, Talking Heads and so much more

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Alternative Rock Country and/or Western 

ALBUMS: Wilco Loves Its Country

May 31, 2022May 30, 2022 Ron Hart 0 Comments Chicago, Cruel Country, dBpm Records, Glenn Kotche, John Stirratt, Mikal Jorgensen, Nels Cline, Pat Sansone, Wilco

This 12th LP is the Chicago band’s most poignant since Sky Blue Sky

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Films North Americana Rock 

The Jilting of Jay Bennett

April 27, 2022February 19, 2024 Joseph Kyle 0 Comments documentary, Jay Bennett, Ken Coomer, Summerteeth, Titanic Love Affair, Where Are You Jay Bennett, Wilco, Yankee Hotel Foxtrot

A new documentary on the late Wilco multi-instrumentalist attempts to tell the story of an unsung studio wizard

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Rock 

It’s Hot In The Poor Places Tonight: Yankee Hotel Foxtrot at 20

April 27, 2022April 27, 2022 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments 2002, Jay Bennett, Jeff Tweedy, Jim O'Rourke, John Stirratt, Nonesuch Records, Wilco, Yankee Hotel Foxtrot

Looking back on a 21st Century rock classic upon its expansion as a massive deluxe box set

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Alternative Rock Country and/or Western North Americana 

Wandering Dreamers: Wilco’s ‘Being There’ at 25

November 16, 2021April 3, 2022 Jason Scott 0 Comments 1996, 25th Anniversary, Being There, Jay Bennett, Jeff Tweedy, John Stirratt, Ken Coomer, Outtasite (Outta Mind), Wilco

A quarter century later, Wilco’s second album resonates even brighter

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Alternative Rock Country and/or Western Electronic Indie Rock Rock 

Playing Kiss Covers Beautiful and Stoned: Yankee Hotel Foxtrot at 20

September 18, 2021April 3, 2022 Ron Hart 0 Comments 2001, Glenn Kotche, I Am Trying To Break Your Heart, Jay Bennett, Jeff Tweedy, Jim O'Rourke, John Stirratt, Nonesuch Records, Reprise Records, Stop Smiling, Wilco, Yankee Hotel Foxtrot

I’ve got reservations about so many things, but not about my appreciation for Wilco’s complicated 2001 milestone

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