Wilco’s Newbs
I didn’t take to Wilco right away the way some of my friends did. For me, I had to discover their greatness on my own terms or it was never gonna work out. These days, though, I find myself drifting to their stuff more and more when I ride the subway on the way to and from work — Jesus, etc. is a great “Serenity Now” technique for the woes of public transportation. But hopefully I’m not becoming one of those kids that cheer only when MMJ gets added to Langerado…
Anyway, our friend Double J Jesse Jarnow has posted live versions of 11 of the 12 new Wilco songs on his Frank and Earthy Blog, so I thought I’d share’m with the general listening public. Impossible Germany is just a kickass name for a song and lends itself to all kinds of fantastic parodies like Plausible Namibia…
Previously on HT: A Very Wilco Thanksgiving by Luke Sacks
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Wilco's sound these days is a bit like Bob Dylan and Radiohead thrown in a blender and pureed. The lyrics -- still as poignant and moving as ever -- are now cocooned in building electronics and whirling riffs that flow from the all-shapes-and-sizes guitars of Nels Cline. Where Tweedy's raspy voice and "angry-musician" personality once dominated, Cline's assault on his instrument and frenetic body language have moved closer to center stage for an increasing share the spotlight. Pulsating and gyrating with each chord, Cline shakes and twitches and produces a spectrum of sound that spirals every which way before coming to a screeching halt in time to let Tweedy's voice be heard loud and clear.
Tweedy began the show with two slower songs: the new "Shake it Off" and the similar-sounding "Hell Is Chrome" from 
Good stuff
Ever realize that “Jesus Etc” sounds just like “I’ll be Around” by the Spinners (motown tune)
Wilco – “Shake It Off” [mp3]…
In an interesting chain of events yesterday, Jesse Jarnow posted some new Wilco mp3′s. Hidden Track jumped on it, and then it was picked up by Pitchfork and Stereogum. Rbally defended his bandwidth, but in the end, all of us……
[...] an interesting chain of events yesterday, Jesse Jarnow posted some new Wilco mp3′s. Hidden Track jumped on it, and then it was picked up by Pitchfork and Stereogum. Rbally defended his bandwidth, but in the [...]