Some details leaked a few weeks back, but now you can peruse the full line-up for Virgin's Baltimore stop and decide whether to shell out the $175 (plus $175 for gas). The third annual Virgin East Coast delivers some familiar... CONTINUE READING BOB DYLAN, CHUCK BERRY JOIN USUAL SUSPECTS FOR VIRGIN FEST 2008»
Posted on April 28, 2008 (5 comments)
Tags: Foo Fighters | Jack Johnson | Kanye West | Lil Wayne | Moby | Nine Inch Nails | Stone Temple Pilots | Underworld | Virgin Mobile Festival | Wilco
Last week, Chicago Sun-Times's Jim DeRogatis leaked over a dozen names performing at this summer's 45th annual Lollapalooza festival, including the Alternative Nation power troika of Radiohead, Rage Against the Machine, and Nine Inch Nails. Lollafounder Perry Farrell responded in... CONTINUE READING LOLLAPALOOZA 2008 FULL LINE-UP REVEALED»
Posted on April 6, 2008 (59 comments)
Tags: Broken Social Scene | Gnarls Barkley | Grizzly Bear | Jim DeRogatis | Kanye West | Lollapalooza | Nine Inch Nails | Radiohead | Rage Against The Machine | The Raconteurs | Wilco
Just when we were thinking we could get away with just one trip to Chicago this summer, Lolla drops details on the sort of lineup we were expecting to see from the Coachella folks a few months ago. Jim DeRo... CONTINUE READING LOLLAPALOOZA 2008 HEADLINERS, PARTIAL LINEUP LEAKED»
Posted on April 4, 2008 (20 comments)
Tags: Broken Social Scene | Gnarls Barkley | Grizzly Bear | Kanye West | Lollapalooza | Nine Inch Nails | Radiohead | Rage Against The Machine | The Raconteurs | Wilco
It's a tad strange listening to a Wilco song without a Volkswagen commercial attached to it, but we'll deal. The previously unreleased "Glad It's Over"'s a slippery toe-tapping Sky Blue Sky outtake that appears on the previously mentioned, Death Cab... CONTINUE READING NEW WILCO - "GLAD IT'S OVER"»
Posted on April 3, 2008 in (13 comments)
Tags: Heroes | Wilco
Esquire has compiled a list of this last year's 10 best car commercial as part of their annual music awards, The Eskys. Right off the bat, you should notice the importance of Jeff Tweedy to the car industry ... and... CONTINUE READING ESQUIRE'S TOP TEN CAR COMMERCIAL SONGS OF THE YEAR, OR, WILCO MAKE GOOD CAR-SELLING MUSIC»
Posted on March 24, 2008 in (37 comments)
Tags: Wilco
Ever go to a Wilco show and watch Jeff Tweedy puke sidestage, and just assume it was the drugs? OK you may have been right about that. But also there's a chance you were making an ass out of u... CONTINUE READING JEFF TWEEDY HAS MIGRAINES»
Posted on March 6, 2008 (28 comments)
Tags: Wilco
The revolving doors at 30 Rock gave passage this weekend to a varied set of Saturday Night Live guests: pro-Obama rockers Wilco, pro-Clinton politician Hillary Clinton, and pro-lesbian thespian Ellen Page. And after all that, it was a pretty weak... CONTINUE READING WILCO, JUNO, HILLARY VISIT SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE»
Posted on March 3, 2008 in (13 comments)
Tags: Diablo Cody | Ellen Page | Hillary Clinton | Saturday Night Live | Wilco
Heroes doesn't normally give us a lot of reasons to mention it, as pop music is rarely incorporated into their scenes about staving off the apocalypse. There was that one time where some girls were double-dutching to M.I.A.'s "Boyz" (before... CONTINUE READING HEROES TAPS WILCO, DEATH CAB, MY MORNING JACKET, THE JESUS & MARY CHAIN FOR SOUNDTRACK»
Posted on February 28, 2008 (12 comments)
Tags: David Bowie | Death Cab For Cutie | Heroes | My Morning Jacket | Spank Rock | The Chemical Brothers | The Jesus And Mary Chain | The New Pornographers | Wilco
The fifth and final show of Wilco's Winter Residency at Chicago's Riviera Theatre is streaming online (last night's was too, but no one told us). The set will span their entire career (here's last night's setlist), so you'll get a lot of oldies. But also hopefully "Impossible Germany" for the fifth night in a row, 'cause that's the best song Tweedy ever wrote. Log on ... now.
Posted on February 20, 2008 (6 comments)
The soothed sounds of Wilco's Sky Blue Sky constituted the better part of their session at venerable public broadcast music program Austin City Limits, premiering this past weekend. The Tweedy troupe's celebrating the performance with a web-ready clip from the... Austin City Limits)'">CONTINUE READING NEW LIVE WILCO VIDEO - "IMPOSSIBLE GERMANY" (AT AUSTIN CITY LIMITS)»
Posted on November 5, 2007 in (7 comments)
Tags: Wilco
Our friend Lindsay was first to tip us off to this bit of Via Chicago-meets-Colbert Nation news, but it wasn't 'til reader Andrew T. sent us the full info -- along with the intro "My Sister-in-law Anne sent this to... CONTINUE READING A SHOT OF THE ARM»
Posted on September 25, 2007 (9 comments)
Tags: Stephen Colbert | Wilco
Hopefully this week's 'Gum Drop made it safely to your inbox (we made sure to pack it extra carefully). In case you haven't unwrapped it, snoop around a bit and grab Nellie McKay's venture into Spanish language sing-a-longing (could a... CONTINUE READING THE 'GUM DROP GIVEAWAY #4»
Posted on September 19, 2007 in (0 comments)
Tags: Nellie McKay | Wilco
Forever suckers for covers, we got wind of Donavon Frankenreiter's take on Wilco for his Recycled Recipes EP, and despite his bro-ship with Jack Johnson, we gave it a listen. Frankenreiter attempts a Lamontagne-y version of A Ghost Is Born's... CONTINUE READING DONAVON FRANKENREITER COVERS WILCO, NELS CLINE HAS CHICKEN POX»
Posted on August 14, 2007 (2 comments)
Tags: Donavon Frankenreiter | Wilco
“I’m probably the only person that wanted to be a rock critic and failed at it and started a band" is the crux of Jeff Tweedy's shot at a music crit column in yesterday's New York Times. Pretty sure Jeff's... CONTINUE READING JEFF TWEEDY LIKES ANIMAL BANDS (AND BATTLES)»
Posted on July 23, 2007 (7 comments)
Tags: Animal Collective | Battles | Dr. Dog | Grizzly Bear | Jon Pareles | Panda Bear | Wilco
While Saturday's lineup was the most set-hopper friendly, Sunday's spread offered two trump cards with eagerly anticipated sets from Wilco and the first post-Icky US show from the White Stripes. Before we got there, though, there were a few... CONTINUE READING BONNAROO: SUNDAY 6/17/07: WILCO & THE WHITE STRIPES RAZE THE STAGES»
Posted on June 18, 2007 in (28 comments)
Tags: Bonnaroo | Feist | Jack White | The Decemberists | The White Stripes | Wilco | Wolfmother
For the record, we take no issue with Wilco lending their tunes to VolksWagon's "it gets inside you" ad campaign (except that they're sorta silly, the "You Are My Face" one, anyway). As mentioned last time, though, there's hundreds of... CONTINUE READING WILCO WEIGHS IN ON THE VOLKSWAGON VITRIOL»
Posted on June 5, 2007 (39 comments)
Tags: Wilco
"When you get into a Volkswagen, it gets into you." Welcome to Wilco's first commercial licensing deal, in which nearly half of Sky Blue Sky's tracklist will soundtrack a series of commercials aimed to convince you that driving a VW... CONTINUE READING VOLKSWILCO»
Posted on June 4, 2007 in , (22 comments)
Tags: Wilco
Now that you've had a few weeks to stew over Sky Blue Sky not being YHF 2.0, it's time to give the Tweedy troupe's latest a fair shake -- and since you're indoors avoiding the pretty summer weather, watching this... CONTINUE READING WILCO LIVE VIDEO - "YOU ARE MY FACE"»
Posted on June 2, 2007 in (19 comments)
Tags: Wilco
History is being made over at Comedy Central: The network we love to laugh with (save the looping MADtv reruns; make it stop!) has picked up the animated satire Lil' Bush, originally an Amp'd Mobile downloadable short, for a six... CONTINUE READING IGGY POP & JEFF TWEEDY ARE LIL' RUMMY & LIL' GOD, RESPECTIVELY»
Posted on May 31, 2007 in (6 comments)
Tags: Foo Fighters | Iggy Pop | Red Hot Chili Peppers | Wilco
Love it or hate it, you've probably already had a few listens of Sky Blue Sky, whether you took Wilco HQ up on their listening parties or you succumbed to more illicit means. Either way, as they say, Wilco HQ... CONTINUE READING A MODEST PROPOSAL FROM WILCO HQ»
Posted on May 14, 2007 (41 comments)
Tags: Wilco
As mentioned when our favorite Martin offered his festival advice, SPIN's dedicated this issue to the big summer shows, taking time to speak with fest vets like Jeff Tweedy and Britt Daniel. But Jeff's quick Q&A is particularly interesting 'cause... CONTINUE READING JEFF TWEEDY ON FESTIVALS, UNCLE TUPELO REUNION, PCP»
Posted on May 3, 2007 (7 comments)
Tags: Wilco
Ex-Mott The Hoople man Ian Hunter has enjoyed a storied career. How many can claim to have had a David Bowie-produced album (All The Young Dudes) and have penned the theme to The Drew Carey Show? Of course, Bowie penned... CONTINUE READING NEW IAN HUNTER (FEAT. JEFF TWEEDY) - "WORDS (BIG MOUTH)"»
Posted on April 18, 2007 in (8 comments)
Tags: Ian Hunter | Mott The Hoople | Wilco
Hold off on buying that Bon Jovi doll! This will be a better fit to keep your Beach Toy company. Turns out Jeff Tweedy's a big UNKL toy collector, and when the urban vinyl toy company found out they contacted... CONTINUE READING TWO INCH TWEEDY»
Posted on April 13, 2007 in (14 comments)
Tags: Wilco
Now you don't have to feel like a loser for staying in tonight! Wilco's following up this week's three song teaser with a little cyber celebration. Their message to you: You'll wanna bookmark this page for the party. Check that... CONTINUE READING YOUR INVITE TO LIVEBLOG SKY BLUE SKY»
Posted on March 3, 2007 (49 comments)
Tags: Wilco
As Jeff mentioned in Nashville earlier this year, Wilco's forthcoming record is titled Sky Blue Sky, and this morning three tracks from the record ("Walken," "You Are My Face," and "Either Way") are making their way through the series of... CONTINUE READING NEW WILCO TRACKS SURFACE»
Posted on March 1, 2007 (22 comments)
Tags: Wilco
