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"Skittles in plant form." So true. By the way, it sure sounds like your neighbors are drinking pretty well...lucky folks.

So geeked to hit up Toronado... Shocking in what way?

Let us - or at least me - know how it turned out. I don't have the stamina to return to most IPAs day after day. Just not my glass of beer, as it were, no matter how wonderfully made they may be...

Ha! Good to know. The wife and I are San Francisco-bound later this week for our first ever vacation together. Pliney the Elder and Blind Pig are definitely on my list of beers to try and hunt down.

Ditto. Pretty geeked to see 21st Amendment and Sweetwater have landed here as well - super excited to try the former. Well said - although, as much as I love 3 Floyds (seriously, Gumballhead may be the perfect beer), I find some of their Dark Lord Day practices quite dubious...

Thanks for the kind words, man! Very cool of you. No, I'm looking to feature beers from all regions. Of course, availability does become an issue... Thankfully, we've just started getting some Avery beers in Illinois. If only Odell would grace our borders...

Hey man, no worries. And I feel you. Completely. This beer was donated to the show though and I love anything BCBS, so it had to be done. Victory at Sea is amazing and is slated to appear on the show soon, actually. Love that beer. My go-to porter as of late.

Hiya, VCers - I recently started a craft beer review and discussion video podcast called One Guy, One Beer, and we just posted our second episode this morning featuring Chicago's own Goose Island Beer Company: https://oneguyonebeer.wordpress.com/2015/03/30/episode-2-goose-island-brewing-company-bourbon-county-coffee-stout/ Thought some of you might be interested. Take a look, spread the word, and thanks so much for watching!

Howdy, folks~ Wondering if anyone has an MP3 link/video/some kind of audio of Let's Fight, an SBS-era tune that never made the actually record or any subsequent special releases? Not sure if the band ever finished a recorded version or if it was only played live a handful of times, but I've always loved it and would be thrilled to hear it again. Thanks!

http://wxrt.cbslocal.com/2014/04/21/mayor-emanuel-announces-xrt-taste-of-chicago-concert-headliner-listen/ Releasing a solo album? Say what?

Afternoon, VCers~ Real quick: Has there been some mention from Jeff, Jim or Glen about a new Loose Fur record forthcoming at some point this year? I was listening to Born Again in the USA this morning on the way to the office and it struck me I thought I read something about that semi-recently? Am I making this up? Hope not. Thanks!

Hey there, VC'ers— So I've been a member here for ages. I'm a copywriter by day and fiction writer by night and I'm editing an anthology of short stories based on/inspired by hair metal songs of the 1980's and 1990's. It's being published by Chicago-based indie press Orange Alert Press this fall, and right now we're running a Kickstarter campaign to help fund part of the project. Not only is the press a local press, but some of the contributors are Chicago-based as well. There are some really fine writers in this collection, folks, writers who have multiple books on various national press

Whole Love in Starbucks on the Southern Illinois University campus.

Anyone else really surprised by this? What with all the great press, reviews, and buzz the record has gotten? Plus it's just a fantastic record, one of their best. I was taken aback. Really thought this one would crack the 100K mark...

Art of Almost: 9/10 I Might: 9/10 Sunloathe: 6/10 Dawned On Me: 8/10 Black Moon: 8/10 Born Alone: 9/10 Open Mind: 5/10 Capitol City: 7/10 Standing O: 9/10 Rising Red Lung: 9/10 Whole Love: 10/10 One Sunday Morning: 10/10 Forgot the tally: Overall, TWL comes in at an 8-8.5/10 for me, which makes it one of my favs. It's definitely right in there with what I consider Wilco classics--BT, YHF, and AGIB. An outstanding offering, without doubt. Thank you, Wilco, for again proving why I look for solace in rock music.

Hey all, So pretty basic request: I wasn't able to nab a pair of tickets for the St. Louis show because I'm a grad student and long story short, my school really botched up my financial aid package this semester, delaying the disbursement of my student loan money. So if anyone has two tickets to give up, good or bad seats, my wife and I would be stoked as hell, as long as the seats are together. Wilco is kinda 'our' band, you know, so sitting together is crucial. I live in Carbondale, Illinois, only about two hours from St. Louis, so some kind of meeting at the show and exchanging money for

Whole Love, hands down. The best straight-up pop song the band has done since Hummingbird.

Does anyone else feel like The Whole Love borrows a lot from, or at the very least sounds similar to, Loose Fur's sound? It would make sense, obviously, but some of the tracks on TWL, specifically Sunloathe, Born Alone, Rising Red Lung, and OSM remind me very much of Born Again in The USA. Just putting that out there...

Misunderstood Art of Almost I Might Why Would You Wanna Live Pieholden Suite Summerteeth Kamera You Never Know Impossible Germany Via Chicago IATTBYH Dawned On Me Born Alone She's A Jar What's the World Got In Store Ashes of American Flags Jesus, Etc Walken Casino Queen Standing O I'm Always in Love Rising Red Lung Pot Kettle Black The Jolly Banker Whole Love ELT

Could someone PM me these extra tracks? Is that possible? I'd love to hear 'em and I don't plan on buying the vinyl LP because, well, I don't have the capacity to play it. Thanks!

I agree--The Whole Love has some of the bands finest moments: Art of Almost, I Might, Whole Love, One Sunday Morning. And the record at large is really damn good, on par with AGIB or Summerteeth. Yes, Jeff might not be writing songs that are driven by addiction, pain, existential whatevers, etc, but the songs--at least this time around--are just as strong.

No good? Looks fine to me.

I've been wondering about this, about sales and commercial performance of The Whole Love, just because it's dBpM's first release and Jeff struck an odd, slightly anxious tone regarding commercial success in the Chicago Mag article. At least that's how I read. Will it sell well? You think? Of course the die-hards and perhaps casual fans will run out on release day, but will it be a commercial success? Will it at least build on WTA's numbers?

What downward trend? I get that SBS wasn't everyone's cup of tea, but I don't see it as less good or inferior in quality than the others. Sure, WTA, in my humble opinion, isn't a very good album in the sense of a cohesive statement. Some of the songs are catchy and fun, but that's about it. However, SBS really hangs together as a record--a motiff, a statement, a message, whatever you want to call it. I just sometimes find it funny that folks are willing to listen to and praise a seven minute guitar/noise jam, but something like Walken or Hate It Here, smart and wonderfully arranged rock song