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According to the Wilco Facebook account the Schmilco world tour begins Tuesday, so it sounds like we can expect more Schmilco tunes then!

Fellow Canadians... packages from Wilco's Kung Fu store usually come up via Puralator, correct? I don't want Schmilco to get trapped in the mail if this strike goes long. EDIT: Unrelated bad news via an e-mail from Kung Fu: Sounds like it's "some" and not all? Hopefully if we got our orders in right away we'll get it when we were suppose to?

Yeah the fact that Star Wars was easily the best Wilco album since A Ghost Is Born only makes the excitement for Schmilco worse. I was definitely not this excited for The Whole Love or Wilco The Album.

There's no better way to get me excited than to compare something to On the Beach. Must... remain... calm....

I've been watching The Tragically Hip concert on CBC! Did they just play the two Schmilco songs??

There's a romantic notion of a band like Wilco recording mostly live in the studio together. And they've done that on albums like Sky Blue Sky and The Whole Love. I just don't think those are particularly great albums for Wilco. Especially in comparison to Star Wars. The performances on those albums are great but the songs are lacking. If recording the songs separately lets the band do something as fresh sounding as Star Wars and the Schmilco preview songs, I'm ok with that. I'd sacrifice the warm studio intimacy that records like The Whole Love had for all around better songs.

Damn, I wish they were doing these listening parties in Canada, I want a Schmilco slipmat

It'd be nice if they'd play the album in full, similar to how they were playing Star Wars in order, but without posting it online first so we can experience the album for the first time live. Also not trying to be rude but doing away with the hootenanny is the worst idea I've ever heard, acoustic Wilco is just so good.

That's not how my list would look, that's for sure. There's a few albums I'd say are not even country on there, Bright Eyes for instance (which has one song I'd classify as country). Magnolia Electric Co should be much higher. Also no Sadies? Seriously? Wait, where was Neil Young? Johnny Cash and Loretta Lynn make it on but no Neil?! Although to be fair, I do agree with their #1.

Or a If I Ever Was A Child 7" was announced/released!!!

Here's a potential Wilco reference, maybe... So, earlier this week, the wife and I are on a roadtrip, we made a giant playlist and she put on Joel Plaskett's Through & Through & Through, which I'd never heard before. As a big Wilco fan a few lyrics perked my interest: Ok, common saying, probably not a Wilco reference. BUT WAIT! The blue eyed soul line is what got my interest, but again, maybe doesn't mean anything. But the "You won't hear our songs on the radio" sounds a lot like The Late Greats "You can't hear 'em on the radio", and the next two lines suggest that reference as wel

There was definitely a period where I would describe Wilco as the American equivalent of Radiohead. They were doing to Americana/folk music what Radiohead did to British rock. But after Sky Blue Sky, Whole Love, etc, I don't know if that's really true anymore. But I think in the Yankee Hotel Foxtrot/A Ghost Is Born era, it was sort of fitting. At this point after 10 albums maybe it's easier to describe them on an album-by-album basis.

I was posting heavily back then (as "Halcyon"), but I have no recollection of this. I'm just glad I wasn't the hoaxer!

That looks great. Don't tempt me, Wilco! Oops, yep! That's what I get for posting while also finishing my work.

I really appreciate these shorter Wilco albums. It's always a little much to flip/switch the record every two or three songs on albums that are just a few minutes too long for 2 LPs 1LP like Yankee Hotel Foxtrot.

Europe got the best vinyl this time.

I wonder if/when we'll get a single this time. I'd love to get If I Ever Was A Child on 7" before the LP comes out. I still spin Random Name Generator 7" occasionally.

Is everyone going to chew their gum? I almost feel bad destroying such a limited collectors item! Maybe e-mail Kung Fu? I ordered mine at 7:20 PT and when I check my e-mail confirmation the gum is listed below the album.

I don't know if I'd say those are lazy album titles. I definitely don't think they take naming their albums as serious as they did with Yankee Hotel Foxtrot or A Ghost Is Born. Fortunately, they still take their music seriously so I'd guess it's actually a sign of maturity. ..If that makes sense??

Nice, what great news to wake up to! Limited edition vinyl ordered. Kung Fu continues to be ridiculous with their shipping prices to Canada. The shipping was 75 cents cheaper than the album! I'm glad the coloured version was available online this time, last time it was a hassle to find a record store that would ship a white version of Star Wars for a decent price. Looks like they realized not everyone has independent record stores nearby these days, unfortunately. Hopefully Wilco plays the new album in Seattle, it'll be a week before the album comes out! Live would be a great way to first expe

Does anyone remember if you could buy Star Wars on iTunes while it was free on their website?

If Ever I Was A Child is on Spotify. Great bass line, John!

I don't know what's more surprising, a new Wilco album for that Napster is still a thing!

Tonight would be amazing! Star Wars came out digitally first as a surprise release, I'd bet they're doing that again.

Note the green on the wilcoworld.net matches the green on the cover. I tried schmilco.kungfustore.com (Star Wars had starwars.kungfustore.com for a preorder page) but nothing came up. EDIT: Amazon.com has an order page up. Looks like the release date is September 9. EDIT 2: And a vinyl version too. Also out on September 9 (you might recall Star Wars on vinyl was a few months delayed), but Amazon can be wrong when it's this early.