lost highway

And me!

Anyone know if you can rewatch the stream somewhere?

Yay, I'm excited for them to start doing interviews so we can learn a little more about the record. Man, at the beginning of that I was really noticing Jeff's Chicago accent. I kept waiting for him to say "Da Bears!".

Most of these reviewers have really heard it in a similar way to how I have. It's not typical that I agree so much with music writers.

Ha! Right? And isn't anti-negativity just negativity with a smile. But seriously, I'm with you. I always wondered what it would sound like if they cut lose.

Was I right or was I right? Heck yeah, nothing beats great stuff crushing negativity.

Seriously.

^ Ha, ha. But that's another thread. This is so premature but I'll try it. AGIB YHF TWL SW ST SBS BT W(TA) AM

Okay. One and a half listens in and I'm psyched. I agree with many of the connections: Velvets, John Lennon, Loose Fur. I would add there are a couple strong Thin Lizzy and T Rex moments when the guitars get a lot of swagger. This is inarguably the loosest Wilco record ever. The only thing that even comes close is the ramshackle ending of "Dreamer in my Dreams". Other thoughts: I suspect Pat played a lot more guitar and a lot less keys on this than other albums. There's barely even organ sounds on any of this, and I haven't noticed any piano sounds. It's all about the weird burbly sy

I'm calling bullshit on that. They've been "self recording" and "self producing" for a while now. And "proper"... come on.

Wow. I'm about 12 hours late to the party here. I've been traveling for like 48 hours. My wife and I missed a connection in London and had to wait over night. The change of time zones, jet lag, lack of sleep, album named "Star Wars". This is like some weird freakin dream. Whoa man.... whoa. Commence listening.

Yeah, I'm not feeling the negativity, personally. Everyone is entitled to their own feelings. I was more getting pumped as the briefest mention of a new album trickled in. I seriously think it's going to be different from what anyone hopes or fears.

I love the Family Gardener too, and it's also reminded me of the same film. I figure he must have been going for that. But does Minus 5 stuff count?

Ok!

The only one on that list that I've made it too is the Galapagos and they're so worth it. I share a lot of your dream destinations. I'm actually decompressing after a day of stomping around Amsterdam right now, which was one on my list. It's pretty neat, but I'm glad we had more time in Berlin on this trip.

I could see them going for a creative, depth of field thing with it, but maybe not a total success. Two other thoughts: -Pat=Alexander and the No Good, Horrible, Very Bad Day + bell bottoms. -Was this the beginning of the bands policy of "dress god damn sharp"? They were pretty into it pre-nudie suits, and now they're a little more casual.

Yeah I'm pretty sure everyone on here can recognize the comment as harmless. I can see that it gets into the "don't tell me not to express my opinion!" territory, but it's not directed at anyone in particular.

And the Tigers almost look irrelevant in spite of a respectable .500 game avg.

Lower volume=greater dynamic range and less side effects from compression. You already know this from listening to A Ghost is Born.

That's my favorite Byrds album. In fact if you listen to "Draft Morning" or "Change is Now" you can hear some proto-YHF folk rock postmodernism.

Dude, Spoon: Ga, Ga, Ga, Transference... so great.

I really like the last one. I didn't think anything was missing from their process, if anything I think it was a sign that they'd discovered how to use the powers of the sextet. I think there are all kinds of wonders ahead. But, fair game. I asked the question "how bout it?" and with our knowledge all anyone can say is, "nah", "with reservations", or like me "hell yeah". The only other thing worth mentioning is Jeff has said in an interview that they're ready to make a "restless" record. I think that could please a lot of people on here.

Albini charges a flat rate for his room and for his engineering. He records whoever books and doesn't like plenty of bands he records. He does not however, produce.

You're describing some grandpa rock shows, but you were at dad rock fest. Different scene. But seriously, a cloud of unwelcome smoke is an annoyance, but perhaps a more expected one at an outdoor fest.

I agree completely. The other likely known factor is it seems like engineer Tom Schick (sp?) has become staff over at the loft and has now worked with Jeff on Wilco, Low, Mavis, Pops and RT records where he has shown that he doesn't really have a "sonic stamp" other than perhaps warm, unfussy and focused sounding.