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I will definitely be going to Sasquatch over Memorial Day Weekend in Central Washington and there is a good chance that I am going to Coachella April 25/26/27. Given that Wilco are touring between these festivals does anyone have any insight as to whether they might be added to either festival? If rumours are true and they play the new festival in San Francisco in late August I think it's more likely that they skip the West Coast for now and play some California and West Coast dates in August.

[ Were they as loud as I heard they can be? Funnily enough I thought that they were the least loud of the three bands but the sound was brilliant. Crisp, clear and powerful.

Here's the scoop. G/F calls at 5 pm as I am trying to take a wee nap. We should go and see this show. She'd heard Duke Spirit on KEXP, checked out their myspace page and voila we have our date sorted for Friday night. I'd heard maybe one song by the Duke Spirit and a couple by Tulsa. Duke Spirit was fecking amazing. Tulsa had promised but failed to really deliver and the Voom Blooms were just alright. It's now almost midnight and I am starting to feel sleepy after a long week. I've heard people say they are slightly reminiscent of MBV, Sonic Youth and Pixies. Kinda, sorta but I thought thei

wow...I love "Can't Stand It" in this version with the horns. My least favourite song from Summerteeth turned inside out into a dynamic song. I'd love Wilco's next work to include songs with this feel and definitely have the horns. Can't get over how good this. I remember seeing Wilco in 04 when they started with "ALTWYS", "IAMTTBYH" and "Misunderstood" someone then shouted out for this song. Jeff laughed "Can't Stand It, Can't Stand It". I am sure he feels differently after the Riviera shows.

Very envious of my peers on the East Coast. Amazing setlists - I'd love to hear the likes of "Mountainbed", "I'm Always on Love" and "Hotel Arizona". It sounds like the band will only play a few festivals after the Australian tour. Fingers crossed that they might play "Sasquatch" in May in Eastern Washington or "Bumbershoot" in Seattle in September.

Laurie and Rick: Well said. While I think no-one should be exempt from criticism, it's truly sad that there are other fans who take the time and energy to question Wilco's concern for and generosity to their fans. It only goes to show that someone people are ungrateful wankers who are never satisfied. It would be truly great if Wilco could play an entirely different set list every night. The reality is that no band interested in growing their audience and more importantly trying to put on a well-paced performance every night could do that. So what Wilco do instead is a five-night residen

Wow..I went last year and had made some preliminary plans to go this year but what a terrible line-up. Jack Johnson, Rogers Waters, The Verve, Death Cab for Cutie all have no right being anywhere near a main stage. Portishead I just can't see as a mainstage act. Most of the fun is seeing all the smaller bands and at first glance I am disappointed that while there's a lot of good dance stuff unlike last year there's isn't that much up and coming talent from over the pond. Last year you could see the Fratelli's, the Arctic Monkeys, Amy Winehouse, Lily Allen, The Kaiser Chiefs, Jarvis Cocker,

I am tentatively optimistic. I saw most of the Dublin sessions on youtube (they are still there) and can still recall the melody to 4 or 5 songs. After "Around The Sun" I hoped the band would fold: it was that bad. The other good thing about Dublin was they dusted off lots of goodies from 1982 to 1985 they hadn't played in ages. Other news for the tour is they won't be bringing Ken Stringfellow who has played keyboards and strings on the last 2 or 3 tours. So I am hoping for a lean, hungry REM with something to prove.

Bought the Cd on Saturday on an impulse. My local music store started selling it Saturday when their major rival did the same thing. I'll sell it back to them shortly. "House of Cards" is fantastic: a great, haunting melody that you can't get out of your head. The rest of the album (apart from a couple of songs) leaves me cold or bored. I feel sorry for Ed O'Brien and Johnny Greenwood who get do next to nothing on another Radiohead album. I like it when I can't hear Thom Yorke's lyrics. He has a great voice but when I hear "I get eaten by the worms" I can only squirm. Miserable music made

Pitchfork is pure wank in general. They are inebriated on their sense of their own self-importance. I only read it for the news. Of all the albums they have loved the only one I still listen to is the debut by Band of Horses.

Yep. End of year lists tend to be infuriating. I might piss off some people here but I genuinely think that the latest from Arcade Fire and Spoon are very overrated. I was so anxious to hear both records. "Neon Bible" is for the most part boring. The best song ("No Cars Go") is old and where did the imagination that defined "Funeral" go? Using Springsteen as a template for some of the songs? That said they are amazing live. Spoon proved again that they are great at making half of a classic album. As for MIA, the less said the better. The record isn't nearly as important or as original as m

I loved the book and agreed with the comment that it read like a screenplay. I thought the film was tremendous: an excellent adaptation of the book with brilliant acting and a great screenplay. What really struck me was how beautifully it was filmed and it's ability to keep me on the edge of the seat despite knowing what was going to happen. Like another person here I was struck by the lack of music in the which seemed to add to the tension. I have some friends who were a little non-plussed by the ending. The film just ends while the final part of the book really ties up the themes explo

April 25 - 27 in Indio, CA. I went last year and have every intention of going again in 2008. How sweet would it be if Wilco played a set culled from all of their back catalogue the Saturday night slot at dusk before Radiohead headlined the same stage later that night? Throw in the Chemical Brothers to rock the crowd post 11 p.m. and I think you'd have a musical wet dream for me and a lot of folks. I am calling it here first.

I have seen Arcade Fire three times now, own "Funeral" and took a pass on "Neon Bible" which I have heard several times. I really think AF are one of those, once in a ten years bands that many people while be discussing and discovering and rediscovering way into the future. Live, they are probably without peer. To paraphrase the Pistols "they mean it man" bringing a passion and intensity to their performances that few can match. Add in the fact that you have ten talented multi-instrumentlists on stage and that they amp up the theatrics on stage and I would recommend anyone to go see them. Th

Here's a brilliant version from the Zaragoza show in Spain last weekened (11/10) which my brother was fortunate to be at: just listen to what Nels adds to this version. Mental!

"Being There" "Doolittle" and "Surfer Rosa" by the Pixies "Life's Rich Pageant" and "Reckoning" by REM "Costello Music" by the Fratellis "Orbital II" by Orbital "Exile on Main Street", the Stones "This Year's Model" Elvis Costello and the Attractions "Fear of A Black Planet" Public Enemy "Funhouse" The Stooges "London Calling" The Clash Second Toughest Of the Infants" Underworld "Abattoir Blues" Nick Cave "Rust Never Sleeps" Neil Young "Achtung Baby" U2 "Favourite Worst Nightmare" Arctic Monkeys

Got a very excited phone call from my brother who was at the show. It was the second time he had seen them there in three years in what might the smallest venue the band will play this year - capacity of about 400 - 500. He said that as much as he loved the show supporting "AGIB" this was even better. Just I had thought when I had seen Wilco earlier this summer he commented on how animated Nels was and how into his performance he was. It sounds like the band closed with "I Got You" and "Outta Site". Seemingly Jeff was in relaxed mood, commented on how good the Spanish crowds are and led t

Laughs. Good point. They are definitely aural contraceptives. Doctors probably also prescribe them to counter the unexpected affects of viagra.

Don't get me wrong. I loved the Bends and OK Computer but since those incredible highs I find it hard to listen to Radiohead without either being bored or mildly annoyed by the whining nature of their songs which is only amplified by Thom Yorke's whining voice. I am definitely in the camp of those who like their music, on balance, to be life-affirming and to cover the full range of human emotions. It would seem that Radiohead seem stuck on the negative side of the dial. Upon hearing Radiohead's new album the skies in Seattle seemed even darker, the headlines on the news even grimmer and my

In no particular order: Arctic Monkeys "Favourite Worst Nightmare" Eddie Vedder "Into the Wild Soundtrack" Blue Scholars "Bayani" (Seattle Hip-Hop Duo) Coco B's "Coco B's" (self-released S. Cali band - fantastic) Amy Winehouse "Back To Black" Honourable mentions, Wilco, Apples in Stereo, Common, Jamie T and LCD Soundsystem Disappointments of the year: Arcade Fire (still an amazing live show but an album I found boring) and Spoon

This post comes from someone who has never bought a Pearl Jam album and who, for a long part of the nineties, almost had an active dislike of their sound. This soundtrack is brilliant. I saw the movie about three weeks ago which I loved. A large part of the experience was Eddie Vedder's evocative and very complementary songs. So I shelled out the bucks last weekend for the CD and a week later I can't stop playing it. He's done an amazing job with both the words and music in terms of making them fit in with the spirit of the film and the story of the young man in the film. Most songs hav

Just noticed that the I-Tunes version of this has three extra songs on the album only (Calexico, Joe Henry and Lee Ronaldo and Stephen Malkmus). Getting very fucked off with this trend. I will buy some stuff online but still believe in supporting my local record shop and morover really don't like the quality of digital downloads.

Beta Band : 'From Heroes to Zeroes'. I think a lot of critics thought, by this point. they were just going through the motions but there's not a duff track on it. It creates and sustains a mood brilliantly all record and has some of their best and most affecting songs. I don't know if it is underrated but Neil Young's "On the Beach" is my favourite album by him.

Unless you consider "Two Hearts" as a formulaic love song. "Boy" was about innocence, "October" mainly deal with faith, "War" was about War, "The Unforgettable Fire" had a couple of songs about America. I bet that the Joshua Tree and Rattle and Hum era U2 had as many stylists and marketing people involved as say, Madonna at the end of the eighties.

I am looking forward to this reissue. Hopefully, you I will be able to buy the unreleased tracks only on I-Tunes. I think like lots of people I have a love/hate relationship with U2 who were the first live band I saw at 13 on the War Tour. For fun, I looked at youtube clips of the Joshua Tree tour which I never personally witnessed. Talk about love/hate! It's a wonderful album but seeing them on stage makes me want to puke. The Joshua Tree back-drop, the waistcoasts, Western style hats all look so desperately contrived. It's so obvious that after the album was recorded that the band and