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Son Volt opening for John Mellencamp. Wilco opening for REM would be in my "America's best band opening for formerly America's best band" category.

The only positive about that lineup is that you will be able to score VIP day passes on Craigslist for next to nothing on the respective Sunday's. Everyone is too tired after two days of music, throw in hot or rainy weather, a crappy lineup and you will be able to score a kick ass ticket in the VIP section on the cheap. The only way it is worth going in my opinion.

REM- Reckoning

Uncle Tupelo- Anodyne

Wilco- Being There

Son Volt- Trace

Whiskeytown- Strangers Almanac

Depeche Mode

Dreaming of Me

Enjoy the Silence

Somebody

Blasphemous Rumors

Shake the Disease

Journey

Lights

Don't Stop Believin'

Only the Young

Be Good to Yourself

Faithfully

Gram Parsons

A Song For You

Sin City

Return of the Grevious Angel

Hickory Wind

In My Hour of Darkness

Neil Young

Powderfinger

Cortez the Killer

Ambulance Blues

Roll Another Number

Everybody Knows This is Nowhere

Drivin' N' Cryin'

Straight to Hell

Indian Song

Fly Me Courageous

Let's go Dancing

With the People

Son Volt

Too Early

Tear Stained Eye

Creosote

Back into Your World

Hanging Blue Side

REM

Sitting Still

Don't go Back to Rockville

You are the Everything

Half a World Away

Country Feedback

Slobberbone

I Can Tell Your Love is Waning

Whiskey Glass Eye

One Rung

Josephine

Lumberlung

Uncle Tupelo (Jay)

Wipe the Clock

Looking for a Way Out

High Water

True to Life

Chickamauga

Uncle Tupelo (Jeff)

If That's Alright

We've Been Had

Fatal Wound

Gun

The Long Cut

Maybe it was just me but Box Full of Letters sounded as good as it has in years. It seems like in the past, Nels has improvised a bit and added his own flair to several of the older rockers (which is totally fine) but last night it sounded like 1994 era Wilco.

Despite my concerns about the crowd it was a damn fine show. Third row center, was the closest I have been to Wilco since the gig at Antones in Austin in 1999. We ended up standing during Via Chicago and never sat down (despite a couple pleas from people behind to sit down). Not quite the set list of their October 2013 show at Stubbs (that was one for the ages) but was nice to hear some rarities nometheess. Jeff was quite talkative including remarks about how often they have played Heavy Metal Drummer and Jesus Etc. He also had a great line questioning why they set up Glenn's gong, despite it never being played. Enjoyed the hootenanny close, but would love to see Pat add the banjo to some tunes in the regular set. Not sure If they have played New Madrid with Pat on Banjo, but that would be killer.

I had to eat my two extras. I couldn't give them away. Oh well, it's worth it to be 3 rows from the stage.

I just checked my Stubhub app. There are about 40 pairs of tickets for less thing $20. Two pairs for under $10. Unreal.

It's portable chairs in the lower or orchestra level and standard balcony seating up top. I was able to trade up my seats in the back for third row center (section 102, Row C). I have seen Wilco here twice when it was the Verizon, but this is the first time they have done seats on the floor.

Looking forward to tonight's show. However, I am quite surprised that it's not even close to being sold out and lower floor tickets are currently going for $18 on Stubhub. I have two extra that I am trying to unload and would like to get close to what I paid. I hope a bunch of empty seats doesn't put a damper on the mood of the band.

I Thought I Held You- I hate that Jeff hates this song. One of my top five of all time.

Reservations- This one hit home hard when it first came out

Please be Patient with Me- I always felt like this was a continuation of Reservations in many ways.

I have two extra for Houston on 4/23. Floor section 104 row C, aisle. Let me know if interested.

Is anyone else bothered by how similar some of these songs sound to other Son Volt songs. And yes, I know there are only so many chords but some of these are too close. Like "Down to the Wire" sounds exactly like "Circadian Rhythm" from the last disc.

It's also my least favorite song on the album...Wheels Dont Move and Exiles also sound like leftovers from The Search but everything else is fantastic. But yeah, your right, it does sound very similar to Circadian Rhythm.

Be Not So Fearful (that doesnt count does it?)

Horribly written article except for one point...Wilco fans are indeed the same as Dave Matthews fans...This is not a knock on the posters here...You guys probably only make up 1/10 of a Wilco show today... But for anyone that saw Wilco, say pre 1999, you cant tell me that the culture hasn't changed....For the worse.

 

My hunch is that after the album sells a million copies, Jeff is going to come out and yell "SUCKERS." "I cant believe you actually bought that album! Its complete crap...Noboby got the joke.,..Did the title of the album not paint the picture for you...How about that first song...The camel on the cover...No one got that inneuendo...Camel...Stinks?...No One!"

Post of the day!

I loved the soloing on At Least Thats What You Said, and that was all Jeff! Tweedy IMHO has become such a strong and creative guitar player over the years and that album really showed that he could stand on his own...That being said, I personnaly am tired of Nels Cline...He's great at what he does, but that jazzy guitar tone is beyond old...I was never more saddened when JB left the band and I could go on and on on how huge of an influence he was in the Wilco band...I probably saw half a dozen Wilco shows from the time JB left the band to when Nels joined...In fact I was at one of the first shows they played after JB left...It left a lot to be desired...By the end of that tour, Tweedy along with Leroy Bach, were really starting to tear it up...

At this point in the bands career, I would love nothing more than to see Wilco go on sans Nels Cline...Just my two cents, but thats something I feel very strongly about.

I have yet to see hardly any negative reaction to this album on this board...As a longtime Wilco fan and lover of everything Tweedy and Farrar related I can personally say that I have loved or at least liked everything that Tweedy has put out...The same cant be said for Farrar...However as I mentioned in the Son Volt thread and earlier in another thread, this is the very first time that upon initial listen of a Wilco album, I was immediately turned off.

Does that mean that Iam going to quit listening to Wilco, quit attending their shows (many of which I spent a great deal of money flying to around the country),quit buying merchandise...Absolutely not!

I have given my "personal" albeit negative feelings towards many a Jay Farrar record on his board, yet I still love the mans work (as much as Jeff's)... In fact I am getting ready to drive 3 hours to Austin tonight to see Farrar play with a Doug Sahm tribute band tomorrow...Should I have kept my negative opinions to myself regarding some of his solo work and the last two albums he produced?

If your trying to say, "If you dont have anything good to say, keep it to yourself", I just dont buy that.

Discourse, whether positive or negative is not a bad thing...

I'd pretty much agree with this. Not surprising since I spent my high school years alternating between Trace and Crow Pot Pie.

Nice!

You guys seem to have a similar taste as myself...Am I missing something here, in not digging the new Wilco?...I feel like the odd man out.

Just so you know where I'm coming from, I think Trace is brilliant. The next 2 are very good. But Son Volt's remaining albums as a whole have been on a decline since....with some very good song nuggets thrown in along the way. I prefer most of Jay's solo stuff to Okemah....mostly a snoozer for me.

I completely agree....I think you are in for a very pleasant surprise...I have loved all of Wilco's work to date but much like Son Volt, I beleive each proceeding album is less than the previous effort.

American Central Dust goes against that pattern...Right now I would rank it right behind Straightaways...If not for a couple stinkers, it could be considered in the same breath as Trace and Straightaways.

I will wait until the new Wilco album hits the stores before I give it another listen but I had the same reaction as when I heard Jay's Terrior Blues...And that is not a good thing, imho.