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Who cares? I'll be skipping over this one. Almost as bad as Walken. Having said that I had no love for Hate It Here either til I heard the version with horns on the Ashes DVD extra audio tracks - now I think it sounds like a Stax classic.

Er, same thing doncha think....? BBN is fantastic - some of the dadrock stuff is not. BBN,YAI and SF all on the same record just swings too wildly from one extreme to the other for my liking. Look, I also really like OW and CD and DD. Everlasting is just cheesy save for the lovely outro. It doesn't feel cohesive to me - hence ' too eclectic'.

Wilco (the Album) will go down as the record that Jeff Tweedy wanted to be 'all things to all people' which rarely works. Just too eclectic in other words, falls between too many stools. That's all there is to it. BBN and YAI might be thematically cleverly contrasting bedfellows - murder, then love - but musically, one, then the other, they cannot be reconciled.

No. Popular yes (but only with discerning music fans) but very left of centre IMO. Does your mom like any Radiohead tunes? Thought not. Rest my case.

Well put. Look, if we want to broaden this, the 'rock' records that get remembered are the groundbreaking ones. The ones that critics salivate over are the ones that try something different. You can write/record all the lovely songs that you want but they won't be noticed in the same way, especially on boards like this where every last note is dissected. The YHF lovers will not love this (very fine) record as much for that very reason. This record will, I suspect, draw in a broader audience, and with that the YHF lovers will run for the hills. Sad, but true. We all defend our favourite bands,

Well written, well argued. I agree that the creative peak is back up behind them, so now its just a career. I think you're reading too much into the empty chairs though. I'm expecting a slow (and painful) descent. That said, this is a lovely record on its own terms, if a little too eclectic.

Bull Black Nova = White Light White Heat (live)

Lovely collection of Spector-esque pop from the Scottish collective. Very Spector, upbeat, string-laden, reverb-drenched pop songs - sounds like the Ronettes, Shangri-Las and Supremes all rolled into one. Recommended summer listening.

Mods! Mods! Mods! Could have been the sound of Brighton seafront 1966 or any Jam concert circa 1977. Mods indeed.

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I preferred the albumj that was realsed alongsisde it: 'Digital Ash In A Digital Urn' - kind of a modern,almost electronic take on his musis , loved 'Hit The Switch' and 'I Believe In Symmetry' with its 99 Red Balloons lift for the first part before it breaks off into a glorious crescendo

Lots of big windmills on Outtasite Outtamind - was swinging his arm round about 2 feet in front of my face in Dublin on the last tour (and missing the strings most times - just letting the wind make the chord!)

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Think so - but there doesn't seem to be a big gap in between festivals to fit in a tour so who knows? Unless it rolls on towards September.....

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Mott's reunion (original lineup) has now sold out 1st 2nd and 3rd of October at Hammersmith Odeon (now Apollo). 5th and 6th two new dates have been added - on sale next week. Should be a blast!

UK and Europe dates will be in August according to Nonesuch press office. Green Man Festival in Brecon Beacons National Park in Wales is penultimate weekend of August - Wilco confirmed for that already - and dates in Europe and UK will follow around that time. Nothing confirmed yet but it will be August and I suspect there will be the odd festival or two to go along with regular dates.

For me SBS simply 'crosses over' - it's more acceptable to a mainstream audience which is why IMO it alienated some of the hardcore fans. Selling out? Not really - cos it didnt' sell that many anyway, but I just got a feeling that Tweedy might have been a little too 'settled' and 'content' after his issues. That could be interpreted as the comfort zone which in turn might lead to a 'safe' even 'bland' record. After all, history shows that that's what many acclaimed bands do - make a couple of great cutting edge records, then LOSE their edge when the success starts coming and eventually chur

anyone like 'em? London review: http://www.skyarts.co.uk/music/article/gaslightanthem/

Think I counted 42 or 43 at the Berkeley show in August 2007 Seem to recall Tweedy trying to do one 'nothing' for every year to mark his 40th birthday (he lost count)

How much of the 'Total Pro's' then? Have to say I was hoping for 'Pieholden...' and could have done without HMD. Hey ho! Delighted 'Ashes' is on there, although in the light of the previous discussion I imagine this will be an audio recording painted over with various bits of arty, generic, live footage. I guess there'll be extras too a la IATTBYH (great version of Pieholden on there!)

But, you know it's not Midlake?? An English band yet to release their first album called....'The Leisure Society' Stirring up some excitement over here!

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Yep, been in contact with Wilco's press office in Europe and the news is..... 'we'll hopefully be announcing some UK summer dates to coincide with the album release soon' So my guess is if they're in Spain til June 4th it might be in the couple of weeks that follow that. What was it, five/six shows pulled from late 2007? They're certainly due up north after missing out completely last time. Brixton Academy in London possibly after the cancellation there last time, though I would rather they did Shepherds Bush Empire again, or maybe Hammersmith Odeon/Apollo with the sloping floor and seats