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No Depression is a country punk masterpiece, from opening chord to finish. It was really a game changer for me the first time I heard it - on a cassette on a long road trip from Chicago to Texas. March 16-20th is brilliant in a completely different manner, and probably more of a "Jay" album than "Jeff". But it's some of the best UT songwriting in my opinion. if you do a mashup of AM and Trace, you'll produce Anodyne. To this day I can pull any UT album out of my player and enjoy it start to finish. Amazing talent between those two leads. Trying to slot them in between Wilco album

I play with numbers and teach college kids why those numbers are important. I also play Wilco before class and in my office - doing my part to hook the next generation.

"Born from the ashes of alt country progenitors Uncle Tupelo" Is it some sort of cosmic requirement that every writer saying anything about Wilco, anywhere, ever, must use this language?

AGIB is definitely my Wilco gold standard. I absolutely love Nels' guitar work but sometimes I miss hearing Jeff lead some of the AGIB material. I enjoyed Star Wars from the first listen and it has only grown on my since.

The CD version really does sound far superior to the digital downloads. I picked up the CD today and was surprised to hear how much atmosphere comes to life on the superior format. The difference was noticeable in my car, but quite significant on a good home system. Can't wait to hear it on vinyl.

I use XAct as well - and find it to be fairly simple and straightforward. Just make sure you know where it's placing the converted files... Once you import the .AIFF or .WAV files into Itunes, you can save a lot of hard drive space by copying them to MP3's via Itunes (just right click, follow icon..), then removing the AIFF or WAV files and throwing out the FLAC's you downloaded. Somewhere, a Lossless adherent is reaching his arm back to slap me for this post...

I wasn't sure what to make of the release idea - the "let's just drop it for free" plan. in retrospect, it was pretty amazing way to hear an album for the first time. No preconceived notions, no long interviews about the songs, no reviews tainting your view, no singles to give an indication of where the sound might be headed - just sitting down and listening to what was created. It helps that I absolutely love the sound of this new record, but either way it was a great way to experience it. On a related note, I hope they begin to move away from playing the whole record start to finish. I

"There is no knitting the divide." I don't know why, but that lyric conjures up such an emotional image to me.

I'm with you. This album is ridiculously good in my opinion. I have listened to it over and over and over and I discover new tidbits each time. I think it's among their best work. Challenging and fun at the same time, and compact. I've loved some of the songs on recent albums, but I love this album as a whole. Random Name Generatore and You Satellite have quickly found a spot in my Favorite Wilco Songs drawer.

There are some interesting observations here about Summerteeth. Made me pull it out of the catalog for the first time in awhile. What I discovered is this: I love that album, but mainly I love the way that album is played live today. The actual production cuts seem a bit underwhelming compared to how the are played today. Shot in the Arm comes to mind here. In terms of underappreciated songs: I find Dash 7 to be haunting and beautiful - a sort of indicator on AM that there is a much deeper, more serious side of Wilco yet to come Trying to rank the albums is impossible for me. I am 100

Having had a few days and numerous listens, I'm still in love with this album. My biggest compliment, if it's a compliment, is that this feels like an album. Like a connected series of songs where order is important. Where you don't understand the individual songs without benefit of the whole album. There are a couple songs that I don't love, in isolation - The Joke Explained, Taste the Ceiling - but they fit the album. This, in my mind, is the most coherent set of songs since AGIB. More importantly, it's just damn good music with an edge. I can't wait to hear this live. The past c

The rest of the set could be Depeche Mode b-sides!

Certainly takes some chutzpah. At first I wondered about this strategy of dumping the album with no pre-press or singles etc.... but now it seems pretty brilliant.

So what do they break into after this incredible rendition of Magnetized? PS: I really liked this album earlier today. Hearing it live makes me love it.

Man, this song is just so beautiful live!

I truly enjoyed much of the music on the past couple albums. My only complaint was that both felt like a wee collection of songs with no over-arching theme. Maybe I'm too old, but I still like an album to have a theme that seems to run through it - the tension of AGIB, the pop flares of Summerteeth, the mellow and friendly vibe of SBS. This album seems to be a return to that form. While I can't put my finger on it, after one listed there seems to be a vibe that sticks throughout. I love that.

That was my thought as well.

They played 126 different songs at Winterlude. The set lists are as far from predictable as a band with their history can get.

While there is a small amount of predictability in a Wilco set list (impossible Germany, late main set. Rockers from being there, if played, tend to close etc...) I am stunned at how diverse their offerings have become. On any given night there are perhaps one or two songs you can pencil in. After that, it's a smorgasbord. Pretty amazing when you compare it to other bands who have been playing that long (cough.... U2, who I love....cough).

Am I the only one that can't access the Roadcase portion of kungfu?

Wow! That was fun to surf through. Thanks for sharing. Glad you enjoyed your first SolidSound. See you in 2017!

Ah, yes! trust me, part of me really wanted to be that sloppy drunk as well. And with my wife doing the driving I was able to have a few - but sloppy drunk, not allowed. The play areas behind the soundtent was a godsend. I was able to spend a significant amount of time checking out music and art while my wife and her friend watched our daughter behind the tent. My wife loves Wilco but she's far less interested in other SSF events. So she was happy to play with our daughter while I wandered around with a friend...and had a few beers.

Nothing for nothing, our now-3 year old has been to the last two SSF's. The first time around she was far too young to do anything but sleep, eat and poop. This time she had a fantastic experience - the area behind the soundboard on Joes Field became a defacto playground throughout the day and she met dozens of other kids. Did she also get her first whiff of pot? Probably. We attend numerous festivals each year and Solid Sound is by far the most family friendly and inviting. They go WAY out of their way to make it a family friendly event.

That's amazing - I presume the rain brought it down. The set list as played was still the best I've ever seen (from my perspective, of course). The sound was simply incredible. This was my 26th Wilco show and I believe it was the best I've ever seen. The Shelburne show from Popquiz's mention was damn fine and Montreal 2011 was top notch - but I think this topped both of them, and not by a little.

I don't love dropping $50 each time I want to see Wilco - I'd much prefer the $19 I paid in 1995. However, if Wilco sold tickets for $19 these days, the reality is that all the tickets would immediately sell out and go to scalpers, who would turn around and charge more than the $50 we're currently paying. If someone has to profit from the show, I'd much prefer Jeff, John etal profit than scalpers.