Passenger Sid

I haven't heard that either. How's it compare to Kicking At The Perfumed Air? Thought that was a pretty great record to remember Bennett by.

Classy.

Nice review in Pitchfork. I really like this line from Stephen M. Deusner: "On Summerteeth Jeff Tweedy and Wilco sound jumpier and nervier than they’d ever sounded before, as though they’ve been struck by lightning" https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/wilco-summerteeth-deluxe-edition/

Agree. I might have played Soft Bulletin, Summerteeth & Deserter's Songs (Mercury Rev disc out in late '98) every day for all of 1999. Pavement, Built To Spill & Sigur Ros also had really good albums out that year.

Summerteeth came out two months prior to SB, amazingly. What a couple months those were!

"American Head" is out today. Beautiful record. I got thinking...has there been a better American band the last 25+ years? Yes, of course it's subjective. And yes, Wilco has a very good argument. I lean that way myself. There's something about the Flaming Lips quirkiness and resiliency and Wayne Coyne's optimism and hope that feels like the American spirit. I like his new quote in Rolling Stone: "I think the world is a wonderful, beautiful, insane place. I don’t think of the world as being this great punisher that’s here to teach us horrible things. Surely, there is a lot of injustice

Tweedy Show thread reveals Jeff talks of Summerteeth demos out in November. SWEET!

If the 5 released songs are an indicator, this record's gonna be a MUST buy. Giving me Soft Bulletin vibes, but yet sounds really fresh. Out September 11th.

Cool! Double cool!

See, not ALL of 2020 sucks.

Thanks for reminding of this. Of course, it's on Westerberg's "49:00" record, which is SO good. My favorite is a 4:00 song near the end, "It'll Never Die". The guitar on "Devil Raised A Good Boy". "Goodnight Sweet Prince", so powerful. The disc starts with 2 classic-sounding Westerberg jangly pop songs, and ends with his son singing some sort of non-sensical lyrics on a great, blistering 2:00 track.

"Smog Moon" - Matthew Sweet "Breathe Some New Life" - Paul Westerberg "Dinosaurs On The Mountain" - Flaming Lips * * The Lips have 3 songs out now from their upcoming new album. They all have a Soft Bulletin-ish sound. Sounds promising.

And....thinking of the Eels...I'll add another: "Bone Dry".

Agree. Especially Daisies Of The Galaxy.

"Lights" - Jayhawks (Victoria Williams cover) "Climbing To The Moon" - Eels "Mountjoy" - Morrissey

Yeah, I found those on Youtube. Good stuff....and reminds me that "Sun Maid" is another great obscure song. And that "Close" is a really wonderful song.

Off a somewhat obscure, really good EP.

"You Tell Me" - Tom Petty "Lord Grenville" - Al Stewart "Silly Things" - Soul Asylum (I mostly started a new topic to make a reference to Soul Asylum's new record, which is pretty dang enjoyable.)

I second that. ALSO, "Wherever". Kinda unbelievable this song didn't make the cut for Anodyne.

Dang. Scary. Surely just a random crazy thing. Thinking of Jeff & fam.

Timothy Finn, a long-time music critic in K.C. wrote, I think, an accurate & fair review of last night's show: https://www.inkansascity.com/arts-entertainment/contemporary-music/tim-finn-review-wilco/

I think 175 minutes was about right. Reviewer is correct in saying it seemed a meaner, angrier Wilco. Not in how Jeff & band we’re on personal level, but how they played. Bull Black Nova was pretty ferocious. On ALTWYS and Via Chicago, along with others, Glenn was shredding the kit. In a good way. Nels seemed to be ripping his guitar a new one in half the songs played. I found, with 8 new songs mixed into the set, the overall balance of pop with rock with noise with beauty...etc, was pretty perfect. Perhaps Reservations, if I had to pick the standout, was the biggest highlight. It sounded

Rolling Stone has an article about the 5 Things Learned about Jeff Tweedy in the RS podcast. Tweedy was asked if he believes in life after death: "All of the theories of what could happen like reincarnation or heaven, none of them seem as implausible to me as being here - like, actually being alive is just as weird. Like where were you? Now you're here. So that's enough for me to maintain some sort of open mind." I like Jeff's answer. I'm Catholic and have never really doubted an afterlife. But I have a friend who's hardcore atheist...I think Tweedy's quote might even make my friend give s

The opening couple beats of the new record makes me think of the opening to "Too Far Apart". For me, A.M. is essential Wilco. "Ramshackle" might be a good word to describe early Wilco. Jeff, who I've always thought is funny when he wants to be, sprinkled his lyrics with touches of humor on songs like Casino Queen, Passenger Side, Monday, & Dreamer In My Dreams. Even "I Must Be High". I like that Jeff & the band are STILL excited about what they're creating, even if it takes a little longer to like what they're doing, if I in fact ever get to the point of truly liking whatever new m

Only listened a couple times. It's nice sounding. In a good way. Nothing gives me goose bumps like the first time I heard At Least That's What You Said or I Am Trying To Break Your Heart, but the subtlety throughout sounds fresh.