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Here's another performance. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6du9Lg5Mjk If your'e referring to the string section that comes it at around :45, and then again around 3:25, that seems more like a sound sample that someone in the band pushes a button or key to generate, so while it is a pre-recorded sound, it is being "played" by a band member. Which is exactly how mellotrons work. I don't see any kind of Ashley Simpson-esque sins being committed here. It's not like there's a tape running throughout that they're using as a crutch. The strings could go away entirely and the song would be

I don't know what the "tape" is, but it could be a loop of some sort that Glen or Mikael trigger. It's really common for drummers to do that these days with electronic drums, and isn't really the same as playing to a tape. It's more similar to some of the things guitarists do with some of their pedals, or what a lot of synths do. But that's just a guess, and I'd be curious to know exactly what that means. Here it is from Letterman: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cpe_AYaIDSc I don't see or hear anything in this performance that suggests they're playing to a tape, but I hear a number o

I wouldn't say I missed it, but it's absence was noticed. This tour sort of strikes me as a minimalistic production, and Art of Almost seems like a pretty maximalist, hi-tech piece of music. Maybe that doesn't make any sense to anyone but me. But, for example, there's no stage decoration at all this tour except for a screen. There seems to be less equipment on stage than they typically have. Most of the new music is very sparse and low-tech (maybe deceptively so). I can see how they might feel Art of Almost doesn't fit in with what they're trying to present on this tour. Rhythmically,

Isn't the typical late night tv show format to tape a complete show in the afternoon and then air it that same night? Is the Seth Myers show pre-taping music performances and piecing together shows from different dates? So the only thing you can be sure is current on his show is the monologue?

I've listened to the first half so far, and really enjoyed it. (Somehow it's really difficult for me to listen to a whole cd these days.) I need to pick it back up, starting with Impossible Germany. So far I've enjoyed it all except for the Parquet Courts. Kudos to them for doing something totally different with their contribution, but I think I'll skip that one when I listen to this cd in the future. Winners for me so far are Whitney and Kurt Vile. I thought the Whitney take on Far Far Away really played up one of Jeff's best melodies in a really nice way. I'm not really a fan of

Tweedy's full quote regarding rock music being boring from the article (the whole paragraph): He found some inspiration in unlikely places - namely, hip-hop records. Not that Ode to Joy sounds much like Chance the Rapper. Rather, it was the spirit of that music that moved Tweedy: "Hip-hop records are almost uniformly invigorating for me. There's a mindset in the way people go about making those albums. If you're doing something that was done four months ago, you're a loser. They're not concerned with legacy or status quo. On the other hand, rock music has become almost universally bor

Then perhaps that quote is what you should have directly responded to, rather than a long post where I was saying something totally different. Was my initial comment a ridiculous overstatement? Of course, but so what? (In my opinion) Your feelings are not hurt, you're just giving me shit because I'm a safer target than Jeff Tweedy. I don't mind taking shit, so fire away. I fucking love classic rock. The idea that you don't get that (after I've made hundreds of posts on classic rock threads on this forum for over a decade) means you aren't paying attention to the entire point of this t

I don't think I should have to put "in my opinion" or "to me" at the end of every sentence I say when it couldn't be more obvious I'm talking about nothing but my own personal tastes. What would be condescending is if I did say that because I assumed you or others on this board needed me to. Before I saw your post I was watching some Marcus King videos. The guy can sing and play great, without question, and the songs were quite nice. I wish I could play guitar as good as he can. He also seems like a great guy. But if you understand the context of what I was (in my opinion, quite obv

You continue to focus on only half of the description I offered. The other half ("vocals in a slightly shouty, distorted, boozy manner"), I thought, makes it pretty clear I was referring to the swaggery type of rock bands like the Stones/Replacements. As far as I recall, we haven't seen any newer bands in that mold on Solid Sound or Sky Blue Sky lineups, or as opening acts for any of their regular shows probably since the '90s. But we have seen them handpick rock bands who don't fit that description...like Ohmme, Cate Le Bon, Lithics, Courtney Barnett, older acts like Feelies, Yo La Tengo

Surely you understand that there's rock music that isn't in the Faces/Stones mold, or the Replacements mold, or isn't something people would point to and say "THAT is a prime example of rock and roll." As I already said, look at the lineup for any year of Solid Sound. I love classic rock, but there's nobody doing that now whose records I would buy. Not that there's nobody doing it well (for example, Marcus King Band seems pretty good. They surely can play, but they're basically just the Allmans). But it's tired and doesn't provide any fresh inspiration. I got the inspiration that come

That's exactly what I was going for with my post. I love stereotypical rock music like the Faces/'70s Stones/AC/DC, etc. as much as the next guy, but new bands who come along and try to inherit that territory aren't the types of bands that inspire me to pick up my guitar or make me want to write a song. This is how I interpret Jeff's comment about being bored by rock and roll.

Is that a serious question?

I guess it depends what he means by rock and roll. Is anybody NOT bored by a group of white guys playing guitar, guitar, bass, drums, vocals in a slightly shouty, distorted, boozy manner? I sure as hell am. But look at every Solid Sound lineup and the Mexico thing coming up. They are predominately what one would describe as rock and roll. Tweedy is one of the curators of these lineups. He's not bored with these types of rock and roll acts. He told us in the film almost 20 years ago that two electric guitars (one of the main staples of "rock and roll") is obsolete. He was wrong and i

The latest issue of Guitar Player has Jeff and Nels on the cover. Pretty good interview. Sort of gear oriented. One surprising piece of info from it: That's Jeff playing the lead guitar hook on Love is Everywhere. He said it was faster to just record it himself than it would be to teach it to Nels. (Nels plays it on stage, and it sounds exactly the same.)

That's a good idea! I have a couple hundred pounds worth of tiles in my shed. I might try that.

Still not there. Bummer, since I'm rarely near one of those stores. I was really hoping to pick it up today while I was on the way home from the doctor. I picked up the new Guitar Player with Jeff and Nels on the cover as a consolation prize.

I was there. I thought the band were terrific. Maybe I'm wrong, but it seems like they're using less gear on stage than ever before. Massive guitar collection aside, they could haul their stage gear around in a van. I like that they can cover so much sonic territory with a fairly small amount of equipment. A number of the songs seem to be pretty drastically rearranged since I last saw them (my last show was Star Wars tour, and before that was the An Evening With Wilco run). The new arrangement of Reservations is gorgeous, for example, and there were some Glenn spotlight moments that

They played their SBS show there with Low opening. It poured rain the whole time. I'm surprised he didn't remember that.

WILCO!

It is, and ultimately, they gave me the option of a refund or a replacement. I took the refund and went to the record store a couple days later to buy it. I told my friend at the record store about the warped record (and showed him the video I too of it spinning on my turntable), and he said their shipment was recalled due to damage and that a lot of the are probably like that. Maybe it had to do with the heatwave in the south that week, because everyone else seems to be getting good copies. So a week later they finally got their shipment and I went back to get a pink copy. So it worke

There's a good new interview with Gorman that I'm working my way through on Dean Delray's podcast: https://allthingscomedy.com/podcast/dean-delrays-let-there-be-talk

Yeah, it sounds like nobody has even been asked to participate. But that hasn't stopped the music press from sniffing around asking people if they're in or out. On a different note, how is Gorman's book? Does he dig into Mr. Crows Garden at all? I was close friends for a long time with the bass player of that band, and I've heard his side of the story fairly in-depth. I'd love to hear about that from someone else who was there.

Weren't Chris and Rich saying less than a year ago that they'd never speak to each other again? And now they're about to get the band back together, but Steve Gorman is saying he'll never participate in what he describes as a money grubbing charade. I'm placing pretty good odds on Gorman changing his mind the way the Robinson brothers apparently have.

Wouldn't that have been before the album even came out? They were still using the "pre-order for a chance to win a guitar" pitch less than two weeks ago.

When am I going to find out if I won the Tele or Jazzmaster in the pre-order raffle?