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Seemed like there was much better energy tonight than last, owing mostly to the GA standing crowd and, to a lesser extent, more than a few American ringers in the crowd, especially up front. As the band was leaving the stage after the main set, someone threw at them a Canadian flag on which was written "Wilco is cock." I personally wish that old, old joke would be put to rest, but the guys had some fun with the flag during the encores, at one point draping it over Jeff like a cape. Haha. Setlist as follows: new song-What Light The Late Greats Misunderstood Far, Far Away Company In My Back

No Faggy. Maybe one of those others we were discussing... As for the new song, it's definitely on the ballad end of things. But I liked it. I don't know how else to put it, but to me it had a "bright" melody and that goes along with the lyrics. I guess you could say Beatlesque, which is obviously a pretty generic description. There's no big solos or anything by Nels, just mostly Jeff on an acoustic with the other guys supporting him. Like some of the other new ones, if this makes any sense, I'm maybe more impressed by their arrangements than the actual songs themselves at this point. Whateve

In terms of Jeff interacting with the crowd, it was one of those nights when he didn't for the first 50 minutes or so of the show. And then it was pretty much the usual, "Hello. Is everybody having a good time?" Usually that lack of banter is a sign that things are going well, but he must have seen or sensed something he didn't like because after I'm The Man Who Loves You, Jeff said, "Is this a Sunday night or something? Is it the seats? What do we have to do?" And shortly thereafter, something like, "If we don't see more energy out of you motherf*ckers, we just won't come back out," which sou

A pretty eventful night (if somewhat low-energy crowd)--another new song played for the first time live, Jeff calling the audience motherf*ckers...and then apologizing, setting the protocol for the next Toronto show, etc. Setlist first, some comments to follow: new song-There's A Light* IATTBYH Handshake Drugs new song-Impossible Germany A Shot in the Arm At Least That's What You Said Misunderstood> Wishful Thinking Airline To Heaven Hesitating Beauty Walken (Talking To Myself About You) Theologians I'm The Man Who Loves You Jesus, etc. Hummingbird --------------------------------

So did anyone who was at the show happen to notice a certain elegant guitarist sitting in for the first third of the Black-Eyed Snakes' opening set? (The BES are an excellent side project of Low's Alan Sparhawk, by the way.) Anyway, despite his attempts at going incognito with a black cabbies' cap and sunglasses, that was indeed Nels. He seemed like he had a good time. I'm not sure if Nels was leaving anyway, but about a third of way into their set Alan seemed to be having some problems with one of his guitar cords, so Nels gave him his and left the stage at that point. Alan said, "Put you

First of all, props to the venue for allowing those who wanted to stand to come fill in the pit area. I would prefer that Wilco almost always play general admission venues, but realistically with the level the band is at now, I think a venue like the Burton Cummings (no relation to Dick Cummings ) is the best possible compromise. You can come stand if you want or you can sit if you want. Everyone's happy. Props also to the Winnipeg crowd. Considering the band had played here all of two times previously -- once as a headliner -- most of the people around me were dancing and singing along. And

Having gotten another listen to Impossible Germany tonight, I feel a little more confident saying a few things about it now. First off, I was almost right on the lyrics I quoted last night. That part goes, "This is still new to me/It's not what I planned/Impossible Germany/Unlikely Japan." Then there's another sequence that goes, "But this is what love is for/to put us in place/Gorgeous alone/and face to face." Another line I caught was something like, "The fundamental problem/I need to say/is I know you're not listening." Upon further reflection, in terms of describing the song, I would s

She does seem to have a freakish knack that way, doesn't she?

I told him that he and Sooz would make quite a pair! And second album, but after a night's sleep I'm not sure how confident I am in my LF comparison-it was just one of the first thoughts that popped into my head.

As for comparisons, I dunno. It's hard for me to compare songs other than tempo. It's definitely not a rave-up rocker like Dreamer In My Dreams or a punky number like Outtasite or I'm A Wheel. I guess I want to say Ashes of American Flags, but probably only because of the Nels solo. I'd have to get another listen to it to make any sort of decent comparison comment, though. Not that I like to compare songs anyway, but actually my first thought was that it sounded almost like a Loose Fur song. But I'm so bad at describing songs, so who knows? Oh, and Jen, I meant straightforward as in tempo

Wow, where to begin? Well, first off, Jeff came on stage wearing a seersucker suit...and a big black moon boot over his lower right leg! He proceeded to hobble around most of the night. Poor guy. There was this white chair on stage all night behind Nels that had a cool-looking Wilco design on it (apparently drawn or painted by one of the band's techs) and Jeff apparently had doctor's orders to sit down for the show. Instead he toughed it out like a hockey player, though it couldn't have been easy to negotiate all of his pedals with that boot on. Obviously there wasn't much of a Hummingbird

No, I like the ravioli actually. Well, like might be a bit strong.

Suffice it to say, I think you guys have been outed as hardcore.

Watch out for E's "security" guy. You'll see what I mean...

What, no Buckethead? I saw GNFR at the Garden a couple years ago--their last show until now I guess. I remember because me and a buddy went and then we heard the day after that Axl had cancelled the rest of the tour.

I'm a little surprised that both you and the reviewer came away emphasizing the country/folk aspect of the Tillys as much as you did. I guess I just mean that, to me, country/folk or what people often call alt-country usually has some measure of twang and I don't get that from Tilly & the Wall. To me, they're hard to categorize (which is probably why I like them). Obviously they're not for everyone--it's just weird to me to hear some of the UK reviews using the dreaded alt-country term to describe them. That said, thanks for posting the review and pics!

K...long story short, I went to see Flight of the Conchords (on U's recommendation) at the Schuba's day party at SXSW and like 5 minutes after I got there, so did Neil. He was there to check out the M's, I'm guessing on Jonathan Demme's recommendation. As to how I got in the picture...

I was only there in spirit, I swear. But yay for excellent percussion work by L and K!

So here's the setlist... Hell Is Chrome Handshake Drugs In A Future Age IATTBYH Muzzle of Bees A Shot in the Arm At Least That's What You Said Jesus, etc. Theologians Spiders (Kidsmoke) Forget the Flowers (stopped and restarted) Walken Kingpin Hummingbird --------------------------- Airline To Heaven I'm The Man Who Loves You (w/Brown U. horns) Monday (w/Brown U. horns) ---------------------------- Heavy Metal Drummer War on War The Late Greats

Me neither.

For the time being, I'll just provide a setlist: Someday, Some Morning, Sometime Not For The Season All The Same To Me Summerteeth Blue-Eyed Soul A Magazine Called Sunset --good night, Miles-- I'm Beginning To See The Light [Harry James] (for Miles) Hey Chicken (fragment) No More Poetry You Were Wrong If That's Alright (stopped and restarted) Lost Love Henry And The H-Bombs [ian Hunter] The Ruling Class --pee break-- Fatal Wound (w/Dave Mirabella [MeDave] on guitar) I Must Be High Kamera (w/Martin Rivas [Twisted Acres] on guitar) Is That The Thanks I Get? Walk Where He Walked James Alley Blu

Yeah, Rob--"Either Way" is just how they have it listed on their setlist. Like Walken, it's just shorthand. I'm sure the actual title will be different. But when I referred to Either Way, I did mean that song that begins, "Maybe the sun will shine today." Same song. It's a mid-tempo number, but keep in mind it's also still very much a work in progress...

You can't start *and* end with a new song, can you? Especially in a city you've never played before? Apparently you can. They sounded great. About the only thing that went wrong was Jeff breaking a string during Airline To Heaven. One of the worst times that could have happened since his strumming is the backbone of that song. Also, Nels somehow hurt his finger between the end of the main set and the beginning of the first encore so he was also somewhat hampered during Airline. Other than that -- and a couple of lyrical snafus for Jeff -- it was a fun, loose show... Setlist as follows:

I thought most of the jam-band folks took pretty well to the Wilco set, although in the interest of full disclosure, I couldn't really see most of the crowd. It was a fun show, as festivals go. Had to endure Slightly Stoopid and G. Love and Special Sauce (and even the two of them playing together at one point), but sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do... Setlist as follows... Airline to Heaven Kingpin Handshake Drugs A Shot in the Arm At Least That's What You Said Hell Is Chrome Spiders (Kidsmoke) IATTBYH Forget The Flowers (w/John and Pat on background vox) War on War Jesus, etc. Humm

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