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Indianapolis Show (June 15)


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Thoughts on the Indy show:

 

The opening act was Low. A band I was not previously familiar

with hailing out of Duluth, MN. They are a trio (guitar, bass and percussion).

If I had 2 words to describe them, they would be "Aural Ambien". This is a

very quiet band to the extreme. If you can imagine Kraftwerk

without keyboards and at

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Don't know why it took me this long to post about this show. Possibly that i'm still slightly stunned from it.

It's the third time i've seen Wilco in a little over a year and a half (10/13/05 Indy, 10/4/06 Purdue before this), and while this was the shortest show of the three, it was certainly the best. While I know that some people haven't been huge fans of Low opening, I, for one, loved it. I count them among my favorite bands as well, and i thought they played an excellent set to a crowd that wasn't there to see them. Closing with "Murderer" followed by "Breaker" was fabulous.

Wilco came on promptly, powering out of the gate with "A Shot In The Arm," "Side With The Seeds" and "You Are My Face" (excellent!!!) "IATTBYH" was fabulous as always, and i was taken by surprise by an excellent "Kamera." Always nice to hear "Handshake" and "War On War." "Impossible Germany" has grown significantly more powerful since last October. The macrame schtick was pretty funny.

"Hate It Here" rocked as hard as i'd expected--certainly a highlight. Walken has gotten better each time i've seen it.

"ITMWLY" rocked particularly hard tonight, and Jeff's "Hummingbird" dance was, to say the least, hilarious.

I was NOT expecting "Sunken Treasure" (my favorite Wilco song), which they'd opened with last time they played at the Murat. To lead out of that into the best "Spiders" i've ever heard was SPECTACULAR. Nels and Jeff tore the place down. They could have stopped there and I would have been satisfied. But they still had a little bit more for us--an always-welcome "HMD" followed by a blistering "Outtasite (Outta Mind)" and then closing with "California Stars", a song which i've always hoped to hear live.

After the show, i got one of the awesome ice cream tour shirts, and then went out to wait to meet the band, a successful endeavor. Jeff was really nice and in an excellent mood, chatting about Guided By Voices with some of the other people outside of the theater.

To sum up--thank you, Wilco, for an unforgettable 20th birthday!!!

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