theashtraysays Posted July 17, 2015 Share Posted July 17, 2015 Don't think anyone else posted this yet unless I missed it, but saw this interview Jeff did with Marty Lennartz of WXRT this morning. Revelations: He says they are doing the whole album tonight at Pitchfork! Also, the album name "Star Wars" is either after the 80s missile defense system or the name of the cat; "that much should be obvious" http://wxrt.cbslocal.com/2015/07/17/we-want-people-to-hear-the-whole-record-first-jeff-tweedy-on-wilcos-surprise-new-album-plus-plans-for-tonights-pitchfork-set/ This is a great little interview. The whole family is in the car coming back from picking up Sammy at camp with the interview on speakerphone. Quite a hoot. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jw harding Posted July 17, 2015 Share Posted July 17, 2015 Nels Cline Strikes BackReturn of the TweediThe Kotche AwakensThe Jorgensen Menace Can't remember the other prequels. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rhino4evr Posted July 17, 2015 Share Posted July 17, 2015 Attack of the SansoneRevenge of the Stirratt Quote Link to post Share on other sites
lost highway Posted July 17, 2015 Share Posted July 17, 2015 Don't think anyone else posted this yet unless I missed it, but saw this interview Jeff did with Marty Lennartz of WXRT this morning. Revelations: He says they are doing the whole album tonight at Pitchfork! Also, the album name "Star Wars" is either after the 80s missile defense system or the name of the cat; "that much should be obvious" http://wxrt.cbslocal.com/2015/07/17/we-want-people-to-hear-the-whole-record-first-jeff-tweedy-on-wilcos-surprise-new-album-plus-plans-for-tonights-pitchfork-set/ Yay, I'm excited for them to start doing interviews so we can learn a little more about the record. Man, at the beginning of that I was really noticing Jeff's Chicago accent. I kept waiting for him to say "Da Bears!". Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Stewart Posted July 17, 2015 Share Posted July 17, 2015 Wilco/Star Wars Names It's 100% official. Wilco fans are the worst people alive. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
smells like flowers Posted July 17, 2015 Share Posted July 17, 2015 I love the voice tracks on Random Name Generator and Pickled Ginger. Can't tell if it's another layer of Jeff's voice, singing in falsetto, or if it's maybe Pat or John. And is that a Theremin at the end of Magnetized??? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mariana neri Posted July 17, 2015 Share Posted July 17, 2015 My ~Wilco Star Wars~: - Jeff >> Darth Vader- Pat >> Obi-Wan Kenobi- John >> C3PO- Mikael >> R2D2- Nels >> Chewie- Glenn >> Han Solo(and Spencer is Luke, obvious) :B Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jw harding Posted July 17, 2015 Share Posted July 17, 2015 Hope this new record means they'll be doing a butt-load of touring for the foreseeable future. Maybe even come back to San Diego sometime in the next few years. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
u2roolz Posted July 17, 2015 Share Posted July 17, 2015 I just got this email. I hope that this means that a Fall Tour will be announced very soon. New pre-sale ticketing partner, CrowdSurgeIn our continuing efforts to find the most effective and simple way for you to obtain tickets via our pre-sales, we’re making a change. From today forward all pre-sales will be facilitated be by our new partners — a company called CrowdSurge (a part of Songkick). Which means pre-sales will no longer be run by Front Gate Tickets. Trust us when we say that for reasons far too boring to go into here, this makes sense for us moving forward.If you already have a Wilco account on Front Gate Tickets, you will receive an e-mail on steps to create your new CrowdSurge account.We are excited about the new opportunities this partnership will create and hope you will bear with us while we all aim to make this transition as smooth as possible for everyone.Love, Wilco HQ *Please note that the transfer of your information from Front Gate Tickets to CrowdSurge was monitored; none of your information was or will ever be compromised. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mariana neri Posted July 17, 2015 Share Posted July 17, 2015 I hope they don't skip South America this time :/ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SarahC Posted July 17, 2015 Share Posted July 17, 2015 I'm nervous about the crowd surge thing. My experience is they're a bit worse than frontgate. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
u2roolz Posted July 17, 2015 Share Posted July 17, 2015 I just signed up and got this message: Thanks for signing up!Thank you for signing up. You will be receiving an exclusive free Roadcase in your email within the next week Quote Link to post Share on other sites
theashtraysays Posted July 17, 2015 Share Posted July 17, 2015 I just signed up and got this message: Thanks for signing up!Thank you for signing up. You will be receiving an exclusive free Roadcase in your email within the next weekAh, the ol' bribery approach. Cool beans!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
u2roolz Posted July 17, 2015 Share Posted July 17, 2015 All of the already announced shows are listed on this new website. So it looks like if you need to buy tickets, you'll be going through Crowd Surge. Edit: Actually, it looks like by signing up it brought me to a Wilcoworld.net listing of the shows. And I tried to buy tickets for a few shows and it brought me to an external link like Ticketmaster or the Pilgrimage Festival link etc. Sorry for the confusion. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Azzurri Posted July 17, 2015 Share Posted July 17, 2015 after a few more listens, this record goes from great to freaking fantastic. I am obviously in new album euphoria, and judgments are clouded, with no benefit of perspective, but I didn't have this reaction to the last few records, although I ended up liking them a lot. I wonder if the reverse will happen here. Hope not! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ghost of Electricity Posted July 17, 2015 Share Posted July 17, 2015 after a few more listens, this record goes from great to freaking fantastic. I am obviously in new album euphoria, and judgments are clouded, with no benefit of perspective, but I didn't have this reaction to the last few records, although I ended up liking them a lot. I wonder if the reverse will happen here. Hope not!I was just about to post this: A few listens in now I'm thinking "Yes!" So I guess I agree. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BobDylan'sBeard Posted July 17, 2015 Share Posted July 17, 2015 Yeah this only gets better with each listen Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Central Scrutinizer Posted July 17, 2015 Share Posted July 17, 2015 I'm nervous about the crowd surge thing. My experience is they're a bit worse than frontgate. Is it possible to be worse than Frongate? Unless you're looking for SRO for hell. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BobDylan'sBeard Posted July 17, 2015 Share Posted July 17, 2015 FWIW I posted a very very very brief rundown of how to play Random Name Generator in the Lyrics/Tabs section. Buddy and I figured it out, probably going to play a jam based off of it tmrw night at this show we are playing. Or the song itself if we can figure out the lyrics. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Central Scrutinizer Posted July 17, 2015 Share Posted July 17, 2015 FWIW I posted a very very very brief rundown of how to play Random Name Generator in the Lyrics/Tabs section. Buddy and I figured it out, probably going to play a jam based off of it tmrw night at this show we are playing. Or the song itself if we can figure out the lyrics.Everthing that I noodled with was in A, except the song after Satellite was in B Quote Link to post Share on other sites
u2roolz Posted July 17, 2015 Share Posted July 17, 2015 My Apple TV's YouTube channel is all set to Pitchfork's streaming. I'm watching Mac DeMarco now. This sound is amazing! Can't wait. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
!goose! Posted July 17, 2015 Share Posted July 17, 2015 Well they had a good run Quote Link to post Share on other sites
parisisstale Posted July 17, 2015 Share Posted July 17, 2015 Love it! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bosco Posted July 17, 2015 Share Posted July 17, 2015 My Apple TV's YouTube channel is all set to Pitchfork's streaming. I'm watching Mac DeMarco now. This sound is amazing! Can't wait. I see two channels for Pitchfork, both say 'live', which channel will Wilco be on? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SarahC Posted July 17, 2015 Share Posted July 17, 2015 Which channel of the stream is wilco gonna be on? Mac Demarco kinda freaks me out. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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