Tag Archives: Wilco
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ALBUM REVIEW: Wilco taking risks again on ‘Cousin,’ and it shows
Wilco, “Cousin.” The best compliment for a new Wilco record is saying you can’t wait for bedtime to lay in a dark room with headphones, soaking up the misery and patchy optimism in songs with unpredictable paths. Cousin Wilco dBpm Records, Sept. 29 8/10 Get the album on Amazon…
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ALBUM REVIEW: Jeff Tweedy takes center stage on Wilco’s ‘Cruel Country’
Wilco, “Cruel Country.” Chicago rockers Wilco have always reminded me of a good football team. While the band’s chief songwriter, Jeff Tweedy, is clearly the quarterback, the self-effacing frontman has surrounded himself with a bunch of powerful players, each with his own skillset. During the band’s early years the…
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Insert Foot on Gang of Youths and whether the perfect album exists
Insert Foot on 10/10 album reviews, Gang of Youths’ “Angel in Realtime.” My colleague Ben Schultz just gave the new Gang of Youths record, Angel in Realtime, a perfect 10 out of 10 score, which sounds pretty perfect to me. What makes a perfect record? And is there such…
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REVIEW: Wilco’s Jeff Tweedy gets personal, and funny, at the Fillmore
Jeff Tweedy performs with Wilco at the Fox Theater in Oakland on Oct. 17, 2021. Karen Goldman/STAFF. SAN FRANCISCO — A Tweedy family reunion broke out at the Jeff Tweedy show Monday at the Fillmore. And not just because the drummer and backup singer also go by the last name…
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Insert Foot: My first live show in 2 years the greatest thing since SB halftime
Insert Foot is ready for Jeff Tweedy, his first concert in nearly two years. Original photo: Karen Goldman/STAFF. I’m going to my first concert in two years on Monday, which is exciting, if not a little scary. But first I need to check and see if the coast is…
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REVIEW: Wilco gets down to business at the Fox in Oakland
Wilco performs at the Fox Theater in Oakland on Oct. 17, 2021. Karen Goldman/STAFF. OAKLAND — A light drizzle fell on Sunday night as Chicago rock group Wilco played the first of two nights at the Fox Theater. Many are hopeful the rain signaled an end to the long,…
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REWIND: A selection of baseball-related music for Opening Day
Catfish Hunter of the Oakland Athletics pitching during a game from his 1974 season with the Oakland A’s. Hunter was an eight-time All-Star, 1974 American League Cy Young winner and was inducted to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1987.Courtesy: 1974 SPX/Diamond Images via Getty Images. As of this…
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REVIEW: ‘Love is the King’ is OK for Jeff Tweedy, a genius with time on his hands
Jeff Tweedy, “Love Is The King.” Love is the King, the new record from Jeff Tweedy, is really lazy Saturday music, for when you have nowhere to be and the clocks might as well be busted. Love is the King Jeff Tweedy dBpm Records, Oct. 23 6/10 It’s not…
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Insert Foot: Rock books and dying dreams of COVID-19 lockdown
Insert Foot ignoring reality by doing some light reading. You want hope that 2020 will work itself out anytime soon? Sorry. This is where your dreams come to die today. Here’s how optimistic I am the virus-soaked coast will clear to emerge from our dark corner/mother’s basement/fire shelter made…
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Insert Foot: President Trump and the art of not getting art, or irony
Insert Foot Vs. Donald Trump. It’s just another Scrambled Sunday, when ideas for making an omelet frequently become trying to salvage messy eggs from a burned skillet. Another of my go-to phrases over the years has been “Irony can be so ironic.” I don’t remember where it came from;…