Wilco

tweedyfanjen

reesdog said:

PJ_Soul said:

Kay, managed to listen to it a few times now.... To be honest, it's boring the shit out of me. To be fair, I hold every other Wilco album up to Yankee Hotel Foxtrot, and they have never even come close to making another album that good IMO. So really I'm not so much a Wilco fan. I'm just a YHF fan, lol (Actually Star Wars is also pretty good). But even by "not-YHF" standards I think Schmilco is boring. Although it's got one thing going for it: there isn't a hint of country. That I like. So I don't hate it or anything.... it's just bland for me. I doubt I will ever choose to listen to it again.

I've listened to it just the once so far on vinyl, I liked it, not as good as Star Wars (that's a great little record that) but, sounded pretty good. Quite mellow, perfect Sunday morning record I'd say..

Didn't you like A Ghost Is Born PJ_Soul?? That's their best imo, so many great tunes on that one!

I love Ghost but my brother who was a Wilco fan before I was isn't a fan. He pretty much has stopped at YHF, too. Handshake Drugs is one of my favorite songs live plus I've just always had an affinity for it considering everything Jeff went through recording it and also after the release.

PJ_Soul

I actually am not really familiar with A Ghost is Born. Listening now. Good stuff. I guess I got to the point where Wilco was more miss than hit with a lot of their catalogue, so at some point I stopped trying that hard, so I kind of missed this album in my Wilco deliberations, ha.

Get_Right

you guys really need to give sky blue sky some time on the turntable
its fantastic and my fav since YHF

tweedyfanjen

I like SBS ok. It's the last Wilco record I've listened to on a consistent basis. Side with the Seeds is great and I love Walken live. I can't with Impossible Germany, though. I know a ton of people love it but it's my bathroom break song.

cwar077

It took me a few listens to find my way in but I can happily say I love the new record. On the face of it it seems straight forward and can easily become background music, but once I got it on headphones without distractions it's full of subtlety and complexity. Sound huge of vinyl too, Spotify won't do it justice

lolobugg

my orange vinyl copy was warped so I will have to wait for a replacement. total bummer

PJ_Soul

What is with all the warped records everyone is getting lately?? I have never seen so many reports of warping as I have in the last couple of weeks, from various artists. I've never seen this be such a widespread issue before.

PJ_Soul

Get_Right said:

you guys really need to give sky blue sky some time on the turntable
its fantastic and my fav since YHF

I find that Sky Blue Sky has a bit too much of a country twang to a lot of it, which I don't like. It has a few cool songs though.

JOEJOEJOE

L.A. night 2 was amazing.....more rockin' than night 1........looking forward to completing the trifecta tonight!


Normal American Kids
Via Chicago
If I Ever Was a Child
Cry All Day
Sunken Treasure
Pick Up the Change
Someone to Lose
The Joke Explained
You Are My Face
Reservations
Impossible Germany
Happiness
Whole Love
Cold Slope
King of You
Poor Places
Locator
Laminated Cat
Dawned on Me
We Aren't the World (Safety Girl)
Hummingbird
The Late Greats

Encore:
Misunderstood
Hesitating Beauty
(Billy Bragg & Wilco cover)
It's Just That Simple
California Stars
(Billy Bragg & Wilco cover)

Encore 2:
Jesus, Etc.
Red-Eyed and Blue
I Got You (At the End of the Century)
Outtasite (Outta Mind)

buck502000

hot summers will melt records

tweedyfanjen

On Colbert tonight.

goldrush

I just can't get into the new record. I love Wilco, and I have only listened to it all the way through 3 times, but they usually jump right out at me. Cry All Day is probably the closest thing to one that I remember, the rest just sort of passed me by.

It's never taken me this long to 'get' a Wilco record before... :(

tweedyfanjen

goldrush said:

I just can't get into the new record. I love Wilco, and I have only listened to it all the way through 3 times, but they usually jump right out at me. Cry All Day is probably the closest thing to one that I remember, the rest just sort of passed me by.

It's never taken me this long to 'get' a Wilco record before... :(

Same here. Saddens me to say as a Wilco fan of about 15 years. I'll just be over here in the corner listening to Being There and the Mermaid Avenue records.

northerndragon

I finally got to spin the new Wilco record last night. It's not bad, fairly chill but there is one on there that I'm a big fan of already called Someone To Lose, the guitar work makes the song. I will say the first three songs run a bit along the "poor me" vein but as an outsider in a world of normal they do make sense to me.

buck502000

Quick and Dirty first impression of my black vinyl copy of Wilco - Schmilco

It's a pleasure to listen to a well-mastered and pressed record. Good use of the vinyl medium.

Some of the new releases now-a-days sound shitty(poor mastering) and come warped(poor quality control). If I pay 20+ for a record, it better not pop and crack.

The music is good but not upper-tier Wilco. Super chill vibe, sometimes it's good to have that in your life. A solid Wilco record, which in most cases is better than most.

lolobugg

buck502000 said:

Quick and Dirty first impression of my black vinyl copy of Wilco - Schmilco

It's a pleasure to listen to a well-mastered and pressed record. Good use of the vinyl medium.

Some of the new releases now-a-days sound shitty(poor mastering) and come warped(poor quality control). If I pay 20+ for a record, it better not pop and crack.

The music is good but not upper-tier Wilco. Super chill vibe, sometimes it's good to have that in your life. A solid Wilco record, which in most cases is better than most.

Wilco never disappoints with their vinyl releases...
except my orange copy was warped.... they were super quick to replace it. love these guys.

tweedyfanjen

Happy 20th to Being There! I was still obsessed with PJ at that moment in time so I didn't discover the album until about 5 years later and now it's one of my fave albums of all time.

lolobugg

tweedyfanjen said:

Happy 20th to Being There! I was still obsessed with PJ at that moment in time so I didn't discover the album until about 5 years later and now it's one of my fave albums of all time.

saw them open for Cracker very early on when the album came out..... they were a rag tag bunch back then.
Happy 20th to a great album!!!

buck502000

25% of everything at Wilco online store

buck502000

new tour dates added

tweedyfanjen

I would kill to go to the winter residency in Chicago. Unfortunately it's just a bad time to be off work. Maybe one day when I retire...

eeriepadave

nothing really near me.

buck502000

Anyone have the presale code for Wednesday?

derbydave

NEW Roadcase available for members to download on Wilco's website:
Portland, Maine - January 27th, 2016

tweedyfanjen

Anybody order from the store lately? I got the 2017 calendar/poster and was sent another poster for free to thank me for my business. Pretty cool.

samjam

These guys live are always a pleasure. It's been a few years since I've seen them live, and hope to catch them at a Beacon show in NYC next year.

buck502000

They are coming to Kalamazoo in March!!!!

Get_Right

Cant wait for the Beacon run!

Fixer13

derbydave said:

NEW Roadcase available for members to download on Wilco's website:
Portland, Maine - January 27th, 2016

Was very glad to receive Wilco's email on this show's recording! It was great to meet the band earlier that day after catching their short acoustic set at Bullmoose. Hope they come back to Portland, ME again next year.

drakeheuer14

I have tried numerous times to get into this band, but I have yet to be impressed and I have a hard time even sitting through some of the songs.

I must be missing something.