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Wilco
Special to MetromixALBUM: "Sky Blue Sky" (Nonesuch) "Sky Blue Sky" lacks the thrills and sonic experimentation that made Wilco's "Yankee Hotel Foxtrot" and "A Ghost is Born" two of the finest records made in this decade, or any other. Yet in its lilting, gentle, and yes,...Tags: Paula Abdul, Hotels and Accommodations, Wilco (music group)
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Feed your iPod
MAY 15 Au Revoir Simone, "The Bird of Music" Witty, urbane pop from this all-female Brooklyn three-piece that get it done on a battery of swirling synthesizers and a perpetually percolating drum machine. As easy on the ears as they are on the eyes, Au...Tags: Sicilian Mafia, Emo (genre), Jane's Addiction (music group), Duran Duran (music group), Apple iPod
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Sunny side up
Make no mistake: The Autumn Defense is not a Wilco side project.
Rather, singer/multi-instrumentalist (and Wilco bassist) John Stirratt says it's just an opportunity for him and multi-instrumentalist Pat Sansone, a relative newcomer to Wilco, to work...Tags: Music Industry, Neil Young, Tucson, Wilco (music group), Surgery
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Too many e-mails!
Jay Farrar's career has taken so many twists and turns that it's no wonder he's learned to just enjoy the ride.
The Belleville, Ill.-born singer for Son Volt--the alt-country act that recently released "The Search"--fronted Uncle Tupelo with Jeff Tweedy,...Tags: Music Industry, Star Trek (movie, 2009), Television Industry, Wilco (music group), Leonard Nimoy
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Tweedy headed for surgery
Wilco frontman Jeff Tweedy announced at last Thursday's solo show that he is headed for surgery after the band returns from a three-week tour of Australia and Japan beginning this week. He gets "really bad headaches" he told the crowd at the sold-out...Tags: Wilco (music group), Surgery
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Rock review, Jay Farrar at Park West
Special to the TribuneIn pop music, ancient history is the glory days of Hootie and the Blowfish, so what to make of Jay Farrar? In a field full of one-hit wonders and short-lived careers, the Belleville, Ill., native-turned-St. Louis resident sings as if he's contemplating...Tags: Bob Dylan, Wilco (music group)
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Rock review, Wilco at Riviera
Tribune rock criticWilco is, in countless ways, a different band than it was a year ago at its annual Thanksgiving weekend concerts in Chicago. Back then, Wilco was playing what would be its final shows as a five-piece unit, the formidable aggregation that created such...Tags: John Coltrane, Rock and Roll (genre), Death, Wilco (music group), Prince (music artist)
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Rock review, Jeff Tweedy and Jim O'Rourke at the Double Door
Special to the TribuneFor the most part, the eighth annual Noise Pop festival held for the first time in Chicago in addition to its usual site, San Francisco demonstrated what thousands of Chicagoans already knew: We live in a city that's not only a top tier stop for...Tags: Arts and Culture, Wilco (music group), Burt Bacharach, Ry Cooder, Festive Events
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Rock review, Wilco, Semisonic, North Mississippi All-Stars at Taste of Chicago
Tribune rock critic"I don't need rock 'n' roll," Wilco's Jeff Tweedy sang as "Sunken Treasure" sank from view and dusk settled on a glorious 4th of July at Grant Park. But rock 'n' roll needs Tweedy and his gang of noise-pop mavericks, especially if they continue to play...Tags: Taste of Chicago, Billy Bragg, Grant Park, Wilco (music group), Prince (music artist)
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Movie review, 'Chelsea Walls'
Special to the TribuneIn the proper context (the Steppenwolf revival of "Buried Child," or Richard Linklater's "Before Sunrise"), Ethan Hawke is a gifted actor with a sureness of style and forceful presence. Unfortunately, he seems hellbent on proving himself an avatar of...Tags: Ethan Hawke, Steve Zahn, Death, Mark Webber, Uma Thurman
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Going underground
Tribune rock criticDoes any city boast a more impressive network of independent bands, labels and record stores than Chicago? Each year around the holidays, we have celebrated the cream of that underground scene, and 2001 was no exception in producing a number of fine indie...Tags: Sammy Davis Jr., Big Star (music group), Ozzy Osbourne, Recording Studios, Brian Eno
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Minus 5 a first-rate sum
Scott McCaughey was asleep in Jeff Tweedy's Northwest Side house the morning four consecutive airplane crashes changed the course of life in America. "Jeff had tears in his eyes when he woke me up," McCaughey recalls. "He came in my room and said, 'There...Tags: Music Industry, Death, Recording Studios, Wilco (music group), Punk (genre)
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