Mr Blue Sky ! 8/10 My ongoing love affair with Wilco began at the time of Sky Blue Sky’s release, but not, oddly, with the album itself, which received fairly mixed opinions at the time. Sifting through those variable reviews I found myself tracking back to their earlier album ‘Yankee Hotel Foxtrot‘, for me their [...]
Album Review: Wilco – Sky Blue Sky
February 3rd, 2009 · No Comments · Alt-country, Alt-rock, Folk/Acoustic, Music, Pop/Rock, post-rock
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Wilco – Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
January 19th, 2008 · No Comments · Alt-country, Alt-rock, Alternative, Folk/Acoustic, Pop/Rock
I’m The Man Who Loves You 8/10 It took me a long time to come round to Wilco. I had always wrongly thought of them as a square man’s Flaming Lips. While there are superficial resemblances between the two bands, Wilco’s experimental brand of alt-country is focused on more classic pop concerns. The sonic adventurism [...]
Tags:alt-county·Alt-rock·Jeff Tweedy·Jim O'Rourke·pop-rock·post-911