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...also well-represented. The band appointed well-respected sound engineer Jim Scott (Johnny Cash, Tom Petty, Red Hot Chili Peppers) to cull material from four nights of shows at Chicago’s Vic Theatre. Scott does not disappoint, faithfully capturing the force and clarity of Wilco??s performances while maintaining remarkable fidelity and a pleasant level of crowd noise. Though many of the included songs are not significantly different from their studio counterparts, the palpable enthusiasm with which they are played brings out their finer points. Nels Cline is astonishing on lead guitar, Pat Sansone (keys/guitar...
...album fall flat. “Gideon” and “Anytime,” for example, are visceral but disappointingly derivative of Coldplay, flawlessly executed but too slickly produced. “What a Wonderful Man” is boring, candyfloss pop that acknowledges Wilco??s “Summerteeth” in its forcedly peppy instrumentation and retro harmonies. But while Wilco vocalist Jeff Tweedy always sounds too dire to make any of his poppier efforts irritating, James sounds cloyingly precious. “Off The Record,” while awe-inspiring...
...album. On this year’s A Ghost Is Born, Wilco flaunts their range of abilities. While some songs, such as “Wishful Thinking,” resurrect a gentle acoustic aesthetic, others, like “Spiders (Kidsmoke),” expose new layers of Wilco??s now larger instrumental base, showing off the talents of the band’s newest member, electronic specialist Mikael Jorgensen. Both songs comprised the heart of Wilco??s main set, which stuck mainly to the new album but managed to dip back for some older...
While the band’s highly orchestrated visual and auditory concoction would impress any young hipster, their versatility managed to astonish everyone. The audience, filled with Gen-Nexters and baby-boomers alike, hollered their approval for the entirety of Wilco??s two-and-a-half hour...
...every sound Wilco produced captivated the crowd. The audience’s energy, so localized and organic, was not unlike what one might expect from the cult following of an underground rock band. That energy no doubt fed into Wilco??s inspiring stage presence...