Word: wilcoã
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...same way, the subtle twang of the banjo is linked inextricably to the idea of Wilco. To be sure, the banjo isn’t featured on all of Wilco??s tracks, but it remains their most distinctive feature, and the cornerstone of their unique no-depression, “alt-country” timbre. And when multi-instrumentalist/technician Jay Bennet (i.e. the banjo guy) left Wilco earlier this year, so too did the all-defining Wilco gimmick. Bennet left behind a deflated effigy of a band, an artifact which in its present incarnation is almost unrecognizable...
...isn’t fair to expect a band to cling unflinchingly to the musical mores of their formative career. Indeed, these are important considerations, but change at what cost? In the estimation of many devoted fans, Bennet’s departure comes as a dear loss to Wilco??s nuanced sound and is a change for the worse...
...this sentiment, above all others, that seemed to characterize fans’ responses to Wilco??s most recent Boston show, on Oct. 2 at the Avalon. A Diesel-clad, late-20-something crowd (college radio, six years ago) was, on the whole, more interested in cheap beer and idle conversation than they were in the newly [mis]conceived band. Lukewarm applause and half-hearted song requests abounded for the duration of a painfully short...
...Records, and the departure of two indispensable band members, he’s managed to salvage what might (if the songs played with O’Rourke are any indication) still develop into something wonderful, if wholly unlike previous musical ventures. Due in large part to these recent hardships, Wilco??s forthcoming album, Yankee Hotel Foxtrot, has been indeterminately postponed. For the time being, fans can (legally!) download the album off of Wilco??s official website, www.wilcoworld.net...